1958 Illinois
4–5 (4–3 Big Ten), coached by Ray Eliot. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest upsetBeat No. 20 Michigan State 16–0Oct 25
Michigan State was ranked No. 20, above it.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 27 | vs UCLA | L 14–18 | 50% |
| Oct 4 | at Duke | L 13–15 | 39% |
| Oct 11 | vs 5Ohio State | L 13–19 | 32% |
| Oct 18 | at Minnesota | W 20–8 | 43% |
| Oct 25 | vs 20Michigan State | W 16–0 | 36% |
| Nov 1 | at 10Purdue | L 8–31 | 30% |
| Nov 8 | at Michigan | W 21–8 | 43% |
| Nov 15 | vs 5Wisconsin | L 12–31 | 47% |
| Nov 22 | vs 20Northwestern | W 27–20 | 61% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Beat Northwestern 27–20; unranked in the final AP poll; 6th in the Big Ten.
In program history: The 53rd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 135 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.
Led the nationMarshall Starks: kickoff return average (26.3); Rich Kreitling: receiving yards (688 yds), yards per catch (29.9)
- Record
- 4–5
- Conference
- 4–3 6th in Big Ten
- AP final
- Unranked
- Points
- 144–150
- Coach
- Ray Eliot
- Elo
- 1535 +33 this season
- SP+ rating
- —
- SRS
- 11.1 No. 21 of 112 major-college teams
- Recruiting class
- —
- Captain
- Jack Delveaux
- Most valuable player
- Gene Cherney
Drafted in 1959
The 1959 draft| Rd 1 | Rich Kreitling WR | Cleveland Browns |
All-Big Ten
2 first teamFirst team
Rich KreitlingEAP-1; UPI-1- Bill BurrellOGAP-2; UPI-1
From Wikipedia’s 1958 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).
1958 Big Ten standings
Conference page| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
 Iowa | 5–1 | 8–1–1 | 2 |
| Wisconsin | 5–1–1 | 7–1–1 | 7 |
| Ohio State | 4–1–2 | 6–1–2 | 8 |
| Purdue | 3–1–2 | 6–1–2 | 13 |
 Indiana | 3–2–1 | 5–3–1 | |
| Illinois | 4–3 | 4–5 | |
| Northwestern | 3–4 | 5–4 | |
| Michigan | 1–5–1 | 2–6–1 | |
| Minnesota | 1–6 | 1–8 | |
| Michigan State | 0–5–1 | 3–5–1 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.