1958 Texas
7–3 (3–3 Southwest Conference), coached by Darrell Royal. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest upsetBeat No. 2 Oklahoma 15–14Oct 11
Oklahoma was ranked No. 2, above it.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 20 | vs Georgia | W 13–8 | 66% |
| Sep 26 | at Tulane | W 21–20 | 57% |
| Oct 4 | vs Texas Tech | W 12–7 | 68% |
| Oct 11 | vs 2Oklahoma | W 15–14 | 29% |
| Oct 18 | vs Arkansas | W 24–6 | 75% |
| Oct 25 | at Rice | L 7–34 | 44% |
| Nov 1 | vs SMU | L 10–26 | 63% |
| Nov 8 | at Baylor | W 20–15 | 43% |
| Nov 15 | at 9TCU | L 8–22 | 27% |
| Nov 27 | vs Texas A&M | W 27–0 | 54% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Beat Texas A&M 27–0; unranked in the final AP poll; 4th in the Southwest Conference.
In program history: The 103rd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 126 on file).
AP poll, week by week
- Wk 1: 11
- Wk 3: 17
- Wk 4: 16
- Wk 5: 7
- Wk 6: 4
- Wk 7: 16
- Record
- 7–3
- Conference
- 3–3 4th in Southwest Conference
- AP final
- Unranked peak No. 4
- Points
- 157–152
- Coach
- Darrell Royal
- Elo
- 1553 +24 this season
- SP+ rating
- —
- SRS
- 10.2 No. 25 of 112 major-college teams
- Recruiting class
- —
All-Southwest Conference
4 second teamSecond team
George BlanchBUPI-2- Bob BryantEAP-2; UPI-2
- James ShillingburgOTAP-2
- Arlis ParkhurstCAP-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.