1950 Akron Zippers football team

{{Infobox college sports team season

| year = 1950

| team = Akron Zippers

| sport = football

| image =

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| conference = Ohio Athletic Conference

| short_conf = OAC

| record = 2–7

| conf_record = 1–3

| head_coach = William Houghton

| hc_year = 3rd

| captain = Tony Laterza

| stadium = Rubber Bowl

| next = 1951

}}

The 1950 Akron Zippers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Akron in the Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC) during the 1950 college football season. In its third season under head coach William Houghton, the team compiled a 2–7 record (1–3 against OAC opponents) and was outscored by a total of 185 to 131. Tony Laterza was the team captain for the second consecutive season.{{cite web|url=http://www.gozips.com/documents/2017/7/24//pp_131_166_Records.pdf?id=12265|title=Akron Zips 2017 Football Media Guide|publisher=University of Akron|page=160|accessdate=May 10, 2020}} The team played its home games at the Rubber Bowl in Akron, Ohio.

Schedule

{{CFB schedule

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|September 23||Ohio|Rubber Bowl|Akron, OH|L 6-28||

|September 30||Michigan State Normal|Rubber Bowl|Akron, OH|W 40-7|4,000|{{cite news |last1=Dietrich |first1=Phil |title=Akron U Trounces Michigan Normal, 40-7, For Record High Under Houghton |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/97007792/the-akron-beacon-journal/ |access-date=March 5, 2022 |work=Akron Beacon Journal |date=October 1, 1950 |page=1C |via=Newspapers.com}}

|October 7|at|{{cfb link|year=1950|team=Baldwin–Wallace Yellow Jackets|title=Baldwin–Wallace}}||Berea, OH|L 6-33||

|October 14|at|{{cfb link|year=1950|team=Carnegie Tech Tartans|title=Carnegie Tech}}||Pittsburgh, PA|L 6-26||

|October 21|at|{{cfb link|year=1950|team=Mount Union Purple Raiders|title=Mount Union}}||Alliance, OH|L 19-32||

|October 28||{{cfb link|year=1950|team=Wooster Fighting Scots|title=Wooster}}|Rubber Bowl|Akron, OH|W 34-7||

|November 4|at|{{cfb link|year=1950|team=Geneva Covenanters|title=Geneva}}||Beaver Falls, PA|L 6-12||{{cite news|title=Scruggs Is Star But Zips Lose|newspaper=The Akron Beacon Journal|date=November 5, 1950|page=1C, 5C|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/85215220/scruggs-is-star-but-zips-lose/|via=Newspapers.com}}

|November 11||Kent State|Rubber Bowl|Akron, OH (Wagon Wheel)|L 7-19||

|November 18||{{cfb link|year=1950|team=Heidelberg Student Princes|title=Heidelberg}}|Rubber Bowl|Akron, OH|L 7-21||

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References

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