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1990 Toledo Rockets football team

1990 Toledo Rockets football
MAC co–champion
Conference Mid-American Conference
1990 record 9–2 (7–1 MAC)
Head coach Nick Saban (1st year)
Defensive coordinator Dean Pees (1st year)
Home stadium Glass Bowl
(Capacity: 26,248)
Seasons
← 1989
1991 →
1990 Mid-American Conference football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
Toledo + 7 1 0     9 2 0
Central Michigan + 7 1 0     8 3 1
Ball State 5 3 0     7 4 0
Western Michigan 5 3 0     7 4 0
Miami 4 3 1     5 5 1
Bowling Green 2 4 2     3 5 2
Eastern Michigan 2 6 0     2 9 0
Kent State 2 6 0     2 9 0
Ohio 0 7 1     1 9 1
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll
1 2 3 4 Total
Toledo 14 6 0 0 20
Miami 7 0 0 7 14
  • Location: Yager Stadium
    Oxford, Ohio
  • Game attendance: 19,000
  • Source:
1 2 3 4 Total
Northern Illinois 7 7 0 0 14
Toledo 7 3 6 7 23
  • Location: Glass Bowl
    Toledo, Ohio
  • Game attendance: 21,154
  • Source:
1 2 3 4 Total
Toledo 0 7 7 14 28
Ball State 0 0 3 13 16
  • Location: Scheumann Stadium
    Muncie, Indiana
  • Game attendance: 13,321
  • Source:
1 2 3 4 Total
Toledo 0 13 7 7 27
Ohio 0 6 7 7 20
  • Location: Peden Stadium
    Athens, Ohio
  • Game attendance: 15,828
  • Source:
1 2 3 4 Total
Eastern Michigan 0 10 7 6 23
Toledo 10 10 0 17 37
  • Location: Glass Bowl
    Toledo, Ohio
  • Game attendance: 25,079
  • Source:
1 2 3 4 Total
Bowling Green 7 6 0 0 13
Toledo 3 0 6 10 19
  • Location: Glass Bowl
    Toledo, Ohio
  • Game attendance: 29,761
  • Source:
1 2 3 4 Total
Toledo 3 3 6 0 12
Central Michigan 7 0 6 0 13
  • Location: Kelly/Shorts Stadium
    Mount Pleasant, Michigan
  • Game attendance: 20,781
  • Source:
1 2 3 4 Total
Kent State 7 7 0 0 14
Toledo 7 3 3 15 28
  • Location: Glass Bowl
    Toledo, Ohio
  • Game attendance: 21,670
  • Source:

The 1990 Toledo Rockets football team represented the University of Toledo during the 1990 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Rockets were led by first-year head coach Nick Saban, and competed as a member of the Mid-American Conference (MAC). They finished the season with a record of nine wins and two losses (9–2, 7–1 in MAC play) and as MAC co–champions with Central Michigan.

The 1990 Rockets squad opened the season with six consecutive victories over Miami (OH), Northern Illinois, Ball State, Ohio, Eastern Michigan and Bowling Green. At the time of the matchup, their meeting against Central Michigan served as a de facto MAC conference championship game. Although Toledo lost 13–12, victories over Kent State and Western Michigan coupled with a Central Michigan loss to Ball State gave the Rockets a share of the MAC championship. Toledo then concluded the season with a loss to Navy and a victory over Arkansas State.

In February 1991, Nick Saban resigned as head coach of the Rockets after only one season to become defensive coordinator of the National Football League's Cleveland Browns.


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