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
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Record1–8 (1–6 Big Ten)
Head coach
MVPEverette Gerths
CaptainMike Svendsen
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

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

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 27at Washington*L 21–2438,000
October 4No. 12 Pittsburgh*L 7–1356,450
October 11Northwestern
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Minneapolis, MN
L 3–756,061
October 18Illinois 
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Minneapolis, MN
L 8–2058,174
October 25at MichiganL 19–2072,981[4]
November 1at IndianaL 0–625,000
November 8No. 2 Iowa
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Minneapolis, MN (rivalry)
L 6–2864,485
November 15Michigan State
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Minneapolis, MN
W 39–1253,647
November 22at No. 5 WisconsinL 12–2754,517
  • *Non-conference game
  •  Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

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  1. ^ "1958 Minnesota Golden Gophers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 1, 2017.
  2. ^ Keiser, Jeff (2007), 2007 Media Guide (PDF), pp. 179–182[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ Keiser, Jeff (2007), 2007 Media Guide (PDF), p. 160[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ Tommy Devine (October 26, 1958). "M Nips Gophers, 20-19: Minnesota's Two-Point Try Fails". Detroit Free Press. p. 1E – via Newspapers.com.