1958 Tulsa Golden Hurricane football team

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1958 Tulsa Golden Hurricane football
Conference	Missouri Valley Conference
Record	7–3 (2–2 MVC)
Head coach	Bobby Dobbs (4th season)
Home stadium	Skelly Stadium
Seasons ← 1957 1959 →

1958 Missouri Valley Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
North Texas State $	2	–	1	–	1	7	–	2	–	1
Tulsa	2	–	2	–	0	7	–	3	–	0
Houston	2	–	2	–	0	5	–	4	–	0
Cincinnati	1	–	1	–	2	6	–	2	–	2
Wichita	1	–	2	–	1	4	–	5	–	1

$ – Conference champion

The 1958 Tulsa Golden Hurricane football team represented the University of Tulsa during the 1958 college football season. In their fourth year under head coach Bobby Dodds, the Golden Hurricane compiled a 7–3 record (2–2 against Missouri Valley Conference opponents), and finished in third place in the conference.^[1]^[2] The team's statistical leaders included Jerry Keeling with 698 passing yards, Ronnie Morris with 623 rushing yards, and Billy Neal with 200 receiving yards.^[3]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 21	Hardin–Simmons*	Skelly Stadium Tulsa, OK	L 0–14	17,000
September 27	at Arkansas*	Razorback Stadium Fayetteville, AR	W 27–14	19,000
October 4	Arizona*	Skelly Stadium Tulsa, OK	W 24–16	12,300
October 11	Oklahoma State*	Skelly Stadium Tulsa, OK (rivalry)	W 24–16	20,509
October 18	Drake*	Skelly Stadium Tulsa, OK	W 59–0	11,137
October 25	at North Texas State	Fouts Field Denton, TX	L 7–8	14,000
November 1	at Houston	Rice Stadium Houston, TX (rivalry)	W 25–20	26,000
November 8	at Cincinnati	Nippert Stadium Cincinnati, OH	L 6–15	6,000
November 15	Texas Tech*	Skelly Stadium Tulsa, OK	W 9–7	12,278
November 22	Wichita	Skelly Stadium Tulsa, OK	W 25–6	10,818
*Non-conference game Homecoming

^[1]^[4]

After the season

1959 NFL draft

The following Golden Hurricane player was selected in the 1959 NFL draft following the season.^[5]^[6]

Round	Pick	Player	Position	NFL club
18	216	Opie Bandy	Tackle	Baltimore Colts

References

^ ^a ^b "1958 Tulsa Golden Hurricane Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 28, 2016.
^ "1958 Missouri Valley Conference Year Summary". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 28, 2016.
^ "1958 Tulsa Golden Hurricane Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 28, 2016.
^ "Tulsa Golden Hurricane Football Record & Fact Book 2022" (PDF). University of Tulsa. p. 183. Retrieved January 22, 2023.
^ "1959 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved April 23, 2023.
^ "Tulsa Drafted Players/Alumni". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved April 23, 2023.

v t e Tulsa Golden Hurricane football
Venues	South Main Park (1912–1914) Association Park (1915–1917) McNulty Park (1919–1929) Skelly Field at H. A. Chapman Stadium (1930–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Houston Oklahoma State
Culture & lore	Captain Cane "Hurricane Spirit" The Sound of the Golden Hurricane Marching Band
People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders
Seasons	1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 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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