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1958 UCLA

3–⁠6–⁠1 (2–⁠4–⁠1 Pacific Coast Conference), coached by George Dickerson, then Bill Barnes (1st season, final 7 games).

Schedule and results

UCLA in 1958, game by game: lost vs. No. 19 Pittsburgh 6–27; won at Illinois 18–14; lost at Oregon State 0–14; lost vs. Florida 14–21; won at Washington 20–0; lost vs. Stanford 19–21; lost vs. Washington State 20–38; lost at California 17–20; won vs. Oregon 7–3; tied vs. USC 15–15+20−21Lost 6–27 vs. No. 19 Pittsburgh-21No. 19 PittsburghWon 18–14 at Illinois+4IllinoisLost 0–14 at Oregon State-14Oregon StateLost 14–21 vs. Florida-7FloridaWon 20–0 at Washington+20WashingtonLost 19–21 vs. Stanford-2StanfordLost 20–38 vs. Washington State-18Washington StateLost 17–20 at California-3CaliforniaWon 7–3 vs. Oregon+4OregonTied 15–15 vs. USC0USC
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 20vs19PittsburghL 6–⁠2768%
Sep 27atIllinoisW 18–⁠1450%
Oct 4atOregon StateL 0–⁠1445%
Oct 10vsFloridaL 14–⁠2155%
Oct 18atWashingtonW 20–⁠051%
Oct 25vsStanfordL 19–⁠2175%
Nov 1vsWashington StateL 20–⁠3862%
Nov 8atCaliforniaL 17–⁠2044%
Nov 15vsOregonW 7–⁠355%
Nov 22vsUSCT 15–⁠1554%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Tied USC 15–⁠15; unranked in the final AP poll; 6th in the Pacific Coast Conference.

In program history: The 71st-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 102 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
3–⁠6–⁠1
Conference
2–⁠4–⁠1 6th in Pacific Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
136–⁠173
Coach
George Dickerson, then Bill Barnes (1st season, final 7 games)
Elo
1504 −100 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
2.9 No. 52 of 112 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captain
Jim Steffen

All-Pacific Coast

1 first team, 2 second team

First team

  • Bill LeekaOTCoaches-1

Second team

  • Ray SmithRBCoaches-2
  • Jim SteffenEAP-2; Coaches-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.