1958 UC Riverside Highlanders football team

The 1958 UC Riverside Highlanders football team represented UC Riverside during the 1958 NCAA College Division football season. The Highlanders competed as an independent in 1958.

1958 UC Riverside Highlanders football
Conference	Independent
1958 record	2–3–2
Head coach	Carl Selin (3rd season)
Home stadium	UCR Athletic Field

1958 NCAA College Division independents football records
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Mississippi Southern			–					9	–	0	–	0
Rose Poly			–					8	–	0	–	0
Sewanee			–					8	–	0	–	0
Buffalo			–					8	–	1	–	0
North Park			–					7	–	1	–	0
Carthage			–					7	–	2	–	0
Carnegie Tech			–					6	–	2	–	0
Northeastern			–					6	–	2	–	0
Cal Poly Pomona			–					7	–	3	–	0
La Verne			–					5	–	3	–	1
Hofstra			–					6	–	4	–	0
Tampa			–					6	–	4	–	0
Baldwin–Wallace			–					4	–	4	–	1
Abilene Christian			–					5	–	5	–	0
Chattanooga			–					5	–	5	–	0
Northern Michigan			–					5	–	5	–	0
Xavier			–					5	–	5	–	0
Washington University			–					4	–	4	–	0
UC Riverside			–					2	–	3	–	2
Hawaii			–					5	–	7	–	0
Wabash			–					3	–	6	–	0
Howard (AL)			–					1	–	5	–	1
Pepperdine			–					1	–	7	–	0

UC Riverside was led by third-year head coach Carl Selin. They played home games at UCR Athletic Field in Riverside, California. The Highlanders finished the season with a record of two wins, three losses and two ties (2–3–2). Overall, the team was outscored by its opponents 92–112 for the season. This was the last season for the Highlanders with Coach Selin at the helm. He finished his three years at UC Riverside with a record of 4–13–3, a .275 winning percentage.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
September 27	Chino Institute	Chino, CA	L 14–22
October 4	Pomona-Claremont Freshmen[note 1]	UCR Athletic Field Riverside, CA	T 6–6
October 11	at Cal Western[note 2]	Balboa Stadium ? San Diego, CA	W 29–18
October 18	Claremont-Mudd[note 3]	UCR Athletic Field Riverside, CA	L 0–22
October 25	Caltech	UCR Athletic Field Riverside, CA	L 7–26
November 7	UC Davis Freshmen[note 4]	UCR Athletic Field Riverside, CA	T 12–12
November 15	Long Beach State Freshmen[note 5]	UCR Athletic Field Riverside, CA	W 24–6

[1][note 6]

Team players in the NFL

No UC Riverside players were selected in the 1959 NFL Draft. [2][3][4]

Notes

1. What is now known as the Pomona-Pitzer football team was known as Pomona-Claremont from 1950 to 1961. Pitzer College did not exist until 1963.
2. Alliant International University was formed in 2001 via the merger of United States International University (USIU) and California School of Professional Psychology. USIU had been known as California Western University (Cal Western) from 1952 to 1967.
3. The athletic teams for Claremont-Mudd-Scripps did not include Scripps College prior to 1980.
4. University of California, Davis was known as Northern Branch of the College of Agriculture from 1922 to 1959. In common usage, the sports teams were called the "Cal Aggies" from 1924 until the mid 1970s.
5. California State University, Long Beach was known as Long Beach State College from 1950 to 1963.
6. cfbdatawarehouse.com incorrectly lists two additional 1958 games, against Antelope Valley College and Cerritos College. These were played by Riverside Junior College, not UC Riverside, and are therefore not included here.

References

1. "1958 - California-Riverside". Retrieved March 17, 2017.
2. "1959 NFL Draft". Retrieved February 23, 2017.
3. "California-Riverside Players/Alumni". Retrieved March 17, 2017.
4. "Draft History: California-Riverside". Retrieved March 18, 2017.