1958 Maine Black Bears football team

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1958 Maine Black Bears football
ConferenceYankee Conference
1958 record6–2 (4–1 Yankee)
Head coach
CaptainNiles Nelson
Home stadiumAlumni Field
Seasons
← 1957
1959 →
1958 Yankee Conference football standings
  • v
  • t
 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Connecticut $ 4 – 0 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
Maine 3 – 1 – 0 6 – 2 – 0
Rhode Island 2 – 2 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
UMass 1 – 3 – 0 2 – 6 – 0
Vermont 0 – 1 – 0 2 – 4 – 1
New Hampshire 0 – 4 – 0 2 – 6 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1958 Maine Black Bears football team was an American football team that represented the University of Maine as a member of the Yankee Conference during the 1958 NCAA College Division football season. In its eighth season under head coach Harold Westerman, the team compiled a 6–2 record (4–1 against conference opponents) and finished second out of the six teams in the Yankee Conference championship. The team played its home games at Alumni Field in Orono, Maine. Niles Nelson was the team captain.[1]

Schedule[]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 20UMass
W 19–6
September 27Rhode Island
  • Alumni Field
  • Orono, ME
W 37–8
October 4at Vermont
W 26–05,000[2]
October 11New Hampshire
W 14–0
October 18at Connecticut
L 6–21
October 25Bates*
  • Alumni Field
  • Orono, ME
W 40–0
November 1Colby*
  • Alumni Field
  • Orono, ME
L 12–16
November 8at Bowdoin*Brunswick, MEW 37–0
  • *Non-conference game

References[]

  1. ^ "2019 Maine Football Media Guide" (PDF). University of Maine. 2019. p. 86. Retrieved September 22, 2021.
  2. ^ "U-Maine joined Vermont's carnival". The Bangor Daily News. October 6, 1958. Retrieved June 8, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
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