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Toledo beat Eastern Michigan early in the season so the Rockets had the tie-breaker. Toledo went on to defeat Ohio 17–7 in the MAC Championship. In 2024, Candle tied Gary Pinkel as the winningest coach in Toledo football history with 73 wins after beating Pittsburgh in the GameAbove Sports Bowl.
The 1972 Toledo Rockets football team was an American football team that represented the University of Toledo in the Mid-American ... Toledo, OH; L 7–30: November 11:
The 1979 Toledo Rockets football team was an American football team that represented the University of Toledo in the Mid-American Conference (MAC) during the 1979 NCAA Division I-A football season.
In their final conference game of the season, Toledo defeated the Western Michigan Broncos 37–9 to secure the conference co-championship with Central Michigan. [31] Toledo led 7–6 at halftime after Kevin Meger threw a 33-yard touchdown pass to Rickey Isaiah for the Rockets, and Dan Boggan scored for the Broncos on a one-yard touchdown run. [31]
After opening the season with a loss to Ohio, Toledo won nine consecutive games, part of a 12-game winning streak that extended into the 1968 season. The 1967 defense was one of the toughest in program history. In total defense, the team allowed 198.4 yards per game, the fourth best in program history.
The 1940 game, won by Michigan, 40–0, was the benchmark performance of what some [who?] consider to be the greatest Michigan team in history, and was the final collegiate game of the tailback tandem of Tom Harmon and Paul Kromer. In 1941, Michigan and Ohio State met for the first time with each team ranked in the AP Poll, which had started in ...
It remains the second longest winning streak in modern Division I-A college football history behind Oklahoma's 47-game streak in the 1950s. [6] The defense led the way for the 1970 team, allowing 104.8 rushing yards, 185.8 total yards, 3.7 turnovers forced, and 7.3 points per game. [7]
The first time Ohio and Michigan nearly came to blows wasn't on the gridiron, as it turns out, but on a battlefield. One of the most heated rivalries in college football dates back to the 1800s ...