1958 UCLA Bruins football team

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The 1958 UCLA Bruins football team was an American football team that represented the University of California, Los Angeles in the Pacific Coast Conference during the 1958 NCAA University Division football season. In their first year under head coaches George W. Dickerson (three games) and then Bill Barnes (seven games),[1] the Bruins compiled a 3–6–1 record (2–4–1 in PCC, sixth).[2]

UCLA’s offensive leaders in 1958 were quarterback Don Long with 395 passing yards, Ray Smith with 307 rushing yards, and John Brown with 259 receiving yards.[3]

Five weeks before the first game, head coach Red Sanders died of a heart attack at age 53 in a Los Angeles hotel room.[4][5] Dickerson was promoted to head coach several days later,[6] but after two hospitalizations for nervous exhaustion, Barnes was named head coach prior to the fourth game,[1][7] and remained through the 1964 season.[8]

Schedule[edit]

Date Opponent Site Result Attendance Source
September 20 No. 19 Pittsburgh* L 6–27 30,578 [9]
September 27 at Illinois* W 18–14 46,775 [10]
October 4 at Oregon State L 0–14 18,532
Florida*
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
 L 14–21 31,175 [11]
October 18 at Washington W 20–0 34,594
October 25 Stanford
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
 L 19–21 39,129 [12]
November 1 Washington State
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
 L 20–38 25,090
November 8 at California L 17–20 50,000 [13]
November 15 Oregon
  • Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
  • Los Angeles, CA
 W 7–3 22,297 [14]
November 22 USC T 15–15 58,507
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
Source:[15]

Personnel[edit]

Players[edit]

  • Glen Almquist, end, junior
  • Harry Baldwin, center, sophomore
  • Ray Benstead, center, senior
  • Dean Betts, tackle
  • John Brown, receiver, senior
  • Dick Butler, center, senior
  • Rod Cochran, guard
  • John Davis, wingback
  • Rod Fagerholm, tackle
  • Gene Gaines, fullback
  • Steve Gertsman, quarterback
  • Joe Harper, guard
  • Jim Johnson, receiver
  • Chuck Kendall, tailback
  • Billy Kilmer, tailback, sophomore
  • Bob King, guard, senior
  • Bill Leeka, guard, senior
  • Don Long, tailback, senior
  • Tony Longo, tackle
  • Marv Luster, end, sophomore
  • Jack Metcalf, guard, sophomore
  • Trusse Norris, lineman
  • Paul Oglesby, tackle, junior
  • Phil Parslow, wingback, senior
  • Dave Peterson, quarterback
  • Art Phillips, junior
  • John Pierovich, end
  • Mike Riskas, guard, senior
  • Ray Smith, fullback, junior
  • “Skip” Smith, tailback, junior
  • Jim Steffen, tailback
  • Ben Treat, center, sophomore
  • Jim Wallace, defensive tackle
  • Dick Wallen, end
  • Clint Whitfield, guard
  • Kirk Wilson, punter

Coaching staff[edit]

Other personnel[edit]

  • Trainer – Ducky Drake[17]
  • Assistant trainer – Larry Carter[17]
  • Team physician – Dr. Martin Blazina[17]
  • Varsity football managers – Tom Naykama, Bob Nishimura, Peter Dalis (senior manager), Perry Gluckman, Tony Giovanazzo, Larry Kasindorf[18]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b “UCLA coach hospitalized”. Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. October 10, 1958. p. 2B.
  2. ^ “1958 UCLA Bruins Schedule and Results”. SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 17, 2015.
  3. ^ “1958 UCLA Bruins Stats”. SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 17, 2015.
  4. ^ “UCLA grid boss taken by death”. Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). Associated Press. August 15, 1958. p. 12.
  5. ^ “Death takes Red Sanders, UCLA coach”. Bend Bulletin. (Oregon). UPI. August 15, 1958. p. 2.
  6. ^ “Assistant gets UCLA head coaching job”. Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. August 19, 1958. p. 3B.
  7. ^ “Florida downs UCLA by 21-14”. Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. October 11, 1958. p. 6.
  8. ^ “Barnes quits before UCLA has chance to fire him”. Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. December 21, 1964. p. 1D.
  9. ^ Wolf, Al (21 September 1958). “GROGGY BRUINS UPSET BY PITT, 27-6”. Los Angeles Times.
  10. ^ Wolf, Al (28 September 1958). “BRUINS RALLY TO UPSET ILLINOIS, 18-14”. Los Angeles Times.
  11. ^ Wolf, Al (11 October 1958). “FLORIDA HOLDS OFF UCLA RALLY, 21-14”. Los Angeles Times.
  12. ^ Wolf, Al (26 October 1958). “UCLA edged out by indians, 21-19”. Los Angeles Times.
  13. ^ “Cal edges bruins, 20-17, nears bowl”. Los Angeles Times. 9 November 1958.
  14. ^ Wolf, Al (16 November 1958). “LATE BRUIN FLURRY EDGES OREGON, 7-3”. Los Angeles Times.
  15. ^ “2015 UCLA Bruins Football Media Guide Year-by-Year Results” (PDF). Retrieved December 19, 2016.
  16. ^ a b c UCLA 1959 Southern Campus, Volume 40, p. 224.
  17. ^ a b c UCLA 1959 Southern Campus, Volume 40, p. 225.
  18. ^ UCLA 1959 Southern Campus, Volume 40, p. 226.