1958 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team

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1958 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football
Notre Dame Fighting Irish logo.svg
Conference Independent
Ranking
Coaches #14
AP #17
1958 record 6–4
Head coach Terry Brennan (5th year)
Captain Al Ecuyer
Captain Chuck Puntillo
Home stadium Notre Dame Stadium (c. 59,075, grass)
Seasons
« 1957 1959 »

The 1958 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team represented the University of Notre Dame during the 1958 college football season.

Schedule

Date Opponent# Rank# Site Result Attendance
September 27 Indiana #5 Notre Dame StadiumSouth Bend, IN W 18–0   49,347
October 4 at #17 SMU #7 Cotton BowlDallas (Fair Park), TX W 14–6   61,500
October 11 #3 Army #4 Notre Dame StadiumSouth Bend, IN (Rivalry) L 2–14   60,564
October 18 Duke #12 Notre Dame StadiumSouth Bend, IN W 9–7   59,068
October 25 #15 Purdue #11 Notre Dame StadiumSouth Bend, IN (Shillelagh Trophy) L 22–29   59,563
November 1 vs. #15 Navy Memorial StadiumBaltimore, MD (Rivalry) W 40–20   57,773
November 8 at Pittsburgh #14 Pitt StadiumPittsburgh, PA L 26–29   55,330
November 15 #11 North Carolina Notre Dame StadiumSouth Bend, IN W 34–24   56,839
November 22 at #6 Iowa #15 Iowa StadiumIowa City, IA L 21–31   58,230
November 29 at USC #18 LA Memorial ColiseumLos Angeles, CA (Jeweled Shillelagh) W 20–13   66,903
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game.

[1]

Game summaries

Indiana

1 2 3 4 Total
Indiana 0 0 0 0 0
• Notre Dame 0 6 0 12 18

[2]

Awards and honors

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References

  1. http://cfreference.net/cfr/school.s?id=143&season=1958
  2. "Injured Ace Sparks Win." Palm Beach Post. 1958 Sept 27.