1958 Texas Southern Tigers football team

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1958 Texas Southern Tigers football
ConferenceSouthwestern Athletic Conference
Record5–5 (2–3 SWAC)
Head coach
Home stadiumJeppesen Stadium
Seasons
← 1957
1959 →
1958 Southwestern Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Prairie View A&M $ 5 0 0 10 0 1
Southern 3 2 0 8 2 0
Texas College 3 2 0 5 4 0
Texas Southern 2 3 0 5 5 0
Wiley 2 3 0 5 5 0
Arkansas AM&N 0 5 0 3 6 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1958 Texas Southern Tigers football team was an American football team that represented Texas Southern University as a member of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) during the 1958 NCAA College Division football season. Led by 10th-year head coach Alexander Durley, the Tigers compiled an overall record of 5–5, with a mark of 2–3 in conference play, and finished tied for fourth in the SWAC.

Schedule[edit]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 27SouthernL 6–30
October 3at Brooke Army Medical Center*
L 8–20[1][2]
October 13vs. Prairie View A&ML 19–2610,000[3]
October 18at Texas College
L 12–13[4][5]
October 25Corpus Christi*
  • Jeppesen Stadium
  • Houston, TX
W 20–0[6]
November 1Wiley
  • Jeppesen Stadium
  • Houston, TX
W 14–0[7]
November 8Grambling*
  • Jeppesen Stadium
  • Houston, TX
W 21–7[8]
November 15vs. Fort Hood*
W 47–6[9]
November 22at Arkansas AM&N
W 40–0[10]
November 29at Florida A&M*L 18–22[11]
  • *Non-conference game

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Texas Southern foe in Comets' 2nd game". San Antonio Express. October 3, 1958. Retrieved July 9, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Comets play Fort Hood's Tankers here". San Antonio Express. October 10, 1958. Retrieved July 9, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Prairie View nudges Texas Southern, 26–19". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. October 14, 1958. Retrieved July 9, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Texas College Steers to host Texas Southern team tonight". The Tyler Morning Telegraph. October 18, 1958. Retrieved July 9, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Texas College nips Texas Southern U." The Tyler Courier-Times. October 19, 1958. Retrieved July 9, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Texas Southern beats Tarpons". Corpus Christi Caller-Times. October 26, 1958. Retrieved July 9, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Wiley is handed loop loss by fired Southern club". The Marshall News Messenger. November 3, 1958. Retrieved July 9, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Grambling falls Saturday before strong Texas eleven". The Ruston Daily Leader. November 10, 1958. Retrieved July 9, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Texas Southern smothers Tankers". The Galveston Daily News. November 16, 1958. Retrieved July 9, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Prairie View seeks negro grid crown". Abilene Reporter-News. November 27, 1959. Retrieved July 9, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Rattlers beat Texans by 22 to 18". The Tampa Tribune. November 30, 1958. Retrieved July 9, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.