1946 Toledo Rockets football team

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1946 Toledo Rockets football
Glass Bowl champion
Glass Bowl, W 21–12 vs. Bates
ConferenceOhio Athletic Conference
Record6–2–2 (4–0 OAC)
Head coach
CaptainBill Gall
Home stadiumGlass Bowl
Seasons
← 1942
1947 →
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 American football team that represented Toledo University as a member of the Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC) during the 1946 college football season. In their first season under head coach Bill Orwig, the Rockets compiled a 6–2–2 record, outscored their opponents by a combined total of 200 to 132, and defeated 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[edit]

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

References[edit]

  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.
  6. ^ Lincoln Hackim (October 27, 1946). "Toledo's backfield Wealth Overwhelms Zippers, 33-13". The Akron Beacon Journal. p. 1C, 2C – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Toledo Rallies, Downs Carroll". Springfield News-Sun. November 3, 1946. p. 4C – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Toledo Tags Wayne with 14-6 Defeat". Detroit Free Press. November 12, 1946. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Toledo Beats B-W On Long Pass". The Akron Beacon Journal. November 17, 1946. p. 27 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ Pete Lightner (November 24, 1946). "Wichita Wins Wide Open Game: Munies Uncork Two Drives To Win 13-7 Game; Wichita Has All the Better of Things Until Last Five Minutes". The Wichita Eagle. p. 12 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Toledo Victor In Glass Bowl: Ohioans Defeat Gates, 21 to 12". The Pittsburgh Press. United Press. December 8, 1946. p. 36 – via Newspapers.com.