1979 Akron Zips football team

{{Infobox college sports team season

| year = 1979

| team = Akron Zips

| sport = football

| image =

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| conference = Mid-Continent Conference

| short_conf = MCC

| record = 6–5

| conf_record = 3–2

| head_coach = Jim Dennison

| hc_year = 7th

| captain = {{plainlist|

Curtis Howard
Bob Maxwell
Dennis McGlone
Paul Winters}}

| stadium = Rubber Bowl

}}

{{1979 Association of Mid-Continent Universities football standings}}

The 1979 Akron Zips football team represented Akron University in the 1979 NCAA Division II football season as a member of the Mid-Continent Conference. Led by seventh-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 3–2 in MCC play, placing third.

Schedule

{{CFB schedule

| rankyear = 1979

| rankdivision = NCAA Division II

| poll = AP

| opprank = y

| attend = y

| source = y

| September 22 | at | Boise State | Bronco Stadium | Boise, ID | L 21–31 | 19,642 | {{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=nqtfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=rzIMAAAAIBAJ&pg=6029%2C2999088 |newspaper=Lewiston Morning Tribune |location=(Idaho) |agency=Associated Press |title=Boise State rips Akron |date=September 23, 1979 |page=3D}}

| October 6 | at | Northern Iowa | UNI-Dome | Cedar Falls, IA | L 17–20 | 9,500 |

| October 13 | at | Eastern Michigan | Rynearson Stadium | Ypsilanti, MI | W 24–12 | 4,555 |

| October 20 | | No. 2 {{cfb link|year=1979|team=Youngstown State Penguins|title=Youngstown State}} | Rubber Bowl | Akron, OH (Steel Tire) | L 3–16 | 10,111 |

| October 27 | | {{cfb link|year=1979|team=Northern Michigan Wildcats|title=Northern Michigan}} | Rubber Bowl | Akron, OH | W 45–21 | 6,044 |

| November 3 | at | No. 10 (I-AA) Morehead State | Jayne Stadium | Morehead, KY | W 23–17 | 4,000 | {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-akron-beacon-journal-zips-stop-moreh/155185270/|work=The Akron Beacon Journal|title=Zips stop Morehead, 23–17|date=November 4, 1979|accessdate=September 12, 2024|via=Newspapers.com}}

| November 10 | at | Temple | Veterans Stadium | Philadelphia, PA | L 6–42 | 8,398 |

| November 17 | at | Eastern Illinois | O'Brien Field | Charleston, IL | W 27–16 | 6,500 |

}}

{{cite web |author= |title=Final 1979 Cumulative Football Statistics Report |url=https://stats.ncaa.org/team/5/stats/12715 |publisher=National Collegiate Athletic Association |access-date=December 14, 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 |access-date=May 17, 2020 |pages=169}}

References

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