1935 Toledo Rockets football team

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1935 Toledo Rockets football
Conference Ohio Athletic Conference
Record6–2–1 (3–1 OAC)
Head coach
CaptainJerry Welling
Seasons
←  1934
1936  →
1935 Ohio Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Baldwin–Wallace $ 8 –0 –09 –1 –1
Mount Union 6 –1 –17 –1 –1
Toledo 3 –1 –06 –2 –1
Capital 4 –2 –05 –2 –0
Akron 6 –3 –06 –3 –0
Marietta 3 –2 –04 –4 –0
Wittenberg 3 –2 –04 –5 –0
Case 3 –2 –03 –6 –0
Ohio Northern 3 –2 –14 –3 –1
Muskingum 3 –3 –05 –4 –0
Kenyon 1 –1 –13 –3 –1
Heidelberg 3 –3 –23 –4 –2
Oberlin 2 –2 –13 –4 –1
Wooster 2 –3 –23 –4 –2
Ashland 2 –4 –12 –4 –1
Kent State 2 –5 –03 –5 –0
Findlay 1 –3 –04 –4 –0
Otterbein 0 –6 –11 –6 –1
Bowling Green 0 –6 –01 –6 –0
John Carroll 0 –4 –01 –8 –0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1935 Toledo Rockets football team was an American football team that represented Toledo University (renamed the University of Toledo in 1967) in the Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC) during the 1935 college football season. In their fifth season under head coach Jim Nicholson, the team compiled a 6–2–1 record, held all opponents to 32 points, and outscored opponents by a combined total of 185 to 32. The team's victories included games against Bowling Green (63–0) and Louisville (41–7). [1] The defense held opponents to 3.6 points per game and allowed only five touchdowns and zero passing touchdowns, each of which remains a program record. [2] The 63-point margin of victory over Bowling Green remains the third largest in program history. [3] The Bowling Green–Toledo football rivalry, dating back to 1919, was terminated after the 1935 season and was not revived until 1948. [4] Jerry Welling was the team captain. [5]

The Rockets' 13–0 victory over Dennison was the first game in program history to be broadcast on radio. [6]

Jim Nicholson resigned as the team's head coach after the 1935 season. He became an "industrialist and civic leader" in Toledo. [7]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResult
September 28 Capital Toledo, OH L 0–6
October 5at Boston University * Boston, MA L 0–6
October 12 Haskell *Toledo, OHT 0–0
October 19at Case Cleveland, OH W 18–7
October 26 Denison *Toledo, OHW 13–0
November 1 Bowling Green Toledo, OH (rivalry)W 63–0 [8]
November 9at Louisville * Louisville, KY W 41–7
November 16 Buffalo *Toledo, OHW 19–6
November 23 Heidelberg Toledo, OHW 31–0
  • *Non-conference game

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References

  1. ↑ "Toledo Football 2015 Media Guide" (PDF). University of Toledo. 2015. pp. 132–133, 186.
  2. ↑ 2015 Media Guide, p. 200.
  3. ↑ 2015 Media Guide, p. 202.
  4. ↑ 2015 Media Guide, p. 233.
  5. ↑ 2015 Media Guide, p. 164.
  6. ↑ 2015 Media Guide, p. 133.
  7. ↑ 2015 Media Guide, p. 166.
  8. ↑ "Punch Drunk Falcons Lose To Toledo: Bee Gee Badly Battered in Night Game At Toledo U. 63 to 0". The Daily Sentinel-Tribune. November 2, 1935. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
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