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{{short description|American college football season}}
{{short description|American college football season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox NCAA team season
{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 1957
| year = 1957
| team = Utah Redskins
| team = Utah Redskins
| sport = football
| sport = football
| image=Utah Utes - U logo.svg
| image =
| image_size = 100
| image_size =
|conference=Skyline Conference
|conference_link=Skyline Conference (1938–1962)
| conference = [[Skyline Conference (1938–1962)|Skyline Conference]]
| short_conf = Skyline
| short_conf = Skyline
|record=6–4
| record = 6–4
|conf_record=5–1
| conf_record = 5–1
|head_coach=[[Jack Curtice]]
| head_coach = [[Jack Curtice]]
|hc_year = 8th
| hc_year = 8th
| captain =
|stadium = [[Rice Stadium (University of Utah)|Ute Stadium]]
| stadium = [[Robert Rice Stadium|Ute Stadium]]
|champion = Skyline champion
| champion = Skyline champion
}}
}}
{{1957 Skyline Conference football standings}}
{{1957 Skyline Conference football standings}}
The '''1957 Utah Redskins football team''' represented the [[University of Utah]] during the [[1957 NCAA University Division football season]]. Home games were played on campus in [[Salt Lake City]] at [[Rice Stadium (University of Utah)|Ute Stadium]].
The '''1957 Utah Redskins football team''' was an [[American football]] team that represented the [[University of Utah]] as a member of the [[Skyline Conference (1938–1962)|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 [[Robert Rice Stadium|Ute Stadium]] in [[Salt Lake City]].


Led by eighth-year head coach [[Jack Curtice]], who believed in a wide-open offense,<ref name=sicjahk>{{cite news |url=https://www.si.com/vault/1957/10/28/605549/cactus-jack-and-his-kokomos |magazine=Sports Illustrated |last=Maule |first=Tex |authorlink=Tex Maule |title=Cactus Jack and his Kokomos |date=October 28, 1957 |page=36}}</ref> the Redskins were 6–4 overall and were champions of the [[Skyline Conference (1938–1962)|Skyline Conference]] (Skyline), with a 5–1 record. They were led on the field by transfer quarterback [[Lee Grosscup]], who finished tenth in the [[1957 college football season#Heisman Trophy|balloting]] for the [[Heisman Trophy]] as a junior and was a second-team AP and UPI [[1957 College Football All-America Team|All-American]].
Curtice ran a wide-open offense.<ref name=sicjahk>{{cite news |url=https://www.si.com/vault/1957/10/28/605549/cactus-jack-and-his-kokomos |magazine=Sports Illustrated |last=Maule |first=Tex |author-link=Tex Maule |title=Cactus Jack and his Kokomos |date=October 28, 1957 |page=36}}</ref> 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 [[1957 College Football All-America Team|All-American]]. Sophomore [[Larry Wilson (American football)|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 (NFL)|St. Louis Cardinals]].


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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).
A notable player was sophomore safety (& halfback) [[Larry Wilson (American football)|Larry Wilson]], a future member of the [[Pro Football Hall of Fame]].

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After the season, Curtice left for [[1958 Stanford Indians football team|Stanford University]] in the [[Pacific Coast Conference]] and was succeeded by [[Ray Nagel]], the backfield coach at [[1957 UCLA Bruins football team|UCLA]].


==Schedule==
==Schedule==
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| rankyear = 1957
| rankyear = 1957
| poll = AP
| poll = AP
| timezone = Mountain


|{{CFB schedule entry
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 21
| date = September 21
| time = 8:00 p.m.
| w/l = w
| w/l = w
| opponent = [[1957 Montana Grizzlies football team|Montana]]
| opponent = [[1957 Montana Grizzlies football team|Montana]]
| site_stadium = [[Rice Stadium (University of Utah)|Ute Stadium]]
| site_stadium = [[Robert Rice Stadium|Ute Stadium]]
| site_cityst = [[Salt Lake City]], [[Utah]]
| site_cityst = [[Salt Lake City|Salt Lake City, UT]]
| score = 32–13
| score = 32–13
| attend =
| source = <ref name=picko>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=5JguAAAAIBAJ&sjid=RkgDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6455%2C4258677 |work=Deseret News |location=(Salt Lake City, Utah) |last=Miller |first=Hack |title=Utah pick over Montana |date=September 21, 1957 |page=A3}}</ref><ref name=scuttl>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=5ZguAAAAIBAJ&sjid=RkgDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6407%2C4558514 |work=Deseret News |location=(Salt Lake City, Utah) |last=Miller |first=Hack |title=Redskins' air arm scuttles Grizzlie hopes |date=September 23, 1957 |page=B2}}</ref>
}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
|{{CFB schedule entry
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| away = y
| away = y
| opponent = [[1957 Colorado Buffaloes football team|Colorado]]
| opponent = [[1957 Colorado Buffaloes football team|Colorado]]
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| gamename = [[Rumble in the Rockies|rivalry]]
| site_stadium = [[Folsom Field]]
| site_stadium = [[Folsom Field]]
| site_cityst = [[Boulder, Colorado]]
| site_cityst = [[Boulder, Colorado|Boulder, CO]]
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| gamename = [[Rumble in the Rockies|rivalry]]
| score = 24–30
| score = 24–30
| attend = 37,000
}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
|{{CFB schedule entry
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| opponent = [[1957 Idaho Vandals football team|Idaho]]
| opponent = [[1957 Idaho Vandals football team|Idaho]]
| site_stadium = [[Albertsons Stadium#Bronco Stadium (I)|old Bronco Stadium]]
| site_stadium = [[Albertsons Stadium#Bronco Stadium (I)|old Bronco Stadium]]
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| site_cityst = [[Boise, Idaho|ID]]
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| site_cityst = [[Boise, Idaho]] <ref name=uthredks >{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=czFWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=8uYDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6333%2C1952027 |newspaper=Spokesman-Review |location=(Spokane, Washington) |last=Boni |first=Bill |title=Idaho tops Utah Redskins, 21-6 |date=October 6, 1957 |page=1, sports }}</ref>
| score = 6–21
| score = 6–21
| attend = 9,000
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| source = <ref name=uthredks>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=czFWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=8uYDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6333%2C1952027 |newspaper=Spokesman-Review |location=(Spokane, Washington) |last=Boni |first=Bill |title=Idaho tops Utah Redskins, 21-6 |date=October 6, 1957 |page=1, sports }}</ref>
}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
|{{CFB schedule entry
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| w/l = w
| w/l = w
| opponent = [[1957 BYU Cougars football team|BYU]]
| opponent = [[1957 BYU Cougars football team|BYU]]
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| gamename = [[Holy War (BYU–Utah)|rivalry]]
| site_stadium = Ute Stadium
| site_stadium = Ute Stadium
| site_cityst = Salt Lake City, Utah
| site_cityst = Salt Lake City, UT
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| gamename = [[Holy War (BYU–Utah)|rivalry]]
| score = 27–0
| score = 27–0
| attend =
}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
|{{CFB schedule entry
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| opponent = [[1957 Denver Pioneers football team|Denver]]
| opponent = [[1957 Denver Pioneers football team|Denver]]
| site_stadium = [[DU Stadium]]
| site_stadium = [[DU Stadium]]
| site_cityst = [[Denver]], [[Colorado]]
| site_cityst = [[Denver|Denver, CO]]
| score = 7–12
| score = 7–12
| attend = 7,000
| source = <ref>{{cite news|title=Pioneers Stop Utes, 12-7, In Grid Upset|newspaper=The Ogden Standard-Examiner|date=October 20, 1957|page=12|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/113579559/pioneers-stop-utes/|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
|{{CFB schedule entry
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| opponent = [[1957 Wyoming Cowboys football team|Wyoming]]
| opponent = [[1957 Wyoming Cowboys football team|Wyoming]]
| site_stadium = Ute Stadium
| site_stadium = Ute Stadium
| site_cityst = Salt Lake City, Utah
| site_cityst = Salt Lake City, UT
| score = 23–15
| score = 23–15
| attend =
}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
|{{CFB schedule entry
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| opponent = [[1957 Colorado State Rams football team|Colorado State]]
| opponent = [[1957 Colorado State Rams football team|Colorado State]]
| site_stadium = Ute Stadium
| site_stadium = Ute Stadium
| site_cityst = Salt Lake City, Utah
| site_cityst = Salt Lake City, UT
| score = 55–0
| score = 55–0
| attend =
}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
|{{CFB schedule entry
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| opprank = 8
| opprank = 8
| site_stadium = [[Michie Stadium]]
| site_stadium = [[Michie Stadium]]
| site_cityst = [[West Point, New York]]
| site_cityst = [[West Point, New York|West Point, NY]]
| score = 33–39
| score = 33–39
| attend = 27,900
}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 16
| date = November 16
| time = 2:00 p.m.
| w/l = w
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| nonconf = y
| opponent = [[1957 Air Force Falcons football team|Air Force]]
| opponent = [[1957 Air Force Falcons football team|Air Force]]
| site_stadium = Ute Stadium
| site_stadium = Ute Stadium
| site_cityst = Salt Lake City, Utah
| site_cityst = Salt Lake City, UT
| score = 34–0
| score = 34–0
| attend =
| source = <ref name=uterost>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=0kMwAAAAIBAJ&sjid=NUgDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2900%2C3324109 |newspaper=Deseret News |location=(Salt Lake City, Utah)|agency=(rosters)|title=Falcons vs. Redskins |date=November 15, 1957 |page=4B }}</ref><ref name=jggl>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=1EMwAAAAIBAJ&sjid=NUgDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4867%2C3786845 |newspaper=Deseret News |location=(Salt Lake City, Utah)|last=Miller |first=Hack |title=Redskins, Cats, Pokes juggle Skyline football championship |date=November 18, 1957 |page=1D }}</ref>
}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
|{{CFB schedule entry
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| w/l = w
| w/l = w
| opponent = [[1957 Utah State Aggies football team|Utah State]]
| opponent = [[1957 Utah State Aggies football team|Utah State]]
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| site_stadium = Ute Stadium
| site_cityst = Salt Lake City, UT
| gamename = [[Battle of the Brothers|rivalry]]
| gamename = [[Battle of the Brothers|rivalry]]
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| site_stadium = Ute Stadium
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| site_cityst = Salt Lake City, Utah
| score = 21–6
| score = 21–6
| attend = 17,300
}}
}}
}}
}}
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<ref name ="Homecoming">{{cite web |url=http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/utah/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/09-mfootbl-mg-156-183.pdf |title=Ute Record Book |publisher=University of Utah |page=6 |access-date=July 16, 2010 |archive-date=July 13, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110713210940/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/utah/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/09-mfootbl-mg-156-183.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/coaching/alltime_coach_game_by_game.php?coachid=512&year=1957 |title=Coaching Records Game by Game Jack C. Curtice 1957 |publisher=College Football Data Warehouse |access-date=August 11, 2010 |archive-date=October 4, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121004052449/http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/coaching/alltime_coach_game_by_game.php?coachid=512&year=1957 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

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<small>Source:</small><ref name ="Homecoming">{{cite web |url=http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/utah/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/09-mfootbl-mg-156-183.pdf |title=Ute Record Book |publisher=University of Utah |page=6 |accessdate=2010-07-16}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/coaching/alltime_coach_game_by_game.php?coachid=512&year=1957 |title=Coaching Records Game by Game Jack C. Curtice 1957 |publisher=College Football Data Warehouse |accessdate=2010-08-11}}</ref>


==Personnel==
==Personnel==
*QB [[Lee Grosscup]], Jr.
* QB [[Lee Grosscup]], Jr.


==After the season==
==After the season==
===NFL draft===
===NFL draft===
Utah had three players selected in the [[1958 NFL Draft]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/draft/1958.htm |title=1958 NFL Draft Listing |publisher=Pro-Football-Reference.com |accessdate=2010-08-09}}</ref>
Utah had three players selected in the [[1958 NFL Draft]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/draft/1958.htm |title=1958 NFL Draft Listing |publisher=Pro-Football-Reference.com |access-date=August 9, 2010 |archive-date=July 20, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090720135033/http://www.pro-football-reference.com/draft/1958.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref>
{|class="wikitable" width="50%"
{|class="wikitable" width="50%"
|- align="center" style="background:#CC0000; color:white"
|- align="center" style="background:#CC0000; color:white"
| '''Player''' || '''Position''' || '''Round''' || '''Pick''' || '''NFL Club'''
| '''Player''' || '''Position''' || '''Round''' || '''Pick''' || '''NFL team'''
|- align="center"
|- align="center"
| [[Merrill Douglas]] || [[Fullback (American football)|Fullback]] || 6 || 65 || [[1958 Chicago Bears season|Chicago Bears]]
| [[Merrill Douglas]] || [[Fullback (gridiron football)|Fullback]] || 6 || 65 || [[1958 Chicago Bears season|Chicago Bears]]
|- align="center"
|- align="center"
| Everett Jones || [[Guard (American football)|Guard]] || 21 || 247 || [[1958 Pittsburgh Steelers season|Pittsburgh Steelers]]
| Everett Jones || [[Guard (American gridiron)|Guard]] || 21 || 247 || [[1958 Pittsburgh Steelers season|Pittsburgh Steelers]]
|- align="center"
|- align="center"
| Larry Fields || [[Back (American football)|Back]] || 23 || 275 || [[1958 San Francisco 49ers season|San Francisco 49ers]]
| Larry Fields || [[Back (American football)|Back]] || 23 || 275 || [[1958 San Francisco 49ers season|San Francisco 49ers]]
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==References==
==References==
{{Reflist|2}}
{{Reflist}}


{{Utah Utes football navbox}}
{{Utah Utes football navbox}}
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[[Category:Utah Utes football seasons]]
[[Category:Utah Utes football seasons]]
[[Category:Mountain States Conference football champion seasons]]
[[Category:Mountain States Conference football champion seasons]]
[[Category:1957 in sports in Utah|Utes]]
[[Category:1957 in sports in Utah|Utah Redskins football]]

Latest revision as of 04:04, 11 June 2024

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 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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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

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After the season

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NFL draft

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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

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  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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