1958 Stanford

2–⁠8 (2–⁠5 Pacific Coast Conference), coached by Jack Curtice.

Schedule and results

Stanford in 1958, game by game: lost at Washington State 6–40; lost vs. Rice 7–30; lost at Northwestern 0–28; won vs. Washington 22–12; lost vs. Air Force 0–16; won at UCLA 21–19; lost vs. USC 6–29; lost at Oregon 0–12; lost vs. Oregon State 16–24; lost at No. 19 California 15–16+10−34Lost 6–40 at Washington State-34Washington StateLost 7–30 vs. Rice-23RiceLost 0–28 at Northwestern-28NorthwesternWon 22–12 vs. Washington+10WashingtonLost 0–16 vs. Air Force-16Air ForceWon 21–19 at UCLA+2UCLALost 6–29 vs. USC-23USCLost 0–12 at Oregon-12OregonLost 16–24 vs. Oregon State-8Oregon StateLost 15–16 at No. 19 California-1No. 19 California
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to California 16–⁠15; unranked in the final AP poll; 7th in the Pacific Coast Conference.

In program history: The 98th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 109 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
2–⁠8
Conference
2–⁠5 7th in Pacific Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
93–⁠226
Coach
Jack Curtice
Elo
1376 −169 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−4.7 No. 76 of 112 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

All-Pacific Coast

2 first team

First team

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.