1958 Northwestern Wildcats football team

1958 Northwestern Wildcats football
Conference	Big Ten Conference
1958 record	5-4 (3-4 Big 10)
Head coach	Ara Parseghian (3rd year)
Home stadium	Dyche Stadium (Capacity: 55,000)

1958 Big Ten football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
#2 Iowa $	5	–	1	–	0			8	–	1	–	1
#7 Wisconsin	5	–	1	–	1			7	–	1	–	1
#8 Ohio State	4	–	1	–	2			6	–	1	–	2
#13 Purdue	3	–	1	–	2			6	–	1	–	2
Indiana	3	–	2	–	1			5	–	3	–	1
Illinois	4	–	3	–	0			4	–	5	–	0
Northwestern	3	–	4	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
Michigan	1	–	5	–	1			2	–	6	–	1
Minnesota	1	–	6	–	0			1	–	8	–	0
Michigan State	0	–	5	–	1			3	–	5	–	1
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1958 Northwestern Wildcats team represented Northwestern University during the 1958 college football season. In their third year under head coach Ara Parseghian, the Wildcats compiled a 5-4 record (3-4 against Big Ten Conference opponents), finished in seventh place in the Big Ten, and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 199 to 148.

Schedule

Date	Opponent#	Rank#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 27	Washington State*		Dyche Stadium • Evanston, IL		W 29-28	27,500
October 4	Stanford*		Dyche Stadium • Evanston, IL		W 28-0	25,132
October 11	at Minnesota		Memorial Stadium • Minneapolis, MN		W 7-3	56,061
October 18	#19 Michigan	#17	Dyche Stadium • Evanston, IL		W 55-24	34,852
October 25	at #7 Iowa	#8	Iowa Stadium • Iowa City, IA		L 20-26	59,275
November 1	#5 Ohio State	#11	Dyche Stadium • Evanston, IL		W 21-0	51,102
November 8	at #7 Wisconsin	#4	Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, WI		L 13-17	62,964
November 15	#8 Purdue	#13	Dyche Stadium • Evanston, IL		L 6-23	38,421
November 22	at Illinois	#20	Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL (Sweet Sioux Tomahawk)		L 20-27	32,390
*Non-conference game.