1963 Akron Zips football team

{{Infobox college sports team season

| year = 1963

| team = Akron Zips

| sport = football

| image =

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| conference = Ohio Athletic Conference

| short_conf = OAC

| record = 6–3

| conf_record = 5–2

| head_coach = Gordon K. Larson

| hc_year = 3rd

| captain = {{plainlist|

John Lahoski
Chuck Cobb

}}

| stadium = Rubber Bowl

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The 1963 Akron Zips football team represented Akron University in the 1963 NCAA College Division football season as a member of the Ohio Athletic Conference. Led by third-year head coach Gordon K. Larson, the Zips played their home games at the Rubber Bowl in Akron, Ohio. They finished the season with a record of 6–3 overall and 5–2 in OAC play. They outscored their opponents 201–102.

Schedule

{{CFB schedule

| rankyear = 1963

| rankdivision = small college

| poll = AP

| opprank = y

| attend = y

| source = y

| September 21 | | {{cfb link|year=1963|team=Muskingum Fighting Muskies|title=Muskingum}} | Rubber Bowl | Akron, OH | W 13–0 | 42,815 |

| September 28 | at | {{cfb link|year=1963|team=Baldwin–Wallace Yellow Jackets|title=Baldwin–Wallace}} | | Berea, OH | L 10–14 | 6,500 |

| October 5 | | {{cfb link|year=1963|team=Ohio Wesleyan Battling Bishops|title=Ohio Wesleyan}} | Rubber Bowl | Akron, OH | W 36–7 | 3,865 |

| October 12 | at | {{cfb link|year=1963|team=Heidelberg Student Princes|title=Heidelberg}} | | Tiffin, OH | W 42–0 | 3,642 |

| October 19 | at | {{cfb link|year=1963|team=Wooster Fighting Scots|title=Wooster}} | | Wooster, OH | W 35–14 | 5,400 |

| October 26 | | {{cfb link|year=1963|team=Capital Crusaders|title=Capital}} | Rubber Bowl | Akron, OH | W 19–13 | 4,414 |

| November 2 | | {{cfb link|year=1963|team=Youngstown State Penguins|title=Youngstown State}} | Rubber Bowl | Akron, OH (Steel Tire) | W 21–7 | 3,313 |

| November 9 | at | No. 4 Wittenberg | Wittenberg Stadium | Springfield, OH | L 13–34 | 7,000 | {{cite web |author= |title=Brief Summary Of Cumulative Football Statistics |url=https://stats.ncaa.org/team/806/stats/13015 |publisher=National Collegiate Athletic Association |access-date=December 16, 2022 }}

| November 16 | at | {{cfb link|year=1963|team=Southwest Missouri State Bears|title=Southwest Missouri State}} | SMS Stadium | Springfield, MO | L 12–13 | |

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{{cite web |author= |title=Brief Summary Of Cumulative Football Statistics |url=https://stats.ncaa.org/team/5/stats/13015 |publisher=National Collegiate Athletic Association |access-date=December 15, 2021 }}{{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 29, 2020 |pages=168}}

References

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