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The 1946 Toledo Rockets football team was an American football team that represented Toledo University as a member of the Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC) during the 1946 college football season. In their first season under head coach Bill Orwig, the Rockets compiled a 6–2–2 record, outscored their opponents by a combined total of 200 to 132, and defeated Bates, 21–12, in the first postseason Glass Bowl game.[1][2]

Record6–2–2 (4–0 OAC)
Headcoach
CaptainBill Gall
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1946 Toledo Rockets football
Glass Bowl champion
Glass Bowl, W 21–12 vs. Bates
ConferenceOhio Athletic Conference
Record6–2–2 (4–0 OAC)
Head coach
CaptainBill Gall
Home stadiumGlass Bowl
Seasons
← 1942
1947 →
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1946 Ohio Athletic Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Otterbein $5–0–07–1–0
Toledo4–0–06–2–2
Muskingum4–0–15–3–1
Oberlin2–0–04–2–1
Baldwin–Wallace4–1–04–2–2
Mount Union5–1–17–1–1
Findlay3–1–06–2–0
Marietta3–1–03–4–0
Heidelberg5–2–15–2–1
Kent State1–1–06–2–0
Akron3–4–05–4–0
Wittenberg3–4–03–5–0
Ashland2–3–12–5–1
Wooster2–4–22–4–2
Denison2–4–02–6–0
Case1–4–02–7–0
John Carroll1–4–01–7–0
Kenyon1–5–01–7–0
Capital1–6–01–6–0
Wilmington (OH)0–2–00–5–0
Ohio Northern0–6–03–6–0
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The 1946 season was the first for the Toledo Rockets since 1942. In 1946, the University of Toledo rebuilt University Stadium using glass blocks throughout the stadium, installing lights for night games and a glass electric scoreboard, and building a two-level press box out of blue vitrolite and glass blocks. The renovated stadium was named the Glass Bowl with the dedication game being played on December 7, 1946, against Bates.[3] The Toledo team captain in 1946 was Bill Gall.[4]

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 28Western Reserve*T 14–14
October 5Case Tech
  • Glass Bowl
  • Toledo, OH
W 42–14
October 12at Marshall*T 14–14
October 19Dayton*
  • Glass Bowl
  • Toledo, OH
L 13–2014,000[5]
October 26at AkronW 33–196,875[6]
November 2John Carroll
  • Glass Bowl
  • Toledo, OH
W 28–19[7]
November 11Wayne*
  • Glass Bowl
  • Toledo, OH
W 14–610,000[8]
November 16at Baldwin-WallaceBerea, OHW 14–74,500[9]
November 23at Wichita*L 7–137,000[10]
December 7Bates*
W 21–1212,000[11]
  • *Non-conference game
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