1958 BYU Cougars football team

American college football season

1958 BYU Cougars football
Conference	Skyline Conference
Record	6–4 (5–2 Skyline Six)
Head coach	Hal Kopp (3rd season)
Home stadium	Cougar Stadium
Seasons← 1957 1959 →

1958 Skyline Conference football standings
v t e	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 BYU Cougars football team was an American football team that represented Brigham Young University (BYU) in the Skyline Conference during the 1958 college football season. In their third and final season under head coach Hal Kopp, the Cougars compiled an overall record of 6–4 with a mark of 5–2 against conference opponents, finished third in the Skyline, and outscored opponents by a total of 189 to 150.

The team's statistical leaders included Wayne Startin with 332 passing yards, Weldon Jackson with 698 rushing yards and 698 yards of total offense, Nyle McFarlane with 42 points, and R. K. Brown with 177 receiving yards.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 20		Fresno State*	Cougar Stadium Provo, UT	W 29–7	7,155
September 27	8:00 p.m.	Utah	Ute Stadium Salt Lake City, UT (rivalry)	W 14–7	30,193
October 4		at Colorado State	Colorado Field Fort Collins, CO	L 6–32
October 11		at Pacific (CA)*	Pacific Memorial Stadium Stockton, CA	L 8–26
October 18		North Texas State*	Cougar Stadium Provo, UT	L 6–12
October 25		at Montana	Dornblaser Field Missoula, MT	W 41–12
November 1		at Utah State	Romney Stadium Logan, UT (rivalry)	W 13–6	9,117
November 8		New Mexico	Cougar Stadium Provo, UT	W 36–19
November 15		at Denver	DU Stadium Denver, CO	W 22–7
November 22		Wyoming	Cougar Stadium Provo, UT	L 14–22
*Non-conference game Homecoming BYU was designated home team. All times are in Mountain time

References

"1958 BYU Cougars Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 3, 2019.
"BYU Football 2015 Almanac" (PDF). Brigham Young University. 2015. p. 169. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 3, 2019. Retrieved January 3, 2019.
BYU Football 2015 Almanac, pp. 162-164.
Miller, Hack (September 27, 1958). "BYU favored: record crowd". Deseret News. (Salt Lake City, Utah). p. A3. Retrieved October 5, 2010.
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 .
"NTS rolls over Cougars, 12–6". The Salt Lake Tribune. October 19, 1958. Retrieved November 2, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
John Davoren (November 16, 1958). "Cats Rip Denver 22-7 to Set Up Title Game With Pokes". The Daily Herald. p. 13 – via Newspapers.com.

v t e BYU Cougars football
Venues	LaVell Edwards Stadium (1964–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Utah: Holy War (Beehive Boot) Utah State (Beehive Boot, The Old Wagon Wheel)
Culture & lore	Cosmo the Cougar "The Cougar Song" BYU Cougar Marching Band Mormons vs. Mullets
People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders
Seasons	1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943–1945 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 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
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