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1995 Toledo

11–⁠0–⁠1 (7–⁠0–⁠1 Mid-American Conference), coached by Gary Pinkel, finished No. 24 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

Toledo in 1995, game by game: won vs. East Tennessee State 41–20; won at Western Michigan 31–21; won at Nevada 49–35; won at Cincinnati 45–31; won vs. Ball State 17–14; tied at Miami (OH) 28–28; won at Bowling Green 35–16; won vs. Eastern Michigan 34–28; won at Central Michigan 19–7; won vs. Akron 41–7; won vs. Ohio 31–20; won vs. Nevada 40–37+34Won 41–20 vs. East Tennessee State+21East Tennessee …Won 31–21 at Western Michigan+10Western MichiganWon 49–35 at Nevada+14NevadaWon 45–31 at Cincinnati+14CincinnatiWon 17–14 vs. Ball State+3Ball StateTied 28–28 at Miami (OH)0Miami (OH)Won 35–16 at Bowling Green+19Bowling GreenWon 34–28 vs. Eastern Michigan+6Eastern MichiganWon 19–7 at Central Michigan+12Central MichiganWon 41–7 vs. Akron+34AkronWon 31–20 vs. Ohio+11OhioWon 40–37 vs. Nevada+3Nevada
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 9vsEast Tennessee StateW 41–⁠2080%
Sep 14atWestern MichiganW 31–⁠2140%
Sep 23atNevadaW 49–⁠3534%
Sep 30atCincinnatiW 45–⁠3158%
Oct 7vsBall StateW 17–⁠1474%
Oct 14atMiami (OH)T 28–⁠2847%
Oct 21atBowling GreenW 35–⁠1655%
Oct 28vsEastern MichiganW 34–⁠2871%
Nov 4atCentral MichiganW 19–⁠760%
Nov 11vsAkronW 41–⁠793%
Nov 18vsOhioW 31–⁠2093%
Dec 14Bowls & playoffvsNevadaLas Vegas BowlW 40–⁠3757%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Nevada 40–⁠37 in the Las Vegas Bowl; No. 24 in the final AP poll; Mid-American Conference champions.

In program history: The 5th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 75 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 15: 25
  2. Wk 16: 25
  3. Final: 24

Mid-American Conference champions7–⁠0–⁠1 in the conference

Record
11–⁠0–⁠1
Conference
7–⁠0–⁠1 first in Mid-American Conference
AP final
No. 24 peak No. 24
Points
411–⁠264
Coach
Gary Pinkel
Elo
1659 +184 this season
SP+ rating
17.5 No. 14 of 107; offense No. 13, defense No. 47
SRS
5.2 No. 39 of 108 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Mike Dunbar
Defensive coordinator
Tom Amstutz

All-MAC

3 first team, 5 second team

First team

  • Wasean TaitRBCoaches-1
  • Steve RosiTECoaches-1
  • Steve HaynesDLCoaches-1

Second team

  • Ryan HuzjakQBCoaches-2
  • Kevin MontgomeryOLCoaches-2
  • Jamal BettDBCoaches-2
  • Craig DuesDBCoaches-2
  • Ty GrudePCoaches-2

From Wikipedia’s 1995 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1995 Mid-American Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Toledo7–⁠0–⁠111–⁠0–⁠124
Miami (OH)6–⁠1–⁠18–⁠2–⁠1
Ball State6–⁠27–⁠4
Western Michigan6–⁠27–⁠4
Eastern Michigan5–⁠36–⁠5
Bowling Green3–⁠55–⁠6
Central Michigan2–⁠64–⁠7
Akron2–⁠62–⁠9
Ohio1–⁠6–⁠12–⁠8–⁠1
Kent State0–⁠7–⁠11–⁠9–⁠1

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.