1958 Ohio State Buckeyes football team

1958 Ohio State Buckeyes football
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 7
AP	No. 8
Record	6–1–2 (4–1–2 Big Ten)
Head coach	Woody Hayes (8th season)
MVP	Jim Houston
Captains	Frank Kremblas Dick Schafrath
Home stadium	Ohio Stadium
Seasons ← 1957 1959 →

1958 Big Ten Conference football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 2 Iowa $	5	–	1	–	0			8	–	1	–	1
No. 7 Wisconsin	5	–	1	–	1			7	–	1	–	1
No. 8 Ohio State	4	–	1	–	2			6	–	1	–	2
No. 13 Purdue	3	–	1	–	2			6	–	1	–	2
Indiana	3	–	2	–	1			5	–	3	–	1
Illinois	4	–	3	–	0			4	–	5	–	0
Northwestern	3	–	4	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
Michigan	1	–	5	–	1			2	–	6	–	1
Minnesota	1	–	6	–	0			1	–	8	–	0
Michigan State	0	–	5	–	1			3	–	5	–	1
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1958 Ohio State Buckeyes football team represented the Ohio State University in the 1958 Big Ten Conference football season. The Buckeyes compiled a 6–1–2 record.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 27	No. 20 SMU*	No. 1	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH	W 23–20	83,113
October 4	Washington*	No. 3	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH	W 12–7	82,901
October 11	at Illinois	No. 5	Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL (Illibuck Trophy)	W 19–13	50,416
October 18	Indiana	No. 3	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH	W 49–8	82,964
October 25	No. 13 Wisconsin	No. 2	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH	T 7–7	83,142
November 1	at No. 11 Northwestern	No. 5	Dyche Stadium Evanston, IL	L 0–21	51,102
November 8	No. 8 Purdue	No. 16	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH	T 14–14	83,481
November 15	at No. 2 Iowa	No. 16	Iowa Stadium Iowa City, IA	W 38–28	58,643
November 22	Michigan	No. 11	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH (rivalry)	W 20–14	83,248	[1]
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Roster

1958 Ohio State Buckeyes football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class QB 22 Frank Kremblas Sr HB 44 Dick LeBeau Sr FB Bob White Jr	Defense Pos. # Name Class	Special teams Pos. # Name Class	Head coach Woody Hayes Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

Game summaries

SMU

1 2 3 4 Total SMU 0 14 0 6 20 • Ohio St 8 7 8 0 23 Date: September 27 Location: Ohio Stadium Game attendance: 83,113

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Washington

1 2 3 4 Total Washington 7 0 0 0 7 • Ohio State 6 0 0 6 12 Date: October 4 Location: Ohio State Game attendance: 82,901 Game weather: Clear, 68 °F (20 °C)

Scoring summary Q1 WASH McKeta 12 yard run (Fleming kick) WASH 0–7 Q1 OSU Fields 1 yard run (run failed) WASH 6–7 Q4 OSU Clark 1 yard run (run failed) OSU 12–7

Illinois

1 2 3 4 Total • Ohio State 6 0 13 0 19 Illinois 0 6 0 7 13 Date: October 10 Location: Memorial Stadium, Champaign, Illinois Game attendance: 54,416 Game weather: Clear, WNW wind 25 mph 54 °F (12 °C)

Indiana

1 2 3 4 Total Indiana 0 0 0 8 8 • Ohio State 14 7 14 14 49 Date: October 18 Location: Ohio Stadium Game attendance: 82,964 Game weather: Clear, 59 °F (15 °C)

Wisconsin

1 2 3 4 Total Wisconsin 0 0 7 0 7 Ohio State 0 0 7 0 7 Date: October 25 Location: Ohio Stadium Game attendance: 83,142 Game weather: Rain, 52 °F (11 °C)

Scoring summary Q3 WIS Hackbart 64 punt return (Shwaiko kick) WIS 0–7 Q3 OSU White 1 yard run (Kilgore kick) TIED 7–7

Northwestern

1 2 3 4 Total Ohio State 0 0 0 0 0 • Northwestern 0 0 7 14 21 Date: November 1 Location: Dyche Stadium, Evanston, Illinois Game attendance: 51,102

Scoring summary Q3 NW Thornton 67 yard pass to Burton (Thornton kick) NW 0–7 Q4 NW Thornton 1 yard run (kick failed) NW 0–13 Q4 NW Thornton 3 yard pass to E. Kimbrough (Thornton pass to Burton good) NW 0–21

Purdue

1 2 3 4 Total Purdue 0 0 0 14 14 Ohio State 7 7 0 0 14 Date: November 8 Location: Ohio Stadium Game attendance: 83,481 Game weather: Rain, 54 °F (12 °C)

Scoring summary Q1 OSU Marshall blocked punt return for 22 yards (Kilgore kick) OSU 7–0 Q2 OSU Marshall interception return for 25 yards (Kilgore kick) OSU 14–0 Q4 PUR Jarus 2 yard run (point no good) OSU 14–7 Q4 PUR Fichtner 7 yard pass to Brooks (Fichtner pass to Brooks) TIED 14–14

Iowa

1 2 3 4 Total • Ohio State 7 14 7 10 38 Iowa 7 14 7 0 28 Date: November 15 Location: Iowa Stadium, Iowa City, Iowa Game attendance: 58,643 Game weather: Cloudy, wind NE 15 mph, 51 °F (11 °C)

Scoring summary Q1 OSU Clark 25 yard run (Kilgore kick) OSU 7–0 Q1 IOWA Duncan 1 yard run (Prescott kick) TIED 7–7 Q2 OSU White 71 yard run (Kilgore kick) OSU 14–7 Q2 IOWA Fleming 1 yard run (Prescott kick) TIED 14–14 Q2 OSU White 1 yard run (Kilgore kick) OSU 21–14 Q2 IOWA Duncan 3 yard pass to Fleming (Prescott kick) TIED 21–21 Q3 OSU Clark 37 yard run (Kilgore kick) OSU 28–21 Q3 IOWA Nocera 21 yard run (Prescott kick) TIED 28–28 Q4 OSU White 1 yard run (Kilgore kick) OSU 35–28 Q4 OSU Kilgore 12 yard field goal OSU 38–28

Statistics

• Rushing: Bob White 209 yards, three touchdowns ^[3]

Michigan

1 2 3 4 Total Michigan 6 8 0 0 14 • Ohio State 0 12 8 0 20 Date: November 22 Location: Ohio Stadium Game attendance: 83,248 Game weather: Clear, 45 °F (7 °C)

Scoring summary Q1 MICH Ptacek 7 yard pass to Prahst (extra point failed) MICH 0–6 Q2 OSU LeBeau 8 yard run (extra point failed) TIED 6–6 Q2 MICH Ptacek 32 yard pass to Prahst (Ptacek pass to Prahst) MICH 6–14 Q2 OSU Fields 25 yard pass to Herbstreit (extra point failed) MICH 12–14 Q3 OSU White 6 yard run (Fields run) OSU 20–14

Coaching staff

• Woody Hayes – Head coach – 8th year

1959 NFL draftees

Player	Round	Pick	Position	NFL club
Don Clark	1	7	Back	Chicago Bears
Dan James	1	8	Tackle	San Francisco 49ers
Dick Schafrath	2	23	Tackle	Cleveland Browns
Dick LeBeau	5	58	Defensive back	Cleveland Browns
Jerry Lee Murphy	20	231	Tackle	Chicago Cardinals
Frank Kremblas	23	275	Quarterback	New York Giants
Ernie Spychalski	25	298	Tackle	Cleveland Browns
John Scott[4]	26	307	Defensive tackle	Pittsburgh Steelers

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