1958 Indiana Hoosiers football team

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1958 Indiana Hoosiers football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Record5–3–1 (3–2–1 Big Ten)
Head coach
MVPMike Rabold
CaptainMike Rabold
Home stadiumMemorial Stadium
Seasons
← 1957
1959 →
1958 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 2 Iowa $ 5 1 0 8 1 1
No. 7 Wisconsin 5 1 1 7 1 1
No. 8 Ohio State 4 1 2 6 1 2
No. 13 Purdue 3 1 2 6 1 2
Indiana 3 2 1 5 3 1
Illinois 4 3 0 4 5 0
Northwestern 3 4 0 5 4 0
Michigan 1 5 1 2 6 1
Minnesota 1 6 0 1 8 0
Michigan State 0 5 1 3 5 1
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1958 Indiana Hoosiers football team represented the Indiana Hoosiers in the 1958 Big Ten Conference football season. They participated as members of the Big Ten Conference. The Hoosiers played their home games at Memorial Stadium in Bloomington, Indiana. The team was coached by Phil Dickens, in his first year as head coach of the Hoosiers.

Schedule[edit]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 27at No. 5 Notre Dame*L 0–1849,347
October 4West Virginia*W 13–1220,000[1]
October 11at No. 17 IowaL 13–3450,700
October 18at No. 3 Ohio StateL 8–4982,964
October 25No. 6 (small) Miami (OH)*
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Bloomington, IN
W 12–718,000
November 1Minnesotadagger
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Bloomington, IN
W 6–025,000
November 8Michigan State
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Bloomington, IN (rivalry)
W 6–018,000
November 15at MichiganW 8–631,000–47,590[2]
November 22at No. 8 PurdueT 15–1543,507
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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1959 NFL draftees[edit]

Player Position Round Pick NFL club
Mike Rabold Tackle 2 19 Detroit Lions
Tom Campbell Back 24 285 Los Angeles Rams
Bob Corrigan Guard 27 314 Chicago Cardinals
John Aveni End 27 321 Chicago Bears

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References[edit]

  1. ^ "West Virginia upset by Indiana, 13 to 12". The Palladium-Item. October 5, 1958. Retrieved January 17, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ Tommy Devine (November 16, 1958). "Indiana 'Buries' M with 8-6 Loss: Only 31,000 Go To Grid Funeral". Detroit Free Press. p. 1E – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "1958 Indiana Hoosiers Schedule and Results". College Football @ Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference. Retrieved December 28, 2023.
  4. ^ "1958 Football Schedule". Indiana University. Retrieved December 28, 2023.
  5. ^ "Indiana Football 2023 Record Book" (PDF). Indiana University. p. 14. Retrieved December 28, 2023.
  6. ^ "Reference at www.pro-football-reference.com". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Archived from the original on May 27, 2009. Retrieved March 30, 2018.