1949 Toledo Rockets football team

The 1949 Toledo Rockets football team was an American football team that represented the University of Toledo during the 1949 college football season. In their second and final season under head coach Skip Stahley, the Rockets compiled a 6–4 record, outscored their opponents by a combined total of 318 to 210, and lost to Mid-American Conference champion Cincinnati, 33–13, in the fourth postseason Glass Bowl game.[1][2]

1949 Toledo Rockets football
Glass Bowl, L 13–33 vs. Cincinnati
ConferenceIndependent
1949 record6–4
Head coach
Captains
  • Ed Burrus
  • George Miley
Home stadiumGlass Bowl
1949 Midwestern college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 1 Notre Dame      10 0 0
Ball State      8 0 0
Xavier      10 1 0
Valparaiso      8 1 1
Washington University      7 2 0
Baldwin–Wallace      6 2 0
Wabash      5 2 1
Dayton      6 3 0
John Carroll      6 3 0
No. 19 Michigan State      6 3 0
Toledo      6 4 0
Youngstown      4 3 1
Bowling Green      4 5 0
Marquette      4 5 0
Central Michigan      3 4 0
Wayne      3 5 0
Indiana State      1 9 0
Michigan State Normal      0 8 0
Rankings from AP Poll

During the 1949 season, Toledo back Emerson Cole, who later played in the NFL, rushed 160 times for 1,172 yards, an average of 7.26 yards per carry. On November 12, 1949, Cole rushed for 230 yards against North Dakota.[3] Cole's 1,172 rushing yards stood as a Toledo single-season record until 1984.[4] The 1939 Toledo team averaged 253.8 rushing yards per game.[5] Ed Burrus and George Miley were the team captains.[6]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResult
September 25LorasL 26–35
October 1John Carroll
  • Glass Bowl
  • Toledo, OH
L 14–28
October 8Bowling Green
  • Glass Bowl
  • Toledo, OH
W 20–19
October 15at Dayton
L 14–47
October 22Springfield
  • Glass Bowl
  • Toledo, OH
W 42–14
October 29Oklahoma City
  • Glass Bowl
  • Toledo, OH
W 48–7
November 5at WayneW 37–7
November 12North Dakota
  • Glass Bowl
  • Toledo, OH
W 56–6
November 19at New Hampshire
W 48–14
December 3Cincinnati
L 13–33

References

  1. "Toledo Football 2015 Media Guide" (PDF). University of Toledo. 2015. p. 188. Retrieved September 23, 2016.
  2. "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.
  3. 2015 Media Guide, p. 72.
  4. 2015 Media Guide, p. 204.
  5. 2015 Media Guide, p. 200.
  6. 2015 Media Guide, p. 164.


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