1937 Toledo Rockets football team

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1937 Toledo Rockets football
ConferenceOhio Athletic Conference
1937 record6–3 (0–0 OAC)
Head coach
CaptainMarty Slovak
Home stadiumUniversity Stadium
Seasons
← 1936
1938 →
1937 Ohio Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Baldwin–Wallace $ 4 0 0 6 2 0
Case 4 1 0 6 2 1
Marietta 4 1 0 4 4 0
Ohio Northern 4 1 2 4 1 3
Wooster 4 2 0 6 2 0
Muskingum 3 2 2 4 3 2
Heidelberg 4 3 1 4 4 1
Mount Union 2 2 2 3 3 3
Kent State 3 3 1 3 4 1
Kenyon 1 1 1 2 4 1
Capital 3 4 0 4 4 0
Bowling Green 2 3 1 3 4 1
Oberlin 1 2 1 2 3 3
John Carroll 1 2 0 3 5 0
Wittenberg 2 4 0 2 7 0
Ashland 2 5 0 2 6 0
Findlay 1 4 1 3 4 1
Otterbein 1 6 0 2 6 0
Toledo 0 0 0 6 3 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1937 Toledo Rockets football team was an American football team that represented Toledo University in the Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC) during the 1937 college football season. In their second season under head coach Clarence Spears, the Rockets compiled a 6–3 record.[1]

Schedule[]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 27Bluffton*W 26–0[2]
October 2Georgetown (KY)*
  • University Stadium
  • Toledo, OH
W 19–0
October 9at Ohio Wesleyan*Delaware, OHW 6–0
October 16Akron
  • University Stadium
  • Toledo, OH
L 7–21
October 23Miami (OH)*
  • University Stadium
  • Toledo, OH
W 13–7
October 30at Wayne*
W 39–19> 6,000[3]
November 6Dayton*
  • University Stadium
  • Toledo, OH
W 12–7
November 13at West Virginia*L 0–346,000[4]
November 20at Xavier*
L 6–8
  • *Non-conference game

References[]

  1. ^ "Toledo Football 2015 Media Guide" (PDF). University of Toledo. 2015. p. 187. Retrieved August 23, 2019.
  2. ^ "Toledo U. Rockets, Under Wraps, Defeat Bluffton". The Fremont Messenger. September 28, 1937. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ John N. Sabo (October 31, 1937). "Toledo's Powerhouse Smothers Lighter Wayne Team, 39-19". Detroit Free Press. p. Sports 2 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ Max Fullerton (November 14, 1937). "West Virginia Crushes Toledo Team 34-0". Bluefield Daily Telegraph. p. II-7 – via Newspapers.com.
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