The 1936 Toledo Rockets football team was an

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team that represented

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in the Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC) during the

1936 college football season The 1936 college football season was the first in which the Associated Press writers' poll selected a national champion. The first AP poll, taken of 35 writers, was released on October 20, 1936. Each writer listed his choice for the top ten teams ...

. In their first season under head coach

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, the Rockets compiled a 2–6 record. While the university new football stadium was under construction, the team played its 1936 home games at Libbey High School.2015 Media Guide, p. 141.

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