1958 Eastern Michigan Hurons football team

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1958 Eastern Michigan Hurons football
ConferenceInterstate Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
1958 record4–5 (3–3 IIAC)
Head coach
MVPAlex Klukach
CaptainCharles J. Shonta
Home stadiumWalter O. Briggs Field
Seasons
← 1957
1959 →
1958 Interstate Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
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 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Western Illinois $ 5 – 1 – 0 6 – 1 – 1
Southern Illinois 4 – 2 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Central Michigan 4 – 2 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
Eastern Michigan 3 – 3 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Northern Illinois 2 – 4 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Illinois State Normal 2 – 4 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Eastern Illinois 1 – 5 – 0 2 – 6 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1958 Eastern Michigan Hurons football team represented Eastern Michigan College (renamed Eastern Michigan University in 1959) in the Interstate Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (IIAC) during the 1958 NCAA College Division football season. In their seventh season under head coach Fred Trosko, the Hurons compiled a 4–5 record (3–3 against IIAC opponents) and outscored their opponents, 108 to 88. Charles J. Shonta was the team captain[1] The team's statistical leaders included John Kubiak with 452 passing yards and 410 yards of total offense, Albert Day with 296 rushing yards, and Jerry Wedge with 183 receiving yards.[2] On October 18, 1958, the Hurons defeated Eastern Illinois, 31–0, in front for a homecoming crowd of 7,200 at Briggs Field in Ypsilanti.[3] Alex Klukach received the team's most valuable player award.[4]

Schedule[]

DateOpponentSiteResult
September 19at HopeHolland, MIL 7–19
September 27Illinois State
  • Briggs Field
  • Ypsilanti, MI
W 13–0
October 3Youngstown State
  • Briggs Field
  • Ypsilanti, MI
W 21–12
October 11at Central Michigan
  • Alumni Field
  • Mount Pleasant, MI (rivalry)
L 6–7
October 18Eastern Illinois dagger
  • Briggs Field
  • Ypsilanti, MI
W 31–0
October 25at Southern Illinois
L 9–13
November 1at Northern Illinois
W 15–7
November 8Western Illinois
  • Briggs Field
  • Ypsilanti, MI
L 6–27[5]
November 15Saint Joseph's (IN)
  • Briggs Field
  • Ypsilanti, MI
L 0–3
  • daggerHomecoming

References[]

  1. ^ "2014 Digital Media Guide: Eastern Michigan University" (PDF). Eastern Michigan University Football. pp. 169, 176. Retrieved June 29, 2016.
  2. ^ 2014 Media Guide, pp. 178, 184, 189, 191.
  3. ^ "Hurons Roll, 31–0". Detroit Free Press. October 19, 1958. p. 6F.
  4. ^ 2015 Media Guide, p. 146.
  5. ^ "Eastern Michigan Loses League Game". Battle Creek Enquirer. Associated Press. November 9, 1958. p. 3:3. Retrieved November 19, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
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