1958 Texas Southern Tigers football team

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1958 Texas Southern Tigers football
Conference Southwestern Athletic Conference
Record5–5 (2–3 SWAC)
Head coach
Home stadium Jeppesen Stadium
Seasons
←  1957
1959  →
1958 Southwestern Athletic Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Prairie View A&M $ 5 –0 –010 –0 –1
Southern 3 –2 –08 –2 –0
Texas College 3 –2 –05 –4 –0
Texas Southern 2 –3 –05 –5 –0
Wiley 2 –3 –05 –5 –0
Arkansas AM&N 0 –5 –03 –6 –0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1958 Texas Southern Tigers football team was an American football team that represented Texas Southern University as a member of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) during the 1958 college football season. Led by 10th-year head coach Alexander Durley, the Tigers compiled an overall record of 5–5, with a mark of 2–3 in conference play, and finished tied for fourth in the SWAC.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 27 Southern
L 6–30
October 3at Brooke Army Medical Center *
L 8–20 [1] [2]
October 13vs. Prairie View A&M
L 19–2610,000 [3]
October 18at Texas College
L 12–13 [4] [5]
October 25 Corpus Christi *
  • Jeppesen Stadium
  • Houston, TX
W 20–0 [6]
November 1 Wiley
  • Jeppesen Stadium
  • Houston, TX
W 14–0 [7]
November 8 Grambling *
  • Jeppesen Stadium
  • Houston, TX
W 21–7 [8]
November 15vs. Fort Hood *
W 47–6 [9]
November 22at Arkansas AM&N
W 40–0 [10]
November 29at Florida A&M *
L 18–22 [11]
  • *Non-conference game

References

  1. ↑ "Texas Southern foe in Comets' 2nd game". San Antonio Express. October 3, 1958. Retrieved July 9, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
  2. ↑ "Comets play Fort Hood's Tankers here". San Antonio Express. October 10, 1958. Retrieved July 9, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ "Prairie View nudges Texas Southern, 26–19". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. October 14, 1958. Retrieved July 9, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ "Texas College Steers to host Texas Southern team tonight". The Tyler Morning Telegraph. October 18, 1958. Retrieved July 9, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ "Texas College nips Texas Southern U." The Tyler Courier-Times. October 19, 1958. Retrieved July 9, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ "Texas Southern beats Tarpons". Corpus Christi Caller-Times. October 26, 1958. Retrieved July 9, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ "Wiley is handed loop loss by fired Southern club". The Marshall News Messenger. November 3, 1958. Retrieved July 9, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ "Grambling falls Saturday before strong Texas eleven". The Ruston Daily Leader. November 10, 1958. Retrieved July 9, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
  9. ↑ "Texas Southern smothers Tankers". The Galveston Daily News. November 16, 1958. Retrieved July 9, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
  10. ↑ "Prairie View seeks negro grid crown". Abilene Reporter-News. November 27, 1959. Retrieved July 9, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
  11. ↑ "Rattlers beat Texans by 22 to 18". The Tampa Tribune. November 30, 1958. Retrieved July 9, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
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