1958 UCLA Bruins football team
American college football season
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The 1958 UCLA Bruins football team was an American football team that represented the University of California, Los Angeles in the Pacific Coast Conference during the 1958 college football season. In their first year under head coaches George W. Dickerson (three games) and then Bill Barnes (seven games),[1] the Bruins compiled a 3–6–1 record (2–4–1 in PCC, sixth).[2]
- George W. Dickerson (1st season; first 3 games)
- Bill Barnes (1st season; final 7 games)
| 1958 UCLA Bruins football | |
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| Conference | Pacific Coast Conference |
| Record | 3–6–1 (2–4–1 PCC) |
| Head coach |
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| Captain | Jim Steffen |
| Home stadium | Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 16 California $ | 6 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Washington State | 6 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| USC | 4 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oregon State | 5 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oregon | 4 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UCLA | 2 | – | 4 | – | 1 | 3 | – | 6 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stanford | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Washington | 1 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Idaho | 0 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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UCLA's offensive leaders in 1958 were quarterback Don Long with 395 passing yards, Ray Smith with 307 rushing yards, and John Brown with 259 receiving yards.[3]
Five weeks before the first game, head coach Red Sanders died of a heart attack at age 53 in a Los Angeles hotel room.[4][5] Dickerson was promoted to head coach several days later,[6] but after two hospitalizations for nervous exhaustion, Barnes was named head coach prior to the fourth game,[1][7] and remained through the 1964 season.[8]
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 20 | No. 19 Pittsburgh* | L 6–27 | 30,578 | [9] | |
| September 27 | at Illinois* | W 18–14 | 46,775 | [10] | |
| October 4 | at Oregon State | L 0–14 | 18,532 | [11] | |
| October 10 | Florida* |
| L 14–21 | 31,175 | [12] |
| October 18 | at Washington | W 20–0 | 33,500 | [13] | |
| October 25 | Stanford |
| L 19–21 | 39,129 | [14] |
| November 1 | Washington State |
| L 20–38 | 25,090 | [15] |
| November 8 | at California | L 17–20 | 50,000 | [16][17] | |
| November 15 | Oregon |
| W 7–3 | 22,297 | [18][19] |
| November 22 | USC |
| T 15–15 | 58,507 | [20] |
Personnel
Players
- Glen Almquist, end, junior
- Harry Baldwin, center, sophomore
- Ray Benstead, center, senior
- Dean Betts, tackle
- John Brown, receiver, senior
- Dick Butler, center, senior
- Rod Cochran, guard
- John Davis, wingback
- Rod Fagerholm, tackle
- Gene Gaines, fullback
- Steve Gertsman, quarterback
- Joe Harper, guard
- Jim Johnson, receiver
- Chuck Kendall, tailback
- Billy Kilmer, tailback, sophomore
- Bob King, guard, senior
- Bill Leeka, guard, senior
- Don Long, tailback, senior
- Tony Longo, tackle
- Marv Luster, end, sophomore
- Jack Metcalf, guard, sophomore
- Trusse Norris, lineman
- Paul Oglesby, tackle, junior
- Phil Parslow, wingback, senior
- Dave Peterson, quarterback
- Art Phillips, junior
- John Pierovich, end
- Mike Riskas, guard, senior
- Ray Smith, fullback, junior
- "Skip" Smith, tailback, junior
- Jim Steffen, tailback
- Ben Treat, center, sophomore
- Jim Wallace, defensive tackle
- Dick Wallen, end
- Clint Whitfield, guard
- Kirk Wilson, punter
Coaching staff
- George W. Dickerson - head coach[23]
- Bill Barnes - acting head coach following death of Red Sanders[23]
- Assistant coaches - John Johnson, Bob Bergdahl (frosh coach), Deke Brackett, Sam Boghosian, and Dan Peterson[23]
