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1940 Ohio Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Wittenberg $ 6 – 0 – 0 8 – 0 – 0
Kent State 4 – 0 – 0 8 – 1 – 0
Case 3 – 0 – 0 7 – 1 – 0
Muskingum 3 – 1 – 0 5 – 2 – 1
Heidelberg 5 – 3 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Wooster 3 – 2 – 0 4 – 3 – 1
Capital 3 – 2 – 1 3 – 3 – 1
Ohio Northern 4 – 3 – 0 5 – 3 – 0
Toledo 1 – 1 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Baldwin–Wallace 2 – 2 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
Bowling Green 2 – 2 – 1 3 – 4 – 1
Kenyon 1 – 2 – 1 2 – 4 – 1
Marietta 1 – 2 – 1 1 – 5 – 1
Findlay 1 – 2 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
Otterbein 1 – 4 – 0 3 – 5 – 0
Oberlin 0 – 2 – 0 4 – 3 – 0
Ashland 0 – 3 – 0 1 – 4 – 1
John Carroll 0 – 3 – 0 2 – 6 – 0
Mount Union 0 – 6 – 0 0 – 8 – 1
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1940 Toledo Rockets football team was an American football team that represented Toledo University in the Ohio Athletic Conference during the 1940 college football season. In their fifth season under head coach Clarence Spears, the Rockets compiled a 6–3 record.[1][2]

Toledo was ranked at No. 162 (out of 697 college football teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score system for 1940.[3]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 28Detroit Tech*
W 21–3
October 5Davis & Elkins*
  • University Stadium
  • Toledo, OH
W 34–12
October 12Marshall*
  • University Stadium
  • Toledo, OH
W 7–69,000[4]
October 19Scranton*
  • University Stadium
  • Toledo, OH
L 0–6
October 26Western State Teachers (MI)*
  • University Stadium
  • Toledo, OH
W 12–0
November 2John Carroll
  • University Stadium
  • Toledo, OH
W 33–12
November 8at Baldwin-WallaceBerea, OHL 12–144,000
November 16at Butler*
W 20–63,000
November 23at Long Island*
L 7–19
  • *Non-conference game

After the season

NFL Draft

The following Rockets were selected in the 1941 NFL Draft following the season.[5]

Round Pick Player Position NFL club
15 134 Warren Desmore Center Cleveland Rams
19 177 Bob Hayes End Green Bay Packers

References

  1. ^ "Toledo Football 2015 Media Guide" (PDF). University of Toledo. 2015. p. 187. 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. ^ Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 19, 1940). "Final 1940 Litkenhous Ratings". The Boston Globe. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Toledo Beats Marshall, 7-6, For Herd's First Setback". The Cincinnati Enquirer. October 13, 1940. p. 27 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "1941 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved July 29, 2023.


source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940_Toledo_Rockets_football_team