1967 Akron Zips football team

{{Infobox college sports team season

| year = 1967

| team = Akron Zips

| sport = football

| image =

| image_size =

| conference = Independent

| record = 4–4–1

| head_coach = Gordon K. Larson

| hc_year = 7th

| captain = {{plainlist|

Jon Denholm
Craig Hartz
Charlie Marquess}}

| stadium = Rubber Bowl

}}

The 1967 Akron Zips football team represented Akron University in the 1967 NCAA College Division football season as an independent. Led by seventh-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 4–4–1 and outscored their opponents 162–155.

Schedule

{{CFB schedule

| rankyear = 1967

| rankdivision = small college

| poll = AP

| opprank = y

| attend = y

| source = y

| September 16 | at | {{cfb link|year=1967|team=Northern Michigan Wildcats|title=Northern Michigan}} | Memorial Field | Marquette, MI | L 17–34 | 6,000 |

| September 30 | | {{cfb link|year=1967|team=Quantico Marines Devil Dogs|title=Quantico Marines}} | Rubber Bowl | Akron, OH | W 20–0 | 5,700 |

| October 7 | | {{cfb link|year=1967|team=Youngstown State Penguins|title=Youngstown State}} | Rubber Bowl | Akron, OH (Steel Tire) | W 19–12 | 4,108 |

| October 21 | at | {{cfb link|year=1967|team=Baldwin–Wallace Yellow Jackets|title=Baldwin–Wallace}} | | Berea, OH | T 23–23 | 8,106 |

| October 28 | vs. | {{cfb link|year=1967|team=Bradley Braves|title=Bradley}} | Clifford Stadium | Cuyahoga Falls, OH | W 42–12 | 4,752 |

| November 4 | at | VMI | Alumni Memorial Field | Lexington, VA | L 14–38 | 4,800 | {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/49566073/bob-fb-11567/|title=VMI bombards Zips, 38–14|newspaper=The Akron Beacon Journal|date=November 5, 1967|accessdate=January 30, 2022|via=Newspapers.com}}

| November 11 | at | {{cfb link|year=1967|team=Wittenberg Tigers|title=Wittenberg}} | Wittenberg Stadium | Springfield, OH | L 0–14 | 4,000 |

| November 18 | at | Temple | Temple Stadium | Philadelphia, PA | L 21–22 | 5,000 | {{cite news|title=Temple Nips Akron on Busch's Kickoff Return, 2-Point Play|at=sect. 3, p. 1 |newspaper=The Philadelphia Inquirer |location=Philadelphia, Pa.|first=Jack |last=Chevalier|date=November 19, 1967|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/52310620/temple-nips-akron-on-buschs-kickoff/|via=Newspapers.com }} Attendance figure in {{cite news |title=Temple Edges Akron, 22-21 |date=November 19, 1967 |page=47 |newspaper=Sunday News |location=Lancaster, Pa. }}

}}

{{cite web |author= |title=Cumulative Football Statistics Report |url=https://stats.ncaa.org/team/5/stats/13797 |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=May 28, 2020 |pages=169}}

References

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