1979 Akron Zips football team
American college football season
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| Conference | Mid-Continent Conference |
| Record | 6–5 (3–2 MCC) |
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| Home stadium | Rubber Bowl |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 2 Youngstown State $^ | 5 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 11 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northern Iowa | 4 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Akron | 3 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Eastern Illinois | 1 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northern Michigan | 1 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Western Illinois | 1 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1979 Akron Zips football team represented Akron University in the 1979 NCAA Division II football season as a member of the Mid-Continent Conference. Led by seventh-year head coach Jim Dennison, the Zips played their home games at the Rubber Bowl in Akron, Ohio. They finished the season with a record of 6–5 overall and 3–2 in MCC play, placing third.
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| September 8 | Western Illinois | W 24–7 | 32,113 | ||||
| September 15 | Kent State* |
| W 15–13 | 21,645 | |||
| September 22 | at Boise State* | L 21–31 | 19,642 | [1] | |||
| September 29 | Indiana State* |
| L 27–28 | 11,684 | |||
| October 6 | at Northern Iowa | L 17–20 | 9,500 | ||||
| October 13 | at Eastern Michigan* | W 24–12 | 4,555 | ||||
| October 20 | No. 2 Youngstown State |
| L 3–16 | 10,111 | |||
| October 27 | Northern Michigan |
| W 45–21 | 6,044 | |||
| November 3 | at No. 10 (I-AA) Morehead State* | W 23–17 | 4,000 | ||||
| November 10 | at Temple* | L 6–42 | 8,398 | ||||
| November 17 | at Eastern Illinois |
| W 27–16 | 6,500 | |||
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References
- ^ "Boise State rips Akron". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. September 23, 1979. p. 3D.
- ^ "Final 1979 Cumulative Football Statistics Report". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved December 14, 2021.
- ^ "2019 Akron Zips Football Media Guide: Records" (PDF). University of Akron. p. 169. Retrieved May 17, 2020.
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