2017 Toledo Rockets football team


The 2017 Toledo Rockets football team represented the University of Toledo in the 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They were led by second-year head coach Jason Candle and played their home games at the Glass Bowl as members of the West Division of the Mid-American Conference. They finished the season 11–3, 7–1 in MAC play to win the West Division. They defeated Akron in the MAC Championship game to become champions of the MAC. They received an invitation to the Dollar General Bowl where they lost to Appalachian State for the second consecutive year in a bowl game.

Previous season

The Rockets finished the 2016 season 9–4, 6–2 in MAC play to finish in second place in the West Division. They were invited to the Camellia Bowl where they lost to Appalachian State.

Coaching staff

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Schedule

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Game summaries

Elon

at Nevada

Overall recordLast meetingResult
3–01997TOL, 31–13

Tulsa

Overall recordLast meetingResult
1–11964TULSA, 39–16

at Miami (FL)

Overall recordLast meetingResult
0–11987MIA, 24–14

Eastern Michigan

Overall recordLast meetingResult
33–112016TOL, 35–20

at Central Michigan

Overall recordLast meetingResult
24–18–32016TOL, 31–17

Akron

Overall recordLast meetingResult
10–92016TOL, 48–17

at Ball State

Overall recordLast meetingResult
22–19–12016TOL, 37–19

Northern Illinois

Overall recordLast meetingResult
30–142016TOL, 31–24

at Ohio

Overall recordLast meetingResult
31–20–12016OHIO, 31–26

at Bowling Green

Overall recordLast meetingResult
38–39–42016TOL, 42–35

Western Michigan

Overall recordLast meetingResult
41–302016WMU, 55–35

vs Akron–MAC Championship game

Overall recordLast meetingResult
11–910/21/2017TOL, 48–21

vs Appalachian State–Dollar General Bowl

Overall recordLast meetingResult
0–12016APST, 31–28