1968 Toledo Rockets football team

{{short description|American college football season}}

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{{Infobox college sports team season

| year = 1968

| team = Toledo Rockets

| sport = football

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| conference = Mid-American Conference

| short_conf = MAC

| record = 5–4–1

| conf_record = 3–2–1

| head_coach = Frank Lauterbur

| hc_year = 6th

| captain =

| stadium = Glass Bowl

}}

{{1968 Mid-American Conference football standings}}

The 1968 Toledo Rockets football team was an American football team that represented the University of Toledo in the Mid-American Conference (MAC) during the 1968 NCAA University Division football season. In their sixth season under head coach Frank Lauterbur, the Rockets compiled a 5–4–1 record (3–2–1 against MAC opponents), and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 230 to 156. Toledo won the first three games of the season, part of a 12-game winning streak that extended back into the 1967 season.{{cite web|title=1968 Toledo Rockets Schedule and Results|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|work=SR/College Football|accessdate=September 21, 2016|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/toledo/1968-schedule.html}}{{cite web|title=Toledo Football 2015 Media Guide|publisher=University of Toledo|year=2015|pages=190, 197|url=http://sidearm.sites.s3.amazonaws.com/utrockets.com/documents/2015/8/17/Toledo_Football_Media_Guide_2015b.pdf}}

The team's statistical leaders on offense included Steve Jones with 1,197 passing yards, Roland Moss with 1,145 rushing yards and 84 points scored, and David Daniels with 344 receiving yards.{{cite web|title=1968 Toledo Rockets Statistics|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|work=SR/College Football|accessdate=September 21, 2016|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/toledo/1968.html}}2015 Media Guide, pp. 218-221. Mel Tucker and Bob Pfefferle were the team captains.2015 Media Guide, p. 164.