1946 Toledo Rockets football team

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1946
Bates
ConferenceOhio Athletic Conference
Record6–2–2 (4–0 OAC)
Head coach
CaptainBill Gall
Home stadiumGlass Bowl
Seasons
1946 Ohio Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Otterbein
$ 		5 – 0 – 0 7 – 1 – 0
Toledo 4 – 0 – 0 6 – 2 – 2
Muskingum
 4 – 0 – 1 5 – 3 – 1
Oberlin
 2 – 0 – 0 4 – 2 – 1
Baldwin–Wallace
 4 – 1 – 0 4 – 2 – 2
Mount Union
 5 – 1 – 1 7 – 1 – 1
Findlay
 3 – 1 – 0 6 – 2 – 0
Marietta
 3 – 1 – 0 3 – 4 – 0
Heidelberg
 5 – 2 – 1 5 – 2 – 1
Kent State 1 – 1 – 0 6 – 2 – 0
Akron 3 – 4 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Wittenberg
 3 – 4 – 0 3 – 5 – 0
Ashland
 2 – 3 – 1 2 – 5 – 1
Wooster
 2 – 4 – 2 2 – 4 – 2
Denison
 2 – 4 – 0 2 – 6 – 0
Case
 1 – 4 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
John Carroll
 1 – 4 – 0 1 – 7 – 0
Kenyon
 1 – 5 – 0 1 – 7 – 0
Capital
 1 – 6 – 0 1 – 6 – 0
Wilmington (OH)
 0 – 2 – 0 0 – 5 – 0
Ohio Northern
 0 – 6 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1946 Toledo Rockets football team was an

Bates, 21–12, in the first postseason Glass Bowl game.[1][2]

The 1946 season was the first for the Toledo Rockets since 1942. In 1946, the University of Toledo rebuilt University Stadium using glass blocks throughout the stadium, installing lights for night games and a glass electric scoreboard, and building a two-level press box out of blue vitrolite and glass blocks. The renovated stadium was named the Glass Bowl with the dedication game being played on December 7, 1946, against Bates.[3] The Toledo team captain in 1946 was Bill Gall.[4]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 28Western Reserve*
T 14–14
October 5
Case Tech
  • Glass Bowl
  • Toledo, OH
W 42–14
October 12at Marshall*
T 14–14
October 19Dayton*
  • Glass Bowl
  • Toledo, OH
L 13–2014,000[5]
October 26at Akron
W 33–196,875[6]
November 2
John Carroll
  • Glass Bowl
  • Toledo, OH
W 28–19[7]
November 11Wayne*
  • Glass Bowl
  • Toledo, OH
W 14–610,000[8]
November 16at
Baldwin-Wallace
Berea, OHW 14–74,500[9]
November 23at Wichita*
L 7–137,000[10]
December 7
Bates*
W 21–1212,000[11]
  • *Non-conference game

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.
  3. ^ 2015 Media Guide, p. 139.
  4. ^ 2015 Media Guide, p. 164.
  5. ^ Bill Barton (October 20, 1946). "Dayton Wins, 20-13: Art Bok Runs 40 Yards For Winning Score". Dayton Daily News. pp. Sports 1, 3.
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