Toledo·Mid-American

2015 — The Ten-Win Year

Toledo's 2015 season (10-2) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.

Record 10-2
Final result 10-win season Won the Boca Raton Bowl
AP final #24 post-bowls
SP+ +3.2 last-week
Era —
The shape of the season · week by week, cumulative W-L below
W @ Arkansas 16-12 W vs Iowa St 30-23 W vs Arka Sta 37-7 W @ Ball Sta 24-10 W vs Kent Sta 38-7 W vs East Mic 63-20 W @ Massac 51-35 L vs Nort Ill 27-32 W @ Cent Mic 28-23 W @ Bowl Gre 44-28 L vs West Mic 30-35 W vs Temple 32-17 Bowl

Who carried it

Season leaders, 2015.

Defining moments
The statement

The 2015 season's largest margin: Toledo 63, Eastern Michigan 20. A 43-point win — the year's high-water mark.

The setback

The season's deepest loss: Toledo 27, Northern Illinois 32. A 5-point margin the season is remembered by.

The postseason

The season's last act: Toledo beat Temple 32-17 in the postseason.

"Go Rockets"
— Toledo fanbase voice · 2015· synthesized
What it meant

2015 is a middle chapter for Toledo — neither a crown year nor a crisis. It is the kind of season that fills the ledger between the named ones and gives the arc its shape.