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1958 Tulane

3–⁠7 (1–⁠5 Southeastern Conference), coached by Andy Pilney.

Schedule and results

Tulane in 1958, game by game: lost at Florida 14–34; lost vs. Texas 20–21; lost at Georgia Tech 0–14; lost vs. No. 7 Ole Miss 8–19; won vs. No. 6 Navy 14–6; lost at Kansas 9–14; won vs. Texas Tech 27–0; won vs. Alabama 13–7; lost at Vanderbilt 0–12; lost vs. No. 1 LSU 0–62+27−62Lost 14–34 at Florida-20FloridaLost 20–21 vs. Texas-1TexasLost 0–14 at Georgia Tech-14Georgia TechLost 8–19 vs. No. 7 Ole Miss-11No. 7 Ole MissWon 14–6 vs. No. 6 Navy+8No. 6 NavyLost 9–14 at Kansas-5KansasWon 27–0 vs. Texas Tech+27Texas TechWon 13–7 vs. Alabama+6AlabamaLost 0–12 at Vanderbilt-12VanderbiltLost 0–62 vs. No. 1 LSU-62No. 1 LSU
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 20atFloridaL 14–⁠3425%
Sep 26vsTexasL 20–⁠2143%
Oct 4atGeorgia TechL 0–⁠1426%
Oct 11vs7Ole MissL 8–⁠1923%
Oct 18vs6NavyW 14–⁠616%
Oct 25atKansasL 9–⁠1447%
Oct 31vsTexas TechW 27–⁠060%
Nov 7vsAlabamaW 13–⁠759%
Nov 15atVanderbiltL 0–⁠1229%
Nov 22vs1LSUL 0–⁠6226%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to LSU 62–⁠0; unranked in the final AP poll; 11th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 61st-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 123 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
3–⁠7
Conference
1–⁠5 11th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
105–⁠189
Coach
Andy Pilney
Elo
1440 −10 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
4.6 No. 51 of 112 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1959

The 1959 draft
Rd 2Richie Petitbon QBChicago Bears
Rd 6Dave Painter CLos Angeles Rams

All-SEC

1 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 Southeastern Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
LSU6–⁠011–⁠01
Auburn6–⁠0–⁠19–⁠0–⁠14
Ole Miss3–⁠29–⁠211
Vanderbilt2–⁠1–⁠35–⁠2–⁠3
Tennessee4–⁠34–⁠6
Kentucky3–⁠4–⁠15–⁠4–⁠1
Alabama3–⁠4–⁠15–⁠4–⁠1
Florida2–⁠3–⁠16–⁠4–⁠114
Georgia Tech2–⁠3–⁠15–⁠4–⁠1
Georgia2–⁠44–⁠6
Tulane1–⁠53–⁠7
Mississippi State1–⁠63–⁠6

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