1958 Missouri Tigers football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 1958
| team = Missouri Tigers
| sport = football
| image =
| image_size =
| conference = Big Seven Conference
| short_conf = Big 7
| record = 5–4–1
| conf_record = 4–1–1
| head_coach = Dan Devine
| hc_year = 1st
| captain =
| stadium = Memorial Stadium
}}
{{1958 Big Seven Conference football standings}}
The 1958 Missouri Tigers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Missouri in the Big Seven Conference (Big 7) during the 1958 college football season. The team compiled a 5–4–1 record (4–1–1 against Big 7 opponents), finished in second place in the Big 7, and outscored its opponents by a combined total of 164 to 141. Dan Devine was the head coach for the first of 13 seasons.{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/missouri/1958-schedule.html|title=1958 Missouri Tigers Schedule and Results|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|work=SR/College Football|access-date=November 11, 2016}}{{cite web|title=2016 Mizzou Football Media Guide|publisher=University of Missouri|page=158|access-date=November 11, 2016|url=http://sidearm.sites.s3.amazonaws.com/mutigers.com/documents/2016/7/13/16_fb_media_guide.pdf}} The team played its home games at Memorial Stadium in Columbia, Missouri.
The team's statistical leaders included Mel West with 642 rushing yards and 642 yards of total offense, Phil Snowden with 548 passing yards and 37 points scored, and Danny LaRose with 215 receiving yards.{{cite web|title=2014 Mizzou Football Records Book|publisher=University of Missouri|pages=26–27|access-date=November 11, 2016|url=http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/miss/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/2014-15/misc_non_event/14-records-book.pdf|archive-date=September 28, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180928041623/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/miss/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/2014-15/misc_non_event/14-records-book.pdf|url-status=dead}}
Schedule
{{CFB schedule
| rankyear = 1958
| poll = AP
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 20
| time =
| w/l = l
| nonconf = y
| opponent = Vanderbilt
| site_stadium = Memorial Stadium
| site_cityst = Columbia, MO
| score = 8–12
| attend = 24,000
| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/st-louis-post-dispatch-mizzou-misses-ch/133114294/|title=Mizzou misses chances, loses to Vanderbilt, 12–8|newspaper=St. Louis Post-Dispatch|date=September 21, 1958|accessdate=October 8, 2023|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 27
| time =
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| opponent = Idaho
| site_stadium = Memorial Stadium
| site_cityst = Columbia, MO
| score = 14–10
| attend = 18,000
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 4
| time =
| w/l = l
| nonconf = y
| away = y
| opponent = Texas A&M
| site_stadium = Kyle Field
| site_cityst = College Station, TX
| score = 0–12
| attend = 15,000
| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/fort-worth-star-telegram-rugged-aggie-de/168609485/|work=Fort Worth Star-Telegram|title=Rugged Aggie defense crushes Missouri, 12–0|date=October 5, 1958|accessdate=March 22, 2025|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 11
| time =
| w/l = l
| nonconf = y
| opponent = SMU
| opprank = 18
| site_stadium = Memorial Stadium
| site_cityst = Columbia, MO
| score = 19–32
| attend = 29,000
| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-sedalia-democrat-mustangs-turn-misso/168560590/|work=The Sedalia Democrat|title=Mustangs turn Missouri's fumbles into 32–19 victory|date=October 12, 1958|accessdate=March 22, 2025|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 18
| time =
| w/l = w
| away = y
| opponent = Kansas State
| site_stadium = Memorial Stadium
| site_cityst = Manhattan, KS
| score = 32–8
| attend = 12,000
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 25
| time =
| w/l = w
| opponent = Iowa State
| site_stadium = Memorial Stadium
| site_cityst = Columbia, MO
| gamename = rivalry
| score = 14–6
| attend = 22,464
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 1
| time =
| w/l = w
| away = y
| opponent = Nebraska
| site_stadium = Memorial Stadium
| site_cityst = Lincoln, NE
| gamename = rivalry
| score = 31–0
| attend = 31,816
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 8
| time =
| w/l = w
| opponent = Colorado
| site_stadium = Memorial Stadium
| site_cityst = Columbia, MO
| score = 33–9
| attend = 31,500
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 15
| time =
| w/l = l
| away = y
| opponent = Oklahoma
| opprank = 6
| site_stadium = Oklahoma Memorial Stadium
| site_cityst = Norman, OK
| gamename = rivalry
| score = 0–39
| attend = 54,268
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 22
| time =
| w/l = t
| opponent = Kansas
| site_stadium = Memorial Stadium
| site_cityst = Columbia, MO
| gamename = Border War
| score = 13–13
| attend = 32,000
}}
}}