1958 UCLA Bruins football team

The 1958 UCLA Bruins football team was an American football team that represented the University of California, Los Angeles in the Pacific Coast Conference during the 1958 NCAA University Division football season. In their first year under head coaches George W. Dickerson (three games) and then William F. Barnes (seven games), the Bruins compiled a 3–6–1 record (2–4–1 in PCC, sixth).

1958 UCLA Bruins football
ConferencePacific Coast Conference
Record3–6–1 (2–4–1 PCC)
Head coach
CaptainJim Steffen
Home stadiumLos Angeles Memorial Coliseum
1958 Pacific Coast Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 16 California $ 6 1 07 4 0
Washington State 6 2 07 3 0
USC 4 2 14 5 1
Oregon State 5 3 06 4 0
Oregon 4 4 04 6 0
UCLA 2 4 13 6 1
Stanford 2 5 02 8 0
Washington 1 6 03 7 0
Idaho 0 3 04 5 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

UCLA's offensive leaders in 1958 were quarterback Don Long with 395 passing yards, Ray Smith with 307 rushing yards, and John Brown with 259 receiving yards.

Five weeks before the first game, head coach Red Sanders died of a heart attack at age 53 in a Los Angeles hotel room. Dickerson was promoted to head coach several days later, but after two hospitalizations for nervous exhaustion, Barnes was named head coach prior to the fourth game, and remained through the 1964 season.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.