1995 Akron Zips football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
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{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 1995
| team = Akron Zips
| sport = football
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| conference = Mid-American Conference
| short_conf = MAC
| record = 2–9
| conf_record = 2–6
| head_coach = Lee Owens
| hc_year = 1st
| off_coach = Paul Winters
| oc_year = 1st
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| stadium = Rubber Bowl
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{{1995 Mid-American Conference football standings}}
The 1995 Akron Zips football team represented Akron University in the 1995 NCAA Division I-A football season as members of the Mid-American Conference. They were led by first-year head coach Lee Owens. The Zips played their home games at the Rubber Bowl in Akron, Ohio. They finished the season with a record of 2–9 overall and 2–6 in MAC play to tie for seventh place.
This season was the last year of the Steel Tire rivalry series between Akron and Youngstown State, who'd met every year since 1967. The two teams are scheduled to meet next on September 5, 2020.{{cite web |title=2020 Akron Football Schedule |url=https://fbschedules.com/akron-football-schedule/ |website=FBSchedules.com |accessdate=May 4, 2020}}
Schedule
{{CFB schedule
| rankyear = 1995
| rankdivision = NCAA Division I-A
| poll = AP
| attend = y
| source = y
| September 2 | | Eastern Michigan | Rubber Bowl | Akron, OH | L 29–49 | |
| September 16 | at | Bowling Green | Doyt Perry Stadium | Bowling Green, OH | L 12–50 | |
| September 23 | at | No. 19 Kansas State
| September 30 | | Central Michigan | Rubber Bowl | Akron, OH | W 16–13 | |
| October 7 | at | Western Michigan | Waldo Stadium | Kalamazoo, MI | L 3–7 | |
| October 14 | at | Virginia Tech
| October 21 | | Ohio | Rubber Bowl | Akron, OH | L 23–29 | |
| October 28 | | Kent State | Rubber Bowl | Akron, OH (Wagon Wheel) | W 14–6 | |
| November 4 | | {{cfb link|year=1995|team=Youngstown State Penguins|title=Youngstown State}}
| November 11 | at | Toledo | Glass Bowl | Toledo, OH | L 7–41 | |
| November 18 | at | Miami (OH) | Yager Stadium | Oxford, OH | L 0–65 | |
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References
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{{Akron Zips football navbox}}
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