1980 Toledo Rockets football team
American college football season
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Conference | Mid-American Conference |
Record | 4–7 (3–6 MAC) |
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Home stadium | Glass Bowl |
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Central Michigan $ | 7 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Western Michigan | 6 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Northern Illinois | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Miami (OH) | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ball State | 5 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ohio | 5 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling Green | 4 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Toledo | 3 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kent State | 3 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Eastern Michigan | 1 | – | 7 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1980 Toledo Rockets football team was an American football team that represented the University of Toledo in the Mid-American Conference (MAC) during the 1980 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their fourth season under head coach Chuck Stobart, the Rockets compiled a 4–7 record (3–6 against MAC opponents), finished in a tie for eighth place in the MAC, and were outscored by all opponents by a combined total of 190 to 187.
The team's statistical leaders included Jim Kelso with 589 passing yards, Mel Tucker with 563 rushing yards, and Rodney Achter with 269 receiving yards.[1]
Schedule
Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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September 13 | McNeese State* | L 17–20 | 21,281 | [2] | |||
September 20 | at Ball State | L 7–27 | |||||
September 27 | Eastern Michigan |
| W 49–7 | ||||
October 4 | at Central Michigan | L 10–14 | |||||
October 11 | Bowling Green |
| L 6–17 | ||||
October 18 | at Western Michigan | L 7–17 | |||||
October 25 | at Ohio | L 9–24 | |||||
November 1 | Miami (OH) |
| W 17–14 | ||||
November 8 | Northern Illinois |
| W 13–6 | ||||
November 15 | at Marshall* | W 38–10 | [3] | ||||
November 22 | at Kent State | L 14–34 | |||||
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References
- ^ "1980 Toledo Rockets Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 22, 2016.
- ^ "McNeese kicks Toledo". The Shreveport Times. September 14, 1980. Retrieved March 3, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Kelso leads Rockets past Marshall". The Lima News. November 16, 1980. Retrieved January 28, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "1980 Toledo Rockets Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 22, 2016.
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