The 1958 Northwestern Wildcats team represented

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during the 1958 Big Ten Conference football season. In their third year under head coach

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, the Wildcats compiled a 5–4 record (3–4 against

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opponents), finished in seventh place in the Big Ten, and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 199 to 148.

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