
1958 Indiana
5–3–1 (3–2–1 Big Ten), coached by Phil Dickens. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat Minnesota 6–0Nov 1
By 6 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 27 | at | L 0–18 | 20% |
| Oct 4 | vs | W 13–12 | 31% |
| Oct 11 | at | L 13–34 | 14% |
| Oct 18 | at | L 8–49 | 12% |
| Oct 25 | vs | W 12–7 | 39% |
| Nov 1 | vs | W 6–0 | 54% |
| Nov 8 | vs | W 6–0 | 32% |
| Nov 15 | at | W 8–6 | 37% |
| Nov 22 | at | T 15–15 | 18% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Tied Purdue 15–15; unranked in the final AP poll; 5th in the Big Ten.
In program history: The 54th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 132 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
- 5–3–1
- Conference
- 3–2–1 5th in Big Ten
- AP final
- Unranked
- Points
- 81–141
- Coach
- Phil Dickens
- Elo
- 1463 +74 this season
- SP+ rating
- —
- SRS
- 5.5 No. 45 of 112 major-college teams
- Recruiting class
- —
- Captain
- Mike Rabold
- Most valuable player
- Mike Rabold
Drafted in 1959
The 1959 draft| Rd 2 | Mike Rabold OT | Detroit Lions |
All-Big Ten
1 second teamSecond team
Mike RaboldOGAP-2; UPI-3
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5–1 | 8–1–1 | 2 | |
| 5–1–1 | 7–1–1 | 7 | |
| 4–1–2 | 6–1–2 | 8 | |
| 3–1–2 | 6–1–2 | 13 | |
| 3–2–1 | 5–3–1 | ||
| 4–3 | 4–5 | ||
| 3–4 | 5–4 | ||
| 1–5–1 | 2–6–1 | ||
| 1–6 | 1–8 | ||
| 0–5–1 | 3–5–1 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.