1958 Purdue Boilermakers football team

{{Infobox college sports team season

| year = 1958

| team = Purdue Boilermakers

| sport = football

| image =

| image_size =

| conference = Big Ten Conference

| short_conf = Big Ten

| CoachRank = 11

| APRank = 13

| record = 6–1–2

| conf_record = 3–1–2

| head_coach = Jack Mollenkopf

| hc_year = 3rd

| mvp = Tom Franckhauser

| captain = Tom Franckhauser

| captain2 = Gene Selawski

| stadium = Ross–Ade Stadium

}}

The 1958 Purdue Boilermakers football team was an American football team that represented Purdue University during the 1958 Big Ten Conference football season In their third season under head coach Jack Mollenkopf, the Boilermakers compiled a 6–1–2 record, finished in fourth place in the Big Ten Conference with a 3–1–2 record against conference opponents, and outscored opponents by a total of 184 to 102.{{cite web|title=1958 Purdue Boilermakers Schedule and Results|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|work=SR/College Football|access-date=December 6, 2015|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/purdue/1958-schedule.html}}

Purdue tackle Gene Selawski was selected by the Football Writers Association of America as a first-team All-American in 1958.{{cite web|title=FWAA All-America Since 1944: The All-Time Team|editor=Ted Gangi|access-date=February 8, 2015|url=http://www.sportswriters.net/fwaa/awards/allamerica/alltime.pdf|archive-date=March 26, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090326165534/http://www.sportswriters.net/fwaa/awards/allamerica/alltime.pdf|url-status=dead}} End Tom Franckhauser was selected as a first-team All-American by the Central Press Association.{{cite news|title=Central Press All-American|publisher=New Castle News, New Castle, Pennsylvania}} Other notable players included quarterbacks Bob Spoo and Ross Fichtner, fullback Bob Jarus, and guard Ron Maltony.

Schedule

{{CFB schedule

| rankyear = 1958

| poll = AP

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = September 27

| w/l = w

| nonconf = y

| opponent = Nebraska

| site_stadium = Ross–Ade Stadium

| site_cityst = West Lafayette, IN

| score = 28–0

| attend = 42,914

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 4

| w/l = w

| nonconf = y

| away = y

| rank = 14

| opponent = Rice

| site_stadium = Rice Stadium

| site_cityst = Houston, TX

| score = 24–0

| attend = 41,000

| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-sunday-oregonian-purdue-tops-rice-2/168560978/|work=The Sunday Oregonian|title=Purdue tops Rice, 24 to 0|date=October 5, 1958|accessdate=March 22, 2025|via=Newspapers.com}}

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 11

| w/l = l

| away = y

| rank = 13

| opponent = Wisconsin

| opprank = 6

| site_stadium = Camp Randall Stadium

| site_cityst = Madison, WI

| score = 6–31

| attend = 51,028

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 18

| w/l = w

| opponent = Michigan State

| opprank = 5

| site_stadium = Ross–Ade Stadium

| site_cityst = West Lafayette, IN

| score = 14–6

| attend = 48,468

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 25

| w/l = w

| nonconf = y

| away = y

| rank = 15

| opponent = Notre Dame

| opprank = 11

| site_stadium = Notre Dame Stadium

| site_cityst = Notre Dame, IN

| gamename = rivalry

| score = 29–22

| attend = 59,563

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 1

| w/l = w

| homecoming = y

| rank = 10

| opponent = Illinois

| site_stadium = Ross–Ade Stadium

| site_cityst = West Lafayette, IN

| gamename = rivalry

| score = 31–8

| attend = 46,357

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 8

| w/l = t

| away = y

| rank = 8

| opponent = Ohio State

| opprank = 16

| site_stadium = Ohio Stadium

| site_cityst = Columbus, OH

| score = 14–14

| attend = 83,481

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 15

| w/l = w

| away = y

| rank = 8

| opponent = Northwestern

| opprank = 13

| site_stadium = Dyche Stadium

| site_cityst = Evanston, IL

| score = 23–6

| attend = 38,421

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 22

| w/l = t

| rank = 8

| opponent = Indiana

| site_stadium = Ross–Ade Stadium

| site_cityst = West Lafayette, IN

| gamename = Old Oaken Bucket

| score = 15–15

| attend = 43,507

}}

{{cite web |author= |title=2022 Purdue Football Record Book |url=https://purduesports.com/documents/2022/8/23/2022_Purdue_Record_Book.pdf |publisher=Purdue University Athletics |page=87 |access-date=January 29, 2023 }}

Roster

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{{cite web |author= |title=ALL-TIME LETTERWINNERS |url=https://purduesports.com/news/2009/8/6/all_time_letterwinners |publisher=Purdue University Athletics |page=79 |access-date=January 15, 2025 }}

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