1958 Santa Monica Corsairs football team

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1958 Santa Monica Corsairs football
Metropolitan champion
Junior Rose Bowl champion
Conference Metropolitan Conference
Record10–0 (7–0 Metropolitan)
Head coach
Seasons
← 1957
1959 →
1958 Metropolitan Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Santa Monica $ 7 –0 –010 –0 –0
Bakersfield 6 –1 –09 –1 –0
Long Beach 4 –2 –06 –3 –0
San Diego Junior College 4 –3 –06 –3 –0
Los Angeles Valley 3 –4 –04 –5 –0
El Camino 2 –4 –03 –5 –0
East Los Angeles 1 –6 –03 –6 –0
Harbor 0 –7 –02 –7 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • The game between Long Beach and El Camino on November 22 was stopped in the third quarter because of fog. The conference ruled the game a no contest.

The 1958 Santa Monica Corsairs football team was an American football team that represented Santa Monica City College (now known as Santa Monica College) as a member of the Metropolitan Conference during the 1958 junior college football season. In their third year under head coach Jim Powers, the Corsairs compiled a perfect 10–0 record, won the Metropolitan Conference championship, defeated Northeastern Oklahoma A&M in the Junior Rose Bowl, and outscored all opponents by a total of 389 to 139.

Players included quarterback Pat Young, halfbacks Bernie Coffee and Lloyd Winston, fullback George Pierovich, ends Dave Washington and Leon Cadis, center Ivory Jones, and tackle Marv Marinovich. Winston was named "Player of the Game" in the Junior Rose Bowl [1] and later played for the San Francisco 49ers. Marinovich played for the Oakland Raiders.

Three Santa Monica players were selected as first-team players on the Junior College All-America team: Pat Young at quarterback; Lloyd Winston at halfback; and Dave Washington at end. Ivory Jones was selected as the center on the second team. [2]

The team played its home games at Corsair Field in Santa Monica, California.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 26at Ventura *
W 30–165,000 [3]
October 11at San Diego Junior College
W 16–6
October 17 El Camino
  • Corsair Field
  • Santa Monica, CA
W 32–88,500 [4] [5]
October 25at Long Beach
W 38–124,800 [6]
October 31 Bakersfied
  • Corsair Field
  • Santa Monica, CA
W 30–2313,000 [7]
November 8 Harbor Dagger-14-plain.pngSanta Monica, CAW 70–0 [8]
November 14at Los Angeles Valley W 66–147,500 [9]
November 22 East Los Angeles
  • Corsair Feld
  • Santa Monica, CA
W 24–12
November 27at Mesa * Grand Junction, CO W 53–341,500 [10]
December 13vs. Northeastern Oklahoma A&M *
W 30–1250,797 [11] [12]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming

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References

  1. ↑ "Santa Monica Halfback Winston Named 'Player of Game'". Los Angeles Times. December 15, 1958. p. IV-9 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ↑ "Santa Monica CC Dominates Times' Jaysee All-American Football Team". Los Angeles Times. December 24, 1958. p. IV-1 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ "Pirate Debut Ruined by Santa Monica, 30-16: Keith Goes 87 for Ventura Touchdown; Corsair Line Proves Big Difference". The Ventura County Star-Free Press. September 27, 1958. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ "Corsairs Strong Favorites To Top El Camino Team". Evening Vanguard. October 17, 1958. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ Gerry Allen (October 18, 1958). "Corsairs In Third Straight Win: 8500 Witness Romp Over Camino, 32-8". Evening Vanguard. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ "Corsairs Trounce Vikes". Independent Press-Telegram. October 26, 1958. p. C2 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ "Late Corsair Rally Edges Bakersfield". Los Angeles Times. November 1, 1958. p. II-5 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ Richard Roberts (November 10, 1958). "Santa Monica Buries Harbor, 70-0". News-Pilot. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ↑ Art Rubine (November 15, 1958). "Santa Monica Proves Jaycee Juggernaut". Valley Times. p. 12 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ↑ Joe Much (November 28, 1958). "Santa Monica Outscores Stubborn Mavericks 53-34". The Daily Sentinel. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ↑ Mannie Pineda (December 13, 1958). "Santa Monica Rates Touchdown Favorite: Corsairs, Norsemen in JRB Today". Pasadena Independent. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ↑ "Santa Monica Wallops NEO, 30-12: Winston, Young Sparkle Before 50,797 JRB Fans". Pasadena Independent, star-News. December 14, 1958. p. A1 – via Newspapers.com.
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