1986 Toledo Rockets football team

1986 Toledo Rockets football
Conference	Mid-American Conference
Record	7–4 (5–3 MAC)
Head coach	Dan Simrell (5th season)
Home stadium	Glass Bowl

1986 Mid-American Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Miami (OH) $	6	–	2	–	0			8	–	4	–	0
Toledo	5	–	3	–	0			7	–	4	–	0
Bowling Green	5	–	3	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
Kent State	5	–	3	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
Ball State	4	–	4	–	0			6	–	5	–	0
Eastern Michigan	4	–	4	–	0			6	–	5	–	0
Central Michigan	4	–	4	–	0			5	–	5	–	0
Western Michigan	3	–	5	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
Ohio	0	–	8	–	0			1	–	10	–	0
$ – Conference champion

The 1986 Toledo Rockets football team was an American football team that represented the University of Toledo in the Mid-American Conference (MAC) during the 1986 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their fifth season under head coach Dan Simrell, the Rockets compiled a 7–4 record (5–3 against MAC opponents), finished in a tie for second place in the MAC, and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 216 to 197.

The team's statistical leaders included A. J. Sager with 1,107 passing yards, Kelvin Farmer with 1,532 rushing yards, and Eric Hutchinson with 504 receiving yards.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
August 30	at No. 11 Florida State*	Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, FL	L 0–24	53,891
September 6	at Kent State	Dix Stadium Kent, OH	L 16–18
September 13	Wichita State*	Glass Bowl Toledo, OH	W 30–13	19,146
September 27	at Ball State	Ball State Stadium Muncie, IN	L 10–27
October 4	Eastern Michigan	Glass Bowl Toledo, OH	W 23–18
October 11	at Miami (OH)	Yager Stadium Oxford, OH	L 8–24	16,629
October 18	Northern Illinois*	Glass Bowl Toledo, OH	W 29–28	19,169
October 25	at Ohio	Peden Stadium Athens, OH	W 24–21
November 1	Western Michigan	Glass Bowl Toledo, OH	W 28–7
November 8	at Central Michigan	Kelly/Shorts Stadium Mount Pleasant, MI	W 26–14
November 15	Bowling Green	Glass Bowl Toledo, OH (rivalry)	W 22–3
*Non-conference game Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the game