Battle of Backbone Mountain

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1958 Skyline Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Wyoming $ 6 – 1 – 0 8 – 3 – 0
New Mexico 5 – 1 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
BYU 5 – 2 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
Colorado State 4 – 3 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
Utah 3 – 3 – 0 4 – 7 – 0
Utah State 2 – 5 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
Denver 2 – 5 – 0 2 – 8 – 0
Montana 0 – 7 – 0 0 – 10 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1958 Utah Redskins football team was an American football team that represented the University of Utah as a member of the Skyline Conference during the 1958 NCAA University Division football season. In their first season under head coach Ray Nagel, the Redskins compiled an overall record of 4–7 with a mark of 3–3 against conference opponents, placing fifth in the Skyline. Home games were played on campus at Ute Stadium in Salt Lake City. The Skyline Conference champions were led on the field by senior quarterback Lee Grosscup and junior safety and halfback Larry Wilson, a future member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 20Montana
W 20–6
September 278:00 p.m.at BYUΔ
  • Ute Stadium
  • Salt Lake City, UT (rivalry)
L 7–1430,193[1][2]
October 4Idaho*
  • Ute Stadium
  • Salt Lake City, UT
L 0–2016,718[3][4]
October 11at California*
L 21–36
October 18Denverdagger
  • Ute Stadium
  • Salt Lake City, UT
W 20–16[5]
October 25No. 14 Air Force*
L 14–16[6][7]
November 1at Wyoming
L 20–25
November 8at Colorado State
L 0–20
November 152:00 p.m.Colorado*
  • Ute Stadium
  • Salt Lake City, UT (rivalry)
L 0–74,300[8]
November 27Utah State
  • Ute Stadium
  • Salt Lake City, UT (rivalry)
W 12–715,084
December 6at Hawaii*
W 47–2018,000
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Δ BYU was designated home team.
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Mountain time

[9][10]

Personnel

NFL Draft

Utah had one player selected in the 1959 NFL Draft.[11]

Player Position Round Pick NFL team
Lee Grosscup Quarterback 1 10 New York Giants

References

  1. ^ Miller, Hack (September 27, 1958). "BYU favored: record crowd". Deseret News. (Salt Lake City, Utah). p. A3. Retrieved October 5, 2010.
  2. ^ Schwartz, Ray (September 28, 1958). "Millennium Comes! Cougars 15 Utes 7". The Sunday Herald. Provo, Utah. p. 13. Retrieved September 13, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  3. ^ "Vandals roll over Utah 20-0". Lewiston Morning Tribune. Idaho. Associated Press. October 5, 1958. p. 2.
  4. ^ Ferguson, George (October 6, 1958). "U. faces more woes – Bears next". Deseret News. Salt Lake City, Utah. p. 6B.
  5. ^ "Utah Tops Pioneers, 20-16, in 'Fight to Finish'". The Salt Lake Tribune. October 19, 1958. p. B11 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ Ferguson, George (October 24, 1958). "Utes hurtin'". Deseret News. (Salt Lake City, Utah). p. 1C.
  7. ^ Ferguson, George (October 27, 1958). "Nagel bemoans U. errors". Deseret News. (Salt Lake City, Utah). p. 3B.
  8. ^ "Redskins vs. Buffaloes: probable starters". Deseret News. (Salt Lake City, Utah). November 14, 1958. p. B7.
  9. ^ "Ute Record Book" (PDF). University of Utah. p. 6. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 13, 2011. Retrieved July 16, 2010.
  10. ^ "1958 record". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on March 10, 2012. Retrieved July 16, 2010.
  11. ^ "1959 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Archived from the original on May 27, 2009. Retrieved August 11, 2010.

External links

source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1958_Utah_Redskins_football_team