1958 USC Trojans football team

1958 USC Trojans football

Conference	Pacific Coast Conference
1958 record	4–5–1 (4–2–1 PCC)
Head coach	Don Clark (2nd year)
Home stadium	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum

1958 PCC football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
#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

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1958 USC Trojans football team represented the University of Southern California (USC) in the 1958 college football season. In their second year under head coach Don Clark, the Trojans compiled a 4–5–1 record (4–2–1 against conference opponents), finished in third place in the Pacific Coast Conference, and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 151 to 120.^[1]

Tom Maudlin led the team in passing with 41 of 95 passes completed for 535 yards, four touchdowns and 15 interceptions. Don Buford led the team in rushing with 64 carries for 306 yards. Hillard Hill was the leading receiver with 11 catches for 319 yards and five touchdowns.^[2]

Four Trojans were recognized by either the Associated Press (AP) or the conference coaches on the 1958 All-Pacific Coast Conference football team: end Marlin McKeever (AP-1; Coaches-1); tackle Dan Ficca (AP-1; Coaches-2); guard Frank Florentino (Coaches-1 [tie]); and halfback Don Buford (Coaches-2).^[3]^[4]

Schedule

Date	Opponent^#	Site	Result	Attendance
September 19	No. 12 Oregon State	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, California	W 21–0	40,286
September 27	at Michigan*	Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, Michigan	L 19–20	77,005
October 3	North Carolina*	Los Angeles Memorial Stadium • Los Angeles, California	L 7–8	43,238
October 21	vs. No. 15 Oregon	Multnomah Stadium • Portland, Oregon	L 0–25	32,734
October 18	California	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, California	L 12–14	34,872
October 25	vs. Washington State	Spokane Memorial Stadium • Spokane, Washington	W 14–6	25,000
November 1	at Stanford	Stanford Stadium • Stanford, California	W 29–6	52,000
November 8	Washington	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, California	W 21–6	32,987
November 22	at UCLA	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, California (Battle for the Victory Bell)	T 15–15	58,507
November 29	No. 18 Notre Dame*	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum • Los Angeles, California (Notre Dame – USC rivalry)	L 13–20	66,903
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll.

References

↑ "Southern California Yearly Results (1955-1959)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Retrieved July 20, 2015.
↑ "1958 Southern California Trojans Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 21, 2015.
↑ "All-Coast Headed by Bates, Kapp". The Daily Sun, San Bernardino, California. December 3, 1958. p. B8. (AP)
↑ "Kapp, Bates Head Coaches' PCC Team". Independent, Long Beach, California. December 5, 1958. p. C4.

USC Trojans football

Venues	Athletic Park (1895–98) Fiesta Park (1897–98, 1904–06, 1916) Chutes Park (1900) Prager Park (1903) Bovard Field (1904–10, 1914–15, 1917–22) Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (1923–present) Howard Jones Field (practice)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Notre Dame (Jeweled Shillelagh) UCLA (Victory Bell) Stanford

Culture & lore	Traveler George Tirebiter Giles Pellerin "Fight On" Spirit of Troy Student Body Right Tommy Trojan Athletics scandal 1967 "Game of the Century" "Bush Push" 2007 Stanford game

People	Head coaches Starting quarterbacks NFL draftees Statistical leaders

Seasons	1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

National championship seasons in bold

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