1958 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football team
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Conference | Ohio Valley Conference |
1958 record | 4–5 (2–4 OVC) |
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Captain | Rod Bagby, Jim "Yogi" Hardin |
1958 Ohio Valley Conference football standings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 11 Middle Tennessee + | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tennessee Tech + | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
East Tennessee State | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Eastern Kentucky | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Western Kentucky | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Murray State | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Morehead State | 0 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 8 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 NCAA College Division 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[]
Date | Opponent | Site | Result |
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September 20 | Southeast Missouri State* | Bowling Green, KY | W 12–0 |
September 27 | at East Tennessee State | Johnson City, TN | L 0–8 |
October 4 | Middle Tennessee | Bowling Green, KY (rivalry) | L 7–10 |
October 11 | at Youngstown State* | Youngstown, OH | L 6–20 |
October 18 | at Tennessee Tech | Cookeville, TN | L 3–7 |
November 1 | Eastern Kentucky | Bowling Green, KY (rivalry) | W 21–14 |
November 8 | at Morehead State | Morehead, KY | W 14–0 |
November 15 | Austin Peay* | Bowling Green, KY | W 34–16 |
November 22 | at Murray State |
| L 7–12 |
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References[]
- ^ "WKU Football 2021 Media Guide" (PDF). Bowling Green, Kentucky: Western Kentucky University. p. 176. Retrieved November 29, 2021.
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