American college football season
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.[1][2]
Source:[3]
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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| 7:00 p.m. | Elon* | | ESPN3 | W 47–13 | 22,104 |
September 9 | 7:00 p.m. | at Nevada* | | ESPN3 | W 37–24 | 18,617 |
September 16 | 7:00 p.m. | Tulsa* | | ESPN3 | W 54–51 | 24,239 |
September 23 | 3:30 p.m. | at No. 14 Miami (FL)* | | ACCRSN | L 30–52 | 49,361 |
October 7 | 12:00 p.m. | Eastern Michigan![dagger](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/37/Dagger-14-plain.png) | | CBSSN | W 20–15 | 22,681 |
October 14 | 3:30 p.m. | at Central Michigan | | ESPN3 | W 30–10 | 15,572 |
October 21 | 12:00 p.m. | Akron | | WTOL/ESPN3 | W 48–21 | 20,414 |
| 7:00 p.m. | at Ball State | | ESPN3 | W 58–17 | 7,103 |
| 6:00 p.m. | Northern Illinois | | ESPNU | W 27–17 | 17,084 |
| 7:00 p.m. | at Ohio | | ESPN2 | L 10–38 | 15,562 |
| 8:00 p.m. | at Bowling Green | | ESPNU | W 66–37 | 16,649 |
| 11:30 a.m. | Western Michigan | | ESPNU | W 37–10 | 17,948 |
December 2 | 12:00 p.m. | vs. Akron | | ESPN | W 45–28 | 16,225 |
December 23 | 7:00 p.m. | vs. Appalachian State* | | ESPN | L 0–34 | 28,706 |
- *Non-conference game
Homecoming- Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
- All times are in Eastern time
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Source:[4]
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1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Phoenix
|
0
|
7
|
0
|
6 |
13 |
Rockets
|
13
|
6
|
21
|
7 |
47 |
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Rockets
|
10
|
10
|
14
|
3 |
37 |
Wolf Pack
|
3
|
7
|
14
|
0 |
24 |
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Golden Hurricane
|
21
|
7
|
9
|
14 |
51 |
Rockets
|
7
|
7
|
22
|
18 |
54 |
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Rockets
|
0
|
16
|
0
|
14 |
30 |
No. 14 Hurricanes
|
10
|
0
|
14
|
28 |
52 |
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Eagles
|
6
|
0
|
3
|
6 |
15 |
Rockets
|
3
|
7
|
7
|
3 |
20 |
At Central Michigan
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|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Rockets
|
7
|
10
|
0
|
13 |
30 |
Chippewas
|
0
|
0
|
3
|
7 |
10 |
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Zips
|
0
|
7
|
0
|
14 |
21 |
Rockets
|
21
|
3
|
14
|
10 |
48 |
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Rockets
|
3
|
21
|
27
|
7 |
58 |
Cardinals
|
7
|
3
|
7
|
0 |
17 |
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Huskies
|
7
|
0
|
7
|
3 |
17 |
Rockets
|
7
|
3
|
14
|
3 |
27 |
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Rockets
|
0
|
7
|
3
|
0 |
10 |
Bobcats
|
7
|
3
|
14
|
14 |
38 |
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Rockets
|
14
|
10
|
28
|
14 |
66 |
Falcons
|
7
|
14
|
7
|
9 |
37 |
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Broncos
|
0
|
3
|
7
|
0 |
10 |
Rockets
|
3
|
14
|
14
|
6 |
37 |
vs Akron–MAC Championship game
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1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Zips
|
0
|
0
|
7
|
21 |
28 |
Rockets
|
7
|
21
|
10
|
7 |
45 |
vs Appalachian State–Dollar General Bowl
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|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Mountaineers
|
7
|
13
|
7
|
7 |
34 |
Rockets
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0 |
0 |
The following Rocket was selected in the 2018 NFL draft following the season.[5]
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