1958 Ohio State Buckeyes football team

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1958 Ohio State Buckeyes football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 7
APNo. 8
Record6–1–2 (4–1–2 Big Ten)
Head coach
MVPJim Houston
Captains
Home stadiumOhio 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 Ohio State Buckeyes football team represented the Ohio State University in the 1958 Big Ten Conference football season. The Buckeyes compiled a 6–1–2 record.

Schedule[edit]

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 27No. 20 SMU*No. 1W 23–2083,113
October 4Washington*No. 3
  • Ohio Stadium
  • Columbus, OH
W 12–782,901
October 11at IllinoisNo. 5W 19–1350,416
October 18IndianaNo. 3
  • Ohio Stadium
  • Columbus, OH
W 49–882,964
October 25No. 13 WisconsinNo. 2
  • Ohio Stadium
  • Columbus, OH
T 7–783,142
November 1at No. 11 NorthwesternNo. 5L 0–2151,102
November 8No. 8 PurdueNo. 16
  • Ohio Stadium
  • Columbus, OH
T 14–1483,481
November 15at No. 2 IowaNo. 16W 38–2858,643
November 22MichiganNo. 11
W 20–1483,248[1]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Roster[edit]

1958 Ohio State Buckeyes football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
QB 22 Frank Kremblas Sr
HB 44 Dick LeBeau Sr
FB Bob White Jr
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

Game summaries[edit]

SMU[edit]

1 234Total
SMU 0 1406 20
• Ohio St 8 780 23
  • Date: September 27
  • Location: Ohio Stadium
  • Game attendance: 83,113

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Washington[edit]

1 234Total
Washington 7 000 7
• Ohio State 6 006 12
  • Date: October 4
  • Location: Ohio State
  • Game attendance: 82,901
  • Game weather: Clear, 68 °F (20 °C)

Illinois[edit]

1 234Total
• Ohio State 6 0130 19
Illinois 0 607 13


Indiana[edit]

1 234Total
Indiana 0 008 8
• Ohio State 14 71414 49
  • Date: October 18
  • Location: Ohio Stadium
  • Game attendance: 82,964
  • Game weather: Clear, 59 °F (15 °C)

Wisconsin[edit]

1 234Total
Wisconsin 0 070 7
Ohio State 0 070 7
  • Date: October 25
  • Location: Ohio Stadium
  • Game attendance: 83,142
  • Game weather: Rain, 52 °F (11 °C)

Northwestern[edit]

1 234Total
Ohio State 0 000 0
• Northwestern 0 0714 21

Purdue[edit]

1 234Total
Purdue 0 0014 14
Ohio State 7 700 14
  • Date: November 8
  • Location: Ohio Stadium
  • Game attendance: 83,481
  • Game weather: Rain, 54 °F (12 °C)

Iowa[edit]

1 234Total
• Ohio State 7 14710 38
Iowa 7 1470 28
  • Date: November 15
  • Location: Iowa Stadium, Iowa City, Iowa
  • Game attendance: 58,643
  • Game weather: Cloudy, wind NE 15 mph, 51 °F (11 °C)

Statistics

Michigan[edit]

1 234Total
Michigan 6 800 14
• Ohio State 0 1280 20
  • Date: November 22
  • Location: Ohio Stadium
  • Game attendance: 83,248
  • Game weather: Clear, 45 °F (7 °C)

Coaching staff[edit]

1959 NFL draftees[edit]

Player Round Pick Position NFL club
Don Clark 1 7 Back Chicago Bears
Dan James 1 8 Tackle San Francisco 49ers
Dick Schafrath 2 23 Tackle Cleveland Browns
Dick LeBeau 5 58 Defensive back Cleveland Browns
Jerry Lee Murphy 20 231 Tackle Chicago Cardinals
Frank Kremblas 23 275 Quarterback New York Giants
Ernie Spychalski 25 298 Tackle Cleveland Browns
John Scott[4] 26 307 Defensive tackle Pittsburgh Steelers

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Tommy Devine (November 23, 1958). "OSU Wins, 20-14, On Goal-Line Fumble: U-M Fights–and Loses–to the End". Detroit Free Press. p. 1C – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "OSU Survives Aerial Barrage." Palm Beach Post. 1958 Sept 27.
  3. ^ 2012 Ohio State football record book.
  4. ^ "RotoWire Fantasy Football, Baseball, Basketball and More". Archived from the original on March 27, 2008.
  5. ^ "Reference at www.pro-football-reference.com". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Archived from the original on May 27, 2009. Retrieved March 28, 2018.