1959 Akron Zips football team

{{Infobox college sports team season

| year = 1959

| team = Akron Zips

| sport = football

| image =

| image_size =

| conference = Ohio Athletic Conference

| short_conf = OAC

| record = 4–5

| conf_record = 4–3

| head_coach = Joe McMullen

| hc_year = 6th

| captain = Gino Calcei

| stadium = Rubber Bowl

}}

The 1959 Akron Zips football team represented Akron University in the 1959 college football season as a member of the Ohio Athletic Conference. Led by sixth-year head coach Joe McMullen, the Zips played their home games at the Rubber Bowl in Akron, Ohio. They finished the season with a record of 4–5 overall and 4–3 in OAC play. They were outscored by their opponents 119–155.

Schedule

{{CFB schedule

| September 19 | at | {{cfb link|year=1959|team=Mount Union Purple Raiders|title=Mount Union}} | Mount Union Stadium | Alliance, OH | W 29–23

| September 26 | | {{cfb link|year=1959|team=Muskingum Fighting Muskies|title=Muskingum}} | Rubber Bowl | Akron, OH | W 6–0

| October 3 | vs. | {{cfb link|year=1959|team=Ohio Wesleyan Battling Bishops|title=Ohio Wesleyan}} | | Barberton, OH | L 8–16

| October 10 | at | {{cfb link|year=1959|team=Heidelberg Student Princes|title=Heidelberg}} | | Tiffin, OH | W 20–14

| October 17 | at | {{cfb link|year=1959|team=Wooster Fighting Scots|title=Wooster}} | | Wooster, OH | L 14–15

| October 31 | at | {{cfb link|year=1959|team=Baldwin–Wallace Yellow Jackets|title=Baldwin–Wallace}} | | Berea, OH | L 0–6

| November 7 | | {{cfb link|year=1959|team=Denison Big Red|title=Denison}} | Rubber Bowl | Akron, OH | W 28–14

| November 14 | at | {{cfb link|year=1959|team=Wittenberg Tigers|title=Wittenberg}} | Wittenberg Stadium | Springfield, OH | L 0–35

| November 19 | | {{cfb link|year=1959|team=Youngstown State Penguins|title=Youngstown State}} | Rubber Bowl | Akron, OH (Steel Tire)| L 14–34

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{{cite web |title=2019 Akron Zips Football Media Guide: Records |url=https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.sites/akron.sidearmsports.com/documents/2019/7/31/139_174_Records.pdf |publisher=University of Akron |accessdate=July 31, 2020 |pages=168}}

References

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