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The 1958 Western Michigan Broncos football team represented
Western Michigan University Western Michigan University (Western Michigan, Western or WMU) is a public research university in Kalamazoo, Michigan. It was initially established as Western State Normal School in 1903 by Governor Aaron T. Bliss for the training of teachers ...
in the
Mid-American Conference The Mid-American Conference (MAC) is a National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I collegiate athletic conference with a membership base in the Great Lakes region that stretches from Western New York to Illinois. Nine of the twel ...
(MAC) during the
1958 college football season 1958 college football season may refer to: * 1958 NCAA University Division football season * 1958 NCAA College Division football season * 1958 NAIA football season The 1958 NAIA football season was the third season of college football sponsored b ...
. In their second season under head coach
Merle Schlosser Merle Schlosser (born October 17, 1926) is an American former college football player and coach. He played football at the end position for the University of Illinois from 1948 to 1949. After graduating from Illinois, Schlosser was an assistant f ...
, the Broncos compiled a 4–5 record (2–4 against MAC opponents), finished in fifth place in the MAC, and were outscored by their opponents, 200 to 188. The team played its home games at Waldo Stadium in
Kalamazoo, Michigan Kalamazoo ( ) is a city in the southwest region of the U.S. state of Michigan. It is the county seat of Kalamazoo County. At the 2010 census, Kalamazoo had a population of 74,262. Kalamazoo is the major city of the Kalamazoo-Portage Metropolit ...
. Guard Jack Krueger and center Jim Eger were the team captains. Fullback Lovell Coleman received the team's most outstanding player award. Coleman rushed for 1,068 yards in the 1958, including a school record 279 yards against Central Michigan.


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