1958 Minnesota
1–8 (1–6 Big Ten), coached by Murray Warmath. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat Michigan State 39–12Nov 15
By 27 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 27 | at Washington | L 21–24 | 45% |
| Oct 4 | vs 12Pittsburgh | L 7–13 | 44% |
| Oct 11 | vs Northwestern | L 3–7 | 65% |
| Oct 18 | vs Illinois | L 8–20 | 57% |
| Oct 25 | at Michigan | L 19–20 | 29% |
| Nov 1 | at Indiana | L 0–6 | 46% |
| Nov 8 | vs 2Iowa | L 6–28 | 19% |
| Nov 15 | vs Michigan State | W 39–12 | 33% |
| Nov 22 | at 5Wisconsin | L 12–27 | 18% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Lost to Wisconsin 27–12; unranked in the final AP poll; 9th in the Big Ten.
In program history: The 114th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 135 on file).
- Record
- 1–8
- Conference
- 1–6 9th in Big Ten
- AP final
- Unranked
- Points
- 115–157
- Coach
- Murray Warmath
- Elo
- 1433 −75 this season
- SP+ rating
- —
- SRS
- 6.7 No. 37 of 112 major-college teams
- Recruiting class
- —
- Captain
- Mike Svendsen
- Most valuable player
- Everette Gerths
All-Big Ten
1 first teamFirst team
Mike SvendsenCAP-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.