1949 Toledo Rockets football team

1949 Toledo Rockets football
Glass Bowl, L 13–33 vs. Cincinnati
Conference Independent
1949 record 6–4
Head coach Skip Stahley (2nd year)
Captain Ed Burrus
Captain George Miley
Home stadium Glass Bowl

The 1949 Toledo Rockets football team was an American football team that represented the University of Toledo 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]

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. Retrieved September 23, 2016.
  3. 2015 Media Guide, p. 72.
  4. 2015 Media Guide, p. 204.
  5. 2015 Media Guide, p. 200.
  6. 2015 Media Guide, p. 164.
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