1951 Toledo Rockets football team

American college football season

1951 Toledo Rockets football

Conference| Independent
Record| 6–4
Head coach|

* Don Greenwood (1st season; first 7 games)
* Clair Dunn (1st season, final 3 games)

Home stadium| Glass Bowl

Seasons

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1952 ->

1951 Midwestern college football independents records

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Team | W |  | 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 1951 Toledo Rockets football team was an American football team that represented Toledo University 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]

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

Toledo was ranked at No. 100 in the 1951 Litkenhous Ratings.[4]

## Schedule[edit]

Date| Opponent| Site| Result| Attendance| Source

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September 15| Davis & Elkins|

* Glass Bowl
* Toledo, OH

| W 88–0| |
September 22| at Detroit|

* University of Detroit Stadium
* Detroit, MI

| L 32–34| 17,391| [5]
September 29| Western Michigan|

* Glass Bowl
* Toledo, OH

| L 6–14| |
October 6| John Carroll|

* Glass Bowl
* Toledo, OH

| W 26–12| |
October 13| at Dayton| Dayton, OH| L 7–47| |
October 20| Marshall|

* Glass Bowl
* Toledo, OH

| W 32–14| |
October 27| at Bowling Green| Bowling Green, OH (rivalry)| W 12–6| |
November 3| Ohio|

* Glass Bowl
* Toledo, OH

| W 13–6| |
November 10| Bradley|

* Glass Bowl
* Toledo, OH

| W 38–13| 4,800| [6]
November 22| at Xavier| Cincinnati, OH| L 6–32| |

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## References[edit]

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. Archived from the original on February 20, 2017. Retrieved September 23, 2016.
3. ^ 2015 Media Guide, pp. 218–219.
4. ^ "Vols Top Final 1951 Litkenhous Ratings". The Nashville Banner. December 14, 1951. p. 49 - via Newspapers.com.
5. ^ Dick Peters (September 24, 1951). "Clark Can See Light in U-D Gridiron Cloud". Detroit Free Press. p. 27 - via Newspapers.com.
6. ^ "Toledo Grabs Glass Bowl From Bradley". Quad-City Times. Davenport, Iowa. Associated Press. November 11, 1951. p. 46. Retrieved January 2, 2022 - via Newspapers.com .
7. ^ "Brief Summary Of Cumulative Football Statistics". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved December 18, 2022.

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Toledo Rockets football

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* Glass Bowl (1937–present)

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