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1958 Colorado Buffaloes football team

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1958 Colorado Buffaloes football
ConferenceBig Seven Conference
Record6–4 (4–2 Big 7)
Head coach
CaptainGame captains
Home stadiumFolsom Field
Seasons
← 1957
1959 →
1958 Big Seven Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 5 Oklahoma $ 6 0 0 10 1 0
Missouri 4 1 1 5 4 1
Colorado 4 2 0 6 4 0
Kansas 3 2 1 4 5 1
Kansas State 2 4 0 3 7 0
Nebraska 1 5 0 3 7 0
Iowa State 0 6 0 4 6 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1958 Colorado Buffaloes football team was an American football team that represented the University of Colorado in the Big Seven Conference during the 1958 college football season. Led by 11th-year head coach Dallas Ward, the Buffaloes compiled an overall record of 6–4 with a mark of 4–2 in conference play, placing third in the Big 7. The team played its home games on campus at Folsom Field in Boulder, Colorado.

Colorado opened with five wins, but then dropped four of five, including intrastate losses at home to Colorado State and Air Force to conclude the season.[1] Ward was fired by the university regents in January, and stayed at CU as a professor of physical education. He was succeeded in February by Sonny Grandelius, an assistant at Michigan State under Duffy Daugherty.[2][3]

Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 27Kansas StateW 13–337,500
October 4at KansasW 31–022,000
October 11at Arizona*No. 19W 65–1218,000
October 18at Iowa StateW 20–010,000
October 25NebraskadaggerNo. 12
W 27–1640,000
November 1No. 7 OklahomaNo. 9
  • Folsom Field
  • Boulder, CO
L 7–2347,000
November 8at MissouriL 9–3331,500
November 152:00 p.m.at Utah*W 7–04,300[4]
November 22Colorado State*
L 14–1523,000
November 29No. 8 Air Force*
  • Folsom Field
  • Boulder, CO
L 14–2040,000[5]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Mountain time

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Coaching staff

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Assistant coaches: Marshall Wells, Frank Prentup, Jack Nelson, Will Walls[9]

References

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  1. ^ "Air Force tips Buffs by 20-14". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. November 30, 1958. p. 1B.
  2. ^ "Buff policy stays same; coach goes". Lawrence Daily Journal-World. (Kansas). Associated Press. January 24, 1959. p. 8.
  3. ^ "Buffs hire Grandelius". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. February 10, 1959. p. 2B.
  4. ^ "Redskins vs. Buffaloes: probable starters". Deseret News. (Salt Lake City, Utah). November 14, 1958. p. B7.
  5. ^ "Falcons beat Buffs, accept Cotton spot". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). Associated Press. November 30, 1958. p. 3, sports.
  6. ^ "1958 Colorado Buffaloes Schedule and Results". College Football @ Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference. Retrieved October 23, 2023.
  7. ^ "1958 Football Schedule". University of Colorado Boulder. Retrieved October 23, 2023.
  8. ^ "Colorado Football 2023 Record Book" (PDF). University of Colorado Boulder. p. 27. Retrieved October 23, 2023.
  9. ^ "Buff youth movement really in evidence as Grandelius gets busy". Lawrence Daily Journal-World. (Kansas). Associated Press. February 20, 1959. p. 12.