1978 Akron Zips football team

{{Infobox college sports team season

| year = 1978

| team = Akron Zips

| sport = football

| image =

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| conference = Mid-Continent Conference

| short_conf = MCC

| record = 6–5

| conf_record = 4–1

| head_coach = Jim Dennison

| hc_year = 6th

| captain = {{plainlist|

Marty Bezbatchenko
Mike Holian}}

| stadium = Rubber Bowl

}}

{{1978 Association of Mid-Continent Universities football standings}}

The 1978 Akron Zips football team represented Akron University in the 1978 NCAA Division II football season as a member of the Mid-Continent Conference. Led by sixth-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 4–1 in MCC play, placing second.

Schedule

{{CFB schedule

| rankyear = 1978

| rankdivision = NCAA Division II

| poll = AP

| rank = y

| attend = y

| source = y

| September 9 | at | {{cfb link|year=1978|team=Western Illinois Leathernecks|title=Western Illinois}} | | Hanson Field | Macomb, IL | W 19–3 | 11,300 |

| September 16 | at | {{cfb link|year=1978|team=Northeast Missouri State Bulldogs|title=Northeast Missouri State}} | | Stokes Stadium | Kirksville, MS | L 13–14 | 5,032 |

| September 23 | | {{cfb link|year=1978|team=Wayne State Tartars|title=Wayne State (MI)}} | | Rubber Bowl | Akron, OH | W 28–0 | 34,529 |

| October 7 | at | No. 10 (I-AA) Western Kentucky | No. 6 | L. T. Smith Stadium | Bowling Green, KY | W 26–21 | 15,600 |

| October 14 | at | Eastern Michigan | No. 4 | Rynearson Stadium | Ypsilanti, MI | L 14–25 | 7,298 |

| October 21 | at | No. 2 {{cfb link|year=1978|team=Youngstown State Penguins|title=Youngstown State}} | No. 6 | Rayen Stadium | Youngstown, OH (Steel Tire) | L 3–27 | 10,200 |

| October 28 | | No. 9 {{cfb link|year=1978|team=Northern Michigan Wildcats|title=Northern Michigan}} | | Rubber Bowl | Akron, OH | W 27–7 | 10,017 |

| November 4 | | Temple | No. 8 | Rubber Bowl | Akron, OH | L 21–56 | 10,467 |

| November 11 | at | No. 8 (I-AA) Eastern Kentucky | | Hanger Field | Richmond, KY | L 14–35 | 8,800 | {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-akron-beacon-journal-zips-defense-u/154986862/|work=The Akron Beacon Journal|title=Zips' defense unable to stop E. Kentucky|date=November 12, 1978|accessdate=September 9, 2024|via=Newspapers.com}}

| November 18 | | Northern Iowa | | Rubber Bowl | Akron, OH | W 39–28 | 5,500–5,522 | {{cite web |author= |title=Final 1978 Cumulative Football Statistics Report |url=https://stats.ncaa.org/team/504/stats/13635 |publisher=National Collegiate Athletic Association |access-date=December 10, 2022 }}

}}

{{cite web |author= |title=Final 1978 Cumulative Football Statistics Report |url=https://stats.ncaa.org/team/5/stats/13635 |publisher=National Collegiate Athletic Association |access-date=December 13, 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 21, 2020 |pages=169}}

References

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