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(Top) 1 Schedule 2 Roster 3 Game summaries 3.1 SMU 3.2 Washington 3.3 Illinois 3.4 Indiana 3.5 Wisconsin 3.6 Northwestern 3.7 Purdue 3.8 Iowa 3.9 Michigan 4 Coaching staff 5 1959 NFL draftees 6 References

1958 Ohio State Buckeyes football team

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1958 Ohio State Buckeyes football

Conference	Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 7
AP	No. 8
Record	6–1–2 (4–1–2 Big Ten)
Head coach	Woody Hayes (8th season)
MVP	Jim Houston
Captains	Frank Kremblas Dick Schafrath
Home stadium	Ohio Stadium
Seasons ← 1957 1959 →

1958 Big Ten Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No.2Iowa $	5	–	1	–	0	8	–	1	–	1
No.7Wisconsin	5	–	1	–	1	7	–	1	–	1
No.8Ohio State	4	–	1	–	2	6	–	1	–	2
No.13Purdue	3	–	1	–	2	6	–	1	–	2
Indiana	3	–	2	–	1	5	–	3	–	1
Illinois	4	–	3	–	0	4	–	5	–	0
Northwestern	3	–	4	–	0	5	–	4	–	0
Michigan	1	–	5	–	1	2	–	6	–	1
Minnesota	1	–	6	–	0	1	–	8	–	0
Michigan State	0	–	5	–	1	3	–	5	–	1

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1958 Ohio State Buckeyes football team represented the Ohio State University in the 1958 Big Ten Conference football season. The Buckeyes compiled a 6–1–2 record.

Schedule[edit]

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 27	No. 20SMU*	No. 1	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH	W 23–20	83,113
October 4	Washington*	No. 3	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH	W 12–7	82,901
October 11	atIllinois	No. 5	Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL (Illibuck Trophy)	W 19–13	50,416
October 18	Indiana	No. 3	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH	W 49–8	82,964
October 25	No. 13Wisconsin	No. 2	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH	T 7–7	83,142
November 1	at No. 11Northwestern	No. 5	Dyche Stadium Evanston, IL	L 0–21	51,102
November 8	No. 8Purdue	No. 16	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH	T 14–14	83,481
November 15	at No. 2Iowa	No. 16	Iowa Stadium Iowa City, IA	W 38–28	58,643
November 22	Michigan	No. 11	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH (rivalry)	W 20–14	83,248	^[1]
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Roster[edit]

1958 Ohio State Buckeyes football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
QB	`22`	Frank Kremblas	Sr
HB	`44`	Dick LeBeau	Sr
FB		Bob White	Jr

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class

Head coach

Woody Hayes

Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible

Injured
Redshirt

Game summaries[edit]

SMU[edit]

	1	2	3	4	Total
SMU	0	14	0	6	20
• Ohio St	8	7	8	0	23

Date: September 27
Location: Ohio Stadium
Game attendance: 83,113

^[2]

Washington[edit]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Washington	7	0	0	0	7
• Ohio State	6	0	0	6	12

Date: October 4
Location: Ohio State
Game attendance: 82,901
Game weather: Clear, 68 °F (20 °C)

Scoring summary

Q1	WASH	McKeta 12 yard run (Fleming kick)	WASH 0–7

Q1	OSU	Fields 1 yard run (run failed)	WASH 6–7

Q4	OSU	Clark 1 yard run (run failed)	OSU 12–7

Illinois[edit]

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Ohio State	6	0	13	0	19
Illinois	0	6	0	7	13

Date: October 10
Location: Memorial Stadium, Champaign, Illinois
Game attendance: 54,416
Game weather: Clear, WNW wind 25 mph 54 °F (12 °C)

Indiana[edit]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Indiana	0	0	0	8	8
• Ohio State	14	7	14	14	49

Date: October 18
Location: Ohio Stadium
Game attendance: 82,964
Game weather: Clear, 59 °F (15 °C)

Wisconsin[edit]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Wisconsin	0	0	7	0	7
Ohio State	0	0	7	0	7

Date: October 25
Location: Ohio Stadium
Game attendance: 83,142
Game weather: Rain, 52 °F (11 °C)

Scoring summary

Q3	WIS	Hackbart 64 punt return (Shwaiko kick)	WIS 0–7

Q3	OSU	White 1 yard run (Kilgore kick)	TIED 7–7

Northwestern[edit]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Ohio State	0	0	0	0	0
• Northwestern	0	0	7	14	21

Date: November 1
Location: Dyche Stadium, Evanston, Illinois
Game attendance: 51,102

Scoring summary

Q3	NW	Thornton 67 yard pass to Burton (Thornton kick)	NW 0–7

Q4	NW	Thornton 1 yard run (kick failed)	NW 0–13

Q4	NW	Thornton 3 yard pass to E. Kimbrough (Thornton pass to Burton good)	NW 0–21

Purdue[edit]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Purdue	0	0	0	14	14
Ohio State	7	7	0	0	14

Date: November 8
Location: Ohio Stadium
Game attendance: 83,481
Game weather: Rain, 54 °F (12 °C)

Scoring summary

Q1	OSU	Marshall blocked punt return for 22 yards (Kilgore kick)	OSU 7–0

Q2	OSU	Marshall interception return for 25 yards (Kilgore kick)	OSU 14–0

Q4	PUR	Jarus 2 yard run (point no good)	OSU 14–7

Q4	PUR	Fichtner 7 yard pass to Brooks (Fichtner pass to Brooks)	TIED 14–14

Iowa[edit]

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Ohio State	7	14	7	10	38
Iowa	7	14	7	0	28

Date: November 15
Location: Iowa Stadium, Iowa City, Iowa
Game attendance: 58,643
Game weather: Cloudy, wind NE 15 mph, 51 °F (11 °C)

Scoring summary

Q1	OSU	Clark 25 yard run (Kilgore kick)	OSU 7–0

Q1	IOWA	Duncan 1 yard run (Prescott kick)	TIED 7–7

Q2	OSU	White 71 yard run (Kilgore kick)	OSU 14–7

Q2	IOWA	Fleming 1 yard run (Prescott kick)	TIED 14–14

Q2	OSU	White 1 yard run (Kilgore kick)	OSU 21–14

Q2	IOWA	Duncan 3 yard pass to Fleming (Prescott kick)	TIED 21–21

Q3	OSU	Clark 37 yard run (Kilgore kick)	OSU 28–21

Q3	IOWA	Nocera 21 yard run (Prescott kick)	TIED 28–28

Q4	OSU	White 1 yard run (Kilgore kick)	OSU 35–28

Q4	OSU	Kilgore 12 yard field goal	OSU 38–28

Statistics

Rushing: Bob White 209 yards, three touchdowns ^[3]

Michigan[edit]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Michigan	6	8	0	0	14
• Ohio State	0	12	8	0	20

Date: November 22
Location: Ohio Stadium
Game attendance: 83,248
Game weather: Clear, 45 °F (7 °C)

Scoring summary

Q1	MICH	Ptacek 7 yard pass to Prahst (extra point failed)	MICH 0–6

Q2	OSU	LeBeau 8 yard run (extra point failed)	TIED 6–6

Q2	MICH	Ptacek 32 yard pass to Prahst (Ptacek pass to Prahst)	MICH 6–14

Q2	OSU	Fields 25 yard pass to Herbstreit (extra point failed)	MICH 12–14

Q3	OSU	White 6 yard run (Fields run)	OSU 20–14

Coaching staff[edit]

Woody Hayes – Head coach – 8th year

1959 NFL draftees[edit]

Player	Round	Pick	Position	NFL club
Don Clark	1	7	Back	Chicago Bears
Dan James	1	8	Tackle	San Francisco 49ers
Dick Schafrath	2	23	Tackle	Cleveland Browns
Dick LeBeau	5	58	Defensive back	Cleveland Browns
Jerry Lee Murphy	20	231	Tackle	Chicago Cardinals
Frank Kremblas	23	275	Quarterback	New York Giants
Ernie Spychalski	25	298	Tackle	Cleveland Browns
John Scott^[4]	26	307	Defensive tackle	Pittsburgh Steelers

^[5]

References[edit]

^ Tommy Devine (November 23, 1958). "OSU Wins, 20-14, On Goal-Line Fumble: U-M Fights–and Loses–to the End". Detroit Free Press. p. 1C – via Newspapers.com.

^ "OSU Survives Aerial Barrage." Palm Beach Post. 1958 Sept 27.

^ 2012 Ohio State football record book.

^ "RotoWire Fantasy Football, Baseball, Basketball and More". Archived from the original on March 27, 2008.

^ "Reference at www.pro-football-reference.com". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Archived from the original on May 27, 2009. Retrieved March 28, 2018.

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