2021 Toledo Rockets football team

2021 Toledo Rockets football
2021 Toledo Rockets football
Bahamas Bowl, L 24–31 vs. Middle Tennessee
Conference	Mid-American Conference
	West Division
Record	7–6 (5–3 MAC)
Head coach	Jason Candle (6th season);
Co-offensive coordinator	Mike Hallett (2nd season)
Co-offensive coordinator	Robert Weiner (2nd season)
Defensive coordinator	Vince Kehres (2nd season)
Co-defensive coordinator	Ross Watson (2nd season)
Co-defensive coordinator	Craig Kuligowski (2nd season)
Home stadium	Glass Bowl
	Seasons ← 2020 2022 →

The 2021 Toledo Rockets football team represented the University of Toledo during the 2021 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Rockets were led by sixth-year head coach Jason Candle and played their home games at the Glass Bowl in Toledo, Ohio. They competed as members of the West Division of the Mid-American Conference (MAC).

2021 Mid-American Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
East Division
Kent State xy	6	–	2	7	–	7
Miami (OH)	5	–	3	7	–	6
Ohio	3	–	5	3	–	9
Bowling Green	2	–	6	4	–	8
Buffalo	2	–	6	4	–	8
Akron	1	–	7	2	–	10
West Division
Northern Illinois xy$	6	–	2	9	–	5
Central Michigan x	6	–	2	9	–	4
Toledo	5	–	3	7	–	6
Ball State	4	–	4	6	–	7
Eastern Michigan	4	–	4	7	–	6
Western Michigan	4	–	4	8	–	5
Championship: Northern Illinois 41, Kent State 23
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 4	7:00 p.m.	Norfolk State*	Glass Bowl Toledo, OH	ESPN3	W 49–10	21,783
September 11	2:30 p.m.	at No. 8 Notre Dame*	Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN	Peacock	L 29–32	62,009
September 18	4:00 p.m.	Colorado State*	Glass Bowl Toledo, OH	ESPNU	L 6–22	21,365
September 25	2:00 p.m.	at Ball State	Scheumann Stadium Muncie, IN	ESPN+	W 22–12	14,902
October 2	12:00 p.m.	at UMass*	Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium Hadley, MA	NESN+	W 45–7	9,456
October 9	12:00 p.m.	Northern Illinois	Glass Bowl Toledo, OH	CBSSN	L 20–22	21,284
October 16	3:30 p.m.	at Central Michigan	Kelly/Shorts Stadium Mount Pleasant, MI	CBSSN	L 23–26 ^OT	20,112
October 23	3:30 p.m.	Western Michigan	Glass Bowl Toledo, OH	CBSSN	W 34–15	19,906
November 2	7:30 p.m.	Eastern Michigan	Glass Bowl Toledo, OH	ESPN2	L 49–52	14,997
November 10	7:00 p.m.	at Bowling Green	Doyt Perry Stadium Bowling Green, OH (Battle of I-75)	CBSSN	W 49–17	18,349
November 16	7:00 p.m.	at Ohio	Peden Stadium Athens, OH	ESPN+	W 35–23	9,716
November 27	12:00 p.m.	Akron	Glass Bowl Toledo, OH	ESPN+	W 49–14	11,282
December 17	12:00 p.m.	vs. Middle Tennessee*	Thomas Robinson Stadium Nassau, Bahamas (Bahamas Bowl)	ESPN	L 24–31	13,596
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

The following Rockets were selected in the 2022 NFL draft following the season.^[2]

Round	Pick	Player	Position	NFL club
5	166	Tycen Anderson	Defensive back	Cincinnati Bengals
5	172	Samuel Womack	Defensive back	San Francisco 49ers

^ "2021 Toledo Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved March 13, 2021.
^ "2022 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved September 30, 2023.

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