1948_Toledo_Rockets_football_team

1948 Toledo Rockets football team

1948 Toledo Rockets football team

American college football season

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]

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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]

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References

  1. [1]
    "Toledo Football 2015 Media Guide" (PDF). University of Toledo. 2015. p. 188. Retrieved September 23, 2016.
  2. [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.
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    2015 Media Guide, p. 211.
  4. [4]
    2015 Media Guide, p. 233.
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    2015 Media Guide, p. 134.
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    2015 Media Guide, p. 164.
  7. [7]
    "Michigan, Irish Finish 1-2 in Litkenhous Ratings". Wilmington Morning News. December 15, 1948. p. 32 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. [8]
    Marshall Dann (September 25, 1948). "Titans Turn Toledo Fumbles into 36-0 Rout". Detroit Free Press. p. 18 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. [9]
    "Canisius Trips Toledo, 26-21". The Akron Beacon Journal. November 14, 1948 – via Newspapers.com.


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