1948 Toledo Rockets football team

The 1948 Toledo Rockets football team was an American football team that represented Toledo University during the 1948 college football season. In their first season under head coach Skip Stahley, the Rockets compiled a 5–6 record, were outscored by their opponents by a combined total of 225 to 206, and defeated Oklahoma City, 27–14, in the third postseason Glass Bowl game.

1948 Toledo Rockets football
Glass Bowl, W 27–14 vs. Oklahoma City
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–6
Head coach
  • Skip Stahley (1st season)
Captains
  • Mardo Hamilton
  • Mike Carman
Home stadiumGlass Bowl
1948 Midwestern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Michigan Tech    7 0 0
No. 2 Notre Dame    9 0 1
Bowling Green    8 0 1
Washington University    9 1 0
John Carroll    7 1 2
Ball State    6 2 0
Michigan State    6 2 2
Baldwin–Wallace    5 2 2
Detroit    6 3 0
Indiana State    4 4 0
Wabash    4 4 0
Wayne    4 4 0
Valparaiso    4 5 0
Toledo    5 6 0
Michigan State Normal    3 5 0
Xavier    4 6 0
Central Michigan    3 6 0
Marquette    2 8 0
Rankings from AP Poll

On October 2, 1948, Chuck Hardy set a Toledo school record that still stands with a 100-yard kickoff return against John Carroll. On October 9, 1948, the Rockets renewed the Bowling Green–Toledo football rivalry after a 13-year hiatus. Toledo lost to Bowling Green, 21-6, in the 1948 game. During the 1948 season, a Toledo football game was televised for the first time on WSPD-TV13 (later WTVG). The 1948 team captains were Mardo Hamilton and Mike Carman.

Toledo was ranked at No. 139 in the final Litkenhous Difference by Score System ratings for 1948.

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