1958 season

61st season of men's interhall football, 12th season of the Napolitanic Era

Season Summary

League Director: Bill Echard

Duration of season: October 12 - Late November/Early December

Total teams: 16

Games scheduled: 57

Interhall champion: Dillon (5-0-1?)

Unknown games: 13, 4C

Season schedule

1958 season

Interhall championship

Dillon and Howard cop interhall crowns

Dillon's "Powerhouse" won the Interhall Football Championship by defeating a game Stanford squad, 14-0, in a near blizzard. The snow fall grounded Stanford's air attack, but allowed Dillon to run well on the frozen turf.

Unknown author, 1959 Dome Yearbook

Talking points

Preseason

  • Dominic Napolitano is replaced by Bill Echard as IFL supervisor.

  • Dillon is the pre-season favorite according to Echard, having retained most of last year's Stanford team.

  • Breen-Phillips and Stanford are frosh hall rivals.

  • The practice of playing on Sundays was re-introduced after an absence of over a decade.

  • Alumni returns to the IFL after a single season hiatus, bringing the total number of teams to sixteen. The league can now operate with two eight-team divisions.

Season

  • Stanford Hall completes two undefeated regular seasons.

Postseason

  • Stanford loses to Dillon in the championship game, breaking their fourteen-game win streak.

    • The game was played in a blizzard.

  • The championship game returned to Notre Dame Stadium. The game had been held at Cartier Field from 1952 to 1957.

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