1949 Toledo Rockets football team

{{short description|American college football season}}

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{{Infobox college sports team season

| year = 1949

| team = Toledo Rockets

| sport = football

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| conference = Independent

| record = 6–4

| head_coach = Skip Stahley

| hc_year = 2nd

| captain = Ed Burrus

| captain2 = George Miley

| stadium = Glass Bowl

| bowl = Glass Bowl

| bowl_result = L 13–33 vs. Cincinnati

}}

{{1949 Midwestern college football independents records}}

The 1949 Toledo Rockets football team was an American football team that represented Toledo University during the 1949 college football season. In their second and final season under head coach Skip Stahley, the Rockets compiled a 6–4 record, outscored their opponents by a combined total of 318 to 210, and lost to Mid-American Conference champion Cincinnati, 33–13, in the fourth postseason Glass Bowl game.{{cite web |title=Toledo Football 2015 Media Guide |publisher=University of Toledo |year=2015 |pages=188 |accessdate=September 23, 2016 |url=http://sidearm.sites.s3.amazonaws.com/utrockets.com/documents/2015/8/17/Toledo_Football_Media_Guide_2015b.pdf}}{{cite web |title=Toledo Yearly Results (1945-1949) |publisher=David DeLassus |work=College Football Data Warehouse |accessdate=September 23, 2016 |url=http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/active/t/toledo/1945-1949_yearly_results.php |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150905184046/http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/active/t/toledo/1945-1949_yearly_results.php |archive-date=September 5, 2015 |via=Wayback Machine}}

During the 1949 season, Toledo back Emerson Cole, who later played in the NFL, rushed 160 times for 1,172 yards, an average of 7.26 yards per carry. On November 12, 1949, Cole rushed for 230 yards against North Dakota.2015 Media Guide, p. 72. Cole's 1,172 rushing yards stood as a Toledo single-season record until 1984.2015 Media Guide, p. 204. The 1939 Toledo team averaged 253.8 rushing yards per game.2015 Media Guide, p. 200. Ed Burrus and George Miley were the team captains.2015 Media Guide, p. 164.