1958 Rochester Yellowjackets football team

1958 Rochester Yellowjackets football
ConferenceIndependent
Record8–0
Head coach
CaptainLarry Palvino
Home stadiumFauver Stadium
Seasons
← 1957
1959 →
1958 NCAA College Division independents football records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 1 Mississippi Southern     9 0 0
Rochester     8 0 0
Rose Poly     8 0 0
Sewanee     8 0 0
No. 10 Buffalo     8 1 0
No. 6 Montana State     8 1 0
North Park     7 1 0
Carthage     7 2 0
Southern Connecticut State     7 2 0
Carnegie Tech     6 2 0
Northeastern     6 2 0
Cal Poly Pomona     7 3 0
Trinity (TX)     6 3 0
Hofstra     6 4 0
Tampa     6 4 0
Abilene Christian     5 5 0
No. 8 Chattanooga     5 5 0
Baldwin–Wallace     4 4 1
Louisville     4 4 0
Northern Michigan     5 5 0
Xavier     5 5 0
Washington University     4 4 0
Arkansas State     4 5 0
No. 18 Memphis State     4 5 0
UC Riverside     2 3 2
Hawaii     5 7 0
St. Norbert     3 6 0
Wabash     3 6 0
Howard (AL)     1 5 1
Pepperdine     1 7 0
Washington and Lee     1 7 0
Rankings from UPI small college poll

The 1958 Rochester Yellowjackets football team was an American football team that represented the University of Rochester as an independent during the 1958 college football season. In their 15th year under head coach Elmer Burnham, the Yellowjackets compiled a perfect 8–0 record, shut out the first five opponents, and outscored all opponents by a total of 257 to 19. It was the second undefeated season in Rochester football history.[1]

The team played its home games at Fauver Stadium in Rochester, New York.

  1. ^ Ryan Whirty. "'A Perfect Football Machine': Undefeated -- and Barely Scored Upon -- the 1958 Yellowjacket Football Team Rewrote the Record Books". Rochester Review.