1958 BYU Cougars football team

1958 BYU Cougars football
ConferenceSkyline Conference
Record6–4 (5–2 Skyline Six)
Head coach
Home stadiumCougar Stadium
Seasons
← 1957
1959 →
1958 Skyline Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Wyoming $ 6 – 1 – 0 8 – 3 – 0
New Mexico 5 – 1 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
BYU 5 – 2 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
Colorado State 4 – 3 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
Utah 3 – 3 – 0 4 – 7 – 0
Utah State 2 – 5 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
Denver 2 – 5 – 0 2 – 8 – 0
Montana 0 – 7 – 0 0 – 10 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1958 BYU Cougars football team was an American football team that represented Brigham Young University (BYU) in the Skyline Conference during the 1958 college football season. In their third and final season under head coach Hal Kopp, the Cougars compiled an overall record of 6–4 with a mark of 5–2 against conference opponents, finished third in the Skyline, and outscored opponents by a total of 189 to 150.[1][2]

The team's statistical leaders included Wayne Startin with 332 passing yards, Weldon Jackson with 698 rushing yards and 698 yards of total offense, Nyle McFarlane with 42 points, and R. K. Brown with 177 receiving yards.[3]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 20Fresno State*
W 29–77,155
September 278:00 p.m.UtahΔ
W 14–730,193[4][5]
October 4at Colorado State
L 6–32
October 11at Pacific (CA)*
L 8–26
October 18North Texas State*
  • Cougar Stadium
  • Provo, UT
L 6–12[6]
October 25at Montana
W 41–12
November 1at Utah State
W 13–69,117
November 8New Mexicodagger
  • Cougar Stadium
  • Provo, UT
W 36–19
November 15at Denver
W 22–7[7]
November 22Wyoming
  • Cougar Stadium
  • Provo, UT
L 14–22
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Δ BYU was designated home team.
  • All times are in Mountain time

References

  1. ^ "1958 BYU Cougars Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 3, 2019.
  2. ^ "BYU Football 2015 Almanac" (PDF). Brigham Young University. 2015. p. 169. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 3, 2019. Retrieved January 3, 2019.
  3. ^ BYU Football 2015 Almanac, pp. 162-164.
  4. ^ Miller, Hack (September 27, 1958). "BYU favored: record crowd". Deseret News. (Salt Lake City, Utah). p. A3. Retrieved October 5, 2010.
  5. ^ Schwartz, Ray (September 28, 1958). "Millennium Comes! Cougars 15 Utes 7". The Sunday Herald. Provo, Utah. p. 13. Retrieved September 13, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  6. ^ "NTS rolls over Cougars, 12–6". The Salt Lake Tribune. October 19, 1958. Retrieved November 2, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ John Davoren (November 16, 1958). "Cats Rip Denver 22-7 to Set Up Title Game With Pokes". The Daily Herald. p. 13 – via Newspapers.com.


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