1958 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football team

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1958 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football
Conference Ohio Valley Conference
Record4–5 (2–4 OVC)
Head coach
Captains
  • Rod Bagby
  • Jim "Yogi" Hardin
Seasons
  1957
1959  
1958 Ohio Valley Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 11 Middle Tennessee + 5 1 08 2 0
Tennessee Tech + 5 1 07 3 0
East Tennessee State 4 2 05 4 0
Eastern Kentucky 3 3 03 6 0
Western Kentucky 2 4 04 5 0
Murray State 2 4 03 7 0
Morehead State 0 6 00 8 1
  • + Conference co-champions
Rankings from UPI small college poll

The 1958 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football team represented Western Kentucky State College (now known as Western Kentucky University) as a member of the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) during the 1958 college football season. Led by second-year head coach Nick Denes, the Hilltoppers compiled an overall record of 4–5 with a mark of 2–4 in conference play, tying for fifth place in the OVC. The team's captains were Rod Bagby and Jim "Yogi" Hardin. [1]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendance
September 20 Southeast Missouri State * Bowling Green, KY W 12–01,196
September 27at East Tennessee State Johnson City, TN L 0–8
October 4No. 12 Middle Tennessee Bowling Green, KY (rivalry)L 7–105,319
October 11at Youngstown State * Youngstown, OH L 6–20
October 18at Tennessee Tech Cookeville, TN L 3–7
November 1 Eastern Kentucky Dagger-14-plain.pngBowling Green, KY (rivalry)W 21–144,042
November 8at Morehead State Morehead, KY W 14–0
November 15 Austin Peay *Bowling Green, KYW 34–163,762
November 22at Murray State
L 7–12
  • *Non-conference game
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming
  • Rankings from UPI Poll released prior to the game

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References

  1. "WKU Football 2021 Media Guide" (PDF). Bowling Green, Kentucky: Western Kentucky University. p. 176. Retrieved November 29, 2021.
  2. "Brief Summary Of Cumulative Football Statistics (1958 Western Kentucky)". National Collegiate Athletic Association . Retrieved December 17, 2022.