2007 Akron Zips football team

2007 Akron Zips football
Conference Mid-American Conference East Division
2007 record 4–8 (3–5 MAC)
Head coach J. D. Brookhart (4th year)
Offensive coordinator Joe Moorhead (1st year)
Defensive coordinator Jim Fleming (4th year)
Home stadium Rubber Bowl
(Capacity: 35,202)
2007 Mid-American Conference football standings
Div     Conf     Overall
Team   W   L         W   L         W   L  
Eastern Division
Miami xy   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  
Western Division
Central Michigan xy†   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 TV Result Attendance
September 1 7:00 PM vs. Army* Cleveland Browns Stadium • Cleveland, OH (Patriot Bowl) ESPN+ W 22–14   17,865
September 8 12:00 PM at #11 Ohio State* Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH BTN L 2–20   104,317
September 15 12:00 PM at Indiana* Memorial Stadium • Bloomington, IN BTN L 24–41   31,196
September 22 12:00 PM Kent State Rubber Bowl • Akron, OH (Battle for the Wagon Wheel) ESPN+ W 27–20   21,867
September 29 12:00 PM at Connecticut* Rentschler Field • East Hartford, CT ESPN+ L 10–44   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 20–24   14,017
October 25 1:00 PM at Buffalo UB Stadium • Amherst L 10–26   10,142
November 2 7:30 PM at Bowling Green Doyt Perry Stadium • Bowling Green, OH L 20–44   12,766
November 7 7:30 PM Ohio Rubber Bowl • Akron, OH ESPN2 W 48–37   12,453
November 14 7:30 PM at Miami (OH) Yager Stadium • Oxford, OH ESPN2 L 0–7   13,274
November 23 11:00 AM Central Michigan Rubber Bowl • Akron, OH ESPNU L 32–35   15,573
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Eastern Time.

References

  1. ↑ Akron Zips. "2007 University of Akron Football". Retrieved December 11, 2011.