1949 Toledo Rockets football
Glass Bowl, L 13–33 vs. Cincinnati
ConferenceIndependent
Record6–4
Head coach
Captains
  • Ed Burrus
  • George Miley
Home stadiumGlass Bowl
1949 Midwestern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 1 Notre Dame   –  10 –0 –0
Ball State   –  8 –0 –0
Xavier   –  10 –1 –0
Valparaiso   –  8 –1 –1
Washington University   –  7 –2 –0
Baldwin–Wallace   –  6 –2 –0
Wabash   –  5 –2 –1
Dayton   –  6 –3 –0
John Carroll   –  6 –3 –0
No. 19 Michigan State   –  6 –3 –0
Toledo   –  6 –4 –0
Youngstown   –  4 –3 –1
Bowling Green   –  4 –5 –0
Marquette   –  4 –5 –0
Central Michigan   –  3 –4 –0
Wayne   –  3 –5 –0
Indiana State   –  1 –9 –0
Michigan State Normal   –  0 –8 –0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1949 Toledo Rockets football team was an American football team that represented Toledo University during the 1949 college football season. In their second and final season under head coach Skip Stahley, the Rockets compiled a 6–4 record, outscored their opponents by a combined total of 318 to 210, and lost to Mid-American Conference champion Cincinnati, 33–13, in the fourth postseason Glass Bowl game.[1][2]

During the 1949 season, Toledo back Emerson Cole, who later played in the NFL, rushed 160 times for 1,172 yards, an average of 7.26 yards per carry. On November 12, 1949, Cole rushed for 230 yards against North Dakota.[3] Cole's 1,172 rushing yards stood as a Toledo single-season record until 1984.[4] The 1939 Toledo team averaged 253.8 rushing yards per game.[5] Ed Burrus and George Miley were the team captains.[6]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 25Loras
L 26–35
October 1John Carroll
  • Glass Bowl
  • Toledo, OH
L 14–28
October 8Bowling Green
W 20–19
October 15at Dayton
L 14–476,500[7]
October 22Springfield
  • Glass Bowl
  • Toledo, OH
W 42–14
October 29Oklahoma City
  • Glass Bowl
  • Toledo, OH
W 48–7
November 5at Wayne
W 37–7
November 12North Dakota
  • Glass Bowl
  • Toledo, OH
W 56–6
November 19at New Hampshire
W 48–14
December 3Cincinnati
L 13–33

[8]

After the season

NFL Draft

The following Rocket was selected in the 1950 NFL Draft following the season.[9]

Round Pick Player Position NFL club
12156Emerson ColeBackCleveland Browns

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 – via Wayback Machine.
  3. ↑ 2015 Media Guide, p. 72.
  4. ↑ 2015 Media Guide, p. 204.
  5. ↑ 2015 Media Guide, p. 200.
  6. ↑ 2015 Media Guide, p. 164.
  7. ↑ Joe Burns (October 16, 1949). "Flyers Fell Rockets 47 To 14". Dayton Daily News. p. IV-1 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ "Brief Summary Of Cumulative Football Statistics". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved December 18, 2022.
  9. ↑ "1950 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved July 29, 2023.


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