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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