1958 Indiana Hoosiers football team

The 1958 Indiana Hoosiers football team represented the Indiana Hoosiers in the 1958 Big Ten Conference football season. They participated as members of the Big Ten Conference. The Hoosiers played their home games at Memorial Stadium in Bloomington, Indiana. The team was coached by Phil Dickens in his first year as head coach of the Hoosiers.

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

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 27	at No. 5 Notre Dame*	Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN	L 0–18	49,347
October 4	West Virginia*	Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN	W 13–12	20,000	^[1]
October 11	at No. 17 Iowa	Iowa Stadium Iowa City, IA	L 13–34	50,700
October 18	at No. 3 Ohio State	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH	L 8–49	82,964
October 25	No. 6 (small) Miami (OH)*	Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN	W 12–7	18,000
November 1	Minnesota	Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN	W 6–0	25,000
November 8	Michigan State	Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN (rivalry)	W 6–0	18,000
November 15	at Michigan	Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI	W 8–6	31,000–47,590	^[2]
November 22	at No. 8 Purdue	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN (Old Oaken Bucket)	T 15–15	43,507
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

^ "West Virginia upset by Indiana, 13 to 12". The Palladium-Item. October 5, 1958. Retrieved January 17, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Tommy Devine (November 16, 1958). "Indiana 'Buries' M with 8-6 Loss: Only 31,000 Go To Grid Funeral". Detroit Free Press. p. 1E – via Newspapers.com.
^ "1958 Indiana Hoosiers Schedule and Results". College Football @ Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference. Retrieved December 28, 2023.
^ "1958 Football Schedule". Indiana University. Retrieved December 28, 2023.
^ "Indiana Football 2023 Record Book" (PDF). Indiana University. p. 14. Retrieved December 28, 2023.
^ "Reference at www.pro-football-reference.com". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Archived from the original on May 27, 2009. Retrieved March 30, 2018.