*** Welcome to piglix ***

1958 Florida Gators football team

1958 Florida Gators football
Gator Bowl, L 3–7 vs. Ole Miss
Conference Southeastern Conference
Ranking
Coaches No. 15
AP No. 14
1958 record 6–4–1 (2–3–1 SEC)
Head coach Bob Woodruff (9th year)
Home stadium Florida Field
Seasons
← 1957
1959 →
1958 SEC football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
#1 LSU $ 6 0 0     11 0 0
#4 Auburn 6 0 1     9 0 1
#11 Ole Miss 4 2 0     9 2 0
Vanderbilt 2 1 3     5 2 3
Tennessee 4 3 0     4 6 0
Alabama 3 4 1     5 4 1
Kentucky 3 4 1     5 4 1
#14 Florida 2 3 1     6 4 1
Georgia Tech 2 3 1     5 4 1
Georgia 2 4 0     4 6 0
Tulane 1 5 0     3 7 0
Mississippi State 1 6 0     3 6 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll
Florida–LSU
1 2 3 4 Total
Florida 0 0 0 7 7
#3 LSU 0 7 0 3 10
  • Source:
1 2 3 4 Total
Florida State 7 0 0 0 7
Florida 7 14 0 0 21

The 1958 Florida Gators football team represented the University of Florida during the 1958 college football season. The season was the ninth of ten for Bob Woodruff as the head coach of the Florida Gators football team. Woodruff's 1958 Florida Gators finished with an overall record of 6–4–1 and a Southeastern Conference (SEC) record of 2–2–1, placing eighth in the twelve-member SEC.

The prospects for the 1958 season were devastated by Bernie Parrish deciding to play baseball with the Cincinnati Reds. The Gators were led by quarterback Jimmy Dunn, defensive back Don Fleming, halfback and punter Bobby Joe Green and All-American tackle Vel Heckman.

Primary source: 2015 Florida Gators Football Media Guide.

The season opened with a 34–14 conference wins over the Tulane Green Wave

The first disappointment of the season came in the second week, when the Gators lost 7–14 to the eleventh-ranked Mississippi State Bulldogs.

In the third week of play, Florida had an intersectional victory over the UCLA Bruins 21–14 on the road in Los Angeles, California.

Florida tied Vanderbilt 6–6.

The Gators lost to the eventual consensus national champion LSU Tigers at the latter's homecoming. The Tigers snapped a three-game losing streak to the Gators with a 10–7 defensive struggle that came down to the last three minutes of play. The game featured one of the strongest rushing teams in the nation against one of the league's best run defenses. The Tigers, led by halfbacks Billy Cannon and Johnny Robinson, averaged 220 yards rushing per game. The Gators had held their previous opponents to an average of 65 yards rushing per game. LSU was favored by two touchdowns. Bill Kastelz, the sports editor of the Jacksonville Times-Union, wrote that Heckman's play reached All-American levels against No. 3-ranked LSU on October 25, 1958.


...
Wikipedia

...