1951 Toledo Rockets football team

1951 Toledo Rockets football
ConferenceIndependent
Record6–4
Head coach
Home stadiumGlass Bowl
Seasons
← 1950
1952 →
1951 Midwestern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 2 Michigan State   –   9 – 0 – 0
Xavier   –   9 – 0 – 1
Wabash   –   7 – 0 – 1
No. 13 Notre Dame   –   7 – 2 – 1
Dayton   –   7 – 3 – 0
Toledo   –   6 – 4 – 0
Washington University   –   5 – 4 – 0
Wayne   –   5 – 4 – 0
Bowling Green   –   4 – 4 – 1
Marquette   –   4 – 6 – 1
Baldwin–Wallace   –   3 – 5 – 0
John Carroll   –   3 – 6 – 0
Rose Poly   –   2 – 5 – 0
Youngstown   –   2 – 6 – 1
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1951 Toledo Rockets football team was an American football team that represented Toledo University during the 1951 college football season. In their first season under head coaches Don Greenwood (games 1–7) and Claire Dunn (games 8–10), the Rockets compiled a 6–4 record and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 260 to 178.[1][2]

The team's statistical leaders (through nine games) included Steve Piskach with 493 passing yards and A. C. Jenkins with 899 rushing yards.[3]

Toledo was ranked at No. 100 in the 1951 Litkenhous Ratings.[4]

  1. ^ "Toledo Football 2015 Media Guide" (PDF). University of Toledo. 2015. p. 188. Retrieved September 23, 2016.
  2. ^ "Toledo Yearly Results (1950–1954)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on February 20, 2017. Retrieved September 23, 2016.
  3. ^ 2015 Media Guide, pp. 218–219.
  4. ^ "Vols Top Final 1951 Litkenhous Ratings". The Nashville Banner. December 14, 1951. p. 49 – via Newspapers.com.