1951 Toledo Rockets football team

The 1951 Toledo Rockets football team was an American football team that represented the University of Toledo during the 1951 college football season. In their first season under head coaches Don Greenwood (games 1–7) and Clair Dunn (games 8–10), the Rockets compiled a 6–4 record and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 260 to 178.[1][2]

1951 Toledo Rockets football
ConferenceIndependent
1951 record6–4
Head coach
Home stadiumGlass Bowl
1951 Midwestern college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 2 Michigan State      9 0 0
Xavier      9 0 1
Wabash      7 0 1
No. 13 Notre Dame      7 2 1
Dayton      7 3 0
Toledo      6 4 0
Washington University      5 4 0
Wayne      5 4 0
Bowling Green      4 4 1
Marquette      4 6 1
Baldwin–Wallace      3 5 0
John Carroll      3 6 0
Rose Poly      2 5 0
Youngstown      2 6 1
Rankings from AP Poll

The team's statistical leaders (through nine games) included Steve Piskach with 493 passing yards and A. C. Jenkins with 899 rushing yards.[3]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 15Davis & ElkinsW 88–0
September 22at DetroitL 32–3417,391[4]
September 29Western Michigan
  • Glass Bowl
  • Toledo, OH
L 6–14
October 6John Carroll
  • Glass Bowl
  • Toledo, OH
W 26–12
October 13at DaytonDayton, OHL 7–47
October 20Marshall
  • Glass Bowl
  • Toledo, OH
W 32–14
October 27at Bowling GreenBowling Green, OHW 12–6
November 3Ohio
  • Glass Bowl
  • Toledo, OH
W 13–6
November 10Bradley
  • Glass Bowl
  • Toledo, OH
W 38–13
November 22at XavierCincinnati, OHL 6–32

References

  1. "Toledo Football 2015 Media Guide" (PDF). University of Toledo. 2015. p. 188. Retrieved September 23, 2016.
  2. "Toledo Yearly Results (1950–1954)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Retrieved September 23, 2016.
  3. 2015 Media Guide, pp. 218–219.
  4. Dick Peters (September 24, 1951). "Clark Can See Light in U-D Gridiron Cloud". Detroit Free Press. p. 27 via Newspapers.com.


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