1957 Utah Redskins football
Skyline champion
ConferenceSkyline Conference
Record6–4 (5–1 Skyline)
Head coach
Home stadiumUte Stadium
Seasons
← 1956
1958 →
1957 Skyline Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Utah $ 5 – 1 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
BYU 5 – 1 – 1 5 – 3 – 2
Denver 5 – 2 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
Wyoming 3 – 2 – 2 4 – 3 – 3
New Mexico 2 – 4 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
Colorado State 2 – 5 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
Montana 2 – 5 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
Utah State 1 – 5 – 1 2 – 7 – 1
  • $ – Conference 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 NCAA University Division 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

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 218:00 p.m.Montana
W 32–13[2][3]
September 28at Colorado*
L 24–3037,000
October 5vs. Idaho*
L 6–219,000[4]
October 12BYU
  • Ute Stadium
  • Salt Lake City, UT (rivalry)
W 27–0
October 19at Denver
L 7–127,000[5]
October 26Wyoming
  • Ute Stadium
  • Salt Lake City, UT
W 23–15
November 3Colorado Statedagger
  • Ute Stadium
  • Salt Lake City, UT
W 55–0
November 9at No. 8 Army*
L 33–3927,900
November 162:00 p.m.Air Force*
  • Ute Stadium
  • Salt Lake City, UT
W 34–0[6][7]
November 28Utah State
  • Ute Stadium
  • Salt Lake City, UT (rivalry)
W 21–617,300
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Mountain time

[8][9]

Personnel

After the season

NFL draft

Utah had three players selected in the 1958 NFL Draft.[10]

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

References

  1. ^ Maule, Tex (October 28, 1957). "Cactus Jack and his Kokomos". Sports Illustrated. p. 36.
  2. ^ Miller, Hack (September 21, 1957). "Utah pick over Montana". Deseret News. (Salt Lake City, Utah). p. A3.
  3. ^ Miller, Hack (September 23, 1957). "Redskins' air arm scuttles Grizzlie hopes". Deseret News. (Salt Lake City, Utah). p. B2.
  4. ^ Boni, Bill (October 6, 1957). "Idaho tops Utah Redskins, 21-6". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. 1, sports.
  5. ^ "Pioneers Stop Utes, 12-7, In Grid Upset". The Ogden Standard-Examiner. October 20, 1957. p. 12 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Falcons vs. Redskins". Deseret News. (Salt Lake City, Utah). (rosters). November 15, 1957. p. 4B.
  7. ^ Miller, Hack (November 18, 1957). "Redskins, Cats, Pokes juggle Skyline football championship". Deseret News. (Salt Lake City, Utah). p. 1D.
  8. ^ "Ute Record Book" (PDF). University of Utah. p. 6. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 13, 2011. Retrieved July 16, 2010.
  9. ^ "Coaching Records Game by Game Jack C. Curtice 1957". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on October 4, 2012. Retrieved August 11, 2010.
  10. ^ "1958 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Archived from the original on July 20, 2009. Retrieved August 9, 2010.
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