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Toledo Rockets

Mid-AmericanToledo, OHGlass Bowl

2026: 5–⁠2 (2–⁠1 Mid-American). Last: won at Eastern Michigan 34–⁠14. Next: Western Michigan, Saturday, Oct 24, noon ET.

  1. L 20–⁠30at Michigan State
  2. W 63–⁠10Central Connecticut
  3. W 49–⁠48Temple
  4. W 41–⁠16San Diego State
  5. W 39–⁠24at Ball State
  6. L 8–⁠23Buffalo
  7. W 34–⁠14at Eastern Michigan
  8. Oct 24Western Michigan
  9. Nov 4at Sacramento State
  10. Nov 11Massachusetts
  11. Nov 20Bowling Green
  12. Nov 27at Ohio
  • Outfitted by Nike

Toledo has played football since 1917 and is officially 596–⁠461–⁠24; 757 of its 1,081 games are in our file. Their best finish in the final AP poll is No. 12, in 1970. They have won 12 Mid-American Conference titles (the last in 2022), plus two Northwest Ohio League titles, one Northwest Ohio Conference title, counting shared titles. Since 1954, the NFL Draft has taken 35 players from here in its first seven rounds, 2 of them in the first round. The College Football Hall of Fame holds 3 players and 2 coaches from Toledo. Jason Candle (2015–⁠2025) won more games here than any other coach: 81. The most-played rival is Bowling Green: 64 meetings, Toledo leads 33–⁠30–⁠1. This season, under Mike Jacobs, they’re 5–⁠2.

Glass Bowl in Toledo
Glass BowlPhoto: The original uploader was Mactropy at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

On this date in 2024Toledo beat Northern Illinois 13–⁠6 on the road.

Résumé

All-time record
596–⁠461–⁠24 official; 444–⁠305–⁠8 on file; how we count
Postseason
12–⁠13 bowls, title games, playoff
AP No. 1 finishes
0
Weeks at No. 1
0 of 41 ranked
Elo now
1557 52nd of 138 FBS
Computer rankings
Massey No. 86 · Composite No. 88 in FBS, Oct 17. From Massey Ratings
Best season by Elo
1971 rated 1772
Conference titles
15 last in 2022
Bowl record
12–⁠11 official, bowls only
Seasons
75 since 1923, 757 games

Identity

Fight song
U of Toledo

2026 season 5–⁠2

RosterFull 2026 season
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 4atMichigan StateL 20–⁠3058%
Sep 12vsCentral ConnecticutW 63–⁠1083%
Sep 19vsTempleW 49–⁠4871%
Sep 26vsSan Diego StateW 41–⁠1665%
Oct 3atBall StateW 39–⁠2471%
Oct 10vsBuffaloL 8–⁠2378%
Oct 17atEastern MichiganW 34–⁠1456%
Oct 24vsWestern MichiganPreview53%
Nov 4atSacramento StatePreview81%
Nov 11vsMassachusettsPreview83%
Nov 20vsBowling GreenPreview78%
Nov 27atOhioPreview39%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

This season, game by game

Toledo’s Elo through 2026: 1556 going into the opener, 1557 after the latest game.152515501575Elo 1556 going in; lost to Michigan State 30–20Elo 1527 going in; beat Central Connecticut 63–10Elo 1539 going in; beat Temple 49–48Elo 1542 going in; beat San Diego State 41–16Elo 1564 going in; beat Ball State 39–24Elo 1579 going in; lost to Buffalo 23–8Elo 1531 going in; beat Eastern Michigan 34–14Now: Elo 1557 after the latest game1557
Michigan StateCentral ConnecticutTempleSan Diego StateBall StateBuffaloEastern MichiganNow
Elo going into each game, then after the latest. Filled dots: wins; open: losses.

Future schedule

2027–⁠34
20274 games: 2 home, 2 away, non-conference only
20283 games: 2 home, 1 away, non-conference only
20293 games: 2 home, 1 away, non-conference only
20303 games: 1 home, 2 away, non-conference only
20313 games: 1 home, 2 away, non-conference only
20323 games: 1 home, 2 away, non-conference only
20332 games: 1 home, 1 away, non-conference only
20341 game: 1 away, non-conference only

Toledo’s announced games beyond the seasons on our schedule, as its Wikipedia article lists them (announced schedules as of September 17, 2026). Schedules change; a season shows only the games named so far, and many articles list non-conference games only. Future schedules: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

Players

The 2026 rosterRecord bookThe money

On the 2026 team

Program greats See all

Heisman finalists, College Football Hall of Famers, consensus All-Americans, national award winners and first-round picks, for what they did at Toledo.

Photos: Wikimedia Commons, free licenses; credits on each player’s page.

Around the program

Apparel
Nike · Official source
Mascot
Rocky the Rocket · Official source
Student section
Launch Pad Student Section · Official source
Athletic director
Tom Moreland · Official source
Offensive coordinator
Cris Reisert · Official source

Found by several AI researchers searching the web, then kept only where the page loads and says so in words naming the program; every quote is checked again each time the data is rebuilt. Official source: the school’s own page. All of them.

The apparel deal

Nike, 2017 through May 2028. Multi-year extension. Nike partner since 2017. Extended in February 2023.

  • Toledo Athletics, Feb 21, 2023: Extension of the Nike partnership to May 31, 2028, all varsity sports

Apparel deals: Field Drip. Terms as the outlets reported them; checked Oct 3, 2026.

Program strength since 1923

Best seasons ever
Toledo end-of-season Elo from 1923 to 2026, best in 1971 at 1772.1300150017001900194019601980200020201971 peak: Elo 1772
End-of-season Elo. Dashed line: 1500, an average FBS team.

More coverage

Found through the GDELT Project, which indexes news sites worldwide. Each link opens the story on the outlet’s own site; each picture is that outlet’s own preview of its story, shown from its site and credited to it.

Head coaches

CoachYearsRecord
Mike Jacobs20265–⁠2
Robert Weiner20250–⁠1
Jason Candle2015–⁠202581–⁠44
Matt Campbell2011–⁠201535–⁠15
Tim Beckman2009–⁠201121–⁠16
Tom Amstutz2001–⁠200858–⁠41
Gary Pinkel1991–⁠200073–⁠37–⁠3
Nick Saban19909–⁠2
Dan Simrell1982–⁠198949–⁠38–⁠2
Chuck Stobart1977–⁠198124–⁠31–⁠1
Jack Murphy1971–⁠197635–⁠32
Frank Lauterbur1963–⁠197048–⁠32–⁠2
Clive Rush1961–⁠19623–⁠7
Forrest England19551–⁠0

Most-played series

All rivalries
OpponentGamesTOL record
Bowling Green6433–⁠30–⁠1
Western Michigan6339–⁠24
Northern Illinois5336–⁠17
Central Michigan5231–⁠18–⁠3
Ball State5129–⁠21–⁠1
Eastern Michigan5138–⁠13
Miami (OH)4624–⁠21–⁠1
Ohio4430–⁠13–⁠1

Rivals the program names: Bowling Green, Western Michigan.

Every opponent (105)

Every program Toledo has played, A to Z, with Toledo’s record against it. Each links to the series, game by game.

Official records. † Without wins the NCAA vacated, or with forfeits counted. ‡ The rivalry’s own count, where it differs from the games on file.

Conference titles

15, counting shared titles
Mid-American Conference 12
1967 (shared), 1969, 1970, 1971, 1981, 1984, 1990 (shared), 1995, 2001, 2004, 2017, 2022
Northwest Ohio League 2
1927, 1929 (shared)
Northwest Ohio Conference 1
1923
MAC West 13
1997, 1998, 2000 (tied), 2001 (tied), 2002 (tied), 2004 (tied), 2005 (tied), 2011 (tied), 2014 (tied), 2015 (tied), 2017, 2022, 2023

As the program counts them in its Wikipedia article, shared titles included, and listed under each conference’s current name (a Western Conference title of the 1900s counts as a Big Ten title); season pages use the name the conference had that year. A title the article files under a conference the team wasn’t in that season is listed under the one it was. Division titles include years the team tied for its division.

Conferences

  1. Independent 1917–⁠1920
  2. Northwest Ohio Conference 1921–⁠1930
  3. Ohio Conference 1932–⁠1942 and 1946–⁠1947
  4. Independent 1948–⁠1951
  5. Mid-American Conference since 1952

Toledo’s football conferences by season, from CollegeFootballData.com’s memberships (renamed conferences keep the name of the time).

Consensus All-Americans 2

2010Eric Page APB
1971Mel Long DT

Led the nation 5

2024Jacquez Stuart kickoff return average (32.7)
2016Logan Woodside passing touchdowns (45 TD)
2003Lance Moore receptions (103 catches)
1975Gene Swick total offense (2,706 yds), total offense per game (246.0)
1974Gene Swick total offense (2,450 yds)

The NCAA’s official national leaders since 1937, from Wikipedia’s yearly leader lists.

In the Hall of Fame

Every inductee
Players
3
Coaches
2
2025Nick Saban coach here, 1990
2022Chuck Ealey QB
2022Gary Pinkel coach here, 1991–⁠2000
1998Mel Long DT
1965Merle Gulick QB

In the NFL Draft

By college
Drafted, rounds 1–⁠7
35 since 1954
First-round picks
2
2024Quinyon Mitchell CBNo. 22, Philadelphia Eagles
1993Dan Williams DENo. 11, Denver Broncos

Who came and went in the 2026 transfer portal, and every portal year.

The school

University of Toledo
Enrollment
14,358 11,013 undergraduates, fall 2024
Where
Toledo, Ohio
Public or private
Public Research 1
Founded
1872
Graduates’ median earnings
$50,632 10 years after starting

Enrollment, place and Carnegie research tier from the National Center for Education Statistics (IPEDS, public domain). Earnings from the US Department of Education’s College Scorecard (CC BY 4.0): the median for students who received federal aid and were working, not in school. Founding year from Wikidata. Every school’s in the data.

Official accounts

Football
X @ToledoFBInstagram @ToledoFootballFacebook toledofootball
Athletics department
Instagram @utrocketsFacebook UTRockets

Official accounts: the schools’ athletics websites: the ones utrockets.com lists for its football program and athletics department, as of Oct 12, 2026.

Season by season

National champions
SeasonRecordConf.AP preAP finalCoachEloSP+
20265–⁠22–⁠1Mike Jacobs1557-2.1
20258–⁠56–⁠2Jason Candle, Robert Weiner15836.0
20248–⁠54–⁠4Jason Candle1509-2.5
202311–⁠38–⁠0Jason Candle16123.7
20229–⁠55–⁠3Jason Candle1552-3.7
20217–⁠65–⁠3Jason Candle15246.9
20204–⁠24–⁠2Jason Candle1501-3.6
20196–⁠63–⁠5Jason Candle1421-13.7
20187–⁠65–⁠3Jason Candle15392.0
201711–⁠37–⁠1Jason Candle16266.6
20169–⁠46–⁠2Jason Candle164112.3
201510–⁠26–⁠2Matt Campbell, Jason Candle16657.7
20149–⁠47–⁠1Matt Campbell15852.3
20137–⁠55–⁠3Matt Campbell15494.7
20129–⁠46–⁠2Matt Campbell1571-4.0
20119–⁠47–⁠1Tim Beckman, Matt Campbell16166.2
20108–⁠57–⁠1Tim Beckman1496-5.5
20095–⁠73–⁠5Tim Beckman1353-7.4
20083–⁠92–⁠6Tom Amstutz1335-11.4
20075–⁠73–⁠5Tom Amstutz1394-12.8
20065–⁠73–⁠5Tom Amstutz1470-9.6
20059–⁠36–⁠2Tom Amstutz16017.6
20049–⁠47–⁠1Tom Amstutz15950.3
20038–⁠46–⁠2Tom Amstutz1567-1.1
20029–⁠57–⁠1Tom Amstutz15857.6
Every season back to 1923 (50 more)
SeasonRecordConf.AP preAP finalCoachEloSP+
200110–⁠25–⁠223Tom Amstutz16474.0
200010–⁠16–⁠1Gary Pinkel165217.0
19996–⁠55–⁠3Gary Pinkel1507-2.1
19987–⁠56–⁠2Gary Pinkel15153.7
19979–⁠37–⁠1Gary Pinkel15168.2
19967–⁠46–⁠2Gary Pinkel1506-10.8
199511–⁠0–⁠17–⁠0–⁠124Gary Pinkel165917.5
19946–⁠4–⁠14–⁠3–⁠1Gary Pinkel1462-4.7
19934–⁠73–⁠5Gary Pinkel1436-8.7
19928–⁠35–⁠3Gary Pinkel15805.4
19915–⁠5–⁠14–⁠3–⁠1Gary Pinkel1527-0.3
19909–⁠27–⁠1Nick Saban15832.4
19896–⁠56–⁠2Dan Simrell1472-12.1
19886–⁠54–⁠4Dan Simrell1465-2.5
19873–⁠7–⁠13–⁠4–⁠1Dan Simrell1418-8.6
19867–⁠45–⁠3Dan Simrell1514-6.1
19854–⁠73–⁠6Dan Simrell1423-10.3
19848–⁠3–⁠17–⁠1–⁠1Dan Simrell15401.2
19839–⁠27–⁠2Dan Simrell15501.0
19826–⁠55–⁠4Dan Simrell15221.8
19819–⁠38–⁠1Chuck Stobart15837.9
19804–⁠73–⁠6Chuck Stobart1412-4.0
19797–⁠3–⁠17–⁠1–⁠1Chuck Stobart14682.2
19782–⁠92–⁠7Chuck Stobart1295-16.2
19772–⁠92–⁠7Chuck Stobart1282-18.1
19763–⁠82–⁠6Jack Murphy1368-7.6
19755–⁠64–⁠4Jack Murphy13880.7
19746–⁠53–⁠2Jack Murphy1402-3.1
19733–⁠81–⁠4Jack Murphy1393-6.3
19726–⁠52–⁠3Jack Murphy1528-5.7
197112–⁠05–⁠014Jack Murphy177221.2
197012–⁠05–⁠012Frank Lauterbur174921.9
196911–⁠05–⁠0Frank Lauterbur1678
19685–⁠4–⁠13–⁠2–⁠1Frank Lauterbur1539
19679–⁠15–⁠1Frank Lauterbur1607
19662–⁠7–⁠11–⁠5Frank Lauterbur1374
19655–⁠52–⁠4Frank Lauterbur1391
19642–⁠81–⁠5Frank Lauterbur1287
19632–⁠71–⁠5Frank Lauterbur1291
19623–⁠61–⁠5Clive Rush1316
19610–⁠1Clive Rush1275
19551–⁠0Forrest England1176
19511–⁠11157
19501–⁠01105
19480–⁠11033
19460–⁠11053
19370–⁠11086
19250–⁠11085
19240–⁠11090
19230–⁠11094

Officially 596–⁠461–⁠24 since 1917 (per Wikipedia, as of 12/30/22); game by game here, 444–⁠305–⁠8 (757 of its 1,081 games are on file). Our file starts in 1923; the program began in 1917. Some games are missing from our source.

No season on file for 1926–⁠36, 1938–⁠45, 1947, 1949, 1952–⁠54, 1956–⁠60: the program may not have played, or our source may be missing them.

Records are computed from every game on file at CollegeFootballData.com, whose coverage of the earliest seasons can be incomplete. Elo is this site’s own rating; see how it works on the records page.