1940 Toledo Rockets football team

1940 Toledo Rockets football
Conference	Ohio Athletic Conference
Record	6–3 (1–1 OAC)
Head coach	Clarence Spears (5th season)
Captain	Warren Densmore

1940 Ohio Athletic Conference football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Wittenberg $	6	–	0	–	0			8	–	0	–	0
Kent State	4	–	0	–	0			8	–	1	–	0
Case	3	–	0	–	0			7	–	1	–	0
Muskingum	3	–	1	–	0			5	–	2	–	1
Heidelberg	5	–	3	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
Wooster	3	–	2	–	0			4	–	3	–	1
Capital	3	–	2	–	1			3	–	3	–	1
Ohio Northern	4	–	3	–	0			5	–	3	–	0
Toledo	1	–	1	–	0			6	–	3	–	0
Baldwin–Wallace	2	–	2	–	0			4	–	4	–	0
Bowling Green	2	–	2	–	1			3	–	4	–	1
Kenyon	1	–	2	–	1			2	–	4	–	1
Marietta	1	–	2	–	1			1	–	5	–	1
Findlay	1	–	2	–	0			4	–	4	–	0
Otterbein	1	–	4	–	0			3	–	5	–	0
Oberlin	0	–	2	–	0			4	–	3	–	0
Ashland	0	–	3	–	0			1	–	4	–	1
John Carroll	0	–	3	–	0			2	–	6	–	0
Mount Union	0	–	6	–	0			0	–	8	–	1
$ – Conference champion

The 1940 Toledo Rockets football team was an American football team that represented Toledo University in the Ohio Athletic Conference during the 1940 college football season. In their fifth season under head coach Clarence Spears, the Rockets compiled a 6–3 record.^[1][2]

Toledo was ranked at No. 162 (out of 697 college football teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score system for 1940.^[3]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 28	Detroit Tech*	University Stadium Toledo, OH	W 21–3
October 5	Davis & Elkins*	University Stadium Toledo, OH	W 34–12
October 12	Marshall*	University Stadium Toledo, OH	W 7–6	9,000	[4]
October 19	Scranton*	University Stadium Toledo, OH	L 0–6
October 26	Western State Teachers (MI)*	University Stadium Toledo, OH	W 12–0
November 2	John Carroll	University Stadium Toledo, OH	W 33–12
November 8	at Baldwin-Wallace	Berea, OH	L 12–14	4,000
November 16	at Butler*	North Side Bowl Indianapolis, IN	W 20–6	3,000
November 23	at Long Island*	Ebbetts Field Brooklyn, NY	L 7–19
*Non-conference game

After the season

NFL Draft

The following Rockets were selected in the 1941 NFL draft following the season.^[5]

Round	Pick	Player	Position	NFL club
15	134	Warren Desmore	Center	Cleveland Rams
19	177	Bob Hayes	End	Green Bay Packers

References

1. "Toledo Football 2015 Media Guide" (PDF). University of Toledo. 2015. p. 187. Retrieved August 23, 2019.
2. "Toledo Yearly Results (1940-1944)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on December 26, 2015. Retrieved August 23, 2019.
3. Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 19, 1940). "Final 1940 Litkenhous Ratings". The Boston Globe. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.
4. "Toledo Beats Marshall, 7-6, For Herd's First Setback". The Cincinnati Enquirer. October 13, 1940. p. 27 – via Newspapers.com.
5. "1941 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved July 29, 2023.