1958 Northwestern Wildcats football team

1958 Northwestern Wildcats football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 17
Record5–4 (3–4 Big Ten)
Head coach
MVPRon Burton
Captains
  • James Andreotti
  • Willmer Fowler[1]
Home stadiumDyche 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

The 1958 Northwestern Wildcats team represented Northwestern University during the 1958 Big Ten Conference football season. In their third year under head coach Ara Parseghian, the Wildcats compiled a 5–4 record (3–4 against Big Ten Conference opponents), finished in seventh place in the Big Ten, and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 199 to 148.[2]

  1. ^ "Year-by-Year Results" (PDF). 2007. p. 148. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 16, 2019. Retrieved March 14, 2019.
  2. ^ "Northwestern Yearly Results (1955-1959)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved August 7, 2015.