1958 Baylor
3–7 (1–5 Southwest Conference), coached by Sam Boyd. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat Texas Tech 26–7Oct 18
By 19 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 20 | at Arkansas | W 12–0 | 38% |
| Sep 27 | vsHardin Simmons | W 14–7 | 64% |
| Oct 4 | vs Miami | L 8–14 | 64% |
| Oct 11 | at Duke | L 7–12 | 45% |
| Oct 18 | at Texas Tech | W 26–7 | 53% |
| Oct 25 | vs Texas A&M | L 27–33 | 54% |
| Nov 1 | at 18TCU | L 0–22 | 29% |
| Nov 8 | vs Texas | L 15–20 | 57% |
| Nov 22 | at SMU | L 29–33 | 33% |
| Nov 29 | vs Rice | L 21–33 | 51% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Lost to Rice 33–21; unranked in the final AP poll; 7th in the Southwest Conference.
In program history: The 79th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 121 on file).
Players on this team
Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1958.
- Record
- 3–7
- Conference
- 1–5 7th in Southwest Conference
- AP final
- Unranked
- Points
- 159–181
- Coach
- Sam Boyd
- Elo
- 1454 −62 this season
- SP+ rating
- —
- SRS
- 4.9 No. 49 of 112 major-college teams
- Recruiting class
- —
- Captains
- Buddy Humphrey and Billy Joe Kelly
Drafted in 1959
The 1959 draft| Rd 1 | Paul Dickson DT | Los Angeles Rams |
| Rd 2 | Buddy Humphrey QB | Los Angeles Rams |
| Rd 2 | Charley Horton OG | Detroit Lions |
| Rd 3 | Larry Hickman B | Los Angeles Rams |
All-Southwest Conference
1 first team, 4 second teamFirst team
Charley HortonOGAP-1; UPI-1
Second team
- Larry HickmanBAP-2; UPI-2
Buddy HumphreyBAP-2- Al WitcherEAP-2
- Paul DicksonOTUPI-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 Southwest Conference standings
| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
| TCU | 5–1 | 8–2–1 | 10 |
| SMU | 4–2 | 6–4 | 18 |
| Rice | 4–2 | 5–5 | |
| Texas | 3–3 | 7–3 | |
| Arkansas | 2–4 | 4–6 | |
| Texas A&M | 2–4 | 4–6 | |
| Baylor | 1–5 | 3–7 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.