2015 Toledo Rockets football team

2015 Toledo Rockets football
MAC West Division co-champion
Boca Raton Bowl champion
Boca Raton Bowl, W 32–17 vs. Temple
Conference Mid-American Conference
Division West Division
2015 record 10–2 (6–2 MAC)
Head coach Matt Campbell (reg. season, 4th year)
Jason Candle (bowl game)
Offensive coordinator Jason Candle (3rd year)
Defensive coordinator Jon Heacock (2nd year)
Home stadium Glass Bowl
(Capacity: 26,248)
2015 Mid-American Conference football standings
Conf     Overall
Team   W   L         W   L  
East Division
Bowling Green x$   7 – 1         10 – 4  
Ohio   5 – 3         8 – 5  
Akron   5 – 3         8 – 5  
Buffalo   3 – 5         5 – 7  
Kent State   2 – 6         3 – 9  
Miami   2 – 6         3 – 9  
UMass   2 – 6         3 – 9  
West Division
Northern Illinois xy   6 – 2         8 – 6  
Western Michigan x   6 – 2         8 – 5  
Toledo x   6 – 2         10 – 2  
Central Michigan x   6 – 2         7 – 6  
Ball State   2 – 6         3 – 9  
Eastern Michigan   0 – 8         1 – 11  
Championship: Bowling Green 34, Northern Illinois 14
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • y – Championship game participant
As of December 26, 2015; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2015 Toledo Rockets football team represented the University of Toledo in the 2015 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They were led by head coach Matt Campbell in his fourth year. They played their home games at the Glass Bowl and were members of the West Division of the Mid-American Conference. They finished the season 10–2, 6–2 in MAC play to finish in a four way tie for the West Division title. However, due to loses to Western Michigan and Northern Illinois, two other teams to finish 6–2 in the West Division, they did not represent the West Division in the MAC Championship Game. They were inivited to the Boca Raton Bowl where they defeated #24 Temple.

On November 29, head coach Matt Campbell resigned to become the head coach at Iowa State.[1] On December 2, offensive coordinator Jason Candle was promoted to head coach and led the Rockets in their bowl game.[2]

Schedule

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
September 3 7:00 p.m. Stony Brook* Glass Bowl • Toledo, OH ESPN3 Canceled[a]
September 12 3:00 p.m. at No. 18 Arkansas* War Memorial Stadium • Little Rock, AR SEC Alt. W 16–12   49,591
September 19 8:00 p.m. Iowa State* Glass Bowl • Toledo, OH ESPNews W 30–23 2OT  23,104
September 26 7:00 p.m. Arkansas State* Glass Bowl • Toledo, OH ESPN3 W 37–7   21,385
October 3 3:00 p.m. at Ball State Scheumann Stadium • Muncie, IN ASN W 24–10   10,002
October 10 3:00 p.m. Kent Statedagger No. 24 Glass Bowl • Toledo, OH ESPN3 W 38–7   23,118
October 17 12:00 p.m. Eastern Michigan No. 22 Glass Bowl • Toledo, OH ESPN3 W 63–20   18,204
October 24 3:00 p.m. at Massachusetts No. 19 Gillette Stadium • Foxborough, MA ESPN3 W 51–35   12,793
November 3 8:00 p.m. Northern Illinois No. 20 Glass Bowl • Toledo, OH ESPN2 L 27–32   23,089
November 10 8:00 p.m. at Central Michigan Kelly/Shorts Stadium • Mount Pleasant, MI ESPN2 W 28–23   13,490
November 17 6:00 p.m. at Bowling Green Doyt Perry Stadium • Bowling Green, OH (Battle of I-75 Trophy) ESPN2 W 44–28   23,492
November 27 12:00 p.m. Western Michigan No. 24 Glass Bowl • Toledo, OH CBSSN L 30–35   16,151
December 22 7:00 p.m. vs. No. 24 Temple* FAU Stadium • Boca Raton, FL (Boca Raton Bowl) ESPN W 32–17   25,908
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Schedule source[3]

^[a] The game was delayed due to thunderstorms at 7:51 PM, and resumed at around 9:50 PM. It was halted again just before the start of the second half and was then suspended at around 12:13 AM. Toledo was leading Stony Brook 16–7 prior to the game being suspended.[4] Toledo wanted to resume the game the next day, but Stony Brook feared its players would not have been able to get home at a reasonable hour. As there was no room to make the game up later in the season, it was officially declared "no contest."[5]

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Final 
AP NR NR RV RV RV 24 22 19 20 20 RV RV 24 RV RV RV 
Coaches NR NR RV RV RV RV 25 20 20 20 RV RV RV RV NR RV 
CFP Not released 24 NR NR 24 NR NR Not released

Victory over an SEC team

On September 12, 2015, the Rockets defeated the 18th-ranked team, the Arkansas Razorbacks at War Memorial Stadium in Little Rock, Arkansas[6] It was Toledo's first win over an SEC team in four tries and the first time the Rockets defeated a Top 25 non-conference opponent on the road.

Senior quarterback Phillip Ely threw for 237 yards and Toledo's defense shut down Arkansas in the red zone as the Rockets upset the No. 18 Razorbacks, 16-12 in front of a stunned crowd of nearly 50,000. The Rockets held Arkansas to just 103 yards rushing on 31 attempts. Arkansas quarterback Brandon Allen did throw for 412 yards but the Razorbacks came away with just three points in four visits in the red zone in the second half. The outcome of the contest was not decided until the final play. With just one second remaining, Allen fired a pass from the 16-yard line into the end zone to Keon Hatcher that sailed over his head, igniting a celebration on the Toledo sideline.

It was the first win of what became a seven-game winning streak for the Rockets.

References

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