1958 college football season - wikipedia 1958 college football season 1958 NCAA University Division football season Preseason AP # 1 Ohio State Buckeyes Regular season September 13 -- November 29, 1958 Number of bowls 8 Bowl games December 13, 1958 -- January 1, 1959 Champion LSU Tigers ( AP, Coaches ) Iowa Hawkeyes ( FWAA ) Heisman Pete Dawkins, Army HB ← 1957 College football seasons 1959 → The 1958 NCAA University Division football season was notable in that it was the first to feature the two - point conversion. On January 13, 1958, the 11 - man NCAA Rules Committee unanimously approved a resolution to allow teams to choose between kicking an extra point after a touchdown, or running or passing from the 3 - yard line for 2 points. University of Michigan athletic director Fritz Crisler said at the meeting in Fort Lauderdale, `` It 's a progressive step which will make football more interesting for the spectators, '' adding that the rule `` will add drama to what has been the dullest, most stupid play in the game. '' Louisiana State University ( LSU ), with a record of 10 -- 0, was crowned the national champion at the end of the regular season by both major polls and would go on to win the Sugar Bowl. The Iowa Hawkeyes who won the Rose Bowl were crowned national champions by the Football Writers Association of America after the bowl games were played. During the 20th century, the NCAA had no playoff for the major college football teams in the University Division, later known as Division I-A. The NCAA did recognize a national champion based upon the final results of `` wire service '' ( AP and UPI ) polls. The extent of that recognition came in the form of acknowledgment in the annual NCAA Football Guide of the `` unofficial '' national champions. The AP poll in 1958 consisted of the votes of as many as 203 sportswriters. Though not all writers voted in every poll, each would give their opinion of the twenty best teams. Under a point system of 20 points for first place, 19 for second, etc., the `` overall '' ranking was determined. Although the rankings were based on the collective opinion of the representative sportswriters, the teams that remained `` unbeaten and untied '' were generally ranked higher than those that had not. A defeat, even against a strong opponent, tended to cause a team to drop in the rankings, and a team with two or more defeats was unlikely to remain in the Top 20. The top teams played on New Year 's Day in the four major postseason bowl games : the Rose Bowl ( near Los Angeles at Pasadena ), the Sugar Bowl ( New Orleans ), the Orange Bowl ( Miami ), and the Cotton Bowl ( Dallas ). Contents 1 Conference and program changes 1.1 Conference changes 1.2 Membership changes 2 September 3 October 4 November 5 Conference standings 6 Bowl games 6.1 Major bowls 6.2 Other bowls 7 Final Polls 8 Heisman Trophy 9 Other champions 9.1 Small college poll 9.1. 1 Conference standings 9.2 NAIA 9.3 Minor conference champions 10 See also 11 References Conference and program changes Conference changes Two conferences began play in 1958 : Middle Atlantic Conference -- an active NCAA Division III conference Western Pennsylvania Conference -- active through the 1967 season One conference played their final season in 1958 : Virginia Little Eight Conference -- active since the 1949 season ; previously known the Virginia Little Six ( 1949 -- 1953 ) and Virginia Little Seven ( 1954 -- 1955 ) Membership changes School 1957 Conference 1958 Conference Washington and Lee Generals Southern Independent September In the preseason poll released on September 15, 1958, the Buckeyes of Ohio State University were the first place choice for 46 of 99 writers casting votes, followed by Oklahoma, Notre Dame, Michigan State and 1957 's champion, Auburn. As the regular season progressed, a new poll would be issued on the Monday following the weekend 's games. Most teams did not begin play until September 27. On September 13, Kentucky beat Hawaii 51 - 0 in a game in Louisville, and attempted the 2 - point conversion, but without success. One of the first successful 2 - point conversions in an NCAA game happened when Iowa State Teachers College hosted Bradley University at Cedar Falls, Iowa on September 13. Max Huffman carried the ball over twice on conversion attempts to give the Panthers of Iowa Teachers a 29 - 12 win over the Braves. On September 20, # 6 Mississippi and # 8 Texas Christian were among the winners, beating Memphis State ( 17 - 0 ) and Kansas ( 42 - 0 ) respectively, but the Top Five schools had not yet started play. The poll for the five 0 - 0 teams was 1. Ohio State 2. Oklahoma 3. Auburn 4. Michigan State and 5. Notre Dame. September 27 # 1 Ohio State narrowly beat SMU at home, 23 - 20, and fell to third in the next poll. # 2 Oklahoma, on the other hand, rolled over visiting West Virginia 47 - 14, and rose to first place. # 3 Auburn beat Tennessee in Birmingham, 13 - 0, and # 4 Michigan State beat California 32 - 12. # 5 Notre Dame beat Indiana 18 - 0, but fell to 7th, while # 8 Army, which beat South Carolina 45 - 8, took the place of the Irish. The poll : 1. Oklahoma 2. Auburn 3. Ohio State 4. Michigan State 5. Army October October 4 # 1 Oklahoma got past visiting Oregon, 6 - 0, and dropped to second. # 2 Auburn, which beat UT - Chattanooga 30 - 8 at home, moved up to the top spot. # 3 Ohio State beat Washington at home, 12 - 7. # 4 Michigan State played Michigan to a 12 - 12 tie, and fell to 9th. # 5 Army beat Penn State 26 - 0. # 7 Notre Dame, which beat SMU in Dallas, 14 - 6, returned to the Top Five. Poll : 1. Auburn 2. Oklahoma 3. Army 4. Notre Dame 5. Ohio State October 11 # 5 Ohio State won at Illinois, 19 - 13 # 1 Auburn won at Kentucky, 8 - 0. # 2 Oklahoma sustained a 15 - 14 loss at Dallas in their annual meeting with the Texas Longhorns. In South Bend, Indiana, the visiting # 3 Army Cadets ( or Black Knights ) beat # 4 Notre Dame, 14 - 2, and were voted # 1 in the next poll. # 6 Wisconsin, which beat Purdue 31 - 6, and # 9 Michigan State, which beat Pittsburgh 22 - 8, rose in the polls, to put Big Ten schools at # 3, # 4 and # 5. The poll : Poll : 1. Army 2. Auburn 3. Ohio State 4. Wisconsin 5. Michigan State On October 18 at West Point, New York, # 1 Army beat Virginia 35 - 6. # 2 Auburn tied with Georgia Tech 7 - 7 in Atlanta and fell in the polls. # 3 Ohio State beat Indiana 49 - 8. # 4 Wisconsin lost to Iowa at home, 20 - 9, and # 5 Michigan State began a five - game losing streak with a 14 - 6 defeat at Purdue. The Spartans would finish the season with a 3 - 5 - 1 record after starting 2 - 0 - 1. # 7 Texas ( 24 - 6 over Arkansas ) and # 9 LSU ( 32 - 7 over Kentucky ) rose in the polls. Poll : 1. Army 2. Ohio State 3. LSU 4. Texas 5. Auburn October 25 For the top - ranked teams, a tie was only slightly better than a loss. # 1 Army played to a 14 - 14 tie against the Panthers at Pittsburgh, and # 2 Ohio State tied with Wisconsin at home 7 - 7. # 3 LSU beat Florida 10 - 7, and the win was enough to propel it to first place. # 4 Texas lost to the Rice Owls in Houston, 34 - 7. # 5 Auburn beat Maryland at home, 20 - 7. # 7 Iowa, which beat Northwestern 26 - 20, rose to 2nd in the next poll. Poll : 1. LSU 2. Iowa 3. Army 4. Auburn 5. Ohio State November November 1 # 1 LSU beat Ole Miss 14 - 0 # 2 Iowa won at Michigan, 37 - 14. # 3 Army crushed Colgate, 68 - 6. # 4 Auburn won 6 - 5 at Florida. In Columbus, # 5 Ohio State was upset by visiting # 11 Northwestern, 21 - 0. The next poll was : 1. LSU 2. Iowa 3. Army 4. Northwestern 5. Auburn November 8 # 1 LSU beat Duke 50 - 18. # 2 Iowa won at Minnesota 28 - 6. # 3 Army beat the Rice Owls in Houston, 14 - 7. # 4 Northwestern lost at Madison to # 7 Wisconsin, 17 - 13. # 5 Auburn beat Mississippi State 33 - 14 at home. The next poll was : 1. LSU 2. Iowa 3. Army 4. Auburn 5. Wisconsin November 15 # 1 LSU beat Mississippi State at Jackson 7 - 6. # 2 Iowa lost at home to Ohio State 38 - 28. # 3 Army beat Villanova 26 - 0. # 4 Auburn met the Georgia Bulldogs halfway in Columbus, Georgia, and won 21 - 6. # 5 Wisconsin. # 6 Oklahoma, which beat Missouri 39 - 0, rose to 4th. The poll was : 1. LSU 2. Auburn 3. Army 4. Oklahoma 5. Wisconsin November 22 In New Orleans, the # 1 LSU Tigers crushed Tulane 62 - 0, to close their season with a 10 - 0 - 0 record. They would face the Clemson Tigers in the Sugar Bowl. Behind them, were the # 2 Auburn Tigers, who beat Wake Forest at home 21 - 7. # 3 Army was idle as it prepared for the annual Army - Navy game. # 4 Oklahoma crushed Nebraska 40 - 7. # 5 Wisconsin beat Minnesota to close its season at 6 - 1 - 1. # 6 Iowa, which beat Notre Dame 31 - 21, returned to the Top 5. 1. LSU 2. Auburn 3. Oklahoma 4. Iowa 5. Army On November 29 # 2 Auburn defeated Alabama 14 - 8 in Birmingham to finish its season at 9 - 0 - 1. # 3 Oklahoma won at Oklahoma State 7 - 0. In Philadelphia, # 5 Army beat Navy, 22 - 6, to finish its season 8 - 0 - 1. The final AP Poll was released on December 1, and the # 1 LSU Tigers, at 10 - 0 - 0, won the AP Trophy with 130 of the first place votes. The other 73 votes were spread among 12 schools, including Rose Bowl bound # 2 Iowa ( 17 ), # 3 Army ( 13 ), # 4 Auburn ( 9 ), # 5 Oklahoma ( 10 ), # 6 Air Force ( 2 ), # 7 Wisconsin ( 13 ), # 8 Ohio State ( 3 ), and # 9 Syracuse Orangemen. The United States Air Force Academy football team, nicknamed the Falcons, had a 9 - 0 - 1 record in only their second year of playing college football, and accepted a bid to face Texas Christian University in the Cotton Bowl. Conference standings 1958 ACC football standings Conf Overall Team No. 12 Clemson $ 5 -- -- 0 8 -- -- 0 No. 15 South Carolina 5 -- -- 0 8 -- -- 0 Duke -- -- 0 5 -- 5 -- 0 North Carolina -- -- 0 6 -- -- 0 Maryland -- -- 0 -- 6 -- 0 Wake Forest -- -- 0 -- 7 -- 0 NC State -- 5 -- 0 -- 7 -- Virginia -- 5 -- 0 -- 9 -- 0 $ -- Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll 1958 Big 7 football standings Conf Overall Team No. 5 Oklahoma $ 6 -- 0 -- 0 10 -- -- 0 Missouri -- -- 5 -- -- Colorado -- -- 0 6 -- -- 0 Kansas -- -- -- 5 -- Kansas State -- -- 0 -- 7 -- 0 Nebraska -- 5 -- 0 -- 7 -- 0 Iowa State 0 -- 6 -- 0 -- 6 -- 0 $ -- Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll 1958 Big Ten football standings Conf Overall Team No. 2 Iowa $ 5 -- -- 0 8 -- -- No. 7 Wisconsin 5 -- -- 7 -- -- No. 8 Ohio State -- -- 6 -- -- No. 13 Purdue -- -- 6 -- -- Indiana -- -- 5 -- -- Illinois -- -- 0 -- 5 -- 0 Northwestern -- -- 0 5 -- -- 0 Michigan -- 5 -- -- 6 -- Minnesota -- 6 -- 0 -- 8 -- 0 Michigan State 0 -- 5 -- -- 5 -- $ -- Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll 1958 Border Conference football standings Conf Overall Team Hardin -- Simmons $ -- 0 -- 0 6 -- 5 -- 0 Arizona State -- -- 0 7 -- -- 0 Arizona -- -- 0 -- 7 -- 0 New Mexico A&M -- -- 0 -- 6 -- 0 Texas Western -- -- 0 -- 7 -- 0 West Texas State -- -- 0 -- 9 -- 0 $ -- Conference champion 1958 IIAC football standings Conf Overall Team Western Illinois 5 -- -- 0 6 -- -- Southern Illinois -- -- 0 7 -- -- 0 Central Michigan -- -- 0 7 -- -- 0 Eastern Michigan -- -- 0 -- 5 -- 0 Northern Illinois State -- -- 0 -- 5 -- 0 Illinois State -- -- 6 -- 0 Eastern Illinois -- 5 -- 0 -- 6 -- 0 $ -- Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll 1958 NCAA University Division independents football records Conf Overall Team No. 6 Air Force -- 9 -- 0 -- No. 3 Army -- 8 -- 0 -- No. 9 Syracuse -- 8 -- -- 0 No. 19 Oklahoma State -- 8 -- -- 0 Boston College -- 7 -- -- 0 Florida State -- 7 -- -- 0 Holy Cross -- 6 -- -- 0 Navy -- 6 -- -- 0 Penn State -- 6 -- -- No. 17 Notre Dame -- 6 -- -- 0 Pacific ( CA ) -- 6 -- -- 0 Villanova -- 6 -- -- 0 Pittsburgh -- 5 -- -- Detroit -- -- -- Boston University -- -- 5 -- 0 San Jose State -- -- 5 -- 0 Texas Tech -- -- 7 -- 0 Marquette -- -- 7 -- Drake -- -- 7 -- 0 Dayton -- -- 8 -- 0 Miami ( FL ) -- -- 8 -- 0 Colgate -- -- 8 -- 0 Rankings from AP Poll 1958 Ivy League football standings Conf Overall Team Dartmouth $ 6 -- 7 -- Cornell 5 -- 6 -- Princeton 5 -- 6 -- Brown -- 6 -- Penn -- -- 5 Harvard -- -- 5 Columbia -- 6 -- 8 Yale 0 -- 7 -- 7 $ -- Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll 1958 Middle Atlantic Conference football standings Conf Overall Team University No. 20 Rutgers x -- 0 -- 0 8 -- -- 0 Lafayette 5 -- -- ? -- ? -- ? Gettysburg -- -- 7 -- -- Lehigh -- -- -- -- Delaware -- -- 0 5 -- -- 0 Muhlenberg -- -- 0 -- -- 0 Bucknell -- 5 -- 0 -- 8 -- 0 Temple 0 -- 5 -- 0 0 -- 8 -- 0 College -- Northern Juniata x 6 -- 0 -- 0 7 -- 0 -- Lycoming -- -- 0 7 -- -- 0 Scranton -- -- 0 5 -- -- 0 Albright -- -- -- 6 -- Wilkes -- -- 0 -- 8 -- 0 Lebanon Valley -- -- Moravian -- -- Dickinson -- -- College -- Southern Pennsylvania Military College x 7 -- -- 0 7 -- -- 0 Johns Hopkins 5 -- -- 0 5 -- -- 0 Franklin & Marshall -- -- 0 5 -- -- 0 Haverford -- -- Western Maryland -- -- 0 -- 6 -- 0 Drexel -- 5 -- 0 -- 7 -- 0 Ursinus 0 -- ? -- 0 0 -- 8 -- 0 x -- Division champion / co-champions Rankings from AP Poll 1958 Missouri Valley Conference football standings Conf Overall Team North Texas State $ -- -- 7 -- -- Cincinnati -- -- 6 -- -- Tulsa -- -- 0 7 -- -- 0 Houston -- -- 0 5 -- -- 0 Wichita -- -- -- 5 -- $ -- Conference champion 1958 MSC football standings Conf Overall Team Wyoming $ 6 -- -- 0 8 -- -- 0 New Mexico 5 -- -- 0 7 -- -- 0 BYU 5 -- -- 0 6 -- -- 0 Colorado State -- -- 0 6 -- -- 0 Utah -- -- 0 -- 7 -- 0 Utah State -- 5 -- 0 -- 7 -- 0 Denver -- 5 -- 0 -- 8 -- 0 Montana 0 -- 7 -- 0 0 -- 10 -- 0 $ -- Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll 1958 PCC football standings Conf Overall Team No. 16 California $ 6 -- -- 0 7 -- -- 0 Washington State 6 -- -- 0 7 -- -- 0 USC -- -- -- 5 -- Oregon State 5 -- -- 0 6 -- -- 0 Oregon -- -- 0 -- 6 -- 0 UCLA -- -- -- 6 -- Stanford -- 5 -- 0 -- 8 -- 0 Washington -- 6 -- 0 -- 7 -- 0 Idaho 0 -- -- 0 -- 5 -- 0 $ -- Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll 1958 SEC football standings Conf Overall Team No. 1 LSU $ 6 -- 0 -- 0 11 -- 0 -- 0 No. 4 Auburn 6 -- 0 -- 9 -- 0 -- No. 11 Ole Miss -- -- 0 9 -- -- 0 Vanderbilt -- -- 5 -- -- Tennessee -- -- 0 -- 6 -- 0 Alabama -- -- 5 -- -- Kentucky -- -- 5 -- -- No. 14 Florida -- -- 6 -- -- Georgia Tech -- -- 5 -- -- Georgia -- -- 0 -- 6 -- 0 Tulane -- 5 -- 0 -- 7 -- 0 Mississippi State -- 6 -- 0 -- 6 -- 0 $ -- Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll 1958 Southern Conference football standings Conf Overall Team West Virginia $ -- 0 -- 0 -- 5 -- VPI -- -- 0 5 -- -- George Washington -- -- 0 -- 5 -- 0 VMI -- -- 6 -- -- Richmond -- -- 0 -- 7 -- 0 The Citadel -- -- 0 -- 6 -- 0 Davidson -- -- 0 5 -- -- 0 Furman -- -- 0 -- 7 -- 0 William & Mary -- -- -- 6 -- $ -- Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll 1958 Southwest Conference football standings Conf Overall Team No. 10 TCU $ 5 -- -- 0 8 -- -- No. 18 SMU -- -- 0 6 -- -- 0 Rice -- -- 0 5 -- 5 -- 0 Texas -- -- 0 7 -- -- 0 Arkansas -- -- 0 -- 6 -- 0 Texas A&M -- -- 0 -- 6 -- 0 Baylor -- 5 -- 0 -- 7 -- 0 $ -- Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll Bowl games Major bowls Thursday, January 1, 1959 Bowl Orange # 5 Oklahoma Sooners 21 # 9 Syracuse Orangemen 6 Sugar # 1 LSU Tigers 7 # 12 Clemson Tigers 0 Cotton # 10 TCU Horned Frogs ( tie ) 0 # 6 Air Force Falcons ( tie ) 0 Rose # 2 Iowa Hawkeyes 38 # 16 California Golden Bears 12 Other bowls Bowl Location Date Winner Score Loser Sun El Paso, TX December 31 Wyoming 14 -- 6 Hardin -- Simmons Gator Jacksonville, FL December 27 # 11 Ole Miss 7 -- 3 # 14 Florida Tangerine Orlando, FL December 27 East Texas State 26 -- 7 Missouri Valley Bluegrass Louisville, KY December 13 Oklahoma State 15 -- 6 Florida State Notably, the Tangerine Bowl initially extended a bid to Buffalo. However, when the bowl organizers told the school that its two black players would not be allowed to play, the team unanimously voted to turn down the bid. The Bulls did not appear in a bowl game until a half century later in 2008. Final Polls Main article : 1958 NCAA University Division football rankings Heisman Trophy. Pete Dawkins, HB - Army, 1,394 points Randy Duncan, QB - Iowa, 1,021 Billy Cannon, HB - LSU, 975 Bob White RB - Ohio State, 365 Joe Kapp, QB - California, 227 Bill Austin, RB - Rutgers, 197 Bob Harrison, C - LB - Oklahoma, 187 Dick Bass, RB - Pacific, 96 Don Meredith, QB - SMU, 75 Nick Pietrosante, FB - Notre Dame, 70 Cannon, White, Bass, and Meredith were juniors Source : Other champions Small college poll In 1958, United Press International ( UPI ) conducted a `` small college '' coaches ' poll for the first time. Mississippi Southern ( today 's `` Southern Miss '' ), which had beaten North Carolina State and Virginia Tech en route to a 9 -- 0 record, was ranked first from start to finish. United Press International ( coaches ) final poll Published on December 4 Rank School Record No. 1 votes Total points Mississippi Southern 9 -- 0 36 403 Miami ( OH ) 6 -- 3 215 Northern Arizona 10 -- 0 209 Northeastern ( OK ) 9 -- 0 205 5 East Texas State 9 -- 1 172 6 Montana State College 8 -- 1 148 7 Wheaton ( IL ) 8 -- 0 107 8 Chattanooga 5 -- 5 105 9 St. Benedict 's ( KS ) 10 -- 0 92 10 Buffalo ( NY ) 8 -- 1 91 Conference standings 1958 California Collegiate Athletic Association football standings Conf Overall Team # 15 Cal Poly -- -- 0 9 -- -- 0 Fresno State $ -- -- 0 5 -- 5 -- 0 UC Santa Barbara -- -- 0 -- -- San Diego State -- -- 0 -- 5 -- 0 Long Beach State -- -- -- 6 -- Los Angeles State 0 -- -- -- -- $ -- Conference champion Rankings from College Division poll 1958 Far Western Conference football standings Conf Overall Team San Francisco State $ -- -- 0 7 -- -- 0 Humboldt State -- -- 0 7 -- -- Cal Aggies -- -- 0 5 -- -- 0 Chico State -- -- 0 5 -- 5 -- 0 Nevada -- -- 0 -- -- 0 Sacramento State -- -- 0 -- 6 -- 0 $ -- Conference champion Rankings from College Division poll 1958 Ohio Valley football standings Conf Overall Team # 11 UPI Middle Tennessee State + 5 -- -- 0 8 -- -- 0 Tennessee Tech + 5 -- -- 0 7 -- -- 0 East Tennessee State -- -- 0 5 -- -- 0 Eastern Kentucky -- -- 0 -- 6 -- 0 Western Kentucky -- -- 0 -- 5 -- 0 Murray State -- -- 0 -- 7 -- 0 Morehead State 0 -- 6 -- 0 0 -- 8 -- + -- Conference co-champions Rankings from College Division poll 1958 SWAC football standings Conf Overall Team Prairie View A&M $ 5 -- 0 -- 0 10 -- 0 -- Southern -- -- 0 8 -- -- 0 Texas College -- -- 0 5 -- -- 0 Texas Southern -- -- 0 5 -- 5 -- 0 Wiley -- -- 0 5 -- 5 -- 0 Arkansas AM&N 0 -- 5 -- 0 -- 6 -- 0 $ -- Conference champion Rankings from College Division poll NAIA Main article : 1958 NAIA football season The third annual NAIA championship game, held in St. Petersburg, Florida and called the Holiday Bowl, pitted the fourth - ranked Northeastern State Redmen against the third - ranked Arizona State College Lumberjacks ( now Northern Arizona University ). Northeastern State won, 19 -- 13. Minor conference champions This section needs expansion. You can help by adding to it. ( October 2016 ) Conference Champion ( s ) Record Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association Albion Hope Hillsdale 4 -- 1 -- 0 See also 1958 College Football All - America Team References Jump up ^ http://www.appollarchive.com/football/ap/seasons.cfm?appollid=211 Jump up ^ `` Pass or Run Conversion Worth Two Points Now, '' San Antonio Express, January 13, 1958, p9 - A Jump up ^ http://www.appollarchive.com/football/ap/ Jump up ^ `` Kentucky Rips Hawaii 51 - 0, '' The Lima News, September 14, 1958, p37. Jump up ^ `` Damron Directs T Teachers to 29 - 12 Win Before 6,800, '' Waterloo Sunday Courier, September 14, 1958, p37 Jump up ^ `` 1958 Atlantic Coast Conference Year Summary ''. sports-reference.com. Retrieved January 17, 2013. Jump up ^ http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/eticket/story?page=buffalo58 Jump up ^ `` Dawkins completes double ; named to Heisman award ''. Eugene Register - Guard. ( Oregon ). UPI. December 3, 1958. p. 2C. Jump up ^ `` Pete Dawkins ''. Heisman Trophy. 1958. Retrieved January 29, 2017. Jump up ^ http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/active/s/southern_mississippi/1955-1959_yearly_results.php Jump up ^ `` Southern Small College Champ ; Axers Third, '' Yuma Daily Sun, Dec. 4, 1958, p9 Jump up ^ UPI ( December 4, 1958 ). `` Miss. Southern Tops Final Poll Of Grid Powers ''. Brownwood Bulletin. Brownwood, Texas. Retrieved February 26, 2017 -- via newspapers.com. 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Question: who won the 1958 college football national championship
Answer: Louisiana State University