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1935 Toledo Rockets football
ConferenceOhio Athletic Conference
Record6–2–1 (3–1 OAC)
Head coach
CaptainJerry Welling
Seasons← 19341936 →
1935 Ohio Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Baldwin–Wallace $ 8 – 0 – 0 9 – 1 – 0
Mount Union 6 – 1 – 1 7 – 1 – 1
Toledo 3 – 1 – 0 6 – 2 – 1
Capital 4 – 2 – 0 5 – 2 – 0
Akron 6 – 3 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Marietta 3 – 2 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
Wittenberg 3 – 2 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Case 3 – 2 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Ohio Northern 3 – 2 – 1 4 – 3 – 1
Muskingum 3 – 3 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Kenyon 1 – 1 – 1 3 – 3 – 1
Heidelberg 3 – 3 – 2 3 – 4 – 2
Oberlin 2 – 2 – 1 3 – 4 – 1
Wooster 2 – 3 – 2 3 – 4 – 2
Ashland 2 – 4 – 1 2 – 4 – 1
Kent State 2 – 5 – 0 3 – 5 – 0
Findlay 1 – 3 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
Otterbein 0 – 6 – 1 1 – 6 – 1
Bowling Green 0 – 6 – 0 1 – 6 – 0
John Carroll 0 – 4 – 0 1 – 8 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1935 Toledo Rockets football team was an American football team that represented Toledo University (renamed the University of Toledo in 1967) in the Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC) during the 1935 college football season. In their fifth season under head coach Jim Nicholson, the team compiled a 6–2–1 record, held all opponents to 32 points, and outscored opponents by a combined total of 185 to 32. The team's victories included games against Bowling Green (63–0) and Louisville (41–7). The defense held opponents to 3.6 points per game and allowed only five touchdowns and zero passing touchdowns, each of which remains a program record. The 63-point margin of victory over Bowling Green remains the third largest in program history. The Bowling Green–Toledo football rivalry, dating back to 1919, was terminated after the 1935 season and was not revived until 1948. Jerry Welling was the team captain.

The Rockets' 13–0 victory over Dennison was the first game in program history to be broadcast on radio.

Jim Nicholson resigned as the team's head coach after the 1935 season. He became an "industrialist and civic leader" in Toledo.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultSource
September 28CapitalToledo, OHL 0–6
October 52:00 p.m.at Boston University*L 0–6
October 12Haskell*Toledo, OHT 0–0
October 19at CaseCleveland, OHW 18–7
October 26Denison*Toledo, OHW 13–0
November 1Bowling GreenToledo, OH (rivalry)W 63–0
November 9at Louisville*Louisville, KYW 41–7
November 16Buffalo*Toledo, OHW 18–6
November 23HeidelbergToledo, OHW 31–0

References

  1. "Toledo Football 2015 Media Guide" (PDF). University of Toledo. 2015. pp. 132–133, 186.
  2. 2015 Media Guide, p. 200.
  3. 2015 Media Guide, p. 202.
  4. 2015 Media Guide, p. 233.
  5. 2015 Media Guide, p. 164.
  6. 2015 Media Guide, p. 133.
  7. 2015 Media Guide, p. 166.
  8. "Toledo To Invade Terriers' Gridiron". The Boston Globe. October 5, 1935. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. "Punch Drunk Falcons Lose To Toledo: Bee Gee Badly Battered in Night Game At Toledo U. 63 to 0". The Daily Sentinel-Tribune. November 2, 1935. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. "Toledo Univ. Eleven Beat Buffalo, 18-6". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. November 17, 1935 – via Newspapers.com.
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