1958 Purdue Boilermakers football team

The 1958 Purdue Boilermakers football team was an American football team that represented Purdue University during the 1958 Big Ten Conference football season. In their third season under head coach Jack Mollenkopf, the Boilermakers compiled a 6–1–2 record, finished in fourth place in the Big Ten Conference with a 3–1–2 record against conference opponents, and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 184 to 102.[1][2]

1958 Purdue Boilermakers football
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 11
AP	No. 13
1958 record	6–1–2 (3–1–2 Big Ten)
Head coach	Jack Mollenkopf (3rd season)
MVP	Tom Franckhauser
Home stadium	Ross–Ade Stadium

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

Purdue tackle Gene Selawski was selected by the Football Writers Association of America as a first-team All-American in 1958.[3] End Tom Franckhauser was selected as a first-team All-American by the Central Press Association.[4] Other notable players included quarterbacks Bob Spoo and Ross Fichtner, fullback Bob Jarus, and guard Ron Maltony.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result
September 27	Nebraska*		Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN	W 28–0
October 4	at Rice*	No. 14	Rice Stadium Houston, TX	W 24–0
October 11	at No. 6 Wisconsin	No. 13	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI	L 6–31
October 18	No. 5 Michigan State		Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN	W 14–6
October 25	at No. 11 Notre Dame*	No. 15	Notre Dame Stadium South Bend, IN (Shillelagh Trophy)	W 29–22
November 1	Illinois	No. 10	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN (Purdue Cannon)	W 31–8
November 8	at No. 16 Ohio State	No. 8	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH	T 14–14
November 15	at No. 13 Northwestern	No. 8	Dyche Stadium Evanston, IL	W 23–6
November 22	Indiana	No. 8	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN (Old Oaken Bucket)	T 15–15
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Roster

1958 Purdue Boilermakers football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class QB Bob Spoo	Defense Pos. # Name Class	Special teams Pos. # Name Class	Head coach Jack Mollenkopf Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

References

1. "Purdue Yearly Results (1955-1959)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Retrieved December 8, 2015.
2. "1958 Purdue Boilermakers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 6, 2015.
3. Ted Gangi (ed.). "FWAA All-America Since 1944: The All-Time Team" (PDF). Retrieved February 8, 2015.
4. "Central Press All-American". New Castle News, New Castle, Pennsylvania.