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1948 Toledo Rockets football

Glass Bowl, W 27–14 vs. Oklahoma City

ConferenceIndependent
Record5–6
Head coach
Captains
  • Mardo Hamilton
  • Mike Carman
Home stadiumGlass Bowl
Seasons
← 1947
1949 →
1948 Midwestern college football independents records
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  • Conf Overall
    Team W   L   T W   L   T
    Michigan Tech     7 0 0
    No.2Notre Dame     9 0 1
    Bowling Green     8 0 1
    Washington University     9 1 0
    John Carroll     7 1 2
    Ball State     6 2 0
    Michigan State     6 2 2
    Baldwin–Wallace     5 2 2
    Detroit     6 3 0
    Indiana State     4 4 0
    Wabash     4 4 0
    Wayne     4 4 0
    Valparaiso     4 5 0
    Toledo     5 6 0
    Michigan State Normal     3 5 0
    Xavier     4 6 0
    Central Michigan     3 6 0
    Marquette     2 8 0
    Rankings from AP Poll

    The 1948 Toledo Rockets football team was an American football team that represented Toledo University during the 1948 college football season. In their first season under head coach Skip Stahley, the Rockets compiled a 5–6 record, were outscored by their opponents by a combined total of 225 to 206, and defeated Oklahoma City, 27–14, in the third postseason Glass Bowl game.[1][2]

    On October 2, 1948, Chuck Hardy set a Toledo school record that still stands with a 100-yard kickoff return against John Carroll.[3] On October 9, 1948, the Rockets renewed the Bowling Green–Toledo football rivalry after a 13-year hiatus.[4] Toledo lost to Bowling Green, 21-6, in the 1948 game.[1] During the 1948 season, a Toledo football game was televised for the first time on WSPD-TV13 (later WTVG).[5] The 1948 team captains were Mardo Hamilton and Mike Carman.[6]

    Toledo was ranked at No. 139 in the final Litkenhous Difference by Score System ratings for 1948.[7]

    Schedule[edit]

    DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
    September 18Bates
  • Toledo, OH
  • W 42–0
    September 24atDetroit
  • Detroit, MI
  • L 0–3620,741[8]
    October 2John Carroll
    • Glass Bowl
  • Toledo, OH
  • L 20–46
    October 9Bowling Green
    • Glass Bowl
  • Toledo, OH (rivalry)
  • L 6–21
    October 16Dayton
    • Glass Bowl
  • Toledo, OH
  • L 0–20
    October 23atSpringfield (MA)Springfield, MAW 21–14
    October 30Baldwin–Wallace
    • Glass Bowl
  • Toledo, OH
  • L 14–20
    November 6Wayne
    • Glass Bowl
  • Toledo, OH
  • W 27–14
    November 13Canisius
    • Glass Bowl
  • Toledo, OH
  • L 21–26[9]
    November 20atNew Hampshire
    • Lewis Field
  • Durham, NH
  • W 28–14
    December 4Oklahoma City
    • Glass Bowl
  • Toledo, OH (Glass Bowl)
  • W 27–14

    References[edit]

    1. ^ a b "Toledo Football 2015 Media Guide" (PDF). University of Toledo. 2015. p. 188. Retrieved September 23, 2016.
  • ^ "Toledo Yearly Results (1945-1949)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved September 23, 2016 – via Wayback Machine.
  • ^ 2015 Media Guide, p. 211.
  • ^ 2015 Media Guide, p. 233.
  • ^ 2015 Media Guide, p. 134.
  • ^ 2015 Media Guide, p. 164.
  • ^ "Michigan, Irish Finish 1-2 in Litkenhous Ratings". Wilmington Morning News. December 15, 1948. p. 32 – via Newspapers.com.
  • ^ Marshall Dann (September 25, 1948). "Titans Turn Toledo Fumbles into 36-0 Rout". Detroit Free Press. p. 18 – via Newspapers.com.
  • ^ "Canisius Trips Toledo, 26-21". The Akron Beacon Journal. November 14, 1948 – via Newspapers.com.

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