1958 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team

1958 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football
Conference	Independent
Ranking
Coaches	No. 14
AP	No. 17
1958 record	6–4
Head coach	Terry Brennan (5th season)
Captain	Al Ecuyer
Captain	Chuck Puntillo
Home stadium	Notre Dame Stadium (c. 59,075, grass)
Seasons

1958 NCAA University Division independents football records
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 3 Army			–					8	–	0	–	1
No. 6 Air Force			–					9	–	0	–	2
No. 9 Syracuse			–					8	–	2	–	0
No. 19 Oklahoma State			–					8	–	3	–	0
Boston College			–					7	–	3	–	0
Florida State			–					7	–	4	–	0
Holy Cross			–					6	–	3	–	0
Navy			–					6	–	3	–	0
Penn State			–					6	–	3	–	1
No. 17 Notre Dame			–					6	–	4	–	0
Pacific (CA)			–					6	–	4	–	0
Villanova			–					6	–	4	–	0
Pittsburgh			–					5	–	4	–	1
Detroit			–					4	–	4	–	1
Boston University			–					4	–	5	–	0
San Jose State			–					4	–	5	–	0
Texas Tech			–					3	–	7	–	0
Marquette			–					2	–	7	–	1
Drake			–					2	–	7	–	0
Dayton			–					2	–	8	–	0
Miami (FL)			–					2	–	8	–	0
Colgate			–					1	–	8	–	0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1958 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team represented the University of Notre Dame during the 1958 NCAA University Division football season.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance
September 27	Indiana	No. 5	Notre Dame Stadium South Bend, IN	W 18–0	49,347
October 4	at No. 17 SMU	No. 7	Cotton Bowl Dallas (Fair Park), TX	W 14–6	61,500
October 11	No. 3 Army	No. 4	Notre Dame Stadium South Bend, IN (rivalry)	L 2–14	60,564
October 18	Duke	No. 12	Notre Dame Stadium South Bend, IN	W 9–7	59,068
October 25	No. 15 Purdue	No. 11	Notre Dame Stadium South Bend, IN (Shillelagh Trophy)	L 22–29	59,563
November 1	vs. No. 15 Navy		Memorial Stadium Baltimore, MD (rivalry)	W 40–20	57,773
November 8	at Pittsburgh	No. 14	Pitt Stadium Pittsburgh, PA (rivalry)	L 26–29	55,330
November 15	No. 11 North Carolina		Notre Dame Stadium South Bend, IN	W 34–24	56,839
November 22	at No. 6 Iowa	No. 15	Iowa Stadium Iowa City, IA	L 21–31	58,230
November 29	at USC	No. 18	LA Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA (Jeweled Shillelagh)	W 20–13	66,903
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Personnel

1958 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class QB Izo, GeorgeGeorge Izo 5.0 !Jr QB Williams, BobBob Williams	Defense Pos. # Name Class	Special teams Pos. # Name Class	Head coach Terry Brennan Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

Game summaries

Indiana

by Quarter 1 2 3 4 Total Indiana 0 0 0 0 0 • Notre Dame 0 6 0 12 18 Date: September 27 Location: Notre Dame Stadium Game attendance: 49,347 Scoring summary Q2 ND Mack 11 yard run (run failed) ND 6–0 Q4 ND Williams 20 yard run (kick failed) ND 12–0 Q4 ND Stickles 4 yard pass from Williams (pass failed) ND 18–0

References

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