1959 Toledo Rockets football team
American college football season
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The 1959 Toledo Rockets football team was an American football team that represented Toledo University in the Mid-American Conference (MAC) during the 1959 college football season. In their third and final season under head coach Harry Larche, the Rockets compiled a 2–6–1 record (0–6 against MAC opponents), finished in seventh place in the MAC, and were outscored by their opponents by a combined total of 200 to 123.[1]
ConferenceMid-American Conference
Record2–6–1 (0–6 MAC)
Headcoach
- Harry Larche (3rd season)
HomestadiumGlass Bowl
| 1959 Toledo Rockets football | |
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| Conference | Mid-American Conference |
| Record | 2–6–1 (0–6 MAC) |
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| Home stadium | Glass Bowl |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 1 Bowling Green $ | 6 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 9 Ohio | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 19 Miami (OH) | 3 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kent State | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Western Michigan | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Marshall | 1 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Toledo | 0 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 6 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The team's statistical leaders included Dennis Wilkie with 723 passing yards, Occie Burt with 437 rushing yards, and Bob Smith with 455 receiving yards.[2]
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| September 19 | Eastern Kentucky* | W 20–2 | 5,000 | |||||
| September 26 | Ohio | No. 19 |
| L 7–36 | 8,000 | |||
| October 3 | Baldwin–Wallace* |
| W 26–20 | 5,500 | ||||
| October 10 | Marshall |
| L 13–20 | 1,000 | ||||
| October 17 | at No. 11 Bowling Green |
| L 21–51 | 4,500 | [3] | |||
| October 24 | Western Michigan |
| L 14–24 | 3,200 | ||||
| October 31 | Kent State |
| L 7–14 | 2,000 | ||||
| November 7 | at No. 7 Miami (OH) | L 7–25 | 8,500 | |||||
| November 12 | at Youngstown State* |
| T 8–8 | 4,000 | ||||
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After the season
NFL draft
The following Rocket was selected in the 1960 NFL draft following the season.[5]
| Round | Pick | Player | Position | NFL club |
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| 19 | 224 | Jack Campbell | End | Cleveland Browns |
