1958 Arizona State Sun Devils football team

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1958 Arizona State Sun Devils football team - Wikipedia

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1958 Arizona State Sun Devils football
Conference	Border Conference
Record	7–3 (4–1 Border)
Head coach	Frank Kush (1st season)
Home stadium	Goodwin Stadium, Sun Devil Stadium
Seasons ← 1957 1959 →

1958 Border Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Hardin–Simmons $	4	–	0	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
Arizona State	4	–	1	–	0	7	–	3	–	0
Arizona	2	–	1	–	0	3	–	7	–	0
New Mexico A&M	1	–	3	–	0	4	–	6	–	0
Texas Western	1	–	4	–	0	2	–	7	–	0
West Texas State	1	–	4	–	0	1	–	9	–	0

$ – Conference champion

The 1958 Arizona State Sun Devils football team was an American football team that represented Arizona State University in the Border Conference during the 1958 college football season. In their first season under head coach Frank Kush, the Sun Devils compiled a 7–3 record (4–1 against Border opponents) and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 271 to 131.^[1]^[2]

The team's statistical leaders included John Hangartner with 1,208 passing yards, Leon Burton with 642 rushing yards, and Bill Spanko with 463 receiving yards.^[3]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 20	Hawaii*	Goodwin Stadium Tempe, AZ	W 47–6	19,000
September 27	at Pacific (CA)*	Pacific Memorial Stadium Stockton, CA	L 16–34
October 4	West Texas State	Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, AZ	W 16–13
October 11	Hardin–Simmons	Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, AZ	L 6–14
October 18	San Jose State*	Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, AZ	L 20–21
October 25	at Detroit*	University of Detroit Stadium Detroit, MI	W 27–6	14,715	^[4]
November 1	New Mexico A&M	Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, AZ	W 23–19
November 8	Texas Western	Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, AZ	W 27–0
November 22	at Arizona	Arizona Stadium Tucson, AZ (rivalry)	W 47–0
November 29	Marquette*	Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, AZ	W 42–18	24,000
*Non-conference game

Game summaries

Detroit

During a flight layover in Kansas City, head coach Frank Kush had the team deplane and practice on field adjacent to the airport. Kush then proceeded to bench the seniors for the first half of the game.^[5]

Personnel

1958 Arizona State Sun Devils football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
		Leon Burton
C		Dave Fronner
G		Ken Kerr

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class

Head coach

Frank Kush

Coordinators/assistant coaches

Chuck Fairbanks

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible

Injured
Redshirt

References

^ "1958 Arizona State Sun Devils Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 26, 2016.
^ "2016 ASU Football Media Guide". Arizona State University. 2016. p. 121. Archived from the original on October 25, 2016. Retrieved October 27, 2016.
^ "1958 Arizona State Sun Devils Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 26, 2016.
^ "Flint's Burton Rips U-D, 27-6". Detroit Free Press. October 26, 1958. pp. E1, E2 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Helmet Hut. Retrieved 2018-Dec-25.

v t e Arizona State Sun Devils football
Venues	Normal Field (1897–1926) Irish Field (1927–1935) Goodwin Stadium (1936–1957) Mountain America Stadium (1958–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Arizona
Culture & lore	Sparky the Sun Devil "Maroon & Gold" Marching band Stomp the Bus
People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders
Seasons	1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907–1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 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

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