2007 Akron Zips football team

Conference

2007 record

4–8 (3–5 MAC)

Head coach

Home stadium

Seasons

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2007 Mid-American Conference football standings
Team	W		L	W		L	W		L
East
Miami ^x^y	4	–	2	5	–	2	6	–	7
Bowling Green ^x	4	–	2	6	–	2	8	–	5
Buffalo ^x	4	–	2	5	–	3	5	–	7
Ohio	3	–	3	4	–	4	6	–	6
Temple	3	–	3	4	–	4	4	–	8
Akron	2	–	4	3	–	5	4	–	8
Kent State	1	–	5	1	–	7	3	–	9
West
Central Michigan ^x^y†	4	–	1	6	–	1	8	–	6
Ball State ^x	4	–	1	5	–	2	7	–	6
Eastern Michigan	3	–	2	3	–	4	4	–	8
Western Michigan	2	–	3	3	–	4	5	–	7
Toledo	2	–	3	3	–	5	5	–	7
Northern Illinois	0	–	5	1	–	6	2	–	10
Championship: Central Michigan 35, Miami 10
† – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions Due to an unbalanced conference schedule, the team with best division record within each division was awarded that division's championship game berth. Rankings from AP Poll

The 2007 Akron Zips football team represented the University of Akron in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) college football during the 2007 season. Akron competed as a member of the East Division of the Mid-American Conference (MAC). The Zips were led by J. D. Brookhart in his fourth year as head coach.^[1]

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Site	Result	Attendance
September 1	7:00 PM	vs. Army*	Cleveland Browns Stadium • Cleveland, OH (Patriot Bowl)	W 22-14	17,865
September 8	12:00 PM	at #11 Ohio State*	Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH	L 20–2	104,317
September 15	12:00 PM	at Indiana*	Memorial Stadium • Bloomington, IN	L 41-24	31,196
September 22	12:00 PM	Kent State	Rubber Bowl • Akron, OH (Battle for the Wagon Wheel)	W 27-20	21,867
September 29	12:00 PM	at Connecticut*	Rentschler Field • East Hartford, CT	L 44-10	38,212
October 6	7:00 PM	at Western Michigan	Waldo Stadium • Kalamazoo, MI	W 39-38	25,610
October 13	6:00 PM	Temple	Rubber Bowl • Akron, OH	L 24-20	14,017
October 25	1:00 PM	at Buffalo	University at Buffalo Stadium • Amherst	L 26-10	10,142
November 2	7:30 PM	at Bowling Green	Doyt Perry Stadium • Bowling Green, OH	L 44-20	12,766
November 7	7:30 PM	Ohio	Rubber Bowl • Akron, OH	W 48-37	12,453
November 14	7:30 PM	at Miami (OH)	Yager Stadium • Oxford, OH	L 7-0	13,274
November 23	11:00 AM	Central Michigan	Rubber Bowl • Akron, OH	L 35-32	15,573
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Akron Zips football

Venues	Buchtel Field (?–1939) Rubber Bowl (1940–2008) InfoCision Stadium – Summa Field (2009–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Steel Tire (Youngstown State) Wagon Wheel (Kent State)

Culture & lore	Zippy "Akron Blue and Gold" Zips Marching Band

People	Head coaches

Seasons	1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

2007 Mid-American Conference football season

East Division	Akron • Bowling Green • Buffalo • Kent State • Miami • Ohio • Temple

West Division	Ball State • Central Michigan • Eastern Michigan • Northern Illinois • Toledo • Western Michigan

Champion	2007 MAC Championship Game

Bowl games	Motor City Bowl • International Bowl • GMAC Bowl