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1958 Arizona State

7–⁠3 (4–⁠1 Border Conference), coached by Frank Kush.

Schedule and results

Arizona State in 1958, game by game: won vs. Hawai’i 47–6; lost at Pacific 16–34; won vs. West Texas 16–13; lost vs. Hardin Simmons 6–14; lost vs. San José State 20–21; won at Detroit Mercy 27–6; won vs. New Mexico State 23–19; won vs. UTEP 27–0; won at Arizona 47–0; won vs. Marquette 42–18+47−18Won 47–6 vs. Hawai’i+41Hawai’iLost 16–34 at Pacific-18PacificWon 16–13 vs. West Texas+3West TexasLost 6–14 vs. Hardin Simmons-8Hardin SimmonsLost 20–21 vs. San José State-1San José StateWon 27–6 at Detroit Mercy+21Detroit MercyWon 23–19 vs. New Mexico State+4New Mexico StateWon 27–0 vs. UTEP+27UTEPWon 47–0 at Arizona+47ArizonaWon 42–18 vs. Marquette+24Marquette
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 20vsHawai’iW 47–⁠696%
Sep 27atPacificL 16–⁠3459%
Oct 4vsWest TexasW 16–⁠1376%
Oct 11vsHardin SimmonsL 6–⁠1475%
Oct 18vsSan José StateL 20–⁠2187%
Oct 25atDetroit MercyW 27–⁠660%
Nov 1vsNew Mexico StateW 23–⁠1988%
Nov 8vsUTEPW 27–⁠076%
Nov 22atArizonaW 47–⁠080%
Nov 29vsMarquetteW 42–⁠1889%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Marquette 42–⁠18; unranked in the final AP poll; 2nd in the Border Conference.

In program history: The 24th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 93 on file).

Led the nationJohn Hangartner: passer rating (150.1)

Record
7–⁠3
Conference
4–⁠1 2nd in Border Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
271–⁠131
Coach
Frank Kush
Elo
1622 −16 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−2.0 No. 70 of 112 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Most valuable player
John Hangartner

All-Pacific Coast

1 second team

Second team

  • John HangartnerQBAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1958 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1958 Border Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Hardin Simmons4–⁠06–⁠5
Arizona State4–⁠17–⁠3
Arizona2–⁠13–⁠7
New Mexico State1–⁠34–⁠6
UTEP1–⁠42–⁠7
West Texas1–⁠41–⁠9

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.