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A Championship Legacy AA ChampionshipChampionship LegacyLegacy Steeped in tradition, the 1969-71 teams was the leg- University of Toledo foot- endary quarterback Chuck ball program has produced Ealey. Ealey earned MAC countless memorable play- “Back of the Year” honors Outlook ers and great moments in its for an unprecedented three history. consecutive years and From Mel Triplett in the numerous All-America 50’s to Chuck Ealey in the honors from AP, UPI and 70’s to Chester Taylor and Football News magazine. Bruce Gradkowski in the Ealey also became the first Coaches 21st century, Rocket stars player in MAC history to have put their unique stamp Chuck Ealey scrambled his way to 35 straight victories as receive votes for the Heis- on college football history. the Rockets’ quarterback from 1969-71. man Trophy, receiving And whether it was the leg- receiving 168 points for endary 35-game winning streak from 1969-71, or the an eighth-place finish in 1971. GMAC Bowl victory in 2005, Toledo’s football history Toledo won its fifth and sixth MAC championships in Players is rich with highlights. 1981 and 1984, but it was in the 1990’s and 21st century Rocket football dates back to 1917 when a group that the Rockets really took off as a national presence. of Toledo University (as it was known then) students A major renovation of the Glass Bowl was completed put together a football team with the help of a young in 1990, making the venerable old stadium one of the professor, John Brandeberry. Toledo lost its first game jewels of the MAC. The Rockets were coached in the to the University of Detroit by the incredible score of 90’s by Gary Pinkel, who amassed a 73-37-3 record 145-0, but the foundation of the program had been es- by departing for Missouri following the 2000 season. Opponents tablished. Pinkel’s teams won or shared four titles and cracked the Prospects for Toledo gradually improved after that top 25 three times in his final six seasons. first season. Coach James Dwyer led Toledo to its first Taking the Rockets to even greater heights has been winning record and its first Northwest Ohio league cham- Tom Amstutz, a Toledo native and UT graduate who pionship in 1923. Eventually Toledo became a reliable had spent 21 years as an assistant coach. Amstutz has football power, with just one losing season from 1933 led the Rockets to unprecedented success and popular- to 1948. ity, winning two MAC titles, four division crowns, and 2007 Review Toledo joined the Mid-American Conference in leading the Rockets to four bowl games in seven years football in 1952 and won its first MAC championship at the helm. in 1967, but the Rockets really jumped onto the national map two Toledo’s Championship Seasons years after that. From 1969-71, Year Record Championship 1923 6-4 NWO Champions History Toledo captured the country’s eye 1927 5-2 NWO Champions by winning 35 consecutive games, 1929 4-2-1 NWO Co-Champions three straight MAC championships 1967 9-1 MAC Co-Champions 1969 11-0 MAC Champions and three straight Tangerine Bowl 1970 12-0 MAC Champions titles. In each of the three unde- 1971 12-0 MAC Champions feated seasons, Toledo was ranked 1981 9-3 MAC Champions 1984 9-2-1 MAC Champions in the top 20. Records 1990 9-2 MAC Co-Champions The 35-game winning streak 1995 11-0-1 MAC Champions ended as the second-longest in 1997 9-3 MAC West Champions 1998 7-5 MAC West Champions major college football history, 2000 10-1 MAC West Co-Champions bettered only by a 47-game string 2001 10-2 MAC Champions The Rockets celebrate their put together by the great Oklahoma 2002 9-5 MAC West Co-Champions 2004 9-4 MAC Champions 2004 MAC Championship Game teams of 1953-57. 2005 9-3 MAC West Co-Champions victory. University The most famous star of the 122 TOLEDO FOOTBALL RocketRocket FootballFootball TimelineTimeline 1917 1948 Outlook • John Brandeberry, an en- • The first Toledo football gineering professor, is “se- game is televised by WSPD- lected” coach when he begins TV13 (now WTVG). conversing with some stu- dents on the gravel field near 1952 the 11th Street UT campus. • Toledo plays its first season Team member Charles Mor- in the Mid-American Confer- gan later says, “Nobody else ence, which at the time also wanted the job.” Each of the includes Cincinnati, Miami, team’s 13 members purchases Ohio, Bowling Green, Kent, Coaches his own uniform. The team Western Michigan and West- has no practice scrimmages ern Reserve. prior to playing the first game in school history, a contest at 1953 powerful Detroit. UT not only • The cannon is fired off loses the game, 145-0, it loses at home games following four players to injury. But the Toledo scores for the first program is sustained by the time. whopping $150 guarantee it Head Coach Frank Lauterbur and quarterback Chuck Ealey. receives for playing the game. 1961 Players Toledo finishes the season • A U.S. army Nike-Ajax 0-3, outscored 262-0 by its 1932 missile is first installed in the opponents. • The fight song is written by Athletic north end zone. Later it is moved to just Director Connelly. outside the stadium. 1918 • The first win in school history comes over 1933 1967 Defiance, 19-12. UT finishes the season • Jerry Welling, a halfback, is the first • Toledo wins its first MAC title. After a with a 1-1 record. season-opening loss to Ohio, the Rockets Rocket voted All-Ohio (by AP). He leads Opponents Ohio college scorers with 66 points. reel off nine straight wins. 1920s • The Blade newspaper refers to the team as 1934 1969 “Munies,” short for Municipal University, • The first night game is played, a 20-0 vic- • A 45-18 win over Villanova marks the and also as the “Fighters.” tory over Capital, at Swayne Field. beginning of Toledo’s famed 35-game win- ning streak, second only in NCAA history 1922 1935 to Oklahoma’s 49 straight. • The first football field, usually refered • A Toledo game is broadcast on radio for • The Rockets win their second MAC title to as University Stadium, is built at Scott the first time as the Rockets defeat Den- and end an 11-0 season by defeating David- Park. Seating, consisting of seven rows nison, 13-0. son, 56-33, in the Tangerine Bowl. 2007 Review of wooden bleachers, is added in 1923. From 1918-1936 games are also played at • Toledo defeats Bowling Green, 63-0. 1970 Armory Park, and Waite, Scott, Libbey and BGSU drops UT from its schedule until • Toledo thrashes William and Mary, 40-12, St. John’s high schools. the 1948 season. in the Tangerine Bowl, finishes 12-0 and is ranked 12th in the final AP poll. 1923 1936 • Toledo acquires its current nickname • Glass Bowl Stadium (then called “Univer- 1971 following a game with powerful Carnegie sity Stadium”) is built on the present-day • Mel Long becomes the first consensus Tech. Surprised to learn that Toledo has no UT campus. A Works Progress Administra- All-American in MAC history. Long later nickname, Pittsburgh sports writers pres- tion project, it is paid for with a $272,000 plays with the Cleveland Browns. sure James Neal, a UT student working in grant from the federal government and • The Rockets win a third-consecutive MAC History the press box, to come up with one. Neal, $41,558 from the city of Toledo and the title and their fourth in five years. impressed with his team’s flashy perfor- university. • Toledo is 12-0 and ranked 14th in the mance against a superior Carnegie Tech final AP poll following a 28-3 victory over team, labels UT the “Skyrockets,” which 1937 Richmond in the Tangerine Bowl. the writers shorten to “Rockets.” • The Glass Bowl debuts in a game versus • Rocket quarterback Chuck Ealey is named • Toledo wins its first football champion- Akron. MAC Player of the Year for the third time, ship (Northwest Ohio Conference), also and finishes eighth in the Heisman Trophy the school’s first in any sport. 1938 balloting. • Players use the towers in the Glass Bowl • Jim Pierce is the first African-American as living quarters. 1974 Records team captain, and becomes a professor • UT hosts and defeats 12th-ranked Mar- • Astroturf is installed in the Glass Bowl upon graduation. shall, 13-7, in front of 9,500 fans. for the first time. 1929 1943 1975 • The UT marching band, 30 members • With the country at war, football is sus- • Quarterback Gene Swick becomes the strong, appears for the first time at a home pended from 1943-45. first player in NCAA history to reach 8,000 football game. yards in career total offense. Swick leads 1946 the nation in total offense and finishes 10th • The football annual budget grows to • After lying dormant for almost four sea- in voting for the Heisman Trophy. University $2,000. sons, University Stadium is renovated and renamed “Glass Bowl.” Lights are installed 1980 1931 for the stadium’s first night games. • The annual Peace Pipe trophy, given to the • Amid the Great Depression, football is • Toledo hosts the first of four post-season winner of the Toledo-Bowling Green game, cancelled due to a lack of funds. contests known as the Glass Bowl Game. A is awarded for the first time in football. record crowd of 13,500 watches UT defeat Bates College, 21-12.
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