1957 Utah Redskins football team explained

Year:1957
Team:Utah Redskins
Sport:football
Conference:Skyline Conference
Short Conf:Skyline
Record:6–4
Conf Record:5–1
Head Coach:Jack Curtice
Hc Year:8th
Stadium:Ute Stadium
Champion:Skyline champion

The 1957 Utah Redskins football team was an American football team that represented the University of Utah as a member of the Skyline Conference during the 1957 college football season. In their eighth and final season under head coach Jack Curtice, the Redskins compiled an overall record of 6–4 with a mark of 5–1 against conference opponents, winning the Skyline title. Home games were played on campus at Ute Stadium in Salt Lake City.

Curtice ran a wide-open offense.[1] The Redskins were led on the field by transfer quarterback Lee Grosscup, who finished tenth in the balloting for the Heisman Trophy as a junior and was a second-team AP and UPI All-American. Sophomore Larry Wilson played safety and halfback and was later inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame after a career in the National Football League (NFL) with the St. Louis Cardinals.

After the season, Curtice left for Stanford University and was succeeded by Ray Nagel, the backfield coach at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).

Schedule

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Personnel

After the season

NFL draft

Utah had three players selected in the 1958 NFL draft.[4]

Player Position Round Pick NFL team
6 65 Chicago Bears
Everett Jones 21 247 Pittsburgh Steelers
Larry Fields 23 275 San Francisco 49ers

Notes and References

  1. News: Cactus Jack and his Kokomos . Sports Illustrated . Maule . Tex . Tex Maule . October 28, 1957 . 36.
  2. Web site: Ute Record Book . University of Utah . 6 . July 16, 2010 . July 13, 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110713210940/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/utah/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/09-mfootbl-mg-156-183.pdf . dead .
  3. Web site: Coaching Records Game by Game Jack C. Curtice 1957 . College Football Data Warehouse . August 11, 2010 . October 4, 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121004052449/http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/coaching/alltime_coach_game_by_game.php?coachid=512&year=1957 . dead .
  4. Web site: 1958 NFL Draft Listing . Pro-Football-Reference.com . August 9, 2010 . July 20, 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090720135033/http://www.pro-football-reference.com/draft/1958.htm . dead .