1958 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team
The 1958 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team represented the University of Minnesota in the 1958 Big Ten Conference football season. In their fifth year under head coach Murray Warmath, the Golden Gophers compiled a 1–8 record and were outscored by their opponents by a combined total of 157 to 115.[1]
| 1958 Minnesota Golden Gophers football | |
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| Conference | Big Ten Conference |
| 1958 record | 1–8 (1–6 Big Ten) |
| Head coach | Murray Warmath (5th season) |
| MVP | Everette Gerths |
| Captain | Mike Svendsen |
| Home stadium | Memorial Stadium |
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| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Guard Everette Gerths received the team's Most Valuable Player award. Center Mike Svendsen was named All-Big Ten first team. Svendsen and offensive lineman Perry Gehring were named Academic All-Big Ten.[2]
Total attendance at five home games was 288,817, an average of 57,763 per game. The largest crowd was against Iowa.[3]
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 27 | at Washington* | L 21–24 | 38,000 | ||
| October 4 | No. 12 Pittsburgh* | L 7–13 | 56,450 | ||
| October 11 | Northwestern |
| L 3–7 | 56,061 | |
| October 18 | Illinois |
| L 8–20 | 58,174 | |
| October 25 | at Michigan | L 19–20 | 72,981 | [4] | |
| November 1 | at Indiana |
| L 0–6 | 25,000 | |
| November 8 | No. 2 Iowa |
| L 6–28 | 64,485 | |
| November 15 | Michigan State |
| W 39–12 | 53,647 | |
| November 22 | at No. 5 Wisconsin | L 12–27 | 54,517 | ||
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References
- "1958 Minnesota Golden Gophers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 1, 2017.
- Keiser, Jeff (2007), 2007 Media Guide (PDF), pp. 179–182
- Keiser, Jeff (2007), 2007 Media Guide (PDF), p. 160
- Tommy Devine (October 26, 1958). "M Nips Gophers, 20-19: Minnesota's Two-Point Try Fails". Detroit Free Press. p. 1E – via Newspapers.com.
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