The 1958 Purdue Boilermakers football team was an American football team that represented Purdue University during the 1958 Big Ten Conference football season In their third season under head coach Jack Mollenkopf, the Boilermakers compiled a 6–1–2 record, finished in fourth place in the Big Ten Conference with a 3–1–2 record against conference opponents, and outscored opponents by a total of 184 to 102.^[1][2]

Purdue tackle Gene Selawski was selected by the Football Writers Association of America as a first-team All-American in 1958.^[3] End Tom Franckhauser was selected as a first-team All-American by the Central Press Association.^[4] Other notable players included quarterbacks Bob Spoo and Ross Fichtner, fullback Bob Jarus, and guard Ron Maltony.

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Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance
September 27	Nebraska*		Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN	W 28–0	42,914
October 4	at Rice*	No. 14	Rice Stadium Houston, TX	W 24–0	41,000
October 11	at No. 6 Wisconsin	No. 13	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI	L 6–31	51,028
October 18	No. 5 Michigan State		Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN	W 14–6	48,468
October 25	at No. 11 Notre Dame*	No. 15	Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN (rivalry)	W 29–22	59,563
November 1	Illinois	No. 10	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN (rivalry)	W 31–8	46,357
November 8	at No. 16 Ohio State	No. 8	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH	T 14–14	83,481
November 15	at No. 13 Northwestern	No. 8	Dyche Stadium Evanston, IL	W 23–6	38,421
November 22	Indiana	No. 8	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN (Old Oaken Bucket)	T 15–15	43,507
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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