1958 Eastern Michigan Hurons football team

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1958
Eastern Michigan Hurons football
ConferenceInterstate Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Record4–5 (3–3 IIAC)
Head coach
MVPAlex Klukach
CaptainCharles J. Shonta
Home stadiumBriggs Field
Seasons
1958 Interstate Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Western Illinois $ 5 – 1 – 0 6 – 1 – 1
Southern Illinois 4 – 2 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Central Michigan 4 – 2 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
Eastern Michigan 3 – 3 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Northern Illinois 2 – 4 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Illinois State Normal
 2 – 4 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Eastern Illinois 1 – 5 – 0 2 – 6 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1958 Eastern Michigan Hurons football team represented Eastern Michigan College (renamed Eastern Michigan University in 1959) in the Interstate Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (IIAC) during the 1958 NCAA College Division football season. In their seventh season under head coach Fred Trosko, the Hurons compiled a 4–5 record (3–3 against IIAC opponents) and outscored their opponents, 108 to 88. Charles J. Shonta was the team captain[1] The team's statistical leaders included John Kubiak with 452 passing yards and 410 yards of total offense, Albert Day with 296 rushing yards, and Jerry Wedge with 183 receiving yards.[2] On October 18, 1958, the Hurons defeated Eastern Illinois, 31–0, in front for a homecoming crowd of 7,200 at Briggs Field in Ypsilanti.[3] Alex Klukach received the team's most valuable player award.[4]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 19at
Hope*
Holland, MIL 7–19
September 27Illinois State
W 13–0
October 3Youngstown State*
  • Briggs Field
  • Ypsilanti, MI
W 21–12
October 11at No. 9 Central Michigan
L 6–7[5]
October 18Eastern Illinoisdagger
  • Briggs Field
  • Ypsilanti, MI
W 31–0[6]
October 25at Southern Illinois
L 9–135,000[7]
November 1at Northern Illinois
W 15–7
November 8Western Illinois
  • Briggs Field
  • Ypsilanti, MI
L 6–27[8]
November 15
Saint Joseph's (IN)
*
  • Briggs Field
  • Ypsilanti, MI
L 0–3
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from UPI Poll released prior to the game

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References

  1. ^ "2014 Digital Media Guide: Eastern Michigan University" (PDF). Eastern Michigan University Football. pp. 169, 176. Retrieved June 29, 2016.
  2. ^ 2014 Media Guide, pp. 178, 184, 189, 191.
  3. ^ "Hurons Roll, 31–0". Detroit Free Press. October 19, 1958. p. 6F.
  4. ^ 2015 Media Guide, p. 146.
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  9. ^ "Brief Summary Of Cumulative Football Statistics". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved December 11, 2022.


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