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1958 Oregon State

6–⁠4 (5–⁠3 Pacific Coast Conference), coached by Tommy Prothro.

1958 OSC football media guide
1958 OSC football media guidePhoto: Unknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Schedule and results

Oregon State in 1958, game by game: lost at USC 0–21; won vs. Kansas 12–0; won vs. UCLA 14–0; lost at Wyoming 0–28; won at Idaho 20–6; won vs. Washington 14–12; won vs. California 14–8; lost at Washington State 0–7; won at Stanford 24–16; lost vs. Oregon 0–20+14−28Lost 0–21 at USC-21USCWon 12–0 vs. Kansas+12KansasWon 14–0 vs. UCLA+14UCLALost 0–28 at Wyoming-28WyomingWon 20–6 at Idaho+14IdahoWon 14–12 vs. Washington+2WashingtonWon 14–8 vs. California+6CaliforniaLost 0–7 at Washington State-7Washington StateWon 24–16 at Stanford+8StanfordLost 0–20 vs. Oregon-20Oregon
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 19atUSCL 0–⁠2161%
Sep 27vsKansasW 12–⁠072%
Oct 4vsUCLAW 14–⁠055%
Oct 11atWyomingL 0–⁠2847%
Oct 18atIdahoW 20–⁠653%
Oct 25vsWashingtonW 14–⁠1275%
Nov 1vsCaliforniaW 14–⁠868%
Nov 8atWashington StateL 0–⁠748%
Nov 15atStanfordW 24–⁠1667%
Nov 22vsOregonL 0–⁠2069%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Oregon 20–⁠0; unranked in the final AP poll; 4th in the Pacific Coast Conference.

In program history: The 38th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 110 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 12

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.

Consensus All-AmericanTed Bates, OT

Record
6–⁠4
Conference
5–⁠3 4th in Pacific Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 12
Points
98–⁠118
Coach
Tommy Prothro
Elo
1540 −43 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
0.6 No. 59 of 112 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1959

The 1959 draft
Rd 4Bob Grottkau OGDetroit Lions
Rd 5Ted Bates OTChicago Cardinals

All-Pacific Coast

2 first team, 2 second team

First team

  • Ted BatesOTAP-1; Coaches-1
  • Jim BrackinsOGAP-1; Coaches-1

Second team

  • Nub BeamerFBAP-2; Coaches-2
  • Sonny SanchezOGAP-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 Pacific Coast Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
California6–⁠17–⁠416
Washington State6–⁠27–⁠3
USC4–⁠2–⁠14–⁠5–⁠1
Oregon State5–⁠36–⁠4
Oregon4–⁠44–⁠6
UCLA2–⁠4–⁠13–⁠6–⁠1
Stanford2–⁠52–⁠8
Washington1–⁠63–⁠7
Idaho0–⁠34–⁠5

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