1958 Ohio State Buckeyes football team

1958 Ohio State Buckeyes football
Conference Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches #7
AP #8
1958 record 612 (412 Big Ten)
Head coach Woody Hayes
Defensive coordinator Lyal Clark
MVP Jim Houston
Captain Frank Kremblas
Captain Dick Schafrath
Home stadium Ohio Stadium
(Capacity: 79,658)
1958 Big Ten football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
#2 Iowa $ 5 1 0     8 1 1
#7 Wisconsin 5 1 1     7 1 1
#8 Ohio State 4 1 2     6 1 2
#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

The 1958 Ohio State Buckeyes football team represented the Ohio State University in the 1958 college football season. The Buckeyes compiled a 612 record.

Schedule

Date Opponent# Rank# Site Result Attendance
September 27 #20 SMU* #1 Ohio StadiumColumbus, OH W 2320   83,113
October 4 Washington* #3 Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH W 127   82,901
October 11 at Illinois #5 Memorial StadiumChampaign, IL (Illibuck Trophy) W 1913   50,416
October 18 Indiana #3 Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH W 498   82,964
October 25 #13 Wisconsin #2 Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH T 77   83,142
November 1 at #11 Northwestern #5 Dyche StadiumEvanston, IL L 021   51,102
November 8 #8 Purdue #16 Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH T 1414   83,481
November 15 at #2 Iowa #16 Iowa StadiumIowa City, IA W 3828   58,643
November 22 Michigan #11 Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH (The Game) W 2014   83,248
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll.

Game summaries

SMU

1 234Total
SMU 0 1406 20
Ohio St 8 780 23
  • Date: September 27
  • Location: Ohio Stadium
  • Game attendance: 83,113

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Iowa

Statistics

Coaching staff

1959 NFL draftees

Player Round Pick Position NFL Club
Don Clark 1 7 Back Chicago Bears
Dan James 1 8 Tackle San Francisco 49ers
Dick Schafrath 2 23 Tackle Cleveland Browns
Dick LeBeau 5 58 Defensive Back Cleveland Browns
Jerry Lee Murphy 20 231 Tackle Chicago Cardinals
Frank Kremblas 23 275 Quarterback New York Giants
Ernie Spychalski 25 298 Tackle Cleveland Browns
Jack Scott 26 307 Defensive Tackle Pittsburgh Steelers

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References

  1. "OSU Survives Aerial Barrage." Palm Beach Post. 1958 Sept 27.
  2. 2012 Ohio State football record book.
  3. http://www.pro-football-reference.com/draft/1959.htm
Win/Loss statistics
Draft data
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