1935 Toledo Rockets football team

1935 Toledo Rockets football
Conference	Ohio Athletic Conference
1935 record	6–2–1 ( OAC)
Head coach	Jim Nicholson (5th year)
Captain	Jerry Welling

The 1935 Toledo Rockets football team was an American football team that represented Toledo University (renamed the University of Toledo in 1967) in the Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC) during the 1935 college football season. In their fifth season under head coach Jim Nicholson, the team compiled a 6–2–1 record, held all opponents to 32 points, and outscored opponents by a combined total of 185 to 32. The team's victories included games against Bowling Green (63–0) and Louisville (41–7).^[1] The defense held opponents to 3.6 points per game and allowed only five touchdowns and zero passing touchdowns, each of which remains a program record.^[2] The 63-point margin of victory over Bowling Green remains the third largest in program history.^[3] The Bowling Green–Toledo football rivalry, dating back to 1919, was terminated after the 1935 season and was not revived until 1948.^[4] Jerry Welling was the team captain.^[5]

The Rockets' 13–0 victory over Dennison was the first game in program history to broadcast on radio.^[6]

Jim Nicholson resigned as the team's head coach after the 1935 season. He became an "industrialist and civic leader" in Toledo.^[7]

References

↑ "Toledo Football 2015 Media Guide" (PDF). University of Toledo. 2015. pp. 132–133, 186.
↑ 2015 Media Guide, p. 200.
↑ 2015 Media Guide, p. 202.
↑ 2015 Media Guide, p. 233.
↑ 2015 Media Guide, p. 164.
↑ 2015 Media Guide, p. 133.
↑ 2015 Media Guide, p. 166.

Toledo Rockets football

Venues	Glass Bowl (1937–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Bowling Green (Peace Pipe Trophy, 1980–2010; Battle of I-75 Trophy 2011–present)

Culture & lore	Rocket Marching Band

People	Head coaches Statistical leaders

Seasons	1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

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