Minnesota Golden Gophers Football Under Murray Warmath - 1958

1958

1958 Minnesota Golden Gophers football
Conference Big Ten Conference
1958 record 1-8 (1-6 Big Ten)
Head coach Murray Warmath
Home stadium Memorial Stadium
Seasons
« 1957 1959 »
1958 Big Ten football standings
Conf Overall
Team W L T W L T
#2/2 Iowa 5 1 0 8 1 1
#7/6 Wisconsin 5 1 1 7 1 1
#8/7 Ohio State 4 1 2 6 1 2
#13/11 Purdue 3 1 2 6 1 2
Indiana 3 2 1 5 3 1
Illinois 4 3 0 4 5 0
Northwestern 3 4 0 5 4 0
Michigan 1 5 1 2 6 1
Minnesota 1 6 0 1 8 0
Michigan State 0 5 1 3 5 1
† – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll / Coaches' Poll


The 1958 season was the Golden Gophers' fifth under head coach Murray Warmath. The Golden Gophers won one game and lost eight. Total attendance for the season was 288,817, which averaged to 57,763. The season high for attendance was against Iowa.

Center Mike Svendsen was named All-Big Ten first team. Svendsen and Offensive lineman Perry Gehring were named Academic All-Big Ten.

Guard Everette Gerths was awarded the Team MVP Award.

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