1972 Toledo Rockets football team

1972 Toledo Rockets football
Conference	Mid-American Conference
Record	6–5 (2–3 MAC)
Head coach	Jack Murphy (2nd season)
Defensive coordinator	Dick Strahm (3rd season)
Home stadium	Glass Bowl

1972 Mid-American Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Kent State $	4	–	1	–	0			6	–	5	–	1
Bowling Green	3	–	1	–	1			6	–	3	–	1
Western Michigan	2	–	2	–	1			7	–	3	–	1
Miami (OH)	2	–	3	–	0			7	–	3	–	0
Toledo	2	–	3	–	0			6	–	5	–	0
Ohio	1	–	4	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
$ – Conference champion

The 1972 Toledo Rockets football team was an American football team that represented the University of Toledo in the Mid-American Conference (MAC) during the 1972 NCAA University Division football season. In their second season under head coach Jack Murphy, the Rockets compiled a 6–5 record (2–3 against MAC opponents), finished in a tie for fourth place in the MAC, and were outscored by all opponents by a combined total of 210 to 196.^[1][2]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 9	at Tampa*	Tampa Stadium Tampa, FL	L 0–21
September 16	at Eastern Michigan*	Rynearson Stadium Ypsilanti, MI	W 16–0	16,300	[3]
September 23	UT Arlington*	Glass Bowl Toledo, OH	W 38–24	17,128	[4]
September 30	at Ohio	Peden Stadium Athens, OH	L 22–38
October 7	Bowling Green	Glass Bowl Toledo, OH (rivalry)	L 8–19
October 14	at Western Michigan	Waldo Stadium Kalamazoo, MI	W 20–13
October 21	at Dayton*	Baujan Field Dayton, OH	W 20–17
October 28	Miami (OH)	Glass Bowl Toledo, OH	W 35–7
November 4	Northern Illinois*	Glass Bowl Toledo, OH	L 7–30
November 11	Marshall*	Glass Bowl Toledo, OH	W 21–0
November 28	at Kent State	Dix Stadium Kent, OH	L 9–27
*Non-conference game

After the season

NFL Draft

The following Rocket was selected in the 1973 NFL draft following the season.^[5]

Round	Pick	Player	Position	NFL club
14	350	Joe Schwartz	Running back	New York Jets

References

1. "1972 Toledo Rockets Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 22, 2016.
2. "Toledo Football 2015 Media Guide" (PDF). University of Toledo. 2015. p. 190.
3. "Final 1972 Cumulative Football Statistics Report". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved December 11, 2022.
4. "UTA falls as 2nd half wholly Toledo". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. September 24, 1972. p. B3. Retrieved January 11, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
5. "1973 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved September 30, 2023.