1958 Texas A&M
4–6 (2–4 Southwest Conference), coached by Jim Myers. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest upsetBeat No. 17 Rice 28–21Nov 15
Rice was ranked No. 17, above it.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 20 | at Texas Tech | L 14–15 | 70% |
| Sep 27 | at Houston | L 7–39 | 52% |
| Oct 4 | vs Missouri | W 12–0 | 71% |
| Oct 11 | at Maryland | W 14–10 | 58% |
| Oct 18 | vs 20TCU | L 8–24 | 61% |
| Oct 25 | at Baylor | W 33–27 | 46% |
| Nov 1 | vs Arkansas | L 8–21 | 80% |
| Nov 8 | at 20SMU | L 0–33 | 42% |
| Nov 15 | at 17Rice | W 28–21 | 35% |
| Nov 27 | at Texas | L 0–27 | 46% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Lost to Texas 27–0; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 5th in the Southwest Conference.
In program history: The 89th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 125 on file).
AP poll, week by week
- Wk 1: 20
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
- 4–6
- Conference
- 2–4 tied for 5th in Southwest Conference
- AP final
- Unranked peak No. 20
- Points
- 124–217
- Coach
- Jim Myers
- Elo
- 1521 −112 this season
- SP+ rating
- —
- SRS
- 0.1 No. 60 of 112 major-college teams
- Recruiting class
- —
Drafted in 1959
The 1959 draft| Rd 4 | Ken Beck OT | Chicago Cardinals |
| Rd 4 | John Tracey E | Los Angeles Rams |
All-Southwest Conference
2 first team, 1 second teamFirst team
Charlie MilsteadBAP-1
John TraceyEAP-1; UPI-1
Second team
- Ken BeckOTAP-2; UPI-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 Southwest Conference standings
| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
| TCU | 5–1 | 8–2–1 | 10 |
| SMU | 4–2 | 6–4 | 18 |
| Rice | 4–2 | 5–5 | |
| Texas | 3–3 | 7–3 | |
| Arkansas | 2–4 | 4–6 | |
| Texas A&M | 2–4 | 4–6 | |
| Baylor | 1–5 | 3–7 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.