1941 Toledo Rockets football team

The 1941 Toledo Rockets football team was an American football team that represented Toledo University in the Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC) during the 1941 college football season. In their sixth season under head coach Clarence Spears, the Rockets compiled a 7–4 record.[1][2]

1941 Toledo Rockets football
ConferenceOhio Athletic Conference
Record7–4 (2–0 OAC)
Head coach
CaptainWarren Gongwer
1941 Ohio Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Case $ 4 –0 –07 –1 –0
Ohio Northern 5 –0 –06 –1 –1
Toledo 2 –0 –07 –4 –0
Bowling Green 4 –0 –15 –2 –0
Kenyon 4 –1 –05 –2 –0
Wooster 4 –1 –15 –1 –1
Heidelberg 5 –2 –06 –2 –0
Otterbein 4 –2 –05 –3 –0
Wittenberg 3 –3 –04 –4 –0
Muskingum 2 –3 –03 –5 –0
John Carroll 1 –2 –12 –5 –1
Kent State 1 –3 –02 –5 –1
Marietta 1 –3 –01 –6 –0
Capital 1 –4 –02 –4 –1
Baldwin–Wallace 0 –2 –13 –4 –1
Findlay 0 –4 –03 –5 –0
Mount Union 0 –5 –01 –7 –0
Ashland 0 –3 –00 –5 –0
Oberlin 0 –3 –00 –7 –0
  • $ – Conference champion

The team's backfield included two African-Americans, right halfback Robert Nash and left halfback Dick Huston.[3]

Toledo was ranked at No. 142 (out of 681 teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1941.[4]

Schedule
DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 27Saint Joseph's (IN)*
L 0–3[5]
October 4Detroit Tech*
  • University Stadium
  • Toledo, OH
W 55–0[6]
October 11at Marshall*Huntington, WVL 7–337,500[7]
October 18John Carroll
  • University Stadium
  • Toledo, OH
W 20–04,000[8]
October 25at Western Michigan*
L 0–34[9]
November 1at Illinois Wesleyan*Bloomington, ILW 9–0[10]
November 4Camp Shelby—37th Division*
  • University Stadium
  • Toledo, OH
W 39–05,000[11][12]
November 8Butler*
  • University Stadium
  • Toledo, OH
L 2–18[13]
November 15Baldwin Wallace
  • University Stadium
  • Toledo, OH
W 27–7[14]
November 22at Bradley*Peoria, ILW 14–6[15]
November 30at Jefferson Barracks*
W 22–214,000[3]
  • *Non-conference game

References
  1. "Toledo Football 2015 Media Guide" (PDF). University of Toledo. 2015. p. 188. Retrieved August 23, 2019.
  2. "Toledo Yearly Results (1940-1944)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on December 26, 2015. Retrieved August 23, 2019.
  3. "Toledo Scores in Last Two Seconds to Defeat Raiders". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. December 1, 1941. p. 13 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 26, 1941). "Gophers Grid Kings Over 6-Year Span: Tennessee 2d, Pitt 3d Over Period Litkenhous Ratins Are Published". The Courier-Journal. p. Sports 4 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Rockets Are Rocked by St. Josephs". Dayton Sunday Journal-Herald. September 28, 1941. p. 19.
  6. "Rocket Powerhouse Wallops Dynamics". Detroit Free Press. October 5, 1941. p. Sports 5 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. "Jackie Hunt Paces Herd Over Toledo". The Portsmouth Times. October 12, 1941. p. 13 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. "Toledo Rockets Down John Carroll Streaks". Dayton Sunday Journal-Herald. October 19, 1941. p. Sports 2 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. "Kalamazoo Broncos Trounce Toledo, 34-0". The Battle Creek Enquirer and News. October 26, 1941. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. "Toledo Sinks Wesleyan in Mud". Dayton Sunday Journal-Herald. November 2, 1941. p. 17 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. "Ohio's 37th Faces Test At Toledo". The Dayton Herald. November 4, 1941. p. 18 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. "Toledo Romps Over Camp Shelby Team". The Fremont News-Messenger. November 5, 1941. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. "Butler Scores Victory Over Toledo". The Indianapolis Star. November 9, 1941. pp. 37, 41 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. "Toledo Defeats Baldwin-Wallace". Dayton Sunday Journal-Herald. November 16, 1941. p. 19 – via Newspapers.com.
  15. "Toledo Spills Bradley, 14-6". Decatur Sunday Herald and Review. November 23, 1941. p. 12 – via Newspapers.com.


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