POSTSEASON HISTORY COLLEGE DIVISION 1968 Akron’s First Bowl w Louisiana Tech 33, Akron 13 w December 14, 1968 w Floyd Stadium | Murfreesboro, Tenn.

Louisiana Tech 21 0 0 12 - 33 Akron 0 7 6 0 - 13

Scoring Summary LT - Bradshaw 16-yard run (Golmon kick) LT - Spinks 36-yard pass from Bradshaw (Golmon kick) LT - Herren 2-yard run (Golmon kick) UA - Vargo 1-yard run (Harrison kick) UA - Beidleman 13-yard run (kick blocked) LT - Brewer 6-yard pass from Bradshaw (kick failed) LT - Bradshaw 8-yard run (pass failed)

Team Stats LT UA First Downs 21 14 Rushing Yards 86 118 Passing 33-19-2 21-6-3 Passing Yards 261 78 Total Offense 347 196 POSTSEASON HISTORY POSTSEASON UA Individual Stat Leaders: MURFREESBORO, Tenn.– It was the first bowl The Zips managed to get on the board with Ron Lemon, 18 rushes, 75 yards Jack Beidleman, 18 rushes, 48 yards, 1 TD; 2 appearance for either team when The Univer- 1:50 left in the half on a 1-yard run from ju- recs, 22 yards sity of Akron and Louisiana Tech met in the nior fullback John Vargo. At 28, Vargo was the Dan Ruff, 4 receptions, 56 yards fifth annual Grantland Rice Bowl for the 1968 oldest in the country. College Division Mideast Region Champion- ship. The Zips opened the second half with their most impressive drive of the day as they Both teams touted who rewrote marched 80 yards in 19 plays as sophomore their respective record books. halfback Jack Beidleman took the ball in from 13 yards for the Akron score, cutting the For the Zips, under head coach Gordon Lar- lead to 21-13. son, senior Don Zwisler entered the contest ranked fourth in the nation in passing. For The Zips though could draw no closer as two the Bulldgos, junior ranked more Bradshaw scores in the fourth quarter first in the country. sealed the Bulldog win.

Tech jumped out to a quick lead with three On the day, Bradshaw rushed for two scores in the first quarter for a 21-0 ad- and threw for two more giving the football vantage. world a glimpse of things to come for the NFL Hall of Fame .

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COLLEGE DIVISION COLLEGE 2019 AKRON FOOTBALL MEDIA GUIDE MEDIA FOOTBALL AKRON 2019 177 DIVISION II

1976 Division II Playoffs | Quarterfinal First Postseason Victory in Program History w Akron 27, UNLV 6 w November 27, 1976 w Rubber Bowl | Akron, Ohio

UNLV 6 0 0 0 - 6 Akron 10 10 0 7 - 27

Scoring Summary UA - Embick 24-yard field goal UNLV - Bowls 100-yard kickoff return (kick failed) UA - Bezbatchenko 43-yard run (Embick kick) UA - Hovanec 1-yard run (Embick kick) UA - Embick 24-yard field goal UA - Evans 14-yard pass from Bezbatchenko (Embick kick)

Team Stats UNLV UA First Downs 14 25 Rushes/Yards 16-8 77-419 Passes 19-42-3 5-10-1 Passing Yards 241 31

UA Individual Stat Leaders: POSTSEASON HISTORY POSTSEASON Mark Hovanec, 21 rushes, 111 yards AKRON, Ohio– It was all Akron as the Zips for the Rebel . UNLV led 6-3 after Marty Bezbatchenko, 14 rushes, 88 yards hosted the University of Nevada-Las Vegas at the extra point attempt missed. Glenn Evans, 4 receptions, 31 yards, 1 TD the Rubber Bowl in the quarterfinal round of the 1976 NCAA Division II Playoffs. The Zips regained the lead for good later in the first half when quarterback Marty Bez- Akron head coach ’s trademark batchenko scampered 43 yards for a touch- running attack was true to form as the Blue down. and Gold racked up 419 yards on the ground, while the defense held the Rebel runners to Akron added 10 more points in the second only eight yards and controlled the game. quarter on a 1-yard Mark Hovanec run and a 24-yard Embick field goal. The Zips got on the board first, taking the opening kickoff down to the Vegas 7-yard Bezbatchenko closed out the scoring in the line where Jim Embick split the uprights with fourth quarter when he hit senior wide receiv- a 24-yard field goal for a 3-0 Akron lead. er Glenn Evans from 14 yards for the Akron touchdown. UNLV had its only point production on the afternoon on the ensuing kickoff when 5-6, For Akron, the win marked the first postsea- 143-lb. freshman Ken Bowls took the Embick son victory in program history. kick in the endzone and returned it 100 yards

178 178 GoZips.com/ZipsFB | #OurWay | #HereToDevelop POSTSEASON HISTORY - - - 179 26 - - 29 DIVISION II DIVISION 3 6 - - 8 9 6 0 With each team trading a series from the op ponent’s 15-yard line, the Zips won the toss Wild the pushed They defend. to elected and cats back to the 23-yard line where they hit a field goal. The UA offense then tookover and ran three rushing plays to move the ball to the 1-yard line where Bezbatchenko went over the goal line on a quarterback keeper to the victory. seal In the fourth quarter, Axner scored his third TD of the day on a 3-yard run. The Zips, too, missed on a two-point leaving them try, with NMU reclaimed the a a lead after 20-16 lead. QB fumble on the Akron 1-yard line, and OL score. for the recovered Brown Roy Down by three points with 3:29 left on the their on Starting shot. final one had UA clock, own 29-yard line, the Zips drove the ball to the NMU 18-yard line where kicker Jim Em bick split the uprights with :01 left to tie the contest at 23-23 and send it into overtime. - 0 7 7 10 Semifinal

| Northern Mich. Akron Akron 29, Northern Michigan 26 (OT) Michigan Northern 29, Akron 1976 December 4, Ohio Akron, Bowl | Rubber w w w NMU scored on its first drive of the second half a two-point conversion. but missed NMU in series history, the Zips NMU were down in by series history, 10 points before the Akron rushing machine began to roll. With 2:48 remaining in the first junior quarter, halfback Dave Axner took a Marty Bezbatchencko hand off on the right to the end zone. side and sprinted 56 yards Akron took the lead in the closing minutes of the half when Axner hit paydirt again for six yards to help the Zips to a 14-10 lead enter room. ing the locker AKRON, AKRON, Ohio– History between the Zips and Wildcats added another chapter during the semifinalround of the 1976 NCAA Division II the as Bowl Rockne Knute the named Playoffs– played teams in the first overtime game in the football playoffs. history of NCAA Riding a six-game winning streak against Knute Rockne Bowl; First OT Game in NCAA Playoffs in NCAA Game OT Bowl; First Rockne Knute 60 16 2-6-2 60-271 21 251 NMU UA 51-97 16-27-2

Brown 1-yard fumble recovery fumble 1-yard Brown (Harves kick) field goal Embick 35-yard field goal Harves 39-yard run 1-yard Bezbatchenko Axner 56-yard run (Embick kick) Axner 56-yard run (Embick kick) Axner 6-yard failed) (pass run 4-yard Awrey run (run failed) Axner 3-yard Awrey 1-yard run (Harves kick) 1-yard Awrey field goal Harves 31-yard ------

Mark Hovanec, 15 rushes, 48 yards 15 rushes, Mark Hovanec, UA Individual Stat Leaders: Individual Stat UA TD’s 3 122 yards, 15 rushes, Axner, Dave yards 54 10 rushes, Thurman, Greg Passes Yards Passing Team Stats Team Downs First Rushes/Yards UA NMU UA UA NMU UA UA NMU Scoring Summary NMU NMU 2019 AKRON FOOTBALL MEDIA GUIDE MEDIA FOOTBALL AKRON 2019 1976 Division II Playoffs Division 1976 179 DIVISION II

1976 Division II Playoffs | Final ; National Championship Game w Montana State 24, Akron 13 w December 11, 1976 w Memorial Stadium | Wichita Falls,

Akron 0 0 7 6 - 13 Montana State 0 14 3 7 - 24

Scoring Summary MSU - McCullough 5-yard pass from Dennehy (Muri kick) MSU - Damberger 3-yard pass from Ueland (Muri kick) MSU - Muri 21-yard field goal UA - Axner 3-yard run (Embick kick) UA - Evans 22-yard pass from Bezbatchenko (kick failed) MSU - Kosterba 7-yard run (Muri kick)

Team Stats UA MSU First Downs 14 19 Rushes/Yards 44-179 67-266 Passes 7-19-2 7-10-2 Passing Yards 91 50 WICHITA FALLS, Texas– It was windy and bitter The Bobcats added a field goal in the third cold in Wichita Falls when the Zips met No. quarter to take a 17-0 lead before Akron took

POSTSEASON HISTORY POSTSEASON UA Individual Stat Leaders: 1 Montana State for the NCAA Division II Na- advantage of a MSU mistake. Charles Parnell Greg Thurman, 10 rushes, 44 yards tional Championship. recovered a Bobcats fumble at the MSU 30- Dave Axner, 11 rushes, 42 yards, 1 TD yard line. Akron got on the board five plays Glenn Evans, 4 receptions, 60 yards, 1 TD The day was made for the ground game and later when Dave Axner ran in from 3 yards out ball control offenses, and the opponents did with 1:33 left in the third. not disappoint. UA caught another break early in the fourth UA entered the contest averaging 251.2 quarter when senior Louis Formen intercept- yards per game rushing, while MSU ranked ed a MSU pass and set the Zips up at the first in the nation with 287.5 yards per game Bobcats 25-yard line. Quarterback Marty Bez- on the ground. batchenko finished the three-play drive with a 22-yard touchdown pass to Glenn Evans. The teams played through a scoreless tie through the first quarter and most of the sec- The Montana State defense, however, took ond. MSU finally broke the ice with a 5-yard TD matters into its own hands by shutting the pass to cap a 51-yard drive with 5:47 remain- Zips down, while the offense added one more ing in the half. The Bobcats scored again with touchdown for the final 24-13 score. :27 left to take a 14-0 lead at intermission. While the Zips fell 11 points shy of a Nation- Montana State controlled the ball for 19:09 in al Championship, the 1976 team provided the first half and had 12 first downs compared countless exciting memories for Akron fans for to 10:51 and two first downs for UA. years to come.

180 180 GoZips.com/ZipsFB | #OurWay | #HereToDevelop POSTSEASON HISTORY - - - 1 81 35 - 27 - DIVISION I-AA DIVISION 6 7 14 14 gallop of 53 yards. The two teams traded scores once again with tailback Anthony Green hitting the Zips paydirt early in the for fourth quarter. The extra point attempt was blocked, however, leaving the Rams with a 29-27 lead and the eventual victory. by freshman Gary Tyler and returned 77 yards Rhode Island again scored for toa touchdown. hold a 14-7 edge at halftime. URI jumped out to a 14-point lead through midway the third Akron quarter. mounted an other comeback as defensive lineman Steve Rafac intercepted a Tom Ehrhardt pass and re for a touchdown. turned it 16 yards Akron score The came next when Clark capped off a 55-yard drive with a 1-yard over the mid dle leap into the endzone. Clark rushed for all 55 yards of the three-play drive, including a - 7 14 0 0 First Round First Zips’ First Division I Playoff Division Game Zips’ First | Akron Rhode Island Rhode Island 35, Akron 27 Akron 35, Rhode Island 1985 November 30, R.I. | Kingston, Stadium Meade w w w the Rams drove to the UA line 17-yard the on Rams drove to theirthe UA next possession, the Akron special teams took over. A Rams’ field goal attempt was blocked question marks entering the game. tailback Mike Junior Clark, who averaged 148 yards per game through the first sevenhad been hampered by contests, a sprained ankle and totaled only 115 in yards the last games. three Although Akron fell to the Rams, 35-27, Clark churning out 172 came yardsin through style, and a touchdown. After a scoreless first quarter, Rhodegot on the board with Islanda three-yard touchdown pass and extra point to take a 7-0 lead. After KINGSTON, R.I.– With a R.I.– 17- come-from-behind KINGSTON, 14 victory over Austin Peay to finish theregu lar season at 8-3, Akron headed to battle the Rhode Island Rams in round one of the NCAA I-AA playoffs, marking the Zips’ firstshowing since the move to Division I. playoff The Zips’ powerful running attack had a few 31 472

12-53 43-70-2 URI 20 UA 115 55-228 10-22-3

DiMaggio 3-yd pass from Ehrhardt from DiMaggio 3-yd pass kick) (Griffin Ehrhardt from DiMaggio 7-yd pass kick) (Griffin Rafac 16-yd interception return 16-yd interception Rafac (Klaus kick) Clark 1-yd run (Klaus kick) 1-yd run (kick blocked) Green DiMaggio 3-yd pass from Ehrhardt from DiMaggio 3-yd pass kick) (Griffin of 77-yd return FG blocked Tyler (Klaus kick) Ehrhardt from Donfield 21-yd pass kick) (Griffin Ehrhardt from DiMaggio 4-yd pass kick) (Griffin ------

Mike Clark, 13 rushes, 172 yards, 1 TD 1 172 yards, 13 rushes, Clark, Mike 79 yards 6 receptions, Willie Davis, 13 tackles Brian Moran, Yards Passing Leaders: Individual Stat UA First Downs First Rushes/Yards Passes Stats Team RIU UA RIU UA UA RIU UA RIU Scoring Summary RIU 2019 AKRON FOOTBALL MEDIA GUIDE MEDIA FOOTBALL AKRON 2019 1985 Division I-AA Playoffs I-AA Division 1985 1 81 DIVISION I– FOOTBALL BOWL SUBDIVISION 2005 Mid-American Conference Championship First Conference Championship w Akron 31, Northern Illinois 30 Attendance 12,051 Kickoff Time 7:45 p.m. w December 1, 2005 End of Game 11:16 p.m. w Ford Field | Detroit, Mich. Total Elapsed Time 3:31 Officials: Referee- Bill Alge; Umpire- William Zurcher; Linesman- Brian Matthews; Line Judge- Akron 10 0 0 21 - 31 Steve Barnes; Back Judge- Larry Orrico; Field Judge- Mike Conlin; Side Judge- Bill Simmons Northern Illinois 0 10 14 6 - 30 Temperature: 72 Wind: None Weather: Indoors

Head coaches Akron J.D. Brookhart Northern Illinois Joe Novak

Team Stats UA NIU First Downs 27 19 Rushes- Net Yards 32-105 52-250 Net Yards Passing 413 110 Pass Comp-Attempts-Int 30-52-1 7-17-0 Total Offense (Plays-Yds) 84-518 69-360 Fumble returns-Yds-TD 0-0-0 0-0-0 Kickoff returns-Yds-TD 3-75-0 6-124-0 Interception returns-Yds-TD 0-0-0 1-0-0 Punts (Number-Avg.) 5-38.0 5-46.6 Fumbles-Lost 1-1 0-0 Penalties-Yards 8-70 3-10 Possession Time 26:56 33:04 Third-Down Conversions 6 of 14 6 of 15 Fourth-Down Conversions 1 of 1 0 of 0 Red-Zone Scores-Chances 3-3 4-4

POSTSEASON HISTORY POSTSEASON Sacks By: Number-Yards 3-27 2-16 DETROIT (AP) -- The Akron Zips won the first confer- could have gotten the first down we needed,” he ence title in school history and berth in the Motor said. “We lost the game, so it doesn’t matter how Rushing: Akron– Biggs 20-70, Hixon 1-20, Ken- City Bowl -- and hope they earned some national many yards I had.” nedy 3-8, Getsy 8-7; NIU– Wolfe 42-270, Davis attention. 4-10, Team 1-(-1), Nicholson 5-(-29). Akron’s winning drive started on its own 19 with Luke Getsy threw a 36-yard touchdown pass to Do- 1:41 left and no timeouts. The Zips drove into Passing: Akron– Getsy 30-50-1-413-1; Team menik Hixon with 10 seconds left to give Akron a Northern Illinois (7-5) territory and Hixon beat 0-1-0-0-0; Biggs 0-1-0-0-0. NIU– Nicholson 7-17- 0-110-1. 31-30 victory over Northern Illinois on Thursday Adriel Hansbro down the middle of the field and night in the Mid-American Conference champion- grabbed Getsy’s pass deep in the end zone. Receiving: Akron– Hixon 8-144, Kasparek 6-81, ship game at Ford Field. Montgomery 6-69, Biggs 4-53, Long 3-20, Arthur “We were two yards short of the first down that 2-26, Kennedy 1-20. NIU– Davis 2-41, Hurd 2-26, “This is a huge moment, not just for our football would have ended the game,” Northern Illinois Nordin 2-22, Raleigh 1-21. program, but for our athletic department and our coach Joe Novak said. “We couldn’t make the play university,” Zips coach J.D. Brookhart said. “This was when we needed one, and they did.” Interceptions: Akron– none. NIU– Brown 1-0. the best three-hour advertisement you could ask for, because we are still in the building phase of The Zips had never won a football title in any con- Tackles (UA-A): Akron– Rohr 5-4, Mackey 5-4, Stokes 5-3, Brown 5-2, Reid 4-2, Dixon 2-4, Tate this program.” ference, dating to their joining the Ohio Athletic 3-2, Anderson 2-2, White 2-2, Grant 1-3, Corner Conference in 1915. 1-3, Gonzalez 1-3, Heny 2-1, Nedd 0-3, five with The Zips (7-5) overcame a national conference 1 each. NIU– Ray Smith 4-7, Adriel Hansbro 8-2, championship-game record 270 yards and two Wolfe had 42 carries and easily broke the previous Blalark 4-5, Brown 4-4, Alvah Hansbro 3-4, Utsch- touchdowns by Huskies tailback Garrett Wolfe. MAC title-game record of 188 yards, set by Toledo’s ig 4-2, Hutton 0-6, Deon Smith 3-1, Holman 1-3, Chester Taylor in 2001, and the 2-year-old national McCarthy 0-4, Rusch 1-2, English 1-2, Holycross “In the fourth quarter, if I could have broken one record of 235 yards, set by Kansas State’s Darren 1-1, eight with 1 each. more tackle or made one more move, maybe we Sproles.

182 182 GoZips.com/ZipsFB | #OurWay | #HereToDevelop POSTSEASON HISTORY - 3-0 V-H 10-0 10-7 10-10 10-17 10-24 17-24 17-27 24-27 24-30 31-30 183 NIU- Nendick 52-yd field goal, 2:59 8-55, run Getsy 7-yd Luke UA- 3:08 10-76, (Swiger kick), NIU- Nendick 46-yd field goal, 3:58 9-42, 36-yd pass Domenik Hixon UA- Getsy (Swiger kick), from 1:31 9-81, UA- Jason Swiger 47-yd field goal, Jason UA- 1:57 8-32, 3-yd run Dennis Kennedy UA- 1:47 6-61, (Swiger kick), 1-yd run Wolfe NIU- Garrett 3:28 8-67, (Chris Nendick kick), NIU- Nendick 21-yd field goal, 4:24 9-67, 11-yd run NIU- Garrett 2:46 5-81, (Nendick kick), from 19-yd pass NIU- Sam Hurd Dan Nicholson (Nendick kick), 3:06 6-32, run Biggs 3-yd Brett UA- 2:50 11-80, (Swiger kick), 10:49 7:35 3:28 0:10 • Since starting to play football in 1891, Akron hadAkron • Since starting to play football in 1891, title (at any level). never won a conference The appearance in • the MAC championship game and Northern Illinois. Akron was the first for both par time offirst match-up a had not had MAC The • title game in 1997. ticipants since the first league Scoring Summary 1st 11:54 2:55 2nd 11:14 2:21 3rd 5:03 1:43 4th 13:53 Zips Notes East Division title Mid-American Conference • First Championship game appearance MAC • First Championship game victory MAC • First - - DIVISION I– FOOTBALL BOWL SUBDIVISION BOWL I– FOOTBALL DIVISION Kris Kasparek sion and Getsy drove for the winning score. sion and Getsy drove “We said. Brookhart finish,” unbelievable an was “It found a way to go 80 yards.” Getsy was 30-of-50 for 413 yards, and Hixon had eight catches for 144 yards. The game was as wild as the teams’ first meeting, 24. won 48-42 in overtime on Sept. Akron which a touchdown that pulled the Zips within three, 27-24. three, within Zips the pulled that touchdown a six- a it made 46-yarder, a goal, field third Nendick’s point game with 3:28 to go. before Get to drove Akron the Northern Illinois 33, ofKennedy hands Dennis offthe bounced pass sy’s Phil Brown. by linebacker and was intercepted Northern Illinois went Akronforcing three-and-out, to use all three timeouts, but the Zips got posses -

Jermaine Reid 2019 AKRON FOOTBALL MEDIA GUIDE MEDIA FOOTBALL AKRON 2019 10 points with a championship game-record 52-yard But Getsyfield countered goal. with a 7-yard draw for 3-yard run by Brett Biggs with 13:53 remaining. Biggs Brett run by 3-yard Chris Nendick pushed Northern Illinois’ lead back to 19-yard scoring pass. 19-yard The Zips rallied and cut the margin to 24-17 on a After After a fumble, the Huskies made it 24-10 when Dan Nicholson hit Sam Hurd at the goal line with a Wolfe Wolfe raced 62 yards through to the third, the then scored Zips his second 20 touch burst. down on a 12-yard midway Nendick tied the game at 10 with a 21-yarder. Nendick tied the game at 10 with a 21-yarder. was tied at 10 at halftime. score The Wolfe made it 10-7 with a 1-yard . dive. made it 10-7 with a 1-yard Wolfe Swiger narrowly missed a 46-yard field goal attempt. The The teams then traded short rushing touchdowns, as Kennedy put Akron up 10-0 with a 3-yard run. Akron Akron took a 3-0 lead on their first possession on Jason Swiger’s 47-yard field goal, the longest in MAC title-game history until Nendick’s kick three quarters later. 183 DIVISION I– FOOTBALL BOWL SUBDIVISION 2005 Motor City Bowl Akron’s First Division I-A [FBS] Bowl Attendance 50,616 w Memphis 38, Akron 31 Kickoff Time 4:00 p.m. w December 26, 2005 End of Game 7:47 p.m. Total Elapsed Time 3:57 w Ford Field | Detroit, Mich. Officials: Referee- Jack Folliard; Umpire- Dennis Angel; Linesman- James Rinne; Line Judge- Blake Lozo; Back Judge- Mike Aaronian; Field Memphis 0 13 7 18 - 38 Judge- Mike Mothershed; Side Judge- Bernard Akron 3 0 7 21 - 31 Samuels Temperature: 72 Wind: None Weather: Indoors

Head coaches Memphis Tommy West Akron J.D. Brookhart

Team Stats UM UA First Downs 21 24 Rushes- Net Yards 58-346 23-47 Net Yards Passing 170 455 Pass Comp-Attempts-Int 7-14-0 34-59-0 Total Offense (Plays-Yds) 72-516 82-502 Fumble returns-Yds-TD 0-0-0 0-0-0 Kickoff returns-Yds-TD 3-97-0 2-39-0 Interception returns-Yds-TD 0-0-0 0-0-0 Punts (Number-Avg.) 5-45.6 8-40.5 Fumbles-Lost 1-1 0-0 Penalties-Yards 7-62 10-61 Possession Time 29:48 30:12 Third-Down Conversions 6 of 14 8 of 18 Fourth-Down Conversions 0 of 0 0 of 1 Red-Zone Scores-Chances 6-6 4-4 POSTSEASON HISTORY POSTSEASON DETROIT (AP) - DeAngelo Williams lived up to the Getsy was 34-for-59 for a Motor City Bowl-record Sacks By: Number-Yards 3-22 0-0 hype. 455 yards, and tied Chad Pennington’s mark for Rushing: Memphis– D. Williams 31-238, Doss passing touchdowns in the bowl’s nine-year histo- 9-56, Avery 13-38, E. Williams 3-18, Team 2-(-4). Williams set an NCAA record with his 34th 100- ry. Jabari Arthur broke Randy Moss’s bowl record Akron– Biggs 14-46, Kennedy 3-13, McDaniel 1-5, yard rushing game and scored three touchdowns, with 180 yards receiving, scoring twice on eight Getsy 5-(-17). leading Memphis to a 38-31 victory over Akron in receptions. Passing: Memphis– Avery 7-13-0-170-0, Scott the Motor City Bowl. 0-1-0-0-0. Akron– Getsy 34-59-0-455-4. The Tigers led by 10 at halftime after scoring on Williams ran for 233 yards on 30 carries and fin- three straight drives, then pulled away in the sec- Receiving: Memphis– Scott 3-103, E. Williams ished his career with 6,021 yards rushing – trail- ond half with three TDs and a field goal in four 1-42, Doucette 1-28, McCoty 1-(-2), D. Williams ing only Ron Dayne, Ricky Williams and Tony Dor- drives before nearly collapsing in the final minutes. 1-(-2). Akron– Arthur 8-180, Hixon 7-63, Kasparek 6-70, Montgomery 6-55, Biggs 4-79, Kennedy 2-6, sett in Division I-A history – and an NCAA-record McDaniel 1-2. 7,568 all-purpose yards. It was a wild finish – with 46 points scored in the final 15:46 – after Akron led 3-0 midway through Interceptions: Memphis– none . Akron– none. The Tigers (7-5) took a 21-point lead with 3:09 left, but the first quarter. The teams combined for 1,018 needed to recover an with 55 seconds left yards of offense. Tackles (UA-A): Memphis– Goodwell 4-8, Collins 7-2, B. McDonald 6-3, R. Smith 4-3, Grant 2-5, Bak- to seal the win after Luke Getsy threw his fourth touch- er 1-5, Rufus 2-3, Snyder 2-2, West 0-4, W. Smith down pass to cut the lead to seven points. Williams broke the 100-yard mark in the third 1-2, Patterson 1-2, Washington 0-3, Spurlock 2-0, quarter when he ran up the middle and bounced McCraney 1-1, C. McDonald 0-1. Akron– Mackey Akron (7-6) made a good showing in its first Divi- to the outside on an 18-yard carry. 9-2, Grant 5-5, Stokes 5-3, Reid 4-4, Rohr 3-5, Dixon sion I-A after scoring 21 fourth-quarter 6-1, Tate 5-1, Corner 5-1, Gonzalez 3-1, Henry 1-2, White 1-2, Swiger 1-1, Cecchetti 0-2, Groza 0-2, five points to beat Northern Illinois in the Mid-Ameri- After Getsy threw a 72-yard TD pass to Brett Biggs players with one each. can Conference championship game. early in the fourth quarter to cut Akron’s deficit to 23-17, Williams showed his speed and power.

184 184 GoZips.com/ZipsFB | #OurWay | #HereToDevelop POSTSEASON HISTORY 38-31 23-17 31-17 38-17 38-24 23-10 185 Luke Getsy Luke (Swiger kick), (Swiger kick), 1:01 3-80, run Williams 2-yard UM - (Avery ), 0:22 2-69, run 5-yard E. Williams, UM - kick), (Gostkowski 6:38 12-78, Getsy from pass 14-yard - Hixon UA (Swiger kick), 1:23 8-80, pass Arthur 19-yard Jabari - UA Getsy (Swiger kick), from 0:50 6-51, UM - Gostkowski 50-yard field goal, 50-yard UM - Gostkowski 1:49 6-33, Getsy from pass 72-yard Biggs Brett - UA

10:41 3:09 1:46 0:55 4th 12:04 11:03 0-3 3-3 V-H 13-3 20-3 10-3 20-10 DIVISION I– FOOTBALL BOWL SUBDIVISION BOWL I– FOOTBALL DIVISION 9-63, 2:12 9-63, kick), (Gostkowski 4:47 9-75, Getsy Luke from pass 46-yard Arthur - UA (Swiger kick), 2:16 7-80, UA - Jason Swiger 43-yd field goal, Jason - UA 3:45 10-31, field goal, 32-yard Gostkowski UM - S. 3:42 9-82, 1-yd run Williams UM - DeAng kick), (Gostkowski 1:14 4-52, field goal, 25-yard UM - Gostkowski run Williams 2-yard UM -

3rd 3:02 0:46 Scoring Summary 1st 0:40 2nd 7:02 4:08 0:18 - - Jabari Arthur Jabari

2019 AKRON FOOTBALL MEDIA GUIDE MEDIA FOOTBALL AKRON 2019 the history of the Motor City Bowl to sell its allot ment of 10,000 An tickets. estimated 15,000 Zips’ 26. on Dec. Field at Ford in attendance fans were Zips Notes school in appearance game bowl I-A Division First • history in Zips became The just (Toledo) the second team • A A crowd of 50,616 attended the game in 2006. the Super Bowl was played where Field, in Ford tor City Bowl record set by Northwestern’s Jason in 2003. against Bowling Green Wright driving for its 38-17 lead. driving for its 38-17 lead. He finished four rushing yards short of the Mo Williams, who finished seventh in voting for the Heisman, was taken out of the through the game fourth midway quarter while Memphis was line and sprinted for a 67-yard gain to set up his 2-yard, linemen-dragging TD for his third score, tying the bowl record. He burst through a small hole in the middle of the of middle the in hole small a through burst He 185 DIVISION I– FOOTBALL BOWL SUBDIVISION 2015 Famous Idaho Potato Bowl Akron’s First Division I-A [FBS] Bowl Victory w Akron 23, Utah State 21 Attendance 18,876 Kickoff Time 1:30 p.m. w December 22, 2015 End of Game 5:00 p.m. w Albertsons Stadium | Boise, Idaho Total Elapsed Time 3:30 Officials: Referee- Charles Lewis; Umpire- Chad Walker; Linesman- Greg Lefils; Line Judge- Pete Akron 7 6 7 3 - 23 Taso; Back Judge- Matt Hollifield; Field Judge- J. Middlebrooks; Side Judge- Scott Solomon Utah State 0 7 7 7 - 21 Temperature: 37 Wind: 6 WNW Weather: Cloudy

Head coaches Akron Terry Bowden Utah State Matt Wells

Team Stats UA USU First Downs 17 22 Rushes- Net Yards 42-100 29-131 Net Yards Passing 182 237 Pass Comp-Attempts-Int 15-30-1 28-45-1 Total Offense (Plays-Yds) 72-282 74-368 Fumble returns-Yds-TD 1-56-0 0-0-0 Kickoff returns-Yds-TD 2-35-0 4-107-0 Interception returns-Yds-TD 1-0-0 1-4-0 Punts (Number-Avg.) 8-44.2 6-44.5 Fumbles-Lost 0-0 5-2 Penalties-Yards 5-34 8-60 Possession Time 34:07 25:53 Third-Down Conversions 5 of 16 5 of 13 Fourth-Down Conversions 0 of 1 0 of 2 Red-Zone Scores-Chances 4-4 3-4

POSTSEASON HISTORY POSTSEASON Sacks By: Number-Yards 5-32 1-9 BOISE, Idaho– The Akron Zips claimed their first FBS On the opening drive, the Zips’ defense showed bowl win in school history with a 23-21 defeat of its strength as senior NT Cody Grice and junior DE Rushing: Akron– Woodson 16-47, Hundley Utah State at Albertsons Stadium on Tuesday after- Se’Von Pittman sacked QB Chuckie Keeton for a loss 14-28, Alexander 9-23, Grice 3-2. Utah State– Mays noon before a crowd of 18,876. of eight, forcing the Aggies to . 12-124, Myers 9-8, Hunt 4-7, Keeton 3-(-1), Nelson 1-(-7). Finishing on a five-game winning streak, Akron Akron scored on its next possession, driving 56 Passing: Akron– Woodson 14-29-1-168-0, improved to 8-5 overall, the most wins in a season yards to the endzone. The Zips used a as Goodman 1-1-0-14-1. Utah State– Keeton 14-25-1- since moving into FBS play in 1987. junior WR Tyrell Goodman passed the ball 14 yards 114-1, Myers 14-20-0-123-2. to Woodson for the score. Stein tacked on the extra Senior PK Robert Stein was named the bowl’s Most point, giving Akron a 7-0 lead with 10:38 to go in Receiving: Akron– Pratt 9-94, Lane 4-32, Coney 1-42, Woodson 1-14. Utah State– Sharp 11-89, Valuable Player. He finished with 11 points on the the first quarter. Houston 4-41, Swindall 3-35, Roberts 3-26, Rodri- day (three field goals and two extra points) en route guez 3-14, Hunt 3-6, Raymond 1-22, Keeton 0-5. to becoming Akron’s career scoring leader. In the second quarter, both teams threw a pick. Woodson was first, followed by Keeton five plays Interceptions: Akron– Givens 1-0. Utah State– Sophomore QB Thomas Woodson went 14-of-29 for later as senior CB Kris Givens recorded his second Davis 1-4. 168 yards and was the Zips’ leading rusher with 47 interception of the season, stopping an Aggies’ Tackles (UA-A): Akron– Guiser 7-2, Evans 7-1, yards on 16 carries. He also had a 14-yard TD reception. scoring drive on the six. J. Brown 5-3, Givens 6-0, Scott 4-1, Monroe 3-2, Marcus 2-2, George 3-0, Coe 3-0, Hope 1-1, Grice In the air, senior WR Andrew Pratt led Akron with a Givens struck again on the next defensive drive. He 1-1, Pittman 0-2, nine players with one each. Utah career-high nine receptions for 94 yards. broke up a pass in the endzone on third-and-eight. State– Filiaga 6-2, Moala 5-3, Fackrell 4-2, Davis 4-1, Evans 4-1, Evans 3-2, Hines 4-0, Floyd 4-0, On fourth down, the Aggies lined up for a fake field Nielsen 3-1, Centers 3-1, Vigil 3-1, Green 3-0, Ali’if- Defensively, sophomore S Zach Guiser had nine goal and turned the ball over on downs after a rush ua 1-1, Hayes 1-1, seven players with one each. tackles, while senior LB Dylan Evans and Jatavis for a loss of seven yards. Brown had eight tackles each.

186 186 GoZips.com/ZipsFB | #OurWay | #HereToDevelop POSTSEASON HISTORY 13-7 10-0 10-7 13-14 20-14 23-14 23-21 187 Kris Givens Thomas Woodson Thomas UA - Stein 29-yd field goal, - Stein UA 0:04 1-0, from USU - Hunter Sharp 19-yd pass kick), Myers (Warren 2:19 7-64, 2-yd run Alexander - Donnell UA kick), (Stein 4:00 8-40, field goal, 46-yard - Stein UA 6:38 14-56, Chuckie from USU - Swindall 2-yd pass kick), (Warren Keeton 1:30 10-64, UA - Stein 33-yard field goal, 33-yard - Stein UA 5:34 12-59, from Swindall 9-yd pass USU - Brandon kick), Warren Myers (Brock Kent 1:21 3-71,

0:00 3rd 12:41 5:43 4th 8:15 1:12 2nd 2:53 1:32 7-0 V-H DIVISION I– FOOTBALL BOWL SUBDIVISION BOWL I– FOOTBALL DIVISION UA - Thomas Woodson 14-yd pass from 14-yd pass Woodson Thomas - UA kick), Stein Goodman (Robert Tyrell 0:52 3-56, • The win, the Zips’ fifth consecutive win this fall, was a school record eighth win (most in a season) since moving up to FBS (since 1987). Scoring Summary 1st 10:38 With 1:12 remaining in the scored its final touchdown on a game, two-yardThe pass. Utah State Zips ran the clock down to Utah six State’s seconds. final attempt of the game was incomplete, sealing the Zips’ victory. Zips Notes • Captains: Seniors #1 LB Jatavis Grice Brown, Cody and #36 NT Hundley, Conor #4 RB • The win was Akron’s first-ever bowl victory as an season. of2015 victory the eighth its and team FBS - - - Robert Stein Robert

2019 AKRON FOOTBALL MEDIA GUIDE MEDIA FOOTBALL AKRON 2019 career scoring leader. scoring leader. career Stein added Stein a field46-yard goal in the fourth quar Akron’s becoming while lead, 23-14 a UA giving ter, Akron Akron rebounded with 40-yard an drive eight-play, two-yard a following lead 20-14 a Zips the gave that Alexander. touchdown run by senior RB Donnell State State took its firstlead, 14-13,en-play following 64-yard drive a sev that ended with a 19-yard Myers to Hunter Sharp. from touchdown pass giving the Zips a 13-7 lead at intermission. giving the Zips a 13-7 lead On the opening drive of the third quarter, Utah ble, ble, recovered by senior Rodney Coe who ran back 56 it yards to the 12 with four seconds on the clock. Stein then converted a 29-yard field goal, On their next drive, the Aggies made back-to-back first downs to the Brown 32. Akron’s forced a fum Following the kickoff, Utah State took three plays toplays three took State Utah kickoff, the Following drive the including field, a career long 61-yard run by Devante Mays, to score a nine-yard touchdown Swindall. Myers to Brandon from With 2:53 remaining in the first half, Stein nailed nailed Stein a half, first the in remaining 2:53 With Zips 10-0 advantage. field goal to give the 33-yard 187 DIVISION I– FOOTBALL BOWL SUBDIVISION 2017 Mid-American Conference Championship Second MAC Championship Appearance w Toledo 45, Akron 28 Attendance 16,225 Kickoff Time 12:03 p.m. w December 2, 2017 End of Game 3:57 p.m. Total Elapsed Time 3:54 w Ford Field | Detroit, Mich. Officials: Referee- Curt Johnson; Umpire- John Hanneke; Linesman- Vince Winters; Line Judge- G. Jogodzinski; Back Judge- Justin Shaeher; Field Akron 0 0 7 21 - 28 Judge- John Masterson; Side Judge- Art Lucky; Toledo 7 21 10 7 - 45 Center Judge- Jason Grant Weather: Indoors

Head Coaches Akron Terry Bowden Toledo Jason Candle

Team Stats UA UT First Downs 20 26 Rushes- Net Yards 33-113 39-254 Net Yards Passing 283 307 Pass Comp-Attempts-Int 18-42-1 23-37-2 Total Offense (Plays-Yds) 75-396 76-561 Fumble returns-Yds-TD 0-0-0 0-0-0 Kickoff returns-Yds-TD 0-0-0 2-32-0 Interception returns-Yds-TD 2-45-0 1-8-0 Punts (Number-Avg.) 7-42.7 3-38.3 Fumbles-Lost 1-1 4-3 Penalties-Yards 3-25 4-43 Possession Time 27:58 32:02 Third-Down Conversions 6 of 18 4 of 11 Fourth-Down Conversions 1 of 3 1 of 1 Red-Zone Scores-Chances 2-4 4-6 Sacks By: Number-Yards 0-0 4-23

Rushing: Akron– Morgan 11-51, Edwards 10-46,

POSTSEASON HISTORY POSTSEASON DETROIT -- The University of Akron football team He took over under center on last drive of the first Nelson 10-10, Woodson 2-6. UT– Swanson 21-180, could not overcome a 28-0 halftime deficit and fell quarter. Seymour 8-39, Thimpkins 5-30, Woodside 2-14, Phillips 1-(-3), Team 2-(-6). to Toledo, 45-28, in the 2017 Mid-American Confer- ence championship game before 16,225 fans on With 1:54 to go, the Rockets’ Jameson Vest missed Passing: Akron– Nelson 8-18-0-177-2, Woodson Saturday at Ford Field. a 33-yard field goal attempt. UT led after the first 5-14-1-35-0, Kelley 5-9-0-71-1, Chapman 0-1-0-0- quarter, 7-0. 0. UT– Woodside 23-37-2-307-4. Akron fell to 7-6 overall, while the Rockets im- Receiving: Akron– Smith 3-114, Wolf 2-41, proved Akron fell to 7-6 overall, while the Rockets In the second quarter, junior LB Brian Bell recov- Coney 2-23, Morgan 2-17, Booker 2-14 Edwards improved to 11-2 overall. Both teams earned bowl ered a fumble on the 37. The recovery set up a field 2-11, Chapman 2-8, Williams 1-37, Stewart 1-9, berths (Akron– Boca Raton; Toledo– Dollar General). goal attempt for the Zips, but Nick Gasser’s 42-yard Gladney 1-8. UT– D. Johnson 9-118, J. Johnson attempt was blocked by Childress, who returned 6-103, McKinley-Lewis 2-13, Rosi 1-18, Richards Akron started the game with the ball but was forced the ball 36 yards to the 34. 1-17, Mitchell 1-12, Seymour 1-12, Phillips 1-8, Swanson 1-6. to punt. Toledo went three-and-out on its opening drive. Toledo took advantage of the turnover with a two- Interceptions: Akron– George 1-20, Gilbert 1-25. yard rushing touchdown by Terry Swanson to take UT– Mathis 1-8. On its second drive, Toledo jumped on the score- a 14-0 lead. board first. UT’s Danzel McKinley-Lewis returned a Tackles (UA-A): Akron– George 5-5, Gilbert 5-5, J. Davis 8-0, A. Davis 5-3, Dailey 4-0, Brown 3-1, Bell punt 48 yards to the 17. On the next play, Diontae The Rockets went ahead 21-0 as Johnson scored 1-3, Boxen 0-4, Featherstone 2-1, Lako 1-2, Camara Johnson caught a 27-yard pass from QB Logan again, this time on a five-yard reception. 1-1, eight players with 1. UT– Quinn 2-8, Woodley Woodside, the MAC Offensive Player of the Year, to 4-4, Adeniyi 5-1, Teachey 3-3, Blue 2-4, Linch 0-5, go ahead 7-0. With 2:41 to go in the first half, first-team All-MAC Robinson 2-2, Mathis 1-3, Whitfield 2-0, Clark 1-1, LB Ulysees Gilbert III intercepted a Woodside pass Hollman 1-1, Childress 1-1, Olekanma 0-2, Moore 0-2, Taafe 0-2, seven players with one. Redshirt senior QB Thomas Woodson replaced and returned it 25 yards. The Zips could not get into starter Kato Nelson for a series in the first quarter, the red zone and were forced to punt. his first action since the win over Buffalo (Oct. 28).

188 188 GoZips.com/ZipsFB | #OurWay | #HereToDevelop POSTSEASON HISTORY 0-7 V-H 0-14 0-21 189 UT- Diontae Johnson 27-yd. pass from pass Johnson 27-yd. Diontae UT- 0:24 1-17, kick), (Vest Woodside kick), run (Vest Swanson 2-yd. UT- 0:57 3-70, Woodside from pass Johnson 5-yd. UT- 3:33 8-64, kick), (Vest Championship games, 0-1 in 2005 bowl game). Championship games, • Junior DB Jordan George intercepted the ball in the fourth quarter, leading to a UA touchdown on play. the very next five-yard a threw Kelley Robbie QB junior Redshirt • as second his quarter, fourth the in pass touchdown a Zip. Scoring Summary 1st 10:10 2nd 11:22 6:51 Zips Notes • The game was second Akron’s appearance in the Championship game and first since 2005. MAC MAC in (1-1 Field Ford at overall 1-3 stand Zips The • - Jamal Davis II Jamal DIVISION I– FOOTBALL BOWL SUBDIVISION BOWL I– FOOTBALL DIVISION Newman Williams touchdown on three receptions, while Morgan led the rushing efforts with 51 yards and a touchdown 10 with Akron led George and Gilbert carries. 11 on tackles apiece. the Player Woodside, of the the For Rockets, Game, and four touchdowns. went 23-of-37 for 307 yards Akron finished the game with two more scores. Nel scores. more two with game the finished Akron on Smith Kwadarrius WR junior with connected son with 6:09 to go. touchdown pass a 44-yard On the final junior drive, QBKelleyRobbie threw a Kobie Booker. TE touchdown to freshman five-yard and yards 177 for 8-of-18 went Nelson Zips, the For 35 for 5-of-14 was Woodson while touchdowns, two Smith led yards. the receivers with 114 yards and a - - - - Kato Nelson Kato

2019 AKRON FOOTBALL MEDIA GUIDE MEDIA FOOTBALL AKRON 2019 The The Rockets scored on the next play with a 54-yard 45-14. to Swanson to go ahead pass bled the ball on the returning next the play, ball to Toledo. On Toledo’s next On Toledo’s drive, senior DL Ibrahima Camara Dai Darian DB junior by recovered fumble, a forced and ley, the Zips took over on the 42. Nelson fum with a 29-yard touchdown reception. UT led 38-14 in the game. with 14:38 remaining The The Zips opened the fourth quarter with an inter ception by junior DB Jordan George. UA scored on Wolf Austin WR senior hit Woodson as play next the Akron finally got on the scoreboard with 30 seconds 30 with scoreboard the on got finally Akron direct a took Morgan Manny RB quarter. the in go to into the endzone. seven yards snap and marched In the third Vest quarter, converted a 47-yard field a 31-0 edge. goal to give UT eight seconds on the clock. Toledo led at intermis 28-0. sion, On their final drive of the half, theRockets began its drive on the three and yards to the end zone as withtouchdown 27-yard a caught Johnson Jon’Vea 189 DIVISION I– FOOTBALL BOWL SUBDIVISION 2017 Cheribundi Tart Cherry Boca Raton Bowl Second Bowl Appearance in Three Seasons w Florida Atlantic 50, Akron 3 Attendance 25,912 Kickoff Time 7:05 p.m. w December 19, 2017 End of Game 10:18 p.m. Total Elapsed Time 3:13 w FAU Stadium | Boca Raton, Fla. Officials: Referee- Kevin Stine; Umpire- Mark Baynes; Linesman- D. Scott Peterson; Line Judge- Dion Quinn; Back Judge- Matt Hollifield; Field Akron 0 3 0 0 - 3 Judge- Grant Jackson; Side Judge- Eduardo Florida Atlantic 7 14 15 14 - 50 Balbis; Center Judge- Mike Block Weather: 74 degrees, clear, no wind

Head Coaches Akron Terry Bowden Florida Atlantic Lane Kiffin

Team Stats UA FAU First Downs 11 29 Rushes- Net Yards 37-69 60-312 Net Yards Passing 77 270 Pass Comp-Attempts-Int 10-21-0 19-26-0 Total Offense (Plays-Yds) 58-146 86-582 Fumble returns-Yds-TD 0-0-0 0-0-0 Kickoff returns-Yds-TD 0-0-0 1-26-0 Interception returns-Yds-TD 0-0-0 0-0-0 Punts (Number-Avg.) 7-45.6 1-34.0 Fumbles-Lost 0-0 1-0 Penalties-Yards 4-49 6-52 Possession Time 27:52 32:08 Third-Down Conversions 3 of 15 3 of 12 Fourth-Down Conversions 0 of 2 5 of 6 Red-Zone Scores-Chances 1-2 6-6 Sacks By: Number-Yards 1-3 5-33

Rushing: Akron– Morgan 17-41, Nelson 14-

POSTSEASON HISTORY POSTSEASON BOCA RATON, Fla. – Four second-half touchdowns Defensively, junior LB Ulysees Gilbert III paced the 21, Turfe 5-17, Kelley 1-(-10). FAU– Singletary proved too much for the University of Akron football Zips with a game-high 13 tackles, including three 26-124, Driskel 13-67, Howell 9-50, Whyte 5-35, Woods 2-22, Wright 4-19, Solomon 1-(-5). team to overcome as Florida Atlantic (11-3 overall) solo tackles. Akron also benefitted from 11 and 10 posted a 50-3 victory over the Zips (7-7 overall) in tackles, respectively, from sophomore DB Alvin Da- Passing: Akron– Nelson 9-15-0-80-0, Kelley the Cheribundi Tart Cherry Boca Raton Bowl on vis and redshirt junior DE Jamal Davis II. Alvin Davis 1-6-0-(-3)-0. FAU– Driskel 19-25-0-270-2, Franklin Tuesday. and junior DB Kyron Brown registered a team-best 0-1-0-0-0. six solo tackles apiece. Receiving: Akron– Wolf 3-26, Chapman 3-19, The Owls out-gained Akron in the second half, 332- Coney 2-28, Bickley 1-7, Williams 1-(-3). FAU– 24, to deny the Zips their second bowl triumph. The Owls took the opening series down to the Zips’ Wright 7-71, Woods 4-79, Solomon 4-71, Raine 27-yard line before the scoring drive stalled as Greg 1-23, Singletary 1-13, Whyte 1-10, McGriff 1-3. On the evening, Florida Atlantic out-paced Akron in Joseph’s 45-yard field goal attempt sailed wide right. total yards, 582-146, including a rushing for 312 Interceptions: none. yards. The Zips finished the contest without com- Akron assumed the ball on its opening series and Tackles (UA-A): Akron– Gilbert 3-10, A. Davis mitting a turnover. marched down to the Florida Atlantic nine-yard line 6-5, J. Davis 5-5, Lako 4-4, Featherstone 2-6, thanks to a key 3rd-and-10 conversion on a quar- Brown 6-1, Bell 3-2, Hauser 2-3, Baggett 2-2, Playing in their school-record 14th game of the terback keeper by Nelson. A quarterback sack on George 2-1, Butler 2-1, Ward 1-2, Dailey 1-2, season, redshirt freshman QB Kato Nelson led Ak- third-and-goal forced the Zips to go for a 38-yard Reinke 0-3, Jacobs 1-1, Boxen 0-2, four players with 1. FAU– Al-Shaair 5-8, Smith 7-3, Young 3-4, ron offensively going 9-of-15 for 80 yards, while field goal, an attempt by junior PK Nick Gasser that Snyder 3-2, Leggett 1-4, Taleni 0-4, Burden 2-1, rushing for 21 yards. Senior RB Manny Morgan was went wide right. Tooley 2-1, McCarthy 0-3, Rose 1-1, McCrary 0-2, the Zips’ leading rusher with 41 yards on 17 carries, Internicola 0-2, five players with one. while senior WR A.J. Coney pulled in two catches for Florida Atlantic capped the scoring drive with a four- a team-best 28 yards receiving. Senior WR Austin yard touchdown pass on fourth down from Driskel Wolf and Tra’Von Chapman each made three recep- to Wright with 1:08 remaining in the opening quar- tions for 26 and 19 yards, respectively. ter to give the Owls a 7-0 lead.

190 190 GoZips.com/ZipsFB | #OurWay | #HereToDevelop POSTSEASON HISTORY 3-21 3-28 3-36 3-14 1 91 3-43 3-50 FAU- Driskel 7-yd. run (Joseph kick), run (Joseph 7-yd. Driskel FAU- 1:44 6-75, kick), run (Rickel Singletary 26-yd. FAU- 3:22 8-66, 4-87, 0:58 4-87, kick), run (Joseph Singletary 2-yd. FAU- 3:13 10-52, Driskel from pass 3-yd. Wright FAU- 1:41 6-40, rush), (Wright FAU- Driskel 3-yd. run (Joseph kick), run (Joseph 3-yd. Driskel FAU- 5:36 14-75, kick), run (Joseph Singletary 6-yd. FAU- Ulysees Gilbert III 3rd 9:13 6:30 4th 14:35 10:47 5:38 0:37 0-7 3-7

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TUESDAY • 12.19.2017 • TUESDAY AKRON AKRON Nick Gasser 1st 1:08 2nd 11:14 Zips Notes • The Zips participated in their second bowl game first. a program seasons, in three • The 14 games played were the most in a season in school history. loss a for sack a had Butler Denzel DB Sophomore • in his collegiate career. the first of yards, three tackles. 10 career-high a had Davis Jamal •DE Junior Scoring Summary - - -

Manny Morgan 2019 AKRON FOOTBALL MEDIA GUIDE MEDIA FOOTBALL AKRON 2019 before before a 26-yard run by Singletary with 10:47 to to 50-3. play pushed the margin Atlan Florida extended Driskel by rush seven-yard A advantage to 43-3 in with the 14:35 game, left tic’s 29 points while holding Akron scoreless. FAU as sumes a 36-3 lead following a TD and a successful two-point conversion. time to culminate a four-play, 87-yard scoring drive. scoring 87-yard four-play, a culminate to time In the second half, Florida Atlantic answered with six- a on advantage 21-3 a took then Atlantic Florida half before left ticks 37 with Singletary by rush yard The The Owls answered with a 14-play, 75-yard drive capped by a three-yard quarterback run by Driskel to assume a 14-3 advantage with 5:38 remaining in the half. keeper keeper by Nelson on 2nd-and-14 to move the ball line. to the 13-yard with a 19-yard field goal from Gasser at the 11:14 7-3. to deficit their cut to quarter second the of mark A key play on the drive was a 13-yard quarterback The The Zips capped a 12-play, 42-yard scoring drive 1 91 DIVISION I FBS BOWL RECORDS

AKRON BOWL SUPERLATIVES First Downs Highs Lows Total 24 vs. Memphis (2005) 11 vs. Florida Atlantic (2017) Rushing 6 vs. Utah State (2015) 3 vs. Memphis (2005) Passing 18 vs. Memphis (2005) 3 vs. Florida Atlantic (2017) Penalty 3 vs. Florida Atlantic (2017), vs. Memphis (2005) 2 vs. Utah State (2015) Rushing Attempts 42 vs. Utah State (2015) 23 vs. Memphis (2005) Net Yards 120 vs. Utah State (2015) 69 vs. Florida Atlantic (2017) Yards per Carry 2.4 vs. Utah State (2015) 1.9 vs. Florida Atlantic (2017) Touchdowns 1 vs. Utah State (2015) 0 vs. Florida Atlantic (2017), vs. Memphis (2005) Passing Attempts 59 vs. Memphis (2005) 21 vs. Florida Atlantic (2017) Completions 34 vs. Memphis (2005) 10 vs. Florida Atlantic (2017) Completions Pct. .576 vs. Memphis (2005) .476 vs. Florida Atlantic (2017) Yards 455 vs. Memphis (2005) 77 vs. Florida Atlantic (2017) Interceptions 0 vs. Memphis (2005) 0 vs. Florida Atlantic (2017) Touchdowns 4 vs. Memphis (2005) 0 vs. Florida Atlantic (2017) Total Offense Plays 82 vs. Memphis (2005) 58 vs. Florida Atlantic (2017) Net Yards 502 vs. Memphis (2005) 146 vs. Florida Atlantic (2017) Avg./Play 6.1 vs. Memphis (2005) 2.5 vs. Florida Atlantic (2017) Punt Returns Number 0 0 Yards 0 0 Kickoff Returns Number 2 vs. Memphis (2005) 0 vs. Florida Atlantic (2017) Yards 39 vs. Memphis (2005) 0 vs. Florida Atlantic (2017) Interception Returns Number 1 vs. Utah State (2015) 0 vs. Florida Atlantic (2017), vs. Memphis (2005) Yards 0 vs. Florida Atlantic (2017), vs. Utah State (2015) 0 vs. vs. Florida Atlantic (2017), Memphis (2005) Punts Number 8 vs. Utah State (2015) 7 vs. Florida Atlantic (2017)) Yards 354 vs. Utah State (2015) 319 vs. Florida Atlantic (2017) POSTSEASON HISTORY POSTSEASON Average 45.6 vs. Florida Atlantic (2017) 40.5 vs. Memphis (2005) Penalties Number 10 vs. Memphis (2005) 4 vs. Florida Atlantic (2017) Yards 61 vs. Memphis (2005) 34 vs. Utah State (2015) Fumbles Number 0 0 Lost 0 0 Scoring Points 31 vs. Memphis (2005) 3 vs. Florida Atlantic (2017) PAT Attempts 4 vs. Memphis (2005) 0 vs. Florida Atlantic (2017) PAT Conversions 4 vs. Memphis (2005) 0 vs. Florida Atlantic (2017) Two-Point Conv. Att. 0 0 Two-Point Conv. Made 0 0 FG Attempts 3 vs. Utah State (2015) 1 vs. Memphis (2005) FG Made 3 vs. Utah State (2015) 1 vs. vs. Florida Atlantic (2017), Memphis (2005) Touchdowns 4 vs. Memphis (2005) 0 vs. Florida Atlantic (2017) Miscellaneous Time of Possession 34:07 vs. Utah State (2015) 27:52 vs. Florida Atlantic (2017) 3rd Down Conv. Pct. .444 (8-of-18) vs. Memphis (2005) .200 (3-of-15) vs. Florida Atlantic (2017) 4th Down Conv. Pct. .000 (0-of-1) vs. Utah State (2015), Memphis (2005) .000 (0-of-2) vs. Florida Atlantic (2017) Sacks By 5 (32 yds) vs. Utah State (2015) 0 (0 yds) vs. Memphis (2005) Longest TD Drive (Yards) 80 yards (3 plays, and 1:01, TD) vs. Memphis (2005) Longest Drive (Yards) 80 yards (3 plays, and 1:01, TD) vs. Memphis (2005) Longest Drive (Plays) 14 plays (56 yds and 6:32, FG) vs. Utah State (2015) Longest Drive (Time) 6:38 (14 plays, 56 yds, FG) vs. Utah State (2015)

192 192 GoZips.com/ZipsFB | #OurWay | #HereToDevelop POSTSEASON HISTORY 193 by Utah State (2015) by Utah State by Memphis (2005) by Florida Atlantic (2017) by Florida by Florida Atlantic (2017), Atlantic (2017), by Florida 0 Atlantic (2017), by Florida 1 by Florida Atlantic (2017) Atlantic 1 by Florida (2017) Atlantic 26 by Florida by Memphis (2005) (2017), Atlantic 0 by Florida by Memphis (2005) (2017), Atlantic 0 by Florida (2017) Atlantic 1 by Florida (2017) Atlantic 34 by Florida (2017) Atlantic 34.0 by Florida (2017) Atlantic 6 by Florida (2017) Atlantic 52 by Florida 1 1 by Memphis (2005) (2015) 0 by Utah State 0 (2015) 3 by Utah State .250 (3-of-12) 131 by Utah State (2015) 131 by Utah State (2015) 4.5 by Utah State (2015) 0 by Utah State 13 by Memphis (2005) 7 by Memphis (2005) 170 by Memphis (2005) by Memphis (2005) Atlantic (2017), 0 by Florida 0 by Memphis (2005) 72 by Memphis (2005) (2015) 368 by Utah State (2015) 5.0 by Utah State (2015) by Utah State (2017), Atlantic 3 by Florida (2015) 31 by Utah State 21 by Memphis (2005) 21 by Memphis (2015) 7 by Utah State (2005) 4 by Memphis (2015) State by Utah Atlantic (2017), 2 by Florida (2015) 29 by Utah State (2005) .500 (7-of-14) by Memphis - 0 by Utah State (2015) 0 by Utah State (2015) 0 by Utah State 21 by Utah State (2015) 21 by Utah State 25:53 by Utah State (2015) 25:53 by Utah State (2015) 1 (9 yds) by Utah State .000 (0-of-0) by Memphis (2005) Lows

DIVISION I FBS BOWL RECORDS BOWL I FBS DIVISION

by Memphis (2005) by Memphis (2005) - by Florida Atlantic (2017) by Florida by Florida Atlantic (2017) by Florida Atlantic (2017) by Florida by Florida Atlantic (2017) by Florida by Florida Atlantic (2017) by Florida by Florida Atlantic (2017) by Florida by Florida Atlantic (2017) by Florida by Florida Atlantic (2017) by Florida Atlantic (2017) by Florida Atlantic (2017), by Florida Atlantic (2017), by Florida Highs 32:08 .428 (6-of-14) by Memphis (2005) 5 (33 yds) TD) 0:58, 87 yds (4 plays, TD) 0:58, 87 yds (4 plays, TD) 5:36, 14 plays (75 yds, TD) by Memphis (2005) 78 yds, 6:38 (12 plays, 8 by Utah State (2015) 8 by Utah State 62 by Memphis (2005) (2015) 5 by Utah State (2015) 2 by Utah State 50 6 6 1 1 3 by Memphis (2005) 3 by Memphis (2005) 4 by Memphis (2005) .833 (5-of-6) 4 by Utah State (2015) 4 by Utah State (2015) 107 by Utah State (2015) 1 by Utah State (2015) 4 by Utah State (2015) 6 by Utah State (2015) 267 by Utah State 45.6 by Memphis (2005) 346 by Memphis (2005) 6.0 by Memphis (2005) Atlantic (2017) 5 by Florida (2015) Utah State 45 by. (2015) 28 by Utah State Atlantic (2017) 270 by Florida (2015) 1 by Utah State (2015) 3 by Utah State (2017) Atlantic 86 by Florida (2017) Atlantic 582 by Florida 7.2 by Memphis (2005) 5 by Memphis (2005) (2017) Atlantic 50 by Florida 29 by Florida Atlantic (2017) 29 by Florida Atlantic (2017) 19 by Florida (2015) State 13 by Utah (2005) 3 by Memphis Atlantic (2017) 60 by Florida Atlantic (2017) .730 (19-26) by Florida

2019 AKRON FOOTBALL MEDIA GUIDE MEDIA FOOTBALL AKRON 2019 Drive (Time) Longest Sacks By Sacks TD Drive (Yards) Longest Drive (Yards) Longest Drive (Plays) Longest Miscellaneous ofTime Possession Pct. Down Conv. 3rd Pct. 4th Down Conv. Attempts FG FG Made Touchdowns Attempts PAT Conversions PAT Att. Conv. Two-Point Made Conv. Two-Point Lost Scoring Points Yards Fumbles Number Penalties Lows Number Punts Number Yards Average Interception Returns Interception Number Yards Kickoff Returns Number Yards Punt Returns Punt Number Yards Total Offense Total Plays Yards Net Avg./Play Yards Interceptions Touchdowns Passing Attempts Completions Pct. Completions Yards Net Carry per Yards Touchdowns Penalty Rushing Attempts First Downs First Total Rushing Passing OPPONENT BOWL SUPERLATIVES BOWL OPPONENT 193 DIVISION I FBS BOWL RECORDS

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Rushing Akron Opponent Attempts 17, Manny Morgan vs. Florida Atlantic (2017) 31, DeAngelo Williams, Memphis (2005) Net Yards 47, Thomas Woodson vs. Utah State (2015) 238, DeAngelo Williams, Memphis (2005) Touchdowns 1, Donnell Alexander vs. Utah State (2015) 3, DeAngelo Williams, Memphis (2005) Long Run 14, Kato Nelson vs. Florida Atlantic (2017) 61, Devante Mays, Utah State (2015)

POSTSEASON HISTORY POSTSEASON 14, Thomas Woodson vs. Utah State (2015)

Passing Attempts 59, Luke Getsy vs. Memphis (2005) 25, Jason Driskel, Florida Atlantic (2017) 25, Chuckie Keeton, Utah State (2015) Completions 34, Luke Getsy vs. Memphis (2005) 19, Jason Driskel, Florida Atlantic (2017) Completions Pct. .600 (9-16), Kato Nelson vs. Florida Atlantic (2017) .760 (19-25), Jason Driskel, Florida Atlantic (2017) Yards 455, Luke Getsy vs. Memphis (2005) 270, Jason Driskel, Florida Atlantic (2017) Interceptions 1, Thomas Woodson vs. Utah State (2015) 1, Chuckie Keeton, Utah State (2015) 0, Kato Nelson vs. Florida Atlantic (2017) 0, Jason Driskel, Florida Atlantic (2017) Touchdowns 4, Luke Getsy vs. Memphis (2005) 2, Jason Driskel, Florida Atlantic (2017) 2, Kent Myers, Utah State (2015) Longest Pass 72, Luke Getsy vs. Memphis (2005) 63, Jason Driskel, Florida Atlantic (2017)

Receptions Receptions 9, Andrew Pratt vs. Utah State (2015) 11, Hunter Sharp, Utah State (2015) Yards 180, Jabari Arthur vs. Memphis (2005) 103, Ryan Scott, Memphis (2005) Touchdowns 2, Jabari Arthur vs. Memphis (2005) 2, Willie Wright, Florida Atlantic (2017) 2, Brandon Swindall, Utah State (2015) Long Play 72, Brett Biggs vs. Memphis (2005) 63, Kamrin Solomon, Florida Atlantic (2017)

Total Offense Plays 64, Luke Getsy vs. Memphis (2005) 85, Jason Driskel, Florida Atlantic (2017) Net Yards 438, Luke Getsy vs. Memphis (2005) 582, Jason Driskel, Florida Atlantic (2017)

194 194 GoZips.com/ZipsFB | #OurWay | #HereToDevelop POSTSEASON HISTORY 195 1, Maurice Avery, Memphis (2005) Avery, Maurice 1, Memphis (2005) Gostkowski, Stephen 3, Memphis (2005) Gostkowski, Stephen 3, Memphis (2005) Gostkowski, Stephen 50, 267, Aaron Dalton, Utah State (2015) State Utah Dalton, Aaron 267, Memphis (2005) Michael Gibson, 47.8, (2015) State Utah Dalton, Aaron 69, Atlantic (2017) Florida Devin Singletary, 18, Memphis (2005) Williams, DeAngelo 18, Memphis (2005) Gostkowski, Stephen 9, Atlantic (2017) Florida Devin Singletary, 3, Memphis (2005) Williams, DeAngelo 3, Atlantic (2017) Florida Joseph, Greg 5, Atlantic (2017) Florida Joseph, Greg 5, Atlantic (2017) Florida Wright, Willie 1, Memphis (2005) Avery, Maurice 1, Atlantic (2017) Florida Wright, Willie 1, Opponent Memphis (2005) McDonald, Brandon 5, Atlantic (2017) Florida Young, Jalen 50, Atlantic (2017) Florida Young, Jalen 24, Memphis (2005) Doss, Joseph 3, Memphis (2005) Joseph Doss, 97, Memphis (2005) Joseph Doss, 35, (2015) Utah State Davis, Jalen 1, (2015) Utah State Davis, Jalen 4, (2015) Utah State Davis, Jalen 4, (2017) Atlantic Florida Joseph, Greg 8, Memphis (2005) Gostkowski, Stephen 8, Memphis (2005) Gostkowski, Stephen 511, Memphis (2005) Gostkowski, Stephen 63.9, (2015) Utah State Dalton, Aaron 6, DIVISION I FBS BOWL RECORDS BOWL I FBS DIVISION (2015) Utah State vs. Stein Robert 3, (2015) Utah State vs. Stein Robert 3, (2015) Utah State vs. Stein Robert 46, 8, Zach Paul vs. Utah State (2015) Utah State vs. Paul Zach 8, (2015) Utah State vs. Paul Zach 354, Atlantic (2017) Florida vs. Nick Gasser 45.6, Atlantic (2017) Florida vs. Nick Gasser 58, Memphis (2005) Arthur vs. Jabari 12, (2015) Utah State vs. Stein Robert 9, Memphis (2015) Arthur vs. Jabari 2, Memphis (2005) Swiger vs. Jason 4, Memphis (2005) Swiger vs. Jason 4, 0 0 5, Robert Stein vs. Utah State (2015) Utah State vs. Stein Robert 5, (2015) Utah State vs. Stein Robert 293, Atlantic (2017) Florida vs. Nick Gasser 60.5, Memphis (2005) Billy Sullivan vs. 8, 0 0 0 (2005) Memphis vs. Domenik Hixon 2, (2005) Memphis vs. Domenik Hixon 39, (2005) Memphis vs. Domenik Hixon 22, (2015) State Utah Kris Givens vs. 1, (2015) State Utah Kris Givens vs. 0, (2015) State Utah Kris Givens vs. 0, Akron Akron

2019 AKRON FOOTBALL MEDIA GUIDE MEDIA FOOTBALL AKRON 2019 Longest FG Made Longest Attempts FG FG Made Two-Point Conv. Att. Conv. Two-Point Made Conv. Two-Point Touchdowns Attempts PAT Conversions PAT Points by Kicking Points Punt Longest Scoring Yards Average Punts Opponent Number Yards Average Kickoffs Number Number Yards Return Longest Return Longest Returns Interception Kickoff Returns Number Yards Yards Return Longest Returns Punt Number PLAYER BOWL SUPERLATIVES BOWL PLAYER 195 DIVISION I FBS BOWL RECORDS

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Defense Akron Opponent Tackles 13, Ulysees Gilbert vs. Florida Atlantic (2017) 13, Azeez Al-Shaair, Florida Atlantic (2017)

Solo Tackles 9, John Mackey vs. Memphis (2005) 7, Rasha Smith, Florida Atlantic (2017) 7, O.C. Collins, Memphis (2005)

Assisted Tackles 10, Ulysees Gilbert vs. Florida Atlantic (2017) 8, Azeez Al-Shaair, Florida Atlantic (2017) 8, Tim Goodwell, Memphis (2005)

Tackles for Loss 3, John Mackey vs. Memphis (2005) 3.5, Tim Goodwell, Memphis (2005)

Sacks 1.5, Jatavis Brown vs. Utah State (2015) 1.5, Hunter Snyder, Florida Atlantic (2017) POSTSEASON HISTORY POSTSEASON 1.5, Cody Grice vs. Utah State (2015) 1.5, Tim Goodwell, Memphis (2005)

Passes Broken Up 1, Davanzo Tate vs. Memphis (2005) 2, Brandon McDonald, Memphis (2005) 1, Reggie Corner vs. Memphis (2005) 1, Brian White vs. Memphis (2005) 1, Kris Givens vs. Utah State (2015) 1, DeAndre Scott vs. Utah State (2015) 1, Jamal Marcus vs. Utah State (2015) 1, Bryce Cheek vs. Utah State (2015)

Fumbles Caused 1, Jermaine Reid vs. Memphis (2005) –

Fumbles Recovered 1, John Mackey vs. Memphis (2005) – 1, Rodney Coe vs. Utah State (2015) 1, John Senter vs. Utah State (2015)

Interceptions 1, Kris Givens vs. Utah State (2015) –

Interception Yards 0, Kris Givens vs. Utah State (2015) –

Blocked Kicks - –

Quarterback Hurries 2, Jamal Davis vs. Florida Atlantic (2017) 1, three players, Florida Atlantic (2017)

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