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2015 AKRON FOOTBALL GAME NOTES GAME 13 • UTAH STATE

2015 AKRON FOOTBALL SCHEDULE FAMOUS IDAHO POTATO BOWL Date Opponent TV...... Result 9.5 at #19 Oklahoma Fox PPV...... L, 3-41 Akron (7-5, 5-3 MAC) 9.12 PITTSBURGH ESPN3 .... L, 7-24 9.19 SAVANNAH STATE ESPN3 ....W, 52-9 vs. Utah State (6-6, 5-3 MWC) 9.26 at Louisiana ESPN3..... W, 35-14 Tuesday, Dec. 22 10.3 *OHIO [Homecoming] ESPN3 .. L, 12-14 10.10 *at Eastern Michigan ESPN3..... W, 47-21 Albertsons Stadium [36,387] 10.17 *at Bowling Green ESPN3...... L, 10-59 ® 10.31 *CENTRAL MICHIGAN ESPN3.....L, 6-14 Boise, Idaho 11.7 *at Massachusetts CBS SN.... W, 17-13 1:30 MT | 3:30 ET 11.14 *at Miami (Ohio) ESPN3..... W, 37-28 11.21 *BUFFALO CBS CN..W, 42-21 11.27 *KENT STATE ESPN3.....W, 20-0 Famous Idaho Potato Bowl [Boise, ID] 12/22 vs. Utah State ESPN....3:30 PM ET

Home games in CAPS Television: ESPN *Mid-American Conference game Mark Neeley (pbp), Mike Bellotti (analyst), Kevin Weidl (sideline)

AKRON QUICK FACTS Radio: Akron-IMG Sports Network Steve French (pbp), Brad Detwiler (analyst), Joe Dunn (sideline) Location:...... Akron, Ohio 44325 Population:...... 200,000 (5th largest in Ohio) WARF 1350 AM (flagship), WHK 1420 AM, WHKZ 1440 AM; Founded:...... 1870 as Buchtel College iHeart Radio, TuneIn.com/Akron Zips Enrollment:...... 26,000 Nickname:...... Zips Colors:...... Blue (282) & Gold (871) HEAD COACHES Conference:...... Mid-American (East Division) President:...... Dr. Scott L. Scarborough Matt Wells (Utah State ‘96) Terry Bowden (West Virginia ’78) Director of Athletics:...... Larry Williams Overall Record: 25-15 (third season) Overall Record: 158-92-2 (22nd season) Faculty Athletics Representative: .....Dr. Deborah Owens Record at Utah State: same Record at Akron: 18-30 (fourth season) Athletics Dept. Phone:...... (330) 972-7080 Ticket Office:...... 1-888-99-AKRON (-25766) ALL-TIME SERIES Season of Football:...... 115th First meeting Bowden vs. Utah State: First meeting All-Time Record:...... 505-525-36 All-Time MAC Record:...... 76-117 (24 yrs.) First Year of Football:...... 1891 AKRON FOOTBALL HAS: First Year of Div. I Football:...... 1987 • Finished second in the MAC East in 2015 MAC Titles:...... 1 (2005) MAC East Division Titles:...... 2 (2000, 2005) • Won seven games in a season for the first time since 2005 NCAA D-I Bowl Games:...... 1 (2005 Motor City) • Had a winning season for the first time since 2005 Stadium:...... InfoCision Stadium - Summa Field • Won at least five games for three consecutive seasons [2013 | 2014 | 2015] Capacity:...... 30,000 [official sellout is 27,881] • Won four consecutive [MAC] games to close out the regular season Playing Surface:...... ProGrass Record at InfoCision Stadium:...... 16-26 (7 yrs.) • Earned bowl eligibility for the first time since 2005 Press Box Phone...... (330) 972-2913

A WIN WOULD GIVE AKRON: ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS • Its first-ever bowl victory as an FBS team Cathy Bongiovi (Football Contact) • Its eighth victory of the 2015 season Assistant AD for Communications • A school record eighth win (most in a season) since moving up to FBS (since 1987) (330) 972-6108 office | (267) 326-5400 cell • Its fifth consecutive win this fall [email protected] 2015 AKRON FOOTBALL GAME NOTES ZIPS AKRON FOOTBALL

GAME 13 • UTAH STATE AKRON MEDIA OPPORTUNITIES Dec. 7-12 NCAA STATISTICAL COMPARISON

MONDAY UTAH STATE [6-6] AKRON [7-5] Coach & Player Interviews after practice 10:30 a.m. Rank (average)...... MWC...... Category...... MAC...... Rank (average) 92 (370.8)...... Total Offense...... 98 (363.3) 70 (167.9)...... Rushing Offense...... 6...... 68 (169.5) TUESDAY 88 (202.9)...... 5...... Passing Offense ...... 1...... 96 (193.8) Coach & Player Interviews after practice 10:30 a.m. 78 (124.84)...... Passing Efficiency...... 100 (117.20) 60 (29.7)...... 5...... Scoring Offense...... 100 (24.0) 22 (336.7)...... 2...... Total Defense...... 1...... 17 (328.5) WEDNESDAY 51 (156.3)...... 4...... Rushing Defense...... 3 (89.8) Coach & Player Interviews after practice 10:30 a.m. 57 (123.42)...... Pass Efficiency Defense...... 57 (123.48) 64 (27.0)...... 4...... Scoring Defense...... 2...... 28 (21.5) THURSDAY 65 (0.00)...... Turnover Margin...... 2...... 18 (0.67) Coach & Player Interviews after practice 10:30 a.m. 118 (0.718)...... Red Zone Offense...... 115 (0.744) 96 (0.872)...... Red Zone Defense...... 4...... 40 (0.795) 63 (37.30)...... Net Punting...... 79 (36.78) FRIDAY 50 (9.71)...... 5...... Punt Returns...... 100 (5.16) Coach & Player Interviews after practice 10:30 a.m. 99 (19.43)...... 2...... Kickoff Returns...... 125 (16.56) 57 (2.17)...... Sacks...... 3...... 43 (2.33) 56 (6.4)...... Tackles For Loss ...... 60 (6.3) SATURDAY Off AKRON TO FACE UTAH STATE IN FAMOUS IDAHO POTATO BOWL Akron will travel to Boise, Idaho, to take on Utah State in the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl on Tuesday, SUNDAY Dec. 22. Kickoff is set for 1:30 p.m MT [3:30 p.m. ET] at Albertsons Stadium on the campus of Boise Off State University.

ESPN will televise the game online with Mark Neely (play-by-play), Mike Bellotti (analyst), and INTERVIEW REQUESTS Kevin Weidl All interview requests for Akron players and coaches (sideline) calling the action. should be directed to Cathy Bongiovi (cathyb@uakron. edu) in Athletics Communications. Players are available The Zips’ radio broadcast will air on the Akron-IMG Sports Network [SportsRadio 1350 AM (WARF) in on Monday-Tuesday-Wednesday and postgame only. Akron (flagship), 1420 WHK in Cleveland, 1440 WHKZ in Warren/Youngstown] with Steve French calling the action, Brad Detwiler providing analysis, and Joe Dunn with sideline report. The pre- Media planning to attend post-practice interviews game show starts at 2:30 p.m. ET. A free audio stream is available at SportsRadio1350.com, iHeart should notify Athletics Communications by 5 p.m. the Radio, and TuneIn.com/Akron Zips. day before. Under the guidance of fourth-year head coach Terry Bowden, the Zips stand 7-5 overall (finished 2015 MEDIA GUIDE second in Mid-American Conference play at 5-3) after a 20-0 shutout of Kent State on Nov. 27 for their Copies of Akron’s 2015 football media guide are now fourth consecutive win. Akron, which is bowl eligible for the first time since 2005, returns 47 letter- available. It is also available in PDF on our website at men, including 12 starters. The Zips utilize a spread offense and a 4-3 defense. www.GoZips.com. After 12 games, senior RB Conor Hundley (Hamilton, Ohio) is the team’s leading rusher with 883 yards and 10 touchdowns on 188 carries. Under center, sophomore QB Thomas Woodson (Monro- GoZips.com eville, Pa.) leads the Zips completing 148-of-278 attempts for 2,034 yards and 16 touchdowns. Senior Twitter...@AkronZips | @ZipsFB | #GoZips | #ZipsGameday WR Imani Davis (Miami, Fla.) is the top receiver with 46 catches for 593 yards and three touchdowns. Facebook...... Facebook.com/AkronZips Senior LB Jatavis Brown (Belle Glade, Fla.) is the top defender with 108 tackles, a team-best 17.5 TFL, ...... Facebook.com/ZipsFB a team-best 10.5 sacks, six hurries, three forced fumbles, and an interception. YouTube...... YouTube.com/ZipsAthletics In this week’s national rankings, Akron is ranked No. 3 in rushing defense (89.8), No. 9 in blocked punts (2), No. 17 in total defense (328.5), and No. 18 in turnover margin (0.67). Individually, sophomore WR Jerome Lane (Akron, Ohio) is No. 4 nationally in yards per reception (21.43). Junior CB DeAndre Scott (Frederick, Md.) is No. 5 in total interceptions (6), No. 9 in interceptions per game (0.5) and No. 20 in passes defended (1.3). Senior LB Jatavis Brown (Belle Glade, Fla.) is No. 9 in sacks (0.88) and No. 37 in total tackles (9.0).

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2015 OPPONENTS AKRON’S BOWL HISTORY Since jumping to Division I-A (FBS) in 1987, the Zips made just one prior bowl appearance. The 2005 J.D Brookhart, OKLAHOMA Sooners squad, under head coach won the 2005 Mid-American Conference championship 11-1 overall | 7-1 Big 12 (with a 31-30 victory over Northern Illinois) and advanced to the Motor City Bowl at Ford Field in De- Last: W, 58-24 at Oklahoma State troit. The Zips, who finished the season at 7-6 overall (5-3 MAC, East Division champions), fell to Mem- Next: Orange Bowl vs. #1 Clemson phis 38-31 on Dec. 26, 2005. Ironically, this season the Zips celebrated the 10th anniversary of the [Dec. 31] 2005 bowl team. PITTSBURGH Panthers 8-4 overall | 6-2 ACC Prior to 1987, the Zips played Division I-AA (from 1980 to 1986) and Division II (from 1974 to 1979) Last: L, 24-29 vs. Miami (Fla.) football. Additional postseason play included the 1968 Grantland Rice Bowl [Louisiana Tech 33, Akron Next: Military Bowl vs. Navy 13], the 1976 Division II Playoffs [Akron 27, UNLV 6], Knute Rockne Bowl [Akron 29, Northern Michigan [Dec. 28] SAVANNAH STATE Tigers 26 (ot)], Pioneer Bowl [Montana State 24, Akron 13]; and the 1985 Division I-AA Playoffs [Rhode Island 1-9 overall | 1-7 MEAC 35, Akron 27]. Last: L, 29-52 vs. S. Carolina St. Next: season complete SCOUTING UTAH STATE Under the guidance of third-year head coach Matt Wells, Utah State stands 6-6 overall and 5-3 in LOUISIANA Ragin’ Cajuns Mountain West Conference play after a 51-28 loss to BYU on Nov. 28. The Aggies return 38 letterwin- 4-8 overall | 3-5 Sun Belt ners, including 15 starters, to their multiple offense and multiple defense. Utah State entered the Last: L, 17-41 vs. Troy 2015 season as one of just four FBS programs to win at least 30 games and record three bowl victories Next: season complete in the past three years, joining Clemson, Michigan State, and Oregon. OHIO Bobcats 8-4 overall | 5-3 MAC After 12 games, junior RB Devante Mays leads the rushers with 842 yards and nine touchdowns on Last: W, 26-21 at Northern Ill. 153 carries. Under center, sophomore QB Kent Myers is 107-of-179 for 1,470 yards and 14 touch- Next: Camellia Bowl vs. App. State downs in eight games. Senior WR Hunter Sharp is the top receiver with 60 catches for 746 yards. [Dec. 19] Defensively, junior LB Nick Vigil, the only player in the nation to have at least nine tackles in every EASTERN MICHIGAN Eagles game, has 140 tackles, 12.5 TFL, 3.0 sacks, four hurries, two break-ups, and two forced fumbles. 1-11 overall | 0-8 MAC Last: L, 28-35 at Central Mich. In the NCAA stats, the Aggies are No. 6 in blocked kicks (4), No. 10 in fumbles recovered (12), No. 11 Next: season complete in blocked punts (2), No. 14 in kickoff returns (25.48), No. 21 in defensive TDs (3), and No. 22 in total Kyler Fackrell BOWLING GREEN Falcons defense (336.7). Individually, senior LB is No. 1 in fumbles recovered (5). Senior NG 10-3 overall | 7-1 MAC David Moala is No. 7 in blocked kicks (2). Junior LB Nick Vigil is No. 5 in total tackles (11.7). Last: W, 34-14 vs. No. Illinois Next: GoDaddy Bowl vs. Ga. South. OPPONENT BOWL HISTORY [Dec. 23] Utah State is making its 11th overall bowl appearance since 1946 and fifth consecutive bowl appear- CENTRAL MICHIGAN Chippewas ance. The Aggies have also played in the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl three times (1997, 2011, 2012), 7-5 overall | 6-2 MAC and are making their third appearance in Boise in the last five years. Last: W, 35-28 vs. Eastern Mich. Next: Quick Lane Bowl vs. Minnesota Riding a three consecutive bowl winning streak, also a school record, Utah State defeated UTEP in the [Dec. 28] MASSACHUSETTS Minutemen 2014 Gildan New Mexico Bowl (21-6), No. 24 Northern Illinois (21-14) in the 2013 San Diego County 3-9 overall | 2-6 MAC Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl, and Toledo (41-15) in the 2012 Famous Idaho Potato Bowl. Last: W, 31-26 at Buffalo Next: season complete AKRON-UTAH STATE CONNECTIONS Akron has no players on its roster from the states of Utah and Idaho. MIAMI RedHawks 3-9 overall | 2-6 MAC Utah State has one player on its roster from Ohio– junior TE Joe Palange (Cleveland, Ohio | St. Edward Last: W, 20-13 at Massachusetts HS | Oklahoma). Next: season complete AKRON AGAINST THE MOUNTAIN WEST CONFERENCE BUFFALO Bulls 5-7 overall | 3-5 MAC Over the years, Akron has faced four teams from the Mountain West Conference, but only one in Divi- Last: L, 26-31 vs. Massachusetts sion I FBS play (since 1987). Next: season complete In 1965, Akron lost at San Diego State, 41-0. In Division II play, the Zips beat UNLV in the 1976 playoffs, Kent State Golden Flashes 27-6, and fell at Boise State, 33-21, in 1979. 3-9 overall | 2-6 MAC L, 0-20 at Akron Last: In FBS play in 1988, UA beat New Mexico State, 52-7, at the Rubber Bowl. Next: season complete. 2015 AKRON FOOTBALL GAME NOTES 3 AKRON FOOTBALL

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MAC STANDINGS COMMON OPPONENTS as of Dec. 5 [ ] Akron and Utah State have no common opponents from the 2015 season.

AKRON-UTAH STATE: THE SERIES The Famous Idaho Potato Bowl is the first game between the schools on the gridiron.

AKRON STAFF IS BOWL EXPERIENCED Strolling the Akron sidelines this fall is a very experienced coaching staff. Led by fourth-year head coach Terry Bowden, the Zips’ coaching staff boasts 143 combined bowl appearances, including 34 bowl appearances by defensive coordinator Chuck Amato alone. All of the Zip coaches are former college football players. East Division MAC Pct. Overall Pct. 1. Bowling Green # $ 7-1 .875 10-3 .769 BROWN NAMED MAC DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR; FIVE ZIPS HONORED 2. Ohio 5-3 .625 8-4 .667 AKRON 5-3 .625 7-5 .583 Senior LB Jatavis Brown was been tabbed the 2015 Mid-American Conference Defensive Player of 4. Buffalo 3-5 .375 5-7 .417 the Year. 5. Kent State 2-6 .250 3-9 .250 Miami (Ohio) 2-6 .250 3-9 .250 Additionally, five Zips earned All-Conference accolades. Brown was the only Zip to earn first-team All- Massachusetts 2-6 .250 3-9 .250 MAC honors. He was the only three-time first-team honoree among this year’s recipients. Named to the second-team All-MAC was senior NT Cody Grice (Akron, Ohio). Senior OL Isaiah Williams (Cleveland, West Division MAC Pct. Overall Pct. Ohio), senior DL Rodney Coe (Fulton, Mo.), and junior DL Jamal Marcus (Durham, N.C.) were third- 1. Toledo 6-2 .750 9-2 .818 team All-MAC selections. Northern Illinois # 6-2 .750 8-5 .615 Central Michigan 6-2 .750 7-5 .583 Western Michigan 6-2 .750 7-5 .583 SENIOR STATUS 5. Ball State 2-6 .250 3-9 .250 Akron salutes the 24 members of its Senior Class – RB Donnell Alexander, OL Andrew Bohan, 6. Eastern Michigan 0-8 .000 1-11 .083 LB Jatavis Brown, OL Tommy Brown, OL Dylan Brumbaugh, DB Wedley Charles, CB Bryce Cheek, DT Rodney Coe, WR Imani Davis, DE Richard Dorvilus, LB Dylan Evans, CB Kris Giv- # clinched divisional title $ MAC champion ens, NT Cody Grice, DL Alfonso Horner, RB Conor Hundley, LB Darryl Monroe, OL Quaison Osborne, P Zach Paul, QB Kyle Pohl, WR Andrew Pratt, WR Danny Seafler, CB John Senter, PK Robert Stein Isaiah Williams 2015 MAC BOWL SCHEDULE , and OL .

Saturday, December 19 This the first four-year graduating class to play under head coachTerry Bowden at Akron. During their Raycom Media Camellia Bowl Montgomery, Ala. collegiate careers, they competed in four of the nation’s top five biggest college stadiums. They’ve 5:30 p.m. ET/4:30 p.m. CT | ESPN been a part of the re-building process, helping the Zips to at least five wins each of the last three sea- Ohio vs. Appalachian State sons, more wins than the previous three seasons combined. Tuesday, December 22 Famous Idaho Potato Bowl Boise, Idaho The seniors guided the team to the school’s first bowl appearance since 2005. Individually, the Zips 3:30 p.m. ET/1:30 p.m. MT | ESPN have re-written the record books and climbed the career charts while racking up weekly honors. Off Akron vs. Utah State the field, they’ve represented UA in the community with several activities, including game week visits Boca Raton Bowl Boca Raton, Fla. to Akron Children’s Hospital. Congratulations, Seniors! 7 p.m. ET | ESPN Toledo vs. Temple DECEMBER POMP & CIRCUMSTANCE Wednesday, December 23 Prior to leaving for the bowl, eight Zips participated in graduation ceremonies. Earning their bachelor SD Co. Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl San Diego, Calif. degrees were RB Donnell Alexander (organizational supervision), (LB Jatavis Brown (organiza- 4:30 p.m. ET/1:30 p.m. PT | ESPN tional supervision), CB Wedley Charles (public relations), CB Bryce Cheek (exercise science), CB Northern Illinois vs. Boise State Kris Givens Zach Paul Robert (organizational supervision), P (mechanical engineering), and PK Go Daddy Bowl Mobile, Ala. Stein (mechanical engineering), and S James Turner (sport management). 8 p.m. ET/7 p.m. CT | ESPN Bowling Green vs. Georgia Southern MILWEE NAMED TO AFCA 30 UNDER 30 LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE A.J. Milwee Thursday, December 24 Akron offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach has been named to the inaugural Popeyes Bahamas Bowl Nassau, Bahamas American Football Coach’s Association (AFCA) 30 Under 30 Coaches’ Leadership Institute. Noon ET | ESPN Western Michigan vs. Middle Tennessee State The prestigious program, sponsored by the American Football Coaches Foundation® and NCAA Leader- ship Development, is aimed at training premier, future leaders in the football coaching profession. The Monday, December 28 Quick Lane Bowl Detroit, Mich. 30 outstanding participants will meet at the 2016 AFCA Convention in San Antonio, Texas, for a full day 5 p.m. ET | ESPN2 of focused, interactive lectures on topics including ethics, leadership, NCAA rules, financial manage- Central Michigan vs. Minnesota ment, hiring, and player safety. 2015 AKRON FOOTBALL GAME NOTES 4 AKRON FOOTBALL

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NATIONAL POLLS ZIPS QUICK HITS • Five of Akron’s 2015 opponents—Oklahoma (Russell Athletic), Pittsburgh (Armed Forces), Louisi- [Dec. 6] ana (R+L Carriers), Bowling Green (Camellia), and Central Michigan (Bahamas)— participated in bowls in 2014. Assoc. Press Rank Amway Writers’ Poll Coaches’ Poll • Five Zips’ opponents are also bowl eligible– Oklahoma, Pittsburgh, Bowling Green, Central Mich- Clemson (51) 1 Clemson (55) igan, and Ohio. Alabama (9) 2 Alabama (5) Michigan State 3 Oklahoma Oklahoma 4 Michigan State • In 2015, Akron completed its seventh season playing on-campus in InfoCision Stadium – Summa Stanford 5 Ohio State Field. The Zips have a 16-26 record at the venue (3-3 in 2015). The stadium opened in 2009. Iowa 6 Stanford Ohio State 7 Iowa • Since 1979, Akron has faced 25 nationally ranked teams, going 1-24. The Zips’ sole victory was a Notre Dame 8 Florida State 34-20 win over No. 25 Marshall at the Rubber Bowl on Nov. 2, 2002. Florida State 9 Notre Dame North Carolina 10 TCU • The 2015 season marked the 10th Anniversary of the Zips’ 2005 Mid-American Conference cham- TCU 11 North Carolina pionship. Under coach J.D. Brookhart, UA defeated Northern Illinois, 31-30, in the MAC title Northwestern 12 Northwestern game before participating in the Motor City Bowl, its first bowl appearance as an NCAA Division I-A Oklahoma State 13 Oklahoma State Houston 14 Oregon member (FBS). Oregon 15 Mississippi Mississippi 16 Houston • Akron has 51 student-athletes on its roster from the state of Ohio; 37 of those live within a 30-mile Michigan 17 Michigan radius to campus. Baylor 18 Florida Florida 19 Baylor • The Zips feature experienced players on the roster, including 14 transfers– senior RB Donnell Alex- Utah 20 Utah ander (Colorado State), senior OL Tommy Brown (Ohio State), sophomore QB Tra’Von Chapman Navy 21 Louisiana State (Pittsburgh), r-junior CB Wedley Charles (Hiram), r-senior DL Rodney Coe (Iowa State), r-sopho- Louisiana State 22 Navy more WR A.J. Coney (Weber State), junior DB Larry Hope (Miami [Fla.]), r-senior DB Bryce Jones Wisconsin 23 Wisconsin Josh Krok Jamal Marcus Temple 24 Temple (Boston College), sophomore OL (Kentucky), r-junior DL (Ohio State), Darryl Monroe Se’Von Pittman Western Kentucky 25 Georgia senior LB (Washington State), junior DL (Ohio State), junior OL Xavier Quigley (Western Iowa), and sophomore ATH Anthony Young (Indiana).

• The players elected seniors LB Jatavis Brown, RB Conor Hundley, and NT Cody Grice as team Associated Press Writers’ Poll captains for the 2015 season. Also Receiving Votes: Georgia 67, USC 57, BYU 28, Tennessee 23, San Diego State 22, Arkansas 20, • Senior WR Michaelee Harris (Achilles), junior OL Michael Casimos (ankle), and junior WR Washington State 20, Memphis 10, Bowling Green Mykel Traylor-Bennett 8, South Florida 8, Mississippi State 6, Toledo 4, UCLA (hand) are out for the season with the injuries. 4, Arkansas State 2.

Amway Coaches’ Poll: ARV: Western Kentucky 55, USC 51, San Diego State HEAD COACH TERRY BOWDEN 26, Tennessee 24, UCLA 15, Bowling Green 12, In his fourth season at Akron, head coach Terry Bowden is the dean of the Mid-American Washington State 12, Memphis 10, Mississippi State Conference coaches with the most career wins (158). 7, BYU 7, Arkansas State 6, Appalachian State 3, Texas A&M 3, Louisville 2, Pittsburgh 1. AMONG MID-AMERICAN CONFERENCE COACHES AMONG ACTIVE DIVISION I COACHES (Minimum five years as FBS head coach; 1. TERRY BOWDEN, AKRON ...... 158 record at four-year colleges only) Bold 2015 Akron opponents in 2. Chris Creighton, EMU...... 142 3. Frank Solich, Ohio...... 138 1. Frank Beamer, Va. Tech...... 279 4. Mark Whipple, UMass...... 127 2. Brian Kelly, Notre Dame...... 226 5. Lance Leipold, Buffalo...... 114 3. Dennis Franchione, Texas St...... 213 6. Pete Lembo, Ball State...... 111 5. Bill Snyder, Kansas State...... 192 7. Chuck Martin, Miami...... 79 5. Gary Pinkel, Missouri...... 191 8. Dino Babers, BGSU...... 37 6. Nick Saban, Alabama...... 188 9. Matt Campbell, Toledo...... 35 7. Bob Stoops, Oklahoma...... 179 10. Rod Carey, NIU...... 31 8. Paul Johnson, Georgia Tech...... 168 11. P.J. Fleck, WMU...... 17 9. TERRY BOWDEN, AKRON...... 158 12. Paul Haynes, Kent State...... 9 13. John Bonamego, CMU.....[First Season] . ..7

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GAME 13 • UTAH STATE HONORS HIGH EXPECTATIONS In the preseason media poll, Akron was selected to finish second in the Mid-American Conference East Division this fall. Two-time defending East champion Bowling Green was picked first, followed by Akron, FB Christian Allen Ohio, and Massachusetts. Allstate AFCA Good Works Team nominee In the West Division, Toledo was selected first, just one point ahead of Western Michigan. Five-time division champion Northern Illinois was third. LB Jatavis Brown MAC Defensive Player of the Year Here’s a look at how close they were: First-team All-MAC MAC Defensive Player of the Week, Nov. 16 MAC EAST PRESEASON ACTUAL FINISH Difference Zips’ Student-Athlete of the Week, Nov. 9, Nov. 16 1. Bowling Green 1. Bowling Green # $ √ Rotary Lombardi Award Watch List 2. AKRON 2. AKRON √ Preseason first-team All-MAC by Phil Steele Ohio Ohio √ Preseason first-team All-MAC by Athlon Sports 4. Massachusetts 4. Buffalo +1 Preseason first-team All-MAC byCollege Sports Madness 5. Buffalo 5. Massachusetts - 1 6. Miami Miami √ 7. Kent State Kent State √ OL Dylan Brumbaugh Preseason second-team All-MAC by Athlon Sports MAC WEST PRESEASON ACTUAL FINISH Preseason third-team All-MAC by College Sports 1. Toledo 1. Toledo √ Madness 2. Western Michigan Northern Illinois # +2 Preseason fourth-team All-MAC by Phil Steele 3. Northern Illinois Western Michigan +1 4. Ball State Central Michigan +4 5. Central Michigan 5. Ball State -1 LS Michael Buddenberg 6. Eastern Michigan 6. Eastern Michigan √ MAC Specialist of the Week, Sept. 28 # Divisional champion $ MAC Champion

DL Rodney Coe Third-team All-MAC AKRON RANKED NO. 2 IN MOST IMPROVED TEAMS Preseason third-team All-MAC by Athlon Sports Phil Steele ranked the Akron Zips at No. 2 in his Top 10 list of the nation’s most improved teams en- tering the 2015 season. Miami (Fla.) is No. 1, followed by UA, Michigan, Pittsburgh, Indiana, Temple, Texas, Northwestern, Ball State, and Colorado. NT Cody Grice Second-team All-MAC LAST GAME: AKRON 20, KENT STATE 0 Zips’ Student-Athlete of the Week, Sept. 21 The Akron Zips re-claimed the coveted Wagon Wheel from cross-town rival Kent State with a 20-0 shut- Rotary Lombardi Award Watch List out in Mid-American Conference action at InfoCision Stadium-Summa Field on Nov. 27. Preseason first-team All-MAC by Athlon Sports Preseason second-team All-MAC by College Sports Madness Riding a four-game winning streak, Akron improved to 7-5 overall (5-3 MAC). The seven wins are the Preseason third-team All-MAC by Phil Steele most for a Zips’ team since 2005, tying the program’s FBS record of wins in a season. The shutout was the Zips’ first over the Golden flashes since 1985 and first over anyam te since 1992. DB Larry Hope Akron held Kent to just 10 yards rushing. Preseason fourth-team All-MAC by Phil Steele Preseason fourth-team All-MAC by Athlon Sports Sophomore QB Thomas Woodson went 11-of-19 for 140 yards and a touchdown. In his final home game, senior RB Conor Hundley rushed for 98 yards and touchdown on 22 carries. Sophomore WR Jerome Lane had four catches for 75 yards. Defensively, senior LB Jatavis Brown led the Zips with DL Jamal Marcus eight tackles and forced fumble. Third-team All-MAC Preseason fourth-team All-MAC by Phil Steele POSTGAME NOTES Preseason fourth-team All-MAC by Athlon Sports • The Zips are a perfect 6-0 when leading at the half.

• The 20-0 shutout was Akron’s first over Kent State in 30 years (24-0 in 1985) and first in any FBS games since 1992 (13-0 vs. Ohio). 2015 AKRON FOOTBALL GAME NOTES 6 AKRON FOOTBALL

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HONORS • The seven wins on the season tie the school record for wins as an FBS team (since 1987). The Zips also had seven wins in 1992, 1999, 2003, and 2005. LB Darryl Monroe Preseason third-team All-MAC by Phil Steele • Sophomore QB Thomas Woodson threw for 11-of-19 and 140 yards and a touchdown.

• Senior DB Bryce Cheek (Lewis Center, Ohio) had a fumble recovery in the first quarter. It was the P Zach Paul second of his career and his first this season. 2015 Ray Guy Award nominee MAC Specialist of the Week, Nov. 30 • In the second quarter, senior LB Darryl Monroe (Orlando, Fla.) forced the first fumble of his Zips’ Student-Athlete of the Week, Nov. 30 career, recovered by junior DE Se’Von Pittman (Canton, Ohio), the first of his career, leading to Preseason second-team All-MAC by Athlon Sports a Zips’ touchdown on the very next play.

• Redshirt freshman TE Newman Williams’ 11-yard touchdown reception in the second quarter DL Se’Von Pittman was the first TD of his collegiate career. Preseason third-team All-MAC by Phil Steele • The Zips’ opening drive of the third quarter was 12:44, the longest drive of the season, resulting in a 24-yard field goal by senior PK Robert Stein. Kent State did not have one offense play in PK Robert Stein the entire quarter. Lou Groza Collegiate Placekicker Award Watch List MAC Specialist of the Week, Oct. 5 Preseason third-team All-MAC by Athlon Sports MAC PLAYERS OF THE WEEK Preseason third-team All-MAC by College Sports Madness Five Zips earned Mid-American Conference weekly honors during the season. Senior P Zach Paul earned Special Teams Player of the Week honors on Nov. 30, while sophomore QB Thomas Woodson was tabbed the Offensive Player of the Week for the East Division on Nov. 23. On Sept. 28, sophomore OL Isaiah Williams LS Michael Buddenberg (Massillon, Ohio) earned Special Teams Player of the Week honors, while Third-team All-MAC senior PK Robert Stein earned the honor on Oct. 5. Senior LB Jatavis Brown earned Defensive Player of the Week accolades on Nov. 16.

QB Thomas Woodson NFL TIES MAC Offensive Player of the Week, Nov. 23 Five Zips have family ties to the NFL. Senior RB Donnell Alexander’s father was the late Derrick MAC Offensive Player of the Week Thomas, the NFL Hall of Famer with the Kansas City Chiefs. Sophomore LS Michael Buddenberg’s by College Sports Madness, Sept. 27 father John was drafted by the Cleveland Browns to begin his seven-year NFL career. Junior OL Mi- Zips’ Student-Athlete of the Week, chael Casimos’ father Chris played with the New York Giants as a free agent. Redshirt senior Rod- Oct. 12, Sept. 28 ney Coe’s grandfather Charlie Coe is a former NFL coach; his uncle Michael won a Super Bowl ring with the New York Giants. Junior QB Matthew Hoyer’s older brother Brian is currently the starting QB for the Houston Texans. OC A.J. Milwee AFCA 30 under 30 Leadership Institute HITTING THE AIRWAVES All 13 of Akron football games were televised nationally this season: at Oklahoma (Fox Sports), Pittsburgh (ESPN3), Savannah State (ESPN3), Louisiana (ESPN3), Ohio (ESPN3), at Eastern Michigan TEAM (ESPN3), Central Michigan (ESPN3), at Bowling Green (ESPN3), at Massachusetts (CBS Sports Net- work), at Miami (ESPN3), Buffalo (CBS Sports Network), Kent State (ESPN3), and Utah State (ESPN). Bowl eligible for the first time since 2005

Second bowl appearance in program’s FBS history (since 1987) OFFENSE First winning season since 2005 QUARTERBACK POSSIBILITIES 500th victory in school history All three quarterbacks have seen action so far; each brings a different strength to the Zips’ offense. W, 35-14 at Louisiana, Sept. 26, 2015 Sophomore Thomas Woodson, who saw action in eight games with two starts as a redshirt freshman Ranked No. 2 nationally by Phil Steele as last fall, rushed three times for 30 yards at No. 19 Oklahoma. He played on a short-yardage play Most Improved Team against Pitt but recorded no stats. In the win over Savannah State, Woodson came off the bench and guided the Zips to the endzone. He finished the game 12-of-20 for 207 yards and a touchdown. He also rushed 11 times for 63 yards and a touchdown. 2015 AKRON FOOTBALL GAME NOTES 7 AKRON FOOTBALL

GAME 13 • UTAH STATE CAREER RECORD WATCH In the win at Louisiana, Woodson moved into the starting role which he maintained for the rest of the season. He finished the game at 13-of-29 for 238 yards and two touchdowns. His 72-yard TD pass to Games Played Jerome Lane was a career-long. He was also the Zips’ leading rusher, finishing with a career-high 93 1. Alex Allen (2005-10) 51 2. Cody Grice (2011-15) 48 yards and 14-yard touchdown on eight carries. For his efforts, Woodson was selected as the Zips’ Stu- dent-Athlete of the Week, presented by The University of Akron, Ohio’s Polytechnic University, and the College Sports Madness MAC Offensive Player of the Week. In the MAC opener against Ohio, Wood- Games Started 1. Cody Grice (2011-15) 48 son went 18-of-38 231 yards. In the MAC win at Eastern Michigan, had a career-high four touchdown Reggie Corner (2004-08) 48 passes, all in the first half. He finished 14-of-22 for 222 yards en route to Zips’ Student-Athlete of the Week honors again. Against Bowling Green, Woodson went 13-for-28 for 91 yards and a touchdown Rushing Yards while rushing for 54 yards. Against Central Michigan, he was 22-of-26 for 252 yards and a touchdown. 1. Mike Clark (1984-86) 4,257 In the win at UMass, Woodson went 15-for-27 for 174 yards and a touchdown. He also rushed for 58 10. Dennis Kennedy (2005-08) 2,522 yards and a 15-yard TD run. In the win at Miami (Ohio), Woodson went 13-of-28 for 221 yards and a 11. Conor Hundley (2012-15) 2,127 touchdown while rushing for 70 yards.

Passing Yards In the win over Buffalo, Woodson threw for 258 yards and a career-high four touchdowns on 17-of-30. 1. Charlie Frye (2001-04) 11,049 In the shutout of Kent State, he threw for 11-of-19 and 140 yards and a touchdown. 2. James Washington (1997-00) 6,699 3. Luke Getsy (2005-06) 6,117 After 12 games, Woodson is the Zips’ top quarterback, going 148-of-278 for 2,034 yards and 16 touch- 4. Kyle Pohl (2012-15) 5,128 12. Eric Schoch (1971-73 2,937 downs in eight starts. He stands second in rushing with 553 yards and three touchdowns on 120 13. Thomas Woodson (2014-present) 2,840 carries. Woodson stands No. 13 on both the season (2,034 yards) and career (2,840 yards) passing yards lists.

Extra Points Kyle Pohl 1. Robert Stein (2011-15) 128 Senior QB , who handled duties under center for the last two seasons, is No. 4 on the Zips’ 2. Zac Derr (1998-01) 125 career passing chart with 5,128 yards. At No. 19 Oklahoma, he came off the bench and led the Zips under center, going 6-of-17 for 88 yards. Against Pitt, Pohl went 3-of-8 for 34 yards. He missed the Savannah State game with an injury. Pohl returned to action in the win at Louisiana, playing in the Field Goals fourth quarter. Against Bowling Green, he went 2-for-2 for 13 yards. 1. Bob Dombroski (1986-89) 51 2. Zac Derr (1998-01) 47 3. Daron Alcorn (1989-92) 45 In five games, Pohl is 11-of-27 for 135 yards. 4. Robert Stein (2011-15) 43 Sophomore newcomer Tra’Von Chapman, who waited a year for his shot, received the starting nod Scoring Leaders in the first three contests. A transfer from Pitt, he challenged returner Pohl through spring and training 1. Zac Derr (1998-2001) 266 camp drills. 2. Brandon Payne (1999-02) 260 3. Robert Stein (2011-15) 257 At the 19th-ranked Sooners, Chapman went 0-8 in passing, but finished as the Zips’ leading rusher with 48 yards on 14 carries. Against Pitt, he went 4-for-14 for 29 yards. In the win over Savannah State,

Chapman went 6-of-13 for 128 yards and a touchdown. He did not play at Louisiana. Kick Scoring Leaders XP FG Pts 1. Zac Derr (1998-01) 125-132 47-64 266 2. Robert Stein (2011-15) 128-131 43-63 257 In three games, Chapman is 10-of-35 for 157 yards and one touchdown. He’s also rushed for 38 yards. 3. Bob Dombroski (1986-89) 100-104 51-69 253 BACKFIELD STACKED

Most Punts The graduation of two-time team offensive MVP Jawon Chisholm didn’t deplete the Zips’ backfield. 1. Andy Grahamn (1977-80) 274 Running back Conor Hundley came into the campaign ready for a breakout senior season. 2. Zach Paul (2011-15) 269 A starter at No. 19 Oklahoma, Hundley had eight carries for 36 yards. Against Pittsburgh, Hundley Tackling Leaders scored the Zips’ first touchdown of the year with a 32-yard run. In the win over Savannah State, Hundley 1. Steve Cockerham (1974-77) 715 led all rushers with 127 yards and a touchdown on 12 carries. The game marked the second 100-yard 2. Brad Reese (1978-81) 710 rushing performance of his career. In the win at Louisiana, Hundley rushed a career-high 20 times Phil Dunn (1991-94) 549 for 77 yards and two touchdowns. He also had a 33-yard reception. Against Ohio in the MAC opener, Jeff Lake (1982-85) 483 Hundley led all rushers with 66 yards on 18 carries. In the win at Eastern Michigan, rushed for 119 Brian Wagner (2009-11) 409 Jatavis Brown (2012-present) 347 yards and two touchdowns on 17 carries. It was the third 100-yard rushing performance of his career. Dylan Evans (2012-present) 214 Hundley was the Zips’ leader at Bowling Green with 69 yards on 16 carries. Against Central Michigan, he led the Zips with 34 yards on 12 carries. In the win at UMass, Hundley was the top Zip with 92 yards on 23 carries. In the win at Miami (Ohio), he finished with 21 carries for 110 yards and a career-high three touchdowns, marking the fourth 100-yard performance of his career and third this season. In the shutout of Kent State, Hundley led all rushers with 98 yards and a touchdown on 22 carries. 2015 AKRON FOOTBALL GAME NOTES 8 AKRON FOOTBALL

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SEASON RECORDS After 12 games, Hundley leads the Zips with 883 yards and 10 touchdowns on 188 carries. He is sec- INDIVIDUAL ond on the team in scoring with 60 points.

SACKS New to the Zips is senior Donnell Alexander (Kansas City, Mo.), who transferred from Colorado State. Jatavis Brown (2015) 10.5 In his last action in 2013, the speedster rushed for 428 yards and two touchdowns on 71 carries. In his previous record by Jason Taylor (1996) 10.0 first action as a Zip, Alexander had seven carries for 16 yards at No. 19 Oklahoma. In the win over Sa- Ken Williams (1993) 10.0 vannah State, Alexander rushed for 78 yards on 11 carries. In the win at Louisiana, he rushed 12 times for 65 yards. In the win at Eastern Michigan, Alexander rushed 21 times for 78 yards. Against Bowling TACKLES FOR LOSS Green, he rushed seven times for 14 yards. In the win at Miami (Ohio), Alexander gained 33 yards on 1. Bill Hadden (1985) 19.0 five carries. In the win over Buffalo, Alexander scored his first collegiate touchdown on a seven-yard 2. Jatavis Brown (2015) 17.5 run in the third quarter. He added a second TD in the fourth quarter, eclipsing the 100-yard rushing

mark for the first time as a Zip. He finished with 143 yards and two TDs on 24 carries, all career highs at TEAM Akron. In the shutout of Kent State, Alexander rushed eight times for 40 yards.

CONSECUTIVE GAMES WITH BEING SHUTOUT In 10 games, Alexander is third in rushing with 476 yards and two touchdowns on 98 carries. 1. 66 [199 through 9/8/2004] 2. 59 [Sept. 10, 2011 to present] The Zips have extensive depth with junior Hakeem Lawrence (Miami, Fla.) and true freshman Van Edwards (Cape Coral, Fla.). In 12 games, Lawrence has six rushes for 11 yards, while Edwards has 14 rushes for 60 yards. GAME RECORDS DON’T FORGET ABOUT CODY On the roster, he’s listed as the starting nose tackle, but don’t let his size or agility fool you. Senior captain Cody Grice can run. MOST PLAYS Thomas Woodson 73 vs. Ohio, 10/3/15 Used last season in short-yardage situations, Grice has reprised his role as the short-yardage fullback. In the win over Savannah State, he rushed for five times for seven yards and career-high three touchdowns, all in the first half. Grice ranked No. 11 nationally that week in scoring (18.0) and No. 13 in points per game (6.0). He was named the Zips’ Student-Athlete of the Week on Sept. 21. GREAT PERFORMANCES In the first three games, Grice rushed six times for eight yards and three touchdowns. In the MAC 100-Yard Rushing Games opener against Ohio, he rushed just once for six yards, a career long. In the win at Miami (Ohio), Grice Conor Hundley (2012-15) 4 had a two-yard rushing touchdown, his fourth this season (eighth of his career). at Pittsburgh, 9/27/14 148 vs. Savannah State, 9/29/15)0 120 at Eastern Michigan, 10/10/15 119 After 12 games, Grice has 33 yards and four touchdowns on 19 carries. at Miami (Ohio), 11/14/15 110 AIRING IT OUT Donnell Alexander (2015) 4 * Akron has used a plethora of wide receivers this fall, led by seniors Imani Davis and Andrew Pratt vs. Buffalo, 11/21/15 143 * includes 3 from Colorado State (2011-13) (North Canton, Ohio).

Against Pittsburgh, Davis had three receptions for 27 yards. In the win over Savannah State, he had 300-Yard Passing Games three receptions for 50 yards and a touchdown. In the win at Louisiana, Davis had two receptions for Kyle Pohl (2012-present) 5 24 yards. Against Ohio in the MAC opener, Davis led all receivers with 94 yards on five receptions, at Michigan, 9/14/13 311 including a 42-yard catch. He also rushed for seven yards. In the win at Eastern Michigan, Davis led the vs. Louisiana, 9/21/13 321 vs. Howard, 8/28/14 308 receivers with five catches for 92 yards and a touchdown. Against Central Michigan, he led the Zips with vs. Eastern Mich., 10/4 326 a career-high eight receptions for a career-high 96 yards. In the win at UMass, Davis had two catches vs. BGSU, 11/4/14 304 for 21 yards. In the win at Miami (Ohio), he led the Zips with seven receptions for 64 yards. In the win over Buffalo, Davis led all receivers with a career-high 118 yards and a touchdown on seven catches. It 100-Yard Receiving Games was the first 100-yard receiving game of his career. Imani Davis (2012-15) 1 vs. Buffalo, 11/21/15 118 After 12 games, Davis is the Zips’ leading receiver with 46 receptions for 593 yards and three touchdowns. Jerome Lane (2015-present) 1 at Eastern Michigan, 10/10/15 104 Adding wide receiver duties along with his linebacker duties is sophomore Jerome Lane (Akron, Andrew Pratt (2012-15) 1 Ohio). He led the Zips at No. 19 Oklahoma with three receptions for 57 yards, including a 42-yard vs. James Madison, 9/7/13 118 catch. In the win over Savannah State, Lane led all receivers with three catches for 99 yards and his

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CURRENT STREAKS first career touchdown, a 50-yard catch. In the win at Louisiana, Lane had one reception, a 72-yard touchdown catch. Against Ohio, he had a 14-yard catch. In the win at Eastern Michigan, Lane had a TD Games Started 11 12 13 14 15 Total reception on each of his first two catches on the day. The two TD receptions were the most in a game DL Cody Grice, Sr. – 12 12 12 12 48 in his young career. He finished with four catches for 104 yards, all in the first half. It marked the first LB Jatavis Brown, Sr. 1 12 12 12 37 OT Dylan Brumbaugh, Sr. – 5 12 7 12 36 100-yard performance of his collegiate career. At Bowling Green, Lane led the Zips with 45 yards on DL Alfonso Horner, Sr. 7 4 10 3 24 four receptions. Against Central Michigan, he scored the Zips’ only points on a 57-yard TD reception. OL Isaiah Williams, R-Sr. – 3 – 11 9 23 In the win at UMass, Lane led the Zips with four receptions for 45 yards. In the win at Miami (Ohio), he DL Se’Von Pittman, Jr. 12 11 23 had four catches for a team-high 83 Yards and a 32-yard touchdown reception to put the Zips on the OL Tommy Brown, Sr. 10 12 22 scoreboard first. In the win over Buffalo, Lane had five receptions for 80 yards and two touchdowns. In CB Kris Givens, Sr. 10 12 22 the shutout of Kent State, he was the top receiver with four receptions for 75 yards. CB DeAndre Scott, Jr. – 10 12 22 QB Kyle Pohl, Sr. – 0 12 10 - 22 After 12 games, Lane is second in team receiving with 35 receptions for a team-best 750 yards and RB Conor Hundley, Sr. 3 – 6 11 20 team-best eight touchdowns. LB Dylan Evans, Sr. 1 3 2 12 18 CB Bryce Cheek, Sr. – 2 3 12 17 Senior Andrew Pratt had two receptions in the win at Louisiana, including a nine-yard touchdown WR Andrew Pratt, Sr. – – 5 12 17 OL Quaison Osborne, Sr. 3 – 2 10 15 catch to put the Zips on the scoreboard. Against Ohio, he had three receptions for 40 yards. At Bowling WR Imani Davis, Sr. 0 1 2 12 15 Green, Pratt had two receptions for 17 yards. Against Central Michigan, he had four catches for 25 S Zach Guiser, So. – 12 12 yards. In the win at UMass, Pratt had two receptions for 12 yards. In the win at Miami (Ohio), he had a LB Darryl Monroe, Sr. 12 12 34-yard reception. In the shutout of Kent State, he had four receptions for 37 yards. OL Andrew Bohan, Sr. – – – 11 11 WR Tyrell Goodman, R-Jr. – 5 – 3 8 After 12 games, Pratt is third in receiving with 19 catches for 186 yards and a touchdown. WR Mykel Traylor-Bennett, Jr. – 6 - 6 CB John Senter, Sr. – – 5 1 6 After a redshirt season in 2014, junior Tyrell Goodman (Yonkers, N.Y.) has worked his way back into the starting line-up. Against Pittsburgh, he had three receptions for 27 yards. In the win at Louisiana, Goodman had two catches for 18 yards. In the MAC opener against Ohio, he had three receptions for Consecutive Games Started 29 yards, including a 12-yard catch. At Bowling Green, Goodman had a 14-yard touchdown reception. 11 12 13 14 15 Total He had an eight-yard catch in the win at UMass. DL Cody Grice, Sr. – 12 12 12 12 48 LB Jatavis Brown, Sr. – 12 12 12 36 In nine games, Goodman is fourth in receiving with 12 receptions for 104 yards and a touchdown. OL Tommy Brown, Sr. 10 12 22 CB Kris Givens, Sr. 10 12 22 Josh McNeil OT Dylan Brumbaugh, Sr. – 5 12 17 Junior TE (Durham, N.C.) scored the first touchdown of his collegiate career with a one- WR Andrew Pratt, Sr. – – 5 12 17 yard reception in the win at Eastern Michigan. At Bowling Green, he had two receptions for 13 yards. CB Bryce Cheek, Sr. – 2 12 14 WR Imani Davis, Sr. – – – 12 12 Adding depth are junior Michael Means, Jr. (Cincinnati, Ohio); sophomores A.J. Coney (Orlando, LB Dylan Evans, Sr. – – – 12 12 Fla.) and Austin Wolf (Lebanon, Ohio); and freshman Richie Cooper (Hollywood, Fla.). All have seen S Zach Guiser, So. – 12 12 game action. In the win at UMass, Coney had a career-high three receptions for a career-high 38 yards, LB Darryl Monroe, Sr. 12 12 while Wolf put the Zips on the scoreboard with a 27-yard TD reception. The touchdown was the second CB DeAndre Scott, Jr. – – 12 12 of his collegiate career and his first this season. OL Andrew Bohan, Sr. – – – 11 11 FIRST LINE OF DEFENSE The Zips’ offensive line is heavy ... senior heavy. All five starters– LTIsaiah Williams (Cleveland, Ohio), LG Dylan Brumbaugh (Green, Ohio), C Andrew Bohan (Avon Lake, Ohio), RG Tommy Brown (Akron, Ohio), and RT Quaison Osborne (Hudson, Ohio)– have started a combined 116 starting nods between them. The only newcomer is Bohan, who replaced four-year starting center Travis Switzer.

Redshirt freshman Kyle Ritz (Willoughby, Ohio) started the first five games (Eastern Michigan, Bowl- ing Green, Central Michigan, Miami, Buffalo) of his career at right tackle.

Sophomore C Stephen Ericksen (Sherrodsville, Ohio) made his first career start (at center) in the win at Massachusetts.

Akron’s run blocking and pass protection schemes elevated the offensive production this season. The Zips averaged 170.2 yards per game on the ground, 46.5 yards better than last season. Additionally, the Zips rushed for 2,043 total yards, exceeding last year’s season total of 1,484 (after just 10 games). Akron also allowed nine fewer sacks.

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GAME 13 • UTAH STATE 2015 ZIPS DEFENSE UNDER TERRY BOWDEN LINEBACKER U At home ...... 3-3 Three-time first-team All-MAC honoree and the 2015 MAC Defensive Player of the Year, seniorJatavis On the road...... 4-2 Brown was the only returning starter at linebacker. At neutral sites......

On television (live)...... 7-5 At No. 19 Oklahoma, Brown had seven tackles, including a two-yard sack. Against Pittsburgh, Brown led In non-televised games...... all defenders with a career-high 16 tackles, including eight solo stops, 2.5 sacks for a loss of 18 yards, and a forced fumble. In the win over Savannah State, he had seven tackles. In the win at Louisiana, On natural grass...... 0-1 Brown had five tackles, including 2.0 TFL, and a hurry. In the MAC opener against Ohio, he had seven On artificial surface...... 7-4 tackles. In the win at Eastern Michigan, Brown had nine tackles, including five solo stops and a TFL. At Bowling Green, he had nine tackles and a team-best two sacks for a loss of 13 yards. Against Central In day games...... 6-3 In night games (6 p.m.+)...... 1-2 Michigan, Brown led the Zips with six tackles and a nine-yard sack. In the win at UMass, Brown led the Zips with 11 tackles, 1.5 TFL, and an eight-yard sack. In the win at Miami (Ohio), he had a very busy day. When winning coin toss...... 1-1 Brown led all defenders with 11 tackles, two sacks, a career-high 4.5 TFL, a forced fumble, a break-up, When opponent wins toss...... 6-4 and the first interception of his career en route to MAC Defensive Player of the Week honors. In the win over Buffalo, Brown led all defenders with 12 tackles and two hurries. In the shutout of Kent State, he In overtime games...... led the Zips with eight tackles, a forced fumble, and a hurry. In games decided by 3 pts or less...... 1-1 In gamed decided by 7 pts or less...... With his two sacks against Miami, Brown set the school record for sacks in a season [the previous record In September...... 2-2 was 10.0 sacks, held by Jason Taylor (1996) and Ken Williams (1993)]. He now has 10.5 sacks. In October...... 1-3 In November ...... 4-0 After 12 games, Brown is the team tackling leader with 108 tackles, including a team-best 17.5 TFL and a season record 10.5 sacks, six hurries, three forced fumbles, and an interception. Against ranked opponents...... 0-1 Against non-ranked opponents...... 7-4 Joining Brown are seniors Dylan Evans (Nazareth, Pa.), who played in all 12 games last fall with two Darryl Monroe Coming off a win...... 4-2 starts, and (Orlando, Fla.), who transferred from Washington State. Coming off a loss...... 3-3 At No. 19 Oklahoma, Evans led the Zips with a career-high 13 tackles, including eight solo stops, and When scoring first ...... 6-1 a break-up. Against Pitt, he had 11 tackles and a six-yard sack. In the win over Savannah State, Evans When opponent scores first...... 1-4 was the team leader with nine tackles and a game-high four break-ups. In the win at Louisiana, he had five solo stops, including 2.0 TFL, and a 17-yard interception return. In the win over Eastern Michigan, When leading at the half...... 6-0 Evans led the defense with 10 tackles, including five solo stops. Evans led the Zips with 11 tackles, When trailing at the half...... 1-5 When tied at the half...... including six solo stops, at Bowling Green. Against Central Michigan, Evans made five solo stops. In the win at UMass, he led the Zips with 11 tackles, including seven solo stops. In the win at Miami (Ohio), he When scoring 0-9 points...... 0-3 had eight tackles. In the shutout of Kent State, Evans had six tackles, including 1.5 TFL. When opp. scores 0-9 pts...... 2-0 When scoring 10-19 points...... 1-2 After 12 games, Evans is second in team tackling with 98 tackles, including a team-best 59 solo stops, When opp. scores 10-19 pts...... 2-2 10.0 TFL, six break-ups, 1.5 sacks, and an interception. When scoring 20-29 points...... 1-0 When opp. scores 20-29 pts...... 3-1 When scoring 30+ points...... 5-0 Against Pittsburgh, Monroe racked up 10 tackles, including five solos. In the win over Savanna State, When opp. scores 30+pts...... 0-2 he had three tackles. In the win at Louisiana, Monroe had five solo stops. In the MAC opener against Ohio, he led the Zips with eight tackles, including six solo stops. In the win at Eastern Michigan, Mon- With 100-yard rusher...... 4-0 roe had seven tackles, including a TFL. At Bowling Green, he had nine tackles. Against Central Michi- When opp. has 100-yard rusher...... 1-0 gan, he had six tackles, including five solo stops. In the win at UMass, Monroe had four tackles. In the With no 100-yard rusher...... 3-5 win at Miami (Ohio), he had six tackles and a hurry. In the win over Buffalo, Monroe had nine tackles. In the shutout of Kent State, he had five tackles, a 12-yard sack, and a forced fumble. With 100-yard receiver...... 2-0 When opp. has 100-yard receiver...... 3-4 With no 100-yard receiver...... 4-1 After 12 games, Monroe is third in tackling with 78 tackles, 4.0 TFL, two hurries, a forced fumble, and a sack. With 300-yard passer...... When opp. has 300-yard passer...... 0-2 With no 300-yard passer ...... 7-3

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GAME 13 • UTAH STATE AKRON IN THE MAC STATS THE FANTASTIC FOUR [Top 5 finishes only] The Zips’ front four are a force of strength, highlighted by second-team All-MAC honoree and senior NT [as of Dec. 5] Cody Grice, a starter in every game of his collegiate career (48 and counting).

And yes, his haircut– the half man, half amazing– is back! At No. 19 Oklahoma, Grice had three tackles. Against Pittsburgh, he had two solo stops and rushed once for one yard in the third quarter. In the win over Savannah State, Grice had two tackles, including a TFL, in addition to his three rushing touchdowns. In the win at Louisiana, he had a 12-yard fumble recovery. In the win at Eastern Michigan, Grice had four tackles. In the win at UMass, he had a solo tackle and an eight-yard sack. In the win at Miami (Ohio), Grice had a tackle and a two-yard rushing touchdown. In the shutout of Kent State, he had three tackles.

Joining him on the line are three preseason All-MAC honors– junior ends Se’Von PIttman (Canton, Scoring Defense Ohio) and Jamal Marcus (Durham, N.C.), and senior tackle Rodney Coe (Fulton, Mo). Pittman start- 2. Akron...... 21.5 ed all 12 games last fall. Transfers Marcus (Ohio State) and Coe (Iowa State) sat out last year per NCAA transfer rules. Total Defense 1. Akron...... 328.5 At No. 19 Oklahoma, Pittman had two solo tackles. Against Pitt, he had four tackles, including two TFL for a loss of 11 yards. In the win over Savannah State, Pittman had two tackles and a hurry. In the win Rushing Defense at Louisiana, Pittman had a TFL and a forced fumble. Against Ohio, he had four tackles. In the win at 1. Akron...... 89.8 Eastern Michigan, Pittman had four tackles. Against Central Michigan, he had three tackles, a break-up, and a hurry. In the win at UMass, Pittman had six tackles, including 2.0 TFL, and a forced fumble. In Interceptions the win over Buffalo, he had four tackles and a break-up. In the shutout of Kent State, Pittman had a 4. Akron...... 13 five-yard sack and a fumble recovery, the first of his career.

Sacks A third-team All-MAC selection, Marcus had four tackles, including a TFL for a loss of four yards, at No. 3. Akron...... 2.33 19 Oklahoma. He missed the Savannah State game with an injury. In the MAC opener, Marcus had a career-high six tackles, including a career-high five solo stops and 4.0 TFL. He also had a career-high Turnover Margin 2. Akron...... 0.67

Red Zone Defense DRESS LIKE A ZIP 4. Akron...... 79.5 Akron Football has worn several different uniform combinations again this fall:

Time of Possession Helmet Jersey Pants 3. Akron...... 32:42 • L, 3-41 at #19 Oklahoma Blue White Blue W, 47-21 at Eastern Michigan W, 17-13 at Massachusetts • W, 37-28 at Miami (Ohio) Blue White White • L, 7-24 vs. Pittsburgh Gold Chrome Black Black • W, 52-9 vs. Savannah State White Blue White L, 12-14 vs. Ohio L, 6-14 vs. Central Michigan • W,35-14 at Louisiana White White White • L, 10-59 at Bowling Green White White Gold • W, 42-21 vs. Buffalo Blue Blue Blue • W, 20-0 vs. Kent State White Blue Blue

Record by Colors: 2-1 Blue White Blue 1-0 Blue White White 0-1 Gold Chrome Black Black 1-2 White Blue White 1-0 White White White 0-1 White White Gold 1-0 Blue Blue Blue 1-0 White Blue Blue 7-5

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AKRON IN THE MAC STATS two sacks for a loss of 14 yards. At Bowling Green, Marcus had two solo tackles and a sack for a loss of [as of Dec. 5] 15 yards. In the win at Miami (Ohio), he had three tackles, an eight-yard sack, a fumble recovery, and five hurries. In the shutout of Kent State, Marcus had two solo tackles, a five-yard sack, and two hurries.

A third-team All-MAC selection, Coe had two tackles at No. 19 Oklahoma. He missed the Savannah State game with an injury. In the win at Louisiana, Coe had six solo stops. Against Ohio, he had three tackles and two break-ups. In the win at Eastern Michigan, Coe had six tackles, 1.5 TFL, and a hurry. At Bowling Green, he had four tackles. Against Central Michigan, Coe had a career-high two sacks (for a loss of 16 yards), the first of his Akron career. He also had a career-high three tackles for a loss of 18 yards. In the win at UMass, Coe had four tackles. In the win at Miami (Ohio), he had four tackles. In the win over Buffalo, Coe had five tackles and forced the first fumble of his collegiate career. The Zips scored a touchdown on the very next play. In the shutout of Kent State, Coe had four tackles, 1.5 TFL, INDIVIDUALS and two hurries. Rushing Akron’s Fantastic Four has combined for a 89.8 rushing defense which ranks first in the MAC and No. 8. Conor Hundley...... 73.6 3 nationally. Total Offense SECONDARY SECOND TO NONE 9. Thomas Woodson...... 214.8 The Zips’ secondary is stacked with returning starters. At corner, seniors Kris Givens (Ridgeland, Passing Efficiency Miss.) and John Senter (Huber Heights, Ohio), and junior DeAndre Scott (Frederick, Md.) lead the competition from the underclassmen. 9. Thomas Woodson...... 126.5

Scoring (Kick) At No. 19 Oklahoma, Givens was the top defensive back, finishing second with seven tackles, including 8. Robert Stein...... 5.8 six solo stops. He had three solo stops against Pitt. In the win over Savannah State, Givens had three tackles and a break-up. In the MAC opener against Ohio, he led the Zips with eight tackles, including six Punting solo stops. At Bowling Green, Givens had seven tackles. In the win at UMass, he had three tackles and 6. Zach Paul...... 41.2 an interception. In the win over Buffalo, Givens had four solo tackles and a break-up. In the shutout of Kent State, he had three tackles and a break-up. Field Goals 8. Robert Stein...... 12-19 (63.2) After 12 games, Givens has 48 tackles, six break-ups, and an interception. PAT Kicking Pct. Senior CB Bryce Cheek (Lewis Center, Ohio) had six tackles at No. 19 Oklahoma. Against Pittsburgh, 8. Robert Stein...... 34-36 (94.1) he had seven tackles. In the win over Savannah State, Cheek had four tackles. In the win at Louisiana, Tackles he had four tackles. Against Ohio, Cheek had four tackles and a break-up. In the win over Eastern Mich- 7. Jatavis Brown...... 9.0 igan, he had six tackles and a forced fumble. At Bowling Green, Cheek had five tackles and a break-up. 12. Dylan Evans...... 8.2 Against Central Michigan, he had three solo stops. In the win at UMass, Cheek had five tackles and a 29. Darryl Monroe...... 6.5 break-up. In the win over Buffalo, he had four solo tackles, an interception, and two break-ups. In the shutout of Kent State, Cheek recovered a fumble, the second of his career and first this season. Sacks 1. Jatavis Brown...... 0.88 After 12 games, Cheek is the top defensive back, standing fourth in team tackling, with 51 tackles, five 8. Jamal Marcus...... 0.55 break-ups, an interception, a TFL, a forced fumble, and a fumble recovery. Tackles for Loss In the win over Savannah State, Scott had three solo tackles, two break-ups, and a 13-yard interception 1. Jatavis Brown...... 17.5 return. In the win at Louisiana, he had three solo stops, an interception, and a break-up. Against Ohio, 9. Jamal Marcus...... 11.5 he had two tackles and an interception. Against Central Michigan, he had three tackles and a break-up. 14. Dylan Evans...... 10.0 In the win at UMass, Scott had two tackles and an interception in the final minute of play to seal Akron’s Passes Defended (Break-ups) win. It was the fifth interception of the season (and the eighth of his career). In the win at Miami (Ohio), 7. DeAndre Scott...... 1.33 he had two solo tackles, a forced fumble, an interception, and two break-ups. In the win over Buffalo, Scott had six tackles and fumble recovery, the first of his career. The Zips scored on the very next play. Interceptions In the shutout of Kent State, Scott had two solo stops and a break-up. 2. DeAndre Scott...... 0.50 After 12 games, Scott has 27 tackles, a team-best 10 break-ups, a team-best six interceptions, a forced Forced Fumbles fumble, and a fumble recovery. 5. Jatavis Brown...... 0.25 Against Central Michigan, redshirt freshman CB Jordan George (Ketering, Ohio) had his first career interception.

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COACHING STAFF Sophomore S Zach Guiser (Fayette City, Pa.) had four tackles in his first start as a Zip at No. 19 Okla- PLAYERS OF THE GAME homa. Against Pittsburgh, he had five tackles. In the win at Louisiana, Guiser led the Zips with eight tackles and a break-up. Against Ohio, he had three solo tackles. In the win at Eastern Michigan, Guiser OFFENSE had four tackles and his first career interception. At Bowling Green, he had five tackles. Against Central Oklahoma WR Jerome Lane Michigan, Guiser had four tackles and a break-up. In the win at UMass, he had seven tackles and a Pitt RB Conor Hundley break-up. In the win at Miami (Ohio), Guiser had four tackles, a forced fumble, and a break-up. In the SSU NT Cody Grice win over Buffalo, he had six tackles and an interception. UL QB Thomas Woodson Ohio WR Imani Davis After 12 games, Guiser is fifth in team tackling with 50 tackles, two interceptions, five break-ups, and EMU QB Thomas Woodson a fumble recovery. BGSU C Andrew Bohan CMU WR Jerome Lane UMass WR Austin Wolf Miami RB Conor Hundley SPECIAL TEAMS BUF QB Thomas Woodson SENIOR LEADERSHIP KSU RB Conor Hundley One area that remained consistent has been special teams.

Senior placekicker Robert Stein resumed his kicking and PAT duties again this fall. At No. 19 Oklaho- DEFENSE ma, Stein scored the Zips’ only points with a 26-yard field goal. He also kicked off twice for 107 yards. Against Pittsburgh, Stein connected on a PAT and kicked off twice for 77 yards. In the win over Savan- Oklahoma LB Dylan Evans nah State, he had a 21-yard field goal while kicking a perfect 7-for-7 in extra points, extending his Pitt LB Jatavis Brown consecutive streak to 35. He also kicked off a career-high nine times for a career-high 542 yards (60.2 SSU LB Dylan Evans average). In the win at Louisiana, Stein made five extra points. He kicked off six times for 371 yards UL S Zach Guiser (61.8 average). In the MAC opener against Ohio, Stein scored all 12 of Akron’s points with a career-high Ohio DE Jamal Marcus four field goals, including a 41-yarder, en route to MAC Special Teams Player of the Week honors. In the EMU S Zach Guiser win at Eastern Michigan, Stein was a perfect 6-for-6 in extra points on the day, extending his consecu- BGSU LB Jatavis Brown tive made streak to 46. He also converted a 39-yard field goal in the second quarter. At Bowling Green, CMU DT Rodney Coe Stein nailed a 46-yard field goal in the second quarter, his longest this season and the second longest UMass LB Jatavis Brown of his career. He missed a PAT, snapping his consecutive streak (49). In the win at UMass, Stein made Miami LB Jatavis Brown a 36-yard field goal and two PAT. In the win at Miami (Ohio), Stein nailed 50-yard field goal with less BUF LB Jatavis Brown than three minutes left to seal the Zips’ victory. In the win over Buffalo, he made six extra points and KSU LB Darryl Monroe kicked off seven times for 422 yards (60.3 avg.). In the shutout of Kent State, Stein had two field goals (23 and 20 yards) and two extra points.

SPECIALISTS After 12 games, Stein is the Zips’ scoring leader with 70 points (12-of-19 field goals and 34-of-36 PAT). He has also kicked off 60 times for 3,460 yards (57.7 avg.) with 16 touchbacks. Oklahoma P Zach Paul Pitt KR Van Edwards Punter Zach Paul (Broadview Heights, Ohio) returned for his senior season. Paul punted 12 times at SSU PR A.J. Coney No. 19 Oklahoma for 557 yards (46.4 avg.) with four landing inside the 20, all career bests. His long UL LS Michael Buddenberg was 73 yards. Against Pittsburgh, he punted nine times for 355 yards (39.4 avg.), including a long Ohio PK Robert Stein of 62 yards. In the win over Savannah State, Paul punted just three times for 102 yards. In the win at EMU WR Austin Wolf Louisiana, he punted three times for 97 yards. Against Ohio, Paul punted five times for 164 yards (32.8 BGSU KOR Tyrell Goodman avg.). In the win at Eastern Michigan, he punted four times for 165 yards (41.2 avg.) with three landing CMU P Zach Paul inside the 20. At Bowling Green, Paul punted five times for 196 yards, including a long of 64 yards. UMass P Zach Paul Against Central Michigan, he punted nine times for 378 yards (42.0 average), with a long of 53. Four Miami PK Robert Stein punts landed inside the 20 and two were touchbacks. In the win at UMass, Paul punted six times for BUF PR A.J. Coney 275 yards (45.8 avg.) His long punt of 59 yards came in the fourth quarter before UMass’ final drive. KSU P Zach Paul In the win at Miami (Ohio), Paul punted five times for 205 yards (41.0 avg.). In the win over Buffalo, he punted seven times for 311 yards (44.4 avg.). In the shutout of Kent State, Paul punted just three times for 117 yards (averaging 39.0), including a long of 45 yards. Two of those punts landed inside the 20. His final punt in the fourth quarter was downed at the one-yard line to start Kent’s final drive of the game.

After 12 games, Paul has punted 71 times for 2,922 yards (41.2 average), including 12 longer than 50 yards, 23 inside the 20, and 16 fair catches. 2015 AKRON FOOTBALL GAME NOTES 14 AKRON FOOTBALL

GAME 13 • UTAH STATE 2015 BOWL SCHEDULE PAUL NOMINATED FOR RAY GUY AWARD Senior punter Zach Paul was one of 79 players nationally named as nominees for the 2015 Ray Guy Award as the nation’s top collegiate punter.

A 2015 preseason All-MAC honoree by Athlon Sports, Paul is a two-time All-MAC selection, earning Raycom Media Camellia Bowl second-team honors last fall. Paul was named to the Ray Guy Watch List in 2013 and 2014. Saturday, December 19 | Montgomery, Ala. 5:30 p.m. ET/4:30 p.m. CT | ESPN LONG SNAPPER’S BIG MOVE MAC vs. Sun Belt In Akron’s 35-14 win at Louisiana, sophomore LS Michael Buddenberg recorded his first stat as http://espnevents.com/camellia-bowl/ he recovered a Louisiana fumble following a punt in the second quarter. The recovery gave the Zips the ball back to close out the first half and take away the Cajuns’ opportunity to tie the game before halftime. He was tabbed the Mid-American Conference Special Teams Player of the Week for the East Division on Sept. 28.

RETURN THIS Famous Idaho Potato Bowl The Zips had two new players working on returns this fall. On punt returns, sophomore WR A.J. Coney Tuesday, December 22 | Boise, Idaho is utilizing his size and speed. He has 17 punt returns for 73 yards (4.3 average). 3:30 p.m. ET/1:30 p.m. MT | ESPN MAC vs. Mountain West On kickoff returns, freshman RB Van Edwards has 19 returns for 396 yards (20.8 average), including http://www.famousidahopotatobowl.com a 31-yard return in the win at Eastern Michigan. At Bowling Green, junior WR Tyrell Goodman had four returns for 36 yards, including a 21-yard return.

In the win at UMass, redshirt freshman WR Anthony Lauro (Bradenton, Fla.) returned his first kick, good for an eight-yard return in the second quarter.

Boca Raton Bowl Tuesday, December 22 | Boca Raton, Fla. 7 p.m. ET | ESPN MAC vs. American Athletic Conference ON THE SIDELINES http://espnevents.com/boca-raton-bowl THERE IS NO PLACE LIKE HOME Akron is in its seventh season on campus at InfoCision Stadium – Summa Field. The Zips have a 16-26 record at the venue (3-3 in 2015).

San Diego Co. Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl The 30,000-seat stadium features 17 suites, state-of-the-art video board, and 80,000 square feet of Wednesday, December 23 | San Diego, Calif. academic space used daily by all University students. Additionally, the Sport Science and Wellness 4:30 p.m. ET/1:30 p.m. PT | ESPN Education Department conducts classes on two levels, and the University’s Alumni Association resides MAC vs. Mountain West there as well. http://sandiegobowlgames.com/ FRYE INDUCTED INTO RING OF HONOR Former Zips’ quarterback Charlie Frye (2001-04) was inducted into the school’s Ring of Honor on Nov. 27. Frye became the seventh inductee overall and third player, joining TE Chris Angeloff (2003) and LB/DE Jason Taylor (2004). Go Daddy Bowl Wednesday, December 23 | Mobile, Ala. UA’s most honored quarterback, who started in 45 of 46 games over his career, Frye set 54 school 8 p.m. ET/7 p.m. CT | ESPN records and became the 16th quarterback in NCAA history and the third in Mid-American Conference MAC vs. Sun Belt history to pass for over 2,000 yards for all four seasons. While throwing for 11,049 yards, including http://www.godaddybowl.com 3,549 in 2003, which is the single-season record, Frye had 14 career 300-yard passing games, including a school record 436-yard performance in his career finale against Miami. He completed 913 of 1,436 passes for 64 touchdowns, all UA career records.

In 2004, Frye became the first UA player to receive the MAC’s Vern Smith Leadership Award, the highest honor given to a Conference football student-athlete. He guided UA to a 6-2 MAC record to finish second in the East Division as a senior in 2004, and was named second-team All-MAC. Frye went on to Popeyes Bahamas Bowl Thursday, December 24 | Nassau, Bahamas earn the Most Valuable Player Award in the 2005 Senior Bowl. Noon ET | ESPN MAC vs. Conference USA http://www.bahamasbowl.com 2015 AKRON FOOTBALL GAME NOTES 15 AKRON FOOTBALL

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2015 WEEKLY Frye was selected in the third round of the 2005 NFL Draft by the Cleveland Browns where he played for MEDIA CONFERENCE three seasons. He also played for the Seattle Seahawks (2008) and the Oakland Raiders (2009) before a wrist injury ended his NFL career. Last February, Frye was inducted into the Varsity “A” Hall of Fame. Akron head coach Terry Bowden will meet with the media on Tuesdays at Noon each week prior to Zips’ After serving as the offensive coordinator for the football team at Wekiva High School in Apopka, Fla., games. All media conferences will be held in the for two seasons, Frye is a consultant for the Florida Gators. Frye and his wife Lenette have two sons– C.J. Football Team Room in the Stile Field House (289 and Cristian. South Union). BOWDEN AMONG NATION’S VOTERS Parking is a available in Lot 6 (west side of stadium) or For the fourth consecutive season Akron head coach Terry Bowden is a voting member for the weekly along Vine Street with gameday parking passes. Amway Coaches’ Poll. Game 1: at Oklahoma Tuesday, Sept. 1 ZIPS FOOTBALL WITH TERRY BOWDEN Game 2: Pittsburgh Tuesday, Sept. 8 Game 3: Savannah State Tuesday, Sept. 15 Weekly throughout the season, head coach Terry Bowden reviews the previous week’s game Game 4: at Louisiana Tuesday, Sept. 22 and preview the Zips’ upcoming opponent on the 30-minute television show, Zips Football with Game 5: Ohio Tuesday, Sept. 29 Terry Bowden, presented by the Wentz Financial Group. The show is carried by SportsTime Ohio on Game 6: at Eastern Michigan Tuesday, Oct. 6 Tuesdays at 6:30 p.m. ET. Game 7: at Bowling Green Tuesday, Oct. 13 Game 8: Central Michigan Tuesday, Oct. 27 ZIPS IN THE NFL Game 9: at Massachusetts Tuesday, Nov. 3 Three former Zips are currently listed on NFL rosters– DB Jalil Carter (Minnesota), LB Justin Game 10: at Miami (Ohio) Tuesday, Nov. 10 March-Lillard (Kansas City), and G Jarrod Pughsley (Kansas City). Game 11: Buffalo Tuesday, Nov. 17 Game 12: Kent State Tuesday, Nov. 24 WATCH LISTS Two Zips were named to national Watch Lists for prestigious awards. Seniors LB Jatavis Brown and NT Cody Grice were named to the Watch List for the 2015 Rotary Lombardi Award. Senior PK Robert Stein was one of 30 players nationally named to the 2015 Lou Groza Collegiate Placekicker Award Watch List.

ALLSTATE AFCA GOOD WORKS TEAM Junior FB Christian Allen (Morgantown, W.Va.) was one of a record 197 nominees for the 2015 All- state AFCA Good Works Team® which has recognized college football players for the last 24 years from across the country who exemplify a superior commitment to community service and volunteerism.

Allen played primarily on the field goal unit. Off the field, the sport management major is involved with visits to Akron Children’s Hospital, the reading program with local elementary schools, and the Walk a Mile in Her Shoes event. 2015 WEEKLY MAC COACHES’ CALL NEW FACES ON THE SIDELINES In the offseason, the Zips added two assistant coaches to the staff– Darrell Funk and Eric Hickson. The Mid-American Conference football coaches will be available each Monday for a weekly media conference Funk, who serves as the offensive line coach and offensive run game coordinator, joined the Zips after call. Please call Cathy Bongiovi (Akron) or Ken Mather serving as the offensive line coach at the University of Michigan for the last four seasons. (MAC) for phone access number. Hickson, who coaches the running backs, joined the Zips after serving as the interim head coach, run- 9:30-9:38 P.J. Fleck, Western Michigan ning backs coach, and outgoing recruiting coordinator at Garden City Community College in Kansas 9:38-9:46 Matt Campbell, Toledo during the 2014 season. 9:46-9:54 Rod Carey, Northern Illinois 9:54-10:02 Pete Lembo, Ball State 10:02-10:10 John Bonamego, Central Michigan 10:10-10:18 Chris Creighton, Eastern Mich. 10:18-10:26 Frank Solich, Ohio DID YOU KNOW . . . 10:26-10:34 Chuck Martin, Miami • Zippy is just one of five female-gendered college mascots in Division I athletics. Do you know the 10:34-10:42 Paul Haynes, Kent State other four? (YoUDee, the Delaware Blue Hen; Mrs. Wuf of N.C. State; Lucy Lobo of New Mexico; 10:42-10:50 Lance Leipold Buffalo and Wilma Wildcat of Arizona) 10:50-10:58 Dino Babers, Bowling Green 10:58-11:06 Terry Bowden, Akron • Akron was the first school to jump from Division I-AA football (now called FCS) to I-A (now called 11:06-11:14 Mark Whipple, UMass FBS). The Zips made the move in 1987. 2015 AKRON FOOTBALL GAME NOTES 16 AKRON FOOTBALL

GAME 13 • UTAH STATE WINNINGEST FAMILY IN D-I COLLEGE FOOTBALL A DECADE NOT LIKELY TO BE DUPLICATED Feats that may never be repeated ...

1993 Bobby [Florida State] and Terry [Auburn] were the first father-son combo in NCAA BOBBY BOWDEN, father...... Career (44 seasons) 377-129-4 (.743) 31 bowls, 2 national championships Division I history to serve as head coaches TOMMY BOWDEN, brother....Career (12 seasons) 90-49 (.647) 9 bowls at the same time. TERRY BOWDEN, Akron*...... Career (22 seasons) 158-92-2 (.631) 4 bowls ...... Bowden Family Total 625-270-6 (.697) 44 bowls, 2 national championships

Brothers 1999 Mack Brown, Texas...... Career (30 seasons) 244-122-1 (.916) 21 bowls, 1 national championship Bobby [Florida State] and Tommy Watson Brown, Tenn. Tech*...... Career (32 seasons) 136-211-1 (.391) 1 bowl ...... Brown Family Total 380-333-2 (.533) 22 bowls, 1 national championship [Clemson] were the first father-son combo in NCAA Division I history to coach against Brothers Vince Dooley, Georgia...... Career (25 seasons) 201-77-10 (.715) 20 bowls, 1 national championship each other as head coaches. Bill Dooley, Wake Forest...... Career (26 seasons) 162-126-5 (.625) 10 bowls ...... Dooley Family Total 363-203-15 (.638) 30 bowls, 1 national championship

Father / Son Lou Holtz, South Carolina...... Career (33 seasons) 249-132-7 (.651) 22 bowls, 1 national championship Decade of the 1990s Skip Holtz, Louisiana Tech*...... Career (15 seasons) 109-87 (.556) 7 bowls All three Bowden head coaches– Terry ...... Holtz Family Total 358-219-7 (.619) 28 bowls, 1 national championship [Auburn 1993], Tommy [Tulane 1998], Brothers and Bobby [Florida State 1999]– Howard Jones, USC...... Career (29 seasons) 191-64-21 (.730) 5 bowls, 5 national championships T.A. Dwight (Tad) Jones, Yale.....Career (12 seasons) 69-24-6 (.727) 1 national championship led their teams to undefeated seasons ...... Jones Family Total 260-88-27 (.729) 5 bowls, 6 national championships and were named the National Coach of Brothers the Year at a Division I school. Bob Stoops, Oklahoma*...... Career (16 seasons) 179-45 (.799) 17 bowls, 1 national championship Mark Stoops, Kentucky*...... Career (2 seasons) 12-27 (.308) Mike Stoops, Arizona ...... Career (8 seasons) 41-50 (.451) 3 bowls ...... Stoops Family Total 232-118 (.663) 20 bowls, 1 national championship

Father / Son Jack Harbaugh, Western Ky...... Career (19 seasons) 116-95-3 (.543) 1 national championship Jim Harbaugh, Michigan*...... Career (7 seasons) 67-30 (.691) 3 bowls ...... Harbaugh Family Total 183-125-3 (.593) 3 bowls, 1 national championship

Father / Son Spike Dykes, Texas Tech...... Career (13 seasons) 82-67-1 (.550) 7 bowls Sonny Dykes, Cal*...... Career (5 seasons) 35-38 (.479) 2 bowls ...... Dykes Family Total 117-104-1 (.529) 9 bowls

Brothers Bobby Petrino, Louisville*...... Career (10 seasons) 99-39 (.792) 9 bowls Paul Petrino, Idaho*...... Career (2 seasons) 6-29 (.171) ...... Petrino Family Total 105-68 (.607) 9 bowls

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GAME 13 • UTAH STATE Terry Bowden, who is in his 22nd year of collegiate coaching, is in his fourth season at the helm of the UA program. He was named the Zips’ 27th all-time head coach on Dec. 22, 2011, but is just the seventh person to hold the position since 1960. TERRY

Bowden has been responsible for miraculous turnarounds almost everywhere he has BOWDEN coached and is on the verge of doing it once again at The University of Akron. } Head Coach Last season, Bowden led UA to its second-straight 5-7 record overall and a 3-5 mark } Fourth Season at Akron against the MAC. He led the Zips to their first win over a BCS/Power 5 opponent since 2008, downing Pittsburgh, 21-10, at Heinz Field on Sept. 27. The win was the first for } 22nd Season Overall Akron over an ACC program since UA’s 20-17 win at NC State on Sept. 9, 2006. The 5-7 } West Virginia ‘78 record marked the first time since the 2005 and 2006 seasons that the Zips had posted back-to-back campaigns with five or more victories (7-6 in 2005, 5-7 in 2006).

Four Zips earned All-Mid-American Conference honors in 2014, with junior linebacker Kent State to regain possession of the coveted wooden Wagon Wheel. Jatavis Brown and junior nose tackle Cody Grice named first-team All-MAC. Senior defensive lineman Nordly Capi and junior punter Zach Paul earned second-team honors. Additionally in 2013, seven players were named All-MAC, highlighted by first-team se- In addition to the All-MAC honors, nine Zips were named Academic All-MAC, led by lection then-sophomore linebacker Jatavis Brown – the first Zip named to the first team three-time honoree Robert Stein. The nine honorees marked the third straight season since Bryan Wagner in 2011. with nine or more Academic All-MAC selections. In 2012, Bowden, serving as offensive coordinator, ushered in a spread offense that In 2013, Bowden led UA to its highest win total since 2008 by going 5-7 overall and 4-4 resulted in an aerial attack responsible for a school-record and MAC season-high 30 against the MAC, as well as ending the year by winning three straight and four of its last passing touchdowns. The offense, which was conducted in a hurry-up no-huddle style, five games. The Zips went 3-3 at home, including a 16-7 victory over neighborhood rival was led by fifth-year senior transfer quarterback Dalton Williams, who set the program’s single-season record for touchdown passes (25) and pass completions (326-for-522), THE TERRY BOWDEN FILE while compiling the third most passing yards (3,387) in a season in school history. COLLEGIATE HEAD COACHING RECORD Year School Record | Notable Williams’ arm was complimented by sophomore running back Jawon Chisholm’s 953 1983 Salem 3-7 yards rushing on the strength of 180 carries and senior receiver Marquelo Suel’s team- 1984 Salem 8-3 • .WVIAC Champions 1983 Salem 8-3 • .WVIAC Champions high 820 receiving yards off 76 catches. Suel’s receptions were the second most in a Salem Totals (three seasons) 19-13-0 single season in program history and earned him a place on the All-MAC Team. 1987 Samford 9-1 1988 Samford 5-6 • .Transition to I-AA The UA offense finished 2012 ranked first in the MAC and 16th nationally in passing 1989 Samford 4-7 (312.8 ypg), and sixth in the league and 45th in the country in total offense (427.2 ypg). 1990 Samford 6-4-1 Akron’s 5,126 yards of total offense ranked sixth in the MAC and 61st nationally, and 1991 Samford 12-2 • .Division I-AA Playoffs-Semifinals was the second most in a season in program history, behind the 2003 squad’s 5,643. 1992 Samford 9-3 • .Division I-AA Playoffs-First Rd. Samford Totals (six seasons) 45-23-1 1993 Auburn 11-0 • .National Champions (NCF) Bowden, who served as a studio analyst and color commentator with ABC Sports’ col- 1994 Auburn 9-1-1 • .No. 9 AP Final Ranking lege football for 10 years, was the head coach at Auburn from 1993-98 and spent the 1995 Auburn 8-4 • .Outback Bowl Appearance three seasons prior to coming to Akron at Division II North Alabama. 1996 Auburn 8-4 • .Independence Bowl Win 1997 Auburn 10-3 • .Peach Bowl Win Prior to his stint at Auburn, Bowden built two programs from the ground up as head 1998 Auburn 1-5 Auburn Totals (six seasons) 47-17-1 coach at Salem College (W.Va.) and Samford University (Ala.). When he took the job at 2009 North Alabama 11-2 • .Division II Playoffs-Quarterfinals Salem in 1983 he became the nation’s youngest head coach in college football at age 26. 2010 North Alabama 9-4 • .Division II Playoffs-Second Rd. 2011 North Alabama 9-3 • .Division II Playoffs-Second Rd. Bowden, 59 (born Feb. 25, 1956), was an assistant coach at Akron in 1986 under then UNA Totals (three seasons) 29-9 Zips’ head coach Gerry Faust. 2012 Akron 1-11 2013 Akron 5-7 • .4-4 in MAC play Bowden is a member of one of the most famous and successful college football coach- 2014 Akron 5-7 • .3-5 in MAC play ing families. His father, Bobby Bowden, turned Florida State into a national champion 2015 Akron 7-5 • 5-3 in MAC play Akron Totals (4 seasons) 18-30. (.375) and his 389 collegiate wins rank second in Division I history. Career Totals (22 seasons) 158-92-2 (.607) As a student-athlete at West Virginia, Bowden lettered two years as a running back COACHING HONORS (1977-78), held a 3.65 grade-point average in accounting, the highest GPA on the foot- 1993 Southeastern Conference Coach of the Year ball team, and graduated Magna Cum Laude. Walter Camp Coach of the Year Scripps Howard Coach of the Year He did post graduate work at Oxford University in England, and earned a Juris Doctorate Football News Coach of the Year Toyota Coach of the Year from the Florida State School of Law in 1982, while a graduate assistant coach with the Paul “Bear” Bryant Award (Football Writers Association) Seminoles. 2009 Gulf South Conference Co-Coach of the Year Bowden has five daughters (Tera, Jordan, Erin, Cori and Jamie) and one son (Terry, Jr.). COLLEGIATE PLAYING CAREER He is one of 59 coaches at FBS schools that vote in the USA Today Top 25 poll. 1977-78 Football (West Virginia) 2015 AKRON FOOTBALL GAME NOTES 18 AKRON FOOTBALL

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CHUCK A.J. JEFF AMATO MILWEE BOWDEN } Associate Head Coach | } Offensive Coordinator | } Special Teams Coord. | Defensive Coordinator Quarterbacks Wide Receivers } N.C. State ‘69 } North Alabama ‘09 } Florida State ‘83

4th Season at Akron | 43rd season overall 4th Season at Akron | 7th season overall 4th Season at Akron | 32nd season overall Gameday: Field Gameday: Field Gameday: Field

TRENT DARRELL ERIC BOYKIN FUNK HICKSON } Tight Ends | } Offensive Line | } Running Backs H-Backs Off. Run Game Coord. } Kansas State ‘98 } Youngstown State ‘95 } Colorado State ‘88

4th Season at Akron | 20th season overall 1st Season at Akron | 25th season overall 1st Season at Akron | 13th season overall Gameday: Field Gameday: Field Gameday: Field

OTIS TODD MIKE MOUNDS STROUD WOODFORD } Cornerbacks | Def. } Defensive Line | } Safeties Passing Game Coord. Recruiting Coord. |Strength } Arizona ‘82 } Auburn ‘03 } Florida State ‘85

2nd Season at Akron | 11th season overall 4th Season at Akron | 30th season overall 4th Season at Akron | 31st season overall Gameday: Booth Gameday: Field Gameday: Field

BRETT KORY JOHN EKKENS GRIBBIN HUGHES } Graduate Assistant | } Graduate Assistant | } Graduate Assistant | Offense Defense Defense } Mount Union ‘12 } Westminster ‘14 } Humboldt St. ‘12

Staff without a photo TIM HARGRETT } Graduate Assistant | Offense } Eastern Kentucky ‘10

2015 AKRON FOOTBALL GAME NOTES 19 AKRON FOOTBALL

DEPTH CHART GAME 13 • UTAH STATE OFFENSE (Spread) DEFENSE (4-3)

QB 13 Thomas Woodson (So., 6-1, 240) DE 90 Se’Von Pittman (Jr., 6-3, 269) 16 Kyle Pohl (Sr., 6-3, 210) 8 Richard Dorvilus (R-Jr., 6-1, 227) 5 Tra’Von Chapman (R-So., 6-1, 216) DT 9 Rodney Coe (R-Sr., 6-3, 305) RB 4 Conor Hundley (Sr., 5-10, 206) 50 Brock Boxen (Fr., 6-3, 272) 8 Donnell Alexander (Sr., 5-11, 219) NT 36 Cody Grice (Sr., 5-11, 275) FB 35 Newman Williams (R-Fr., 6-2, 250) 95 Darius Copeland (So., 6-1, 280) 49 Christian Allen (Jr., 6-1, 252) DE 34 Jamal Marcus (R-Jr., 6-2, 240) TE 18 Josh McNeil (Jr., 6-5, 265) 96 Alfonso Horner (Sr., 6-3, 230) 84 Avery Cagle (Fr., 6-4, 227) SAM 54 Dylan Evans (Sr., 6-2, 220) X- WR 80 Andrew Pratt (Sr., 6-5, 210) 53 Travonte Junius (Fr. 6-3, 210) 2 Tyrell Goodman (R-Jr., 6-2, 215) 11 A.J. Coney (R-So., 5-8, 180) MIKE 3 Darryl Monroe (Sr., 6-1, 235) 59 John Rachal (Jr., 5-11, 225) Z- WR 7 Jerome Lane (So., 6-3, 220) 58 Andrew Hauser (Jr., 6-1, 219) 21 Michael Means, Jr. (R-Jr., 6-2, 200) WILL 1 Jatavis Brown (Sr., 5-11, 222) Y- WR 12 Imani Davis (Sr., 5-9, 180) 5 Ulysees Gilbert (Fr., 6-1, 225) 82 Austin Wolf (So., 6-3, 210) FC 21 Kris Givens (Sr., 5-11, 175) LT 56 Isaiah Williams (R-Sr., 6-3, 296) 2 Larry Hope (Jr., 6-0, 192) 66 Kyle Ritz (R-Fr., 6-5, 295) 27 John Senter (Sr., 5-7, 165)

LG 75 Dylan Brumbaugh (Sr., 6-5, 288) FS 32 Zach Guiser (So., 6-0, 195) 50 Undrea Bullard (R-Fr., 6-6, 295) 14 James Turner (R-Jr., 5-11, 201)

C 77 Andrew Bohan (Sr., 6-3, 290) ROV 29 Bryce Cheek (Sr., 6-0, 195) 57 Stephen Ericksen (So., 6-3, 300) 7 Jerome Lane (So., 6-3, 220)

RG 55 Tommy Brown (Sr., 6-4, 336) CB 6 DeAndre Scott (Jr., 5-11, 185) 57 Stephen Ericksen (So., 6-3, 300) 20 Kyron Brown (R-Fr., 6-1, 186)

RT 71 Quaison Osborne (Sr., 6-3, 305) CB 27 John Senter (Sr., 5-7, 165) 66 Kyle Ritz (R-Fr., 6-5, 295) 11 A.J. Coney (R-So., 5-8, 180)

SPECIALISTS

K 48 Robert Stein (Sr., 5-8, 171) H 41 Kyle Foster (R-Fr., 6-2, 185) 37 Tom O’Leary (So., 5-11, 190) 15 Matthew Hoyer (Jr., 6-4, 210)

PR 11 A.J. Coney (R-So., 5-8, 180) P 38 Zach Paul (Sr., 6-3, 221) 12 Imani Davis (Sr., 5-9, 180) 6 DeAndre Scott (Jr., 5-11, 185)

LS 88 Michael Buddenberg (So., 5-11, 195) KR 23 Van Edwards, Jr. (Fr., 5-9, 185) 1 Hakeem Lawrence (R-Jr., 5-7, 180) 29 Bryce Cheek (Sr., 6-0, 195) 2015 AKRON FOOTBALL GAME NOTES 20 AKRON FOOTBALL

2015 AKRON FOOTBALL ROSTER GAME 13 • UTAH STATE NUMERICAL ROSTER ALPHABETICAL ROSTER 1 Jatavis Brown LB Sr. 5-11 222 No. Name Pos. Yr. Ht. Wt. Hometown / High School / Previous School 1 Hakeem Lawrence RB R-Jr. 5-7 180 2 Larry Hope DB Jr. 6-0 192 8 Donnell Alexander RB Sr. 5-11 219 Kansas City, Mo. / Blue Springs South / Colorado State 2 Tyrell Goodman WR R-Jr. 6-2 215 49 Christian Allen FB Jr. 6-1 252 Morgantown, W.Va. / Morgantown 2 Michaelee Harris WR R-Sr. 6-0 210 31 Jamal Baggett S R-Fr. 5-11 190 Oak Park, Ill. / River Forest 3 Darryl Monroe LB Sr. 6-1 235 10 Brian Bell LB Fr. 6-3 218 Valdosta, Ga. / Lowndes 3 Richie Cooper WR Fr. 5-8 158 43 Nathan Bischof DB R-Fr. 6-2 210 Akron, Ohio / St. Vincent-St. Mary 4 Conor Hundley RB Sr. 5-10 206 77 Andrew Bohan OL Sr. 6-3 290 Avon Lake, Ohio / Avon Lake 5 Tra’Von Chapman QB R-So. 6-1 216 50 Brock Boxen DL Fr. 6-3 272 New Galilee, Pa. / Beaver Falls 5 Ulysees Gilbert III LB Fr. 6-1 225 1 Jatavis Brown LB Sr. 5-11 222 Belle Glade, Fla. / Glades Central 6 DeAndre Scott CB Jr. 5-11 185 20 Kyron Brown CB R-Fr. 6-1 186 Boynton Beach, Fla. / Boynton Beach 7 Jerome Lane LB/WR So. 6-3 220 55 Tommy Brown OL Sr. 6-4 336 Akron, Ohio / Firestone / Ohio State 7 Devyn Wood QB R-Fr. 6-2 185 75 Dylan Brumbaugh OL Sr. 6-5 288 Green, Ohio / Green 8 Donnell Alexander RB Sr. 5-11 219 88 Michael Buddenberg LS So. 5-11 195 Massillon, Ohio / Jackson 8 Richard Dorvilus DE R-Jr. 6-1 227 9 Rodney Coe DL R-Sr. 6-3 305 50 Undrea Bullard OL R-Fr. 6-6 295 St. Petersburg, Fla. / Gibbs 84 Avery Cagle TE Fr. 6-4 227 Gainesville, Ga. / Riverside Military Academy 10 Brian Bell LB Fr. 6-3 218 10 Mykel Traylor-Bennett WR Jr. 6-3 215 70 Michael Casimos OL Jr. 6-2 320 Upper Saddle River, N.J. / Don Bosco Prep 11 A.J. Coney WR R-So. 5-8 180 14 Caleb Chapman QB R-Fr. 6-2 212 Ft. Myers, Fla. / Evangelical Christian 12 Imani Davis WR Sr. 5-9 180 5 Tra’Von Chapman QB R-So. 6-1 216 Kent, Ohio / Kent Roosevelt / Pittsburgh 13 Thomas Woodson QB So. 6-1 240 13 Wedley Charles CB R-Jr. 5-7 162 St. Cloud, Fla. / St. Cloud / Hiram 13 Wedley Charles CB R-Jr. 5-7 162 29 Bryce Cheek CB Sr. 6-0 195 Lewis Center, Ohio / Olentangy 14 James Turner S R-Jr. 5-11 201 9 Rodney Coe DL R-Sr. 6-3 305 Fulton, Mo. / Edwardsville / Iowa State 14 Caleb Chapman QB R-Fr. 6-2 212 11 A.J. Coney WR R-So 5-8 180 Orlando, Fla. / Oviedo / Weber State 15 Cory Morrow S Jr. 6-0 204 3 Richie Cooper WR Fr. 5-8 158 Hollywood, Fla. / Hallandale 15 Matthew Hoyer QB Jr. 6-4 210 95 Darius Copeland DL So. 6-1 280 Ft. Myers, Fla. / Ft. Myers 16 Kyle Pohl QB Sr. 6-3 210 26 Fredrick Crow II RB So. 5-8 180 Canton, Ohio / Bridgeport 17 Bryce Jones DB R-Sr. 6-0 178 12 Imani Davis WR Sr. 5-9 180 Miami, Fla. / Belen Jesuit Prep 17 Anthony Young ATH So. 6-0 176 18 Josh McNeil TE Jr. 6-5 265 85 Jaquavis Dixon ATH Fr. 6-2 185 Oviedo, Fla. / Hagerty 19 Anthony Lauro WR R-Fr. 5-10 195 8 Richard Dorvilus DE R-Jr. 6-1 227 Miami, Fla. / Cypress Bay / Independence CC 19 Vince Lockett ATH Fr. 5-11 202 23 Van Edwards, Jr. RB Fr. 5-9 185 Cape Coral, Fla. / Island Coast 20 Kyron Brown CB R-Fr. 6-1 186 57 Stephen Ericksen OL So. 6-3 300 Sherrodsville, Ohio / Carrollton 21 Kris Givens CB Sr. 5-11 175 54 Dylan Evans LB Sr. 6-2 220 Nazareth, Pa. / Pen Argyl Area 21 Michael Means, Jr. WR R-Jr. 6-2 200 63 Nick Fazio OL R-Fr. 6-3 284 Streetsboro, Ohio / Streetsboro 22 Mikee Hayes CB So. 5-9 166 41 Kyle Foster P R-Fr. 6-2 185 Parkersburg, W. Va. / Parkersburg 23 Van Edwards, Jr. RB Fr. 5-9 185 60 Nick Gasser PK/P R-Fr. 6-0 167 Liberty Township, Ohio / Lakota East 24 Jordan George CB R-Fr. 5-11 193 33 LaVonne Gauthney TE So. 6-1 290 Reynoldsburg, Ohio / Reynoldsburg / Hargrave MA 25 D.J. Jones RB Jr. 5-8 191 24 Jordan George CB R-Fr. 5-11 193 Kettering, Ohio / Archbishop Alter 26 Fredrick Crow II RB So. 5-8 180 5 Ulysees Gilbert III LB Fr. 6-1 225 Ocala, Fla. / Trinity Catholic 27 John Senter CB Sr. 5-7 165 43 Zach Gingerich P/K So. 6-3 209 Bellefontaine, Ohio / Bellefontaine 28 Manny Morgan RB So. 5-8 185 21 Kris Givens CB Sr. 5-11 175 Ridgeland, Miss. / Ridgeland / Holmes (Miss.) CC 29 Bryce Cheek CB Sr. 6-0 195 2 Tyrell Goodman WR R-Jr. 6-2 215 Yonkers, N.Y. / Archbishop Stepinac 30 Chuck Turfe RB Fr. 5-11 205 31 Jamal Baggett S R-Fr. 5-11 190 36 Cody Grice DL Sr. 5-11 275 Akron, Ohio / Firestone 32 Zach Guiser S So. 6-0 195 65 Hayden Grover LS R-Fr. 5-11 200 Spencer, N.Y. / Spencer-van Etten Central 33 LaVonne Gauthney TE So. 6-1 290 32 Zach Guiser S So. 6-0 195 Fayette City, Pa. / Greensburg Central Catholic 33 Jason Williams DB Fr. 6-3 185 2 Michaelee Harris WR R-Sr. 6-0 210 Miami, Fla. / Northwestern / Louisville 34 Jamal Marcus DL R-Jr. 6-2 240 58 Andrew Hauser LB Jr. 6-1 219 Mason, Ohio / William Mason 35 Newman Williams TE/LB R-Fr. 6-2 250 22 Mikee Hayes CB So. 5-9 166 Ocala, Fla. / West Port 36 Cody Grice DL Sr. 5-11 275 73 Mitchell Hlay OL Fr. 6-7 275 Richfield, Ohio / Revere 37 Tom O’Leary PK So. 5-11 190 2 Larry Hope DB Jr. 6-0 192 Miami, Fla. / American Senior / Miami (Fla.) 37 Danny Seafler WR Sr. 5-9 175 96 Alfonso Horner DE Sr. 6-3 230 Miami, Fla. / Belen Jesuit Prep 38 Zach Paul P/K Sr. 6-3 221 15 Matthew Hoyer QB Jr. 6-4 210 North Olmsted, Ohio / St. Ignatius / Mercyhurst 39 Landon Yeartie WR R-Fr. 5-7 165 4 Conor Hundley RB Sr. 5-10 206 Hamilton, Ohio / St. Xavier 40 John Lako LB Fr. 6-2 208 17 Bryce Jones DB R-Sr. 6-0 178 University Hts., Ohio / Cleveland Hts. / Boston College 41 Kyle Foster P R-Fr. 6-2 185 25 D.J. Jones RB Jr. 5-8 191 Ravenna, Ohio / Ravenna 43 Nathan Bischof DB R-Fr. 6-2 210 53 Travonte Junius DE/LB Fr. 6-3 210 Akron, Ohio / St. Vincent-St. Mary 43 Zach Gingerich P/K So. 6-3 209 44 Dylan Seibel TE R-So. 6-4 232 45 Brandon Junk TE Fr. 6-2 235 Clearwater, Fla. / Central Catholic 45 Brandon Junk TE Fr. 6-2 235 79 Rich Kallay OL Fr. 6-5 290 Largo, Fla. / Central Catholic 46 Zachary Sweat DB R-Jr. 5-11 200 47 Shawn Kirk PK R-Fr. 5-10 210 Alliance, Ohio / Marlington 47 Shawn Kirk PK R-Fr. 5-10 210 83 Michael Kish TE So. 6-4 237 Pittsburgh, Pa. / Brentwood 2015 AKRON FOOTBALL GAME NOTES 21 AKRON FOOTBALL 2015 AKRON FOOTBALL ROSTER GAME 13 • UTAH STATE No. Name Pos. Yr. Ht. Wt. Hometown / High School / Previous School 69 Ryan Kortokrax OL So. 6-3 300 Haviland, Ohio / Wayne Trace NUMERICAL ROSTER 40 John Lako LB Fr. 6-2 208 Monroe, Mich. / St. Mary Catholic 48 Robert Stein PK Sr. 5-8 171 7 Jerome Lane LB/WR So. 6-3 220 Akron, Ohio / Firestone 49 Christian Allen FB Jr. 6-1 252 19 Anthony Lauro WR R-Fr. 5-10 195 Bradenton, Fla. / Manatee 50 Brock Boxen DL Fr. 6-3 272 1 Hakeem Lawrence RB R-JR. 5-7 180 Miami, Fla. / Hialeah-Miami Lakes 50 Undrea Bullard OL R-Fr. 6-6 295 19 Vince Lockett ATH Fr. 5-11 202 Akron, Ohio / St. Vincent-St. Mary 51 Tevan Ray LB So. 5-10 210

34 Jamal Marcus DL R-Jr. 6-2 240 Durham, N.C. / Hillside / Ohio State 52 Josh Ward LB Fr. 6-2 214 53 Travonte Junius DE/LB Fr. 6-3 210 92 Daryan Martin TE Jr. 6-0 245 Cincinnati, Ohio / Princeton 54 Dylan Evans LB Sr. 6-2 220 18 Josh McNeil TE Jr. 6-5 265 Durham, N.C. / Milford Academy / Copiah-Lincoln CC 55 Tommy Brown OL Sr. 6-4 336 21 Michael Means, Jr. WR R-Jr. 6-2 200 Cincinnati, Ohio / Archbishop Moeller / Scottsdale CC 56 Isaiah Williams OL R-Sr. 6-3 296 3 Darryl Monroe LB Sr. 6-1 235 Orlando, Fla. / Dr. Phillips / Washington State 56 Deon’Tae Moore DE So. 6-2 217 56 Deon’Tae Moore DE So. 6-2 217 Akron, Ohio / Kenmore 57 Stephen Ericksen OL So. 6-3 300 28 Manny Morgan RB So. 5-8 185 Naples, Fla. / Naples 58 Andrew Hauser LB Jr. 6-1 219 15 Cory Morrow S Jr. 6-0 204 Geneva, Ohio / Geneva 59 John Rachal LB Jr. 6-2 225 37 Tom O’Leary PK So. 5-11 190 Tucker, Ga. / St. Pius X Catholic 60 Nick Gasser PK/P R-Fr. 6-0 167 71 Quaison Osborne OL Sr. 6-3 305 Hudson, Ohio / Hudson 63 Nick Fazio OL R-Fr. 6-3 284 38 Zach Paul P/K Sr. 6-3 221 Broadview Heights, Ohio / Padua 65 Hayden Grover LS R-Fr. 5-11 200 90 Se’Von Pittman DL Jr. 6-3 269 Canton, Ohio / Canton McKinley / Ohio State 66 Kyle Ritz OL R-Fr. 6-5 305 16 Kyle Pohl QB Sr. 6-3 210 Farmersville, Ohio / Valley View 69 Ryan Kortokrax OL So. 6-3 300 80 Andrew Pratt WR Sr. 6-5 210 North Canton, Ohio / Green 70 Michael Casimos OL Jr. 6-2 320 71 Quaison Osborne OL Sr. 6-3 305 74 Xavier Quigley OL Jr. 6-1 286 Ankeny, Iowa / Ankeny / Western Iowa 73 Mitchell Hlay OL Fr. 6-7 275 59 John Rachal LB Jr. 6-2 225 Fort Lauderdale, Fla. / Dillard 74 Xavier Quigley OL Jr. 6-1 286 51 Tevan Ray LB So. 5-10 210 Cleveland, Ohio / John Adams 75 Dylan Brumbaugh OL Sr. 6-5 288 94 Brian Reinke DL R-Fr. 6-4 220 Copley, Ohio / Copley Senior 77 Andrew Bohan OL Sr. 6-3 290 66 Kyle Ritz OL R-Fr. 6-5 305 Willoughby, Ohio / Willoughby South 79 Rich Kallay OL Fr. 6-5 290 6 DeAndre Scott CB Jr. 5-11 185 Frederick, Md. / Thomas Johnson / Hargrave MA 80 Andrew Pratt WR Sr. 6-5 210 37 Danny Seafler WR Sr. 5-9 175 Brecksville, Ohio / Brecksville-Broadview Heights 82 Austin Wolf WR So. 6-3 210 44 Dylan Seibel TE R-So. 6-4 232 Uniontown, Ohio / Uniontown Lake / Albany 83 Michael Kish TE So. 6-4 237 27 John Senter CB Sr. 5-7 165 Huber Heights, Ohio / Wayne 84 Avery Cagle TE Fr. 6-4 227 99 Tyler Shipman DT Fr. 6-1 240 Buford, Ga. / Buford 85 Jaquavis Dixon ATH Fr. 6-2 185 86 Kwadarrius Smith ATH R-Fr. 5-9 165 Orlando, Fla. / First Academy 86 Kwadarrius Smith ATH R-Fr. 5-9 165 98 Christopher Spruill DL So. 6-2 270 Maple Heights, Ohio / John Adams 88 Michael Buddenberg LS So. 5-11 195 48 Robert Stein PK Sr. 5-8 171 Cincinnati, Ohio / Sycamore 90 Se’Von Pittman DL Jr. 6-3 269 46 Zachary Sweat DB R-Jr. 5-11 200 Canton, Ohio / McKinley 92 Daryan Martin TE Jr. 6-0 245 93 Daumantas Venckus DE R-Jr. 6-5 230 10 Mykel Traylor-Bennett WR Jr. 6-3 215 Columbus, Ohio / Reynoldsburg 94 Brian Reinke DL R-Fr. 6-4 220 30 Chuck Turfe RB Fr. 5-11 205 Canton, Mich. / Canton 95 Darius Copeland DL So. 6-1 280 14 James Turner S R-Jr. 5-11 201 Fairfield, Ohio / Fairfield 96 Alfonso Horner DE Sr. 6-3 230 93 Daumantas Venckus DE R-Jr. 6-5 230 Weston, Fla. / Cypress Bay / Iowa 97 Brennan Williams DL R-Fr. 6-1 264 52 Josh Ward LB Fr. 6-2 214 Delray Beach, Fla. / American Heritage 98 Christopher Spruill DL So. 6-2 270 97 Brennan Williams DL R-Fr. 6-1 264 Akron, Ohio / Firestone 99 Tyler Shipman DT Fr. 6-1 240 56 Isaiah Williams OL R-Sr. 6-3 296 Cleveland, Ohio / John Adams 33 Jason Williams DB Fr. 6-3 185 Hialeah, Fla. / Champagnat Catholic / Milford 35 Newman Williams TE/LB R-Fr. 6-2 250 Akron, Ohio / St. Vincent-St. Mary 82 Austin Wolf WR So. 6-3 210 Lebanon, Ohio / Lebanon COACHING STAFF 7 Devyn Wood QB R-Fr. 6-2 185 Mount Orab, Ohio / Western Brown Terry Bowden, Head Coach 13 Thomas Woodson QB So. 6-1 240 Monroeville, Pa. / Gateway Senior Chuck Amato, Associate HC / Defensive Coord. 39 Landon Yeartie WR R-Fr. 5-7 165 Jacksonville, Fla. / Marion-Franklin A.J. Milwee, Offensive Coord. / Quarterbacks Jeff Bowden, ST Coord./ Wide Receivers 17 Anthony Young ATH So. 6-0 176 Medina, Ohio / Lakewood St. Edward / Indiana Trent Boykin, Tight Ends/H-Backs Darrell Funk, O-Line / Off. Run Game Coord. Team Captains: Jatavis Brown, Conor Hundley, Cody Grice Eric Hickson, Running Backs Otis Mounds, CB / Def. Passing Game Coord. Todd Stroud, Defensive Line PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Mike Woodford, Safeties Brett Ekkens (Offense), Kory Gribbin (Defense), Tim Hargrett (Offense), John Hughes Michael Casimos ca-SEE-mos Kyle Pohl Pole (Defense), Graduate Assistants Tra’Von Chapman TRAY-von John Rachal RAH-schal LaVonne Gauthney La-von Goth-knee Brian Reinke RINE-key Travonte Junius Tra-VON-tay Chuck Turfe TUR-fee Se’Von Pittman SAY-von 2015 AKRON FOOTBALL GAME NOTES 22 AKRON FOOTBALL

CAREER GAME HIGHS GAME 13 • UTAH STATE Offense #12 WR Imani Davis #19 WR Anthony Lauro Receptions...... 8 vs. Central Michigan, 10-31-15 KOR...... 1 at Massachusetts, 11-7-15 #8 RB Donnell Alexander Yards...... 118 vs. Buffalo, 11-21-15 KOR Yards...... 8 at Massachusetts, 11-7-15 Long...... 42 vs. Ohio, 10-3-15 KOR Long...... 8 at Massachusetts, 11-7-15 Rushes...... 24 vs. Buffalo, 11-21-15 TD...... 1 (5X), last vs. Buffalo, 11-21-15 Tackles...... 1 at Massachusetts, 11-7-15 Yards...... 143 vs. Buffalo, 11-21-15 Rushes...... 2 vs. Ohio, 10-3-15 Solo...... Long...... 35 vs. Buffalo, 11-21-15 Yards...... 7 vs. Ohio, 10-3-15 Asst...... 1 at Massachusetts, 11-7-15 TD...... 1 vs. Buffalo, 11-21-15 Long...... 9 vs. Ohio, 10-3-15 Receptions...... 1 at Louisiana, 9-26-15 TD...... Yards...... -2 at Louisiana, 9-26-15 PR...... 3 at Penn State, 9-6-14 #1 RB Hakeem Lawrence Long...... 0 at Louisiana, 9-26-15 PR Yards...... 35 vs. Howard, 8-28-14 Rushes...... 6 (twice), last at #19 Oklahoma, 9-5-15 TD...... PR Long ...... 34 vs. Howard, 8-28-14 Yards...... 31 Marshall, 9-20-14 KOR...... 1 vs. Kent State, 11-2-13 KOR...... 1 (twice), last vs. Kent State, 11-2-13 Long...... 13 at Penn State, 9-6-14 KOR Yards...... 1 vs. Kent State, 11-2-13 KOR Yards...... 29 at Bowling Green , 9-28-13 TD...... KOR Long...... 1 vs. Kent State, 11-2-13 KOR Long...... 29 at Bowling Green, 9-28-13 Receptions...... 1 (3X, last vs. Ohio, 10-3-15 Yards...... 12 (twice), last vs. Ohio, 10-3-15 #49 FB Christian Allen Long...... 12 (twice), last vs. Ohio, 10-3-15 #23 RB Van Edwards TD...... Rushes...... Rushes...... 6 at Bowling Green, 10-17-15 KOR...... 1 vs. Buffalo, 11-21-15 Yards...... Yards...... 30 at Bowling Green, 10-17-15 KOR Yards...... 17 vs. Buffalo, 11-21-15 Long...... Long...... 12 at Bowling Green, 10-17-15 KOR Long...... 17 vs. Buffalo, 11-21-15 TD...... TD...... Receptions...... 1 at Massachusetts, 11-7-15 KOR...... 3 (twice), last at Eastern Michigan, 10-10-15 Yards...... 6 at Massachusetts, 11-7-15 KOR Yards...... 84 at Eastern Michigan, 10-10-15 #18 TE Josh McNeil Long...... 6 at Massachusetts, 11-7-15 KOR Long...... 31 at Eastern Michigan, 10-10-15 Receptions...... 3 at Eastern Michigan, 10-10-15 TD...... Yards...... 18 at Eastern Michigan, 10-10-15 FR...... 1 at #19 Oklahoma, 9-5-15 Long...... 10 (twice), last at Bowling Green, 10-17-15 Tackles ...... 1 at Eastern Michigan, 10-10-15 #2 WR Tyrell Goodman TD...... 1 at Eastern Michigan, 10-10-15 Solo...... Receptions...... 3 (6X), last vs. Ohio, 10-3-15 Assists...... 1 at Eastern Michigan, 10-10-15 Yards...... 76 vs. Toledo, 11-29-13 Long...... 38 vs. Ball State, 10-26-13 #21 WR Michael Means, Jr. #8 QB Tra’Von Chapman TD...... 1 (5X), last vs. Toledo, 11-29-13 Receptions...... 2 vs. Ohio, 10-3-15 Attempts...... 14 vs. Pittsburgh, 9-12-15 Yards...... 22 vs. Ohio, 10-3-15 Long...... 19 vs. Ohio, 10-3-15 Completions...... 4 vs. Pittsburgh, 9-12-15 #4 RB Conor Hundley Passing Yards...... 29 vs. Pittsburgh, 9-12-15 TD...... Rushes...... 23 at Massachusetts, 11-7-15 TD...... 1 vs. Savannah State, 9-19-15 Rushes...... 1 at #19 Oklahoma, 9-5-15 Yards...... 148 at Pittsburgh, 9-27-14 Long Pass...... 53 vs. Savannah State, 9-19-15 Yards...... -4 at #19 Oklahoma, 9-5-15 Long...... 42 at Pittsburgh, 9-27-14 Rushes...... 14 at #19 Oklahoma, 9-5-15 Long...... 0 at #19 Oklahoma, 9-5-15 TD...... 3 at Miami (Ohio), 11-14-15 Yards...... 48 at #19 Oklahoma, 9-5-15 TD...... Receptions...... 3 (3X), last vs. Savannah State, 9-19-15 Long...... 24 at #19 Oklahoma, 9-5-15 Yards...... 33 at Louisiana, 9-26-15 TD...... Long...... 33 at Louisiana, 9-26-15 #16 QB Kyle Pohl TD...... 1 (twice), last vs. UMass, 11-18-14 Completions...... 31 vs. Bowling Green, 11-4-14 #11 WR A.J. Coney Attempts...... 62 vs. Bowling Green, 11-4-14 Passing Yards...... 326 vs. Eastern Mich., 10-4-14 Receptions...... 3 (twice), last at Massachusetts, 11-7-15 #25 RB D.J. Jones Yards...... 38 at Massachusetts, 11-7-15 TD...... 4 vs. Howard, 8-28-14 Rushes...... 5 (twice), last Marshall, 9-20-14 Long...... 23 at Massachusetts, 11-7-15 Long Pass...... 77 vs. Louisiana, 9-21-13 Yards...... 54 at UCF, 8-29-13 TD...... Rushes...... 10 at Penn State, 9-6-14 Long...... 28 vs. Eastern Michigan, 10-4-14 PR...... 3 (twice), last vs. Buffalo, 11-21-15 Yards...... 48 vs. Howard, 8-28-14 TD...... 0 PR Yards...... 19 vs. Buffalo, 11-21-15 Long...... 18 vs. Howard, 8-28-14 Receptions...... 1 (twice), last at Ball State, 10-25-14 PR Long...... 10 vs. Pittsburgh, 9-12-15 TD...... 1 (4X), last vs. Eastern Michigan, 10-4-14 Yards...... 7 at Ball State, 10-25-14 Tackles...... 2 at Louisiana, 9-26-15 Long...... 7 at Ball State, 10-25-14 Solo...... 1 at Louisiana, 9-26-15 TD...... 0 Asst...... 1 at Louisiana, 9-26-15 #80 WR Andrew Pratt Receptions...... 6 vs. Bowling Green, 11-4-14 Yards...... 118 vs. James Madison, 9-7-13 #7 WR/LB Jerome Lane #3 WR Richie Cooper Long...... 68 vs. James Madison, 9-7-13 Receptions...... 5 vs. Buffalo, 11-21-15 Receptions...... 3 vs. Central Michigan, 10-31-15 TD...... 2 vs. Morgan State, 9-15-12 Yards...... 104 at Eastern Michigan, 10-10-15 Yards...... 30 vs. Central Michigan, 10-31-15 PR...... 1 at Miami, 10-19-13 Long...... 72 at Louisiana, 9-26-15 Long...... 16 vs. Central Michigan, 10-31-15 PR Yards...... 12 at Miami, 10-19-13 TD...... 2 (twice), last vs. Buffalo, 11-21-15 TD...... PR Long...... 12 at Miami, 10-19-13 Tackles...... 3 (3X), last at Buffalo, 11-11-14 Rushes...... 1 at #19 Oklahoma, 9-5-15 Tackles...... 1 (twice), last vs. Miami, 10-11-14 Solo...... 3 (twice), last vs. Bowling Green, 11-4-14 Yards...... 0 at #19 Oklahoma, 9-5-15 Solo...... 1 vs. Miami, 10-11-14 Asst...... 3 at Buffalo, 11-11-14 Long...... 0 at #19 Oklahoma, 9-5-15 Asst...... 1 vs. Howard, 8-28-14 Sacks...... 3.0 vs. Bowling Green, 11-4-14 TD...... FR...... 1 vs. Kent State, 11-27-15 TFL...... 3.0 vs. Bowling Green, 11-4-1

2015 AKRON FOOTBALL GAME NOTES 23 AKRON FOOTBALL

CAREER GAME HIGHS GAME 13 • UTAH STATE S#35 TE/LB Newman Williams Defense #8 DE Richard Dorilus Receptions...... 2 (twice), last vs. Kent State, 11-27-15 Tackles...... 3 at Buffalo, 11-11-14 Yards...... 32 vs. Savannah State, 9-19-15 #10 LB Brian Bell Solo...... 1 (twice), last vs. Ohio, 10-3-15 Long...... 16 vs. Savannah State, 9-19-15 Asst...... 2 at Buffalo, 11-11-14 Tackles...... 1 (twice), last vs. Buffalo, 11-21-15 TD...... 1 vs. Kent State, 11-27-15 TFL...... 0.5 vs. UMass, 11-18-14 Solo...... 1 (twice), last vs. Buffalo, 11-21-15

Asst...... 1 vs. Central Michigan, 10-31-15 #82 WR Austin Wolf #54 LB Dylan Evans Receptions...... 3 vs. Howard, 8-28-14 #50 DT Brock Boxen Tackles...... 13 (twice), last at #19 Oklahoma, 9-5-15 Yards...... 70 (twice), last at Louisiana, 9-26-15 Solo...... 8 at #19 Oklahoma, 9-5-15 Tackles...... 4 vs. Pittsburgh, 9-12-15 Long...... 41 at Louisiana, 9-26-15 Asst...... 5 (4X), last at Bowling Green, 10-17-15 Solo...... 2 vs. Pittsburgh, 9-12-15 TD...... 1 (3X), last vs. Buffalo, 11-21-15 Sacks...... 1.0 (5X), last vs. Pittsburgh, 9-12-15 Asst...... 2 vs. Pittsburgh, 9-12-15 Tackles...... 1 at Eastern Michigan, 10-10-15 TFL...... 2.0 (3X), last at Louisiana, 9-26-15 Sacks...... 0.5 vs. Pittsburgh, 9-12-15 Solo...... 1 at Eastern Michigan, 10-10-15 INT...... 1 at Louisiana, 9-26-15 TFL...... 1.5 vs. Pittsburgh, 9-12-15 Assists...... FF...... 1 (twice), last at UMass, 11-16-13 FF...... 1 vs. Pittsburgh, 9-12-15 FR...... 1 at Eastern Michigan, 10-10-15 FR...... 1 vs. Eastern Michigan, 10-4-14 PBU...... 4 vs. Savannah State, 9-19-15 #1 LB Jatavis Brown #13 QB Thomas Woodson Tackles...... 16 (3X), last vs. Pittsburgh, 9-12-15 Completions...... 23 at Ohio, 10-18-14 #24 CB Jordan George Solo...... 12 vs. Eastern Michigan, 10-4-14 Attempts...... 45 at Ohio, 10-18-14 Tackles...... 8 (twice), last at Massachusetts, 11-7-15 Asst...... 8 vs. Pittsburgh, 9-12-15 Passing Yards...... 267 at Ohio, 10-18-14 Solo...... 5 at Bowling Green, 10-17-15 Sacks...... 2.5 vs. Pittsburgh, 9-12-15 TD...... 4 (twice), last vs. Buffalo, 11-21-15 Asst...... 6 at Massachusetts, 11-7-15 TFL...... 4.5 at Miami (Ohio), 11-14-15 Long Pass...... 72 at Louisiana, 9-26-15 TFL...... 1.0 (twice), last at Miami (Ohio), 11-14-15 INT...... 1 at Miami (Ohio), 11-14-15 Rushes...... 15 at Miami (Ohio), 11-14-15 PBU...... 1 (3X), last vs. Buffalo, 11-21-15 FF...... 2 vs. Bowling Green, 11-4-14 Yards...... 93 at Louisiana, 9-26-15 QBH...... 2 vs. Buffalo, 11-21-15 Long...... 40 vs. Eastern Michigan, 10-4-14 TD...... 1 (3X), last at Massachusetts, 11-7-15 #5 LB Ulysees Gilbert III Tackles...... 1 at Ohio, 10-18-14 #20 CB Kyron Brown Tackles...... 3 at Bowling Green, 10-17-15 Solos...... 1 at Ohio, 10-18-14 Solo...... 2 (twice), last vs. Buffalo, 11-21-15 Tackles...... 3 at Massachusetts, 11-7-15 Asst...... Asst...... 2 at Bowling Green, 10-17-15 Solo...... 2 vs. Savannah State, 9-19-15 Asst...... 3 at Massachusetts, 11-7-15 #17 WR Anthony Young BPU...... 1 vs. Buffalo, 11-21-15 #21 CB Kris Givens Receptions...... 2 vs. Savannah State, 9-19-15 Tackles...... 8 vs. Ohio, 10-3-15 Yards...... 81 vs. Savannah State, 9-19-15 #29 CB Bryce Cheek Solo...... 6 (3X), last at Bowling Green, 10-17-15 Long...... 53 vs. Savannah State, 9-19-15 Asst...... 3 (twice), last vs. Bowling Green, 11-4-14 Tackles...... 7 vs. Pittsburgh, 9-12-15 TD...... TFL...... 0.5 (twice), last vs. Kent State, 11-27-15 Solo...... 5 at #19 Oklahoma, 9-5-15 INT...... 1 (3x), last at Massachusetts, 11-7-15 Asst...... 5 vs. Pittsburgh, 9-12-15 PBU...... 2 (twice), last at Massachusetts, 11-7-15 TFL...... 0.5 (twice), last vs. Ohio, 10-3-15 INT...... 1 vs. Buffalo, 11-21-15 FF...... 1 (twice), last at Eastern Michigan, 10-10-15 #36 BT Cody Grice FR...... 1 (twice), last vs. Kent State, 11-27-15 Tackles...... 9 at CMU, 10-27-12 PBU...... 2 vs. Buffalo, 11-21-15 Solo...... 5 at CMU , 10-27-12 Asst...... 5 at UMass, 11-16-13 #9 DL Rodney Coe Sacks...... 1.0 (5X), last at Massachusetts, 11-7-15 TFL...... 2.0 (5X), last at UMass, 11-16-13 Tackles...... 6 at Louisiana, 9-26-15 FF...... 1 at Buffalo, 11-11-14 Solo...... 6 at Louisiana, 9-26-15 FR...... 1 (4X), last at Louisiana, 9-26-15 Asst...... 4 (twice), last vs. Buffalo, 11-21-15 QBH...... 1 at Eastern Michigan, 10-10-15 Sacks...... 2.0 vs. Central Michigan, 10-31-15 Rushes...... 6 vs. Kent State, 11-27-15 TFL...... 3.0 vs. Central Michigan, 10-31-15 Yards...... 16 at Kent State, 11-28-14 FF...... 1 vs. Buffalo, 11-21-15 Long...... 6 (3X), last vs. Ohio, 10-3-15 QBH...... 1 (twice), last vs. Kent State, 11-27-15 TD...... 3 vs. Savannah State, 9-19-15 PBU...... 2 vs. Ohio, 10-3-15

#32 S Zach Guiser #95 DL Darius Copeland Tackles...... 8 at Louisiana, 9-26-15 Tackles...... 3 at Buffalo, 11-11-14 Solo...... 7 at Louisiana, 9-26-15 Solo...... 2 vs. Howard, 8-28-14 Asst...... 4 at Massachusetts, 11-7-15 Asst...... 2 at Buffalo, 11-11-14 TFL...... 0.5 vs. Pittsburgh, 9-12-15 TFL...... 1.0 vs. Howard, 8-28-14 INT...... 1 (twice), last vs. Buffalo, 11-21-15 FF...... 1 at Miami (Ohio), 11-14-15 PBU...... 1 (3X), last vs. Kent State, 11-27-15

2015 AKRON FOOTBALL GAME NOTES 24 AKRON FOOTBALL

CAREER GAME HIGHS GAME 13 • UTAH STATE #58 LB Andrew Hauser #90 DL Se’Von Pittman Specialists Tackles...... 4 at Miami (Ohio), 11-14-15 Tackles...... 7 vs. Bowling Green, 11-4-14 Solo...... 3 at Miami (Ohio), 11-14-15 Solo...... 4 vs. Howard, 8-28-14 #88 LS Michael Buddenberg Asst...... 1 (twice), last vs. Buffalo, 11-21-15 Asst...... 4 (3X), last at Massachusetts, 11-7-15 FR...... 1 at Louisiana, 9-26-15 Blocked punt...... 1 at Eastern Michigan, 10-10-15 Sacks...... 1.0 (3X), last vs. Kent State, 11-27-15 TFL...... 2.5 at Pittsburgh, 9-27-14 FF...... 1 (twice), last at Massachusetts, 11-7-15 #37 PK Tom O’Leary #22 CB Mikee Hayes FR...... 1 vs. Kent State, 11-27-15 Kickoffs...... Tackles...... 1 at Bowling Green, 10-17-15 QBH...... 1 at Eastern Michigan, 10-10-15 Yards...... Solo...... 1 at Bowling Green, 10-17-15 Game Avg...... Asst...... #59 LB John Rachal Tackles...... 5 vs. Howard, 8-28-14 Field Goals Made...... Solo...... 4 vs. Howard, 8-28-14 FG Attempted...... 1 (twice), last at Penn St., 9-6-14 #2 DB Larry Hope Asst...... 3 at Bowling Green, 10-17-15 Long...... Tackles...... 2 at #19 Oklahoma, 9-5-15 TFL...... 0.5 at Bowling Green, 10-17-15 Consecutive FG...... Solo...... 2 at #19 Oklahoma, 9-5-15 FF...... 1 vs. Eastern Michigan, 10-4-14 Asst...... PAT Made...... 5 vs. Howard, 8-28-14 INT...... 1 at Massachusetts, 11-7-15 #6 CB DeAndre Scott PAT Attempted...... vs. Howard, 8-28-14 PBU...... 2 at Eastern Michigan, 10-10-15 Tackles...... 7 vs. James Madison, 9-7-13 Consecutive PAT...... 1 Solo...... 5 (twice), last vs. Buffalo, 11-21-15 Asst...... 5 vs. James Madison, 9-7-13 #96 DE Alfonso Horner INT...... 1 (9X), last at Miami (Ohio), 11-14-15 #38 PK Zach Paul Tackles...... 8 at Ohio, 10-13-12 TFL...... 1.0 vs. Pittsburgh, 9-12-15 Kickoffs...... 4 (twice), last vs. Louisiana, 9-21-13 Solo...... 2 (5X), last vs. Eastern Michigan, 10-4-14 FF...... 1 (twice), last at Miami (Ohio), 11-14-15 Yards...... 258 vs. James Madison, 9-7-13 Asst...... 7 at Ohio, 10-13-12 FR...... 1 vs. Buffalo, 11-21-15 Game Avg...... 65.0 (twice), last vs. Howard, 8-28-14 Sacks...... 1.0 vs. UCF, 8-30-12 PBU...... 5 vs. Miami, 10-11-14 TFL...... 1.0 (4X), last at Massachusetts, 11-7-15 Field Goals Made...... 0 FR...... 1 (twice), last at Penn State, 9-6-14 FG Attempted...... 0 QBH...... 2 at Pittsburgh, 9-27-14 #27 CB John Senter Long...... Tackles...... 5 (twice), last vs. Eastern Mich., 10-4-14 Consecutive FG...... Solo...... 4 (twice), last vs. Pittsburgh, 9-12-15 #53 DE/LB Travonte Junius Asst...... 4 vs. Eastern Michigan, 10-4-14 PAT Made...... 0 Tackles...... 1 at Eastern Michigan, 10-10-15 INT...... 1 at Ohio, 10-18-14 PAT Attempted...... 0 Solo...... FR...... 1 at Eastern Michigan, 10-10-15 Consecutive PAT...... Asst...... 1 at Eastern Michigan, 10-10-15 PBU...... 1 at #19 Oklahoma, 9-5-15 Punts...... 12 at #19 Oklahoma, 9-5-15 #34 DL Jamal Marcus #98 DL Christopher Spruill Yards...... 557 at #19 Oklahoma, 9-5-15 Game Avg...... 54.0 vs. Morgan State, 9-15-12 Tackles...... 6 vs. Ohio, 10-3-15 Tackles...... Long...... 73 at #19 Oklahoma, 9-5-15 Solo...... 5 vs. Ohio, 10-3-15 Solo...... Inside 20.... 4 (3X), last vs. Central Michigan, 10-31-15 Asst...... 2 at Eastern Michigan, 10-10-15 Asst...... Sacks...... 2.0 vs. Ohio, 10-3-15 FR...... 1 vs. Savannah State, 9-19-15 TFL...... 4.0 vs. Ohio, 10-3-15 #48 PK Robert Stein FR...... 1 at Miami (Ohio), 11-14-15 Kickoffs...... 9 vs. Savannah State, 9-19-15 QBH...... 5 at Miami (Ohio), 11-14-15 #14 S James Turner Yards...... 542 vs. Savannah State, 9-19-15 Tackles...... 1 (4X), last vs. Buffalo, 11-21-15 Game Avg...... 66.3 vs. Ohio, 10-5-13 Solo...... 1 (twice), last vs. Buffalo, 11-21-15 #3 LB Darryl Monroe Asst...... 1 (twice), last vs. Miami, 10-19-13 Field Goals Made...... 4 (twice), last vs. Ohio, 10-3-15 Tackles...... 10 vs. Pittsburgh, 9-12-15 FG Attempted...... 4 (twice), last vs. Ohio, 10-3-15 Solo...... 6 vs. Ohio, 10-3-15 Long...... 51 vs. Ball State, 10-26-13 Asst...... 7 at Bowling Green, 10-17-15 #93 DE Daumantas Venckus Consecutive FG...... 5 [10-2015] Sacks...... 1.0 vs. Kent State, 11-27-15 Tackles...... 4 (twice), last at Louisiana, 9-26-15 TFL...... 1.0 (3X, last vs. Kent State, 11-27-15 Solo...... 3 at Louisiana, 9-26-15 PAT Made...... 9 vs. Morgan State, 9-15-12 FF...... 1 vs. Kent State, 11-27-15 Asst...... 2 (twice), last at Eastern Michigan, 10-10-15 PAT Attempted...... 9 vs. Morgan State, 9-15-12 QBH...... 1 (twice), last at Miami (Ohio), 11-14-15 Sacks...... 1.0 at Louisiana, 9-26-15 Most Consecutive PAT (2014-15)...... 47 TFL...... 1.0 at Louisiana, 9-26-15 Consecutive PAT (2015 to present)...... 9 #15 S Cory Morrow Punts...... 0 Tackles...... 2 (3X), last at Massachusetts, 11-7-15 #97 DL Brennan Williams Yards...... 0 Solo...... 1 (8X), last vs. Buffalo, 11-21-15 Tackles...... 3 vs. Savannah State, 9-19-15 Game Avg...... Asst...... 2 vs. Miami, 10-11-14 Solo...... 1 (twice), last at Eastern Michigan, 10-10-15 Long...... FF...... 1 at #19 Oklahoma, 9-5-15 Asst...... 2 vs. Savannah State, 9-19-15 Inside 20...... Sacks...... 1.0 vs. Savannah State, 9-19-15 TFL...... 1.0 (twice), last at Eastern Michigan, 10-10-15 Tackles...... 1 (4X), last at Bowling Green, 10-17-15 Solo...... 1 (4X), last at Bowling Green, 10-17-15 Asst...... 2015 AKRON FOOTBALL GAME NOTES 25 AKRON FOOTBALL 2015 PLAYER PARTICIPATION GAME 13 • UTAH STATE 2015 CAREER NO. PLAYER GP-GS GP-GS OKLA PITT SAV ST UL OHIO EMU BGSU CMU UMASS MIAMI BUFF KSU UTAH ST 8 ALEXANDER, Donnell 10-0 30-8 * XXX ... XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX ... XXX XXX XXX XXX 49 ALLEN, Christian 12-1 23-1 XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX TE XXX XXX 31 BAGGETT, Jamal # 1-0 1-0 ...... XXX ...... 10 BELL, Brian $ 11-0 11-0 XXX XXX XXX ... XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX 43 BISCHOF, Nathan # 7-0 7-0 XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX ...... 77 BOHAN, Andrew 11-11 35-11 C C C C C C C C ... C C C 50 BOXEN, Brock $ 11-2 11-2 XXX XXX DT XXX XXX ... XXX DT XXX XXX XXX XXX 1 BROWN, Jatavis 12-12 47-37 WILL WILL WILL WILL WILL WILL WILL WILL WILL WILL WILL WILL 20 BROWN, Kyron # 12-0 12-0 XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX 55 BROWN, Tommy 12-12 36-21 * RG RG RG RG RG RG RG RG LG RG RG LG 75 BRUMBAUGH, Dylan 12-12 32-18 LG LG LG LG LG LG LG LG RG LG LG RG 88 BUDDENBERG, Michael 12-0 24-0 XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX 5G BULLARD, Undrea # 2-0 2-0 ... XXX ...... XXX ...... 5 CHAPMAN, Tra’Von 3-3 3-3 QB QB QB ...... 29 CHEEK, Bryce 12-12 47-15 S S S S S S S S S S S S 9 COE, Rodney 11-10 23-14 * DT DT ... DT DT DT DT XXX DT DT DT DT 11 CONEY, A.J. 11-3 11-3 ... XXX XXX WR XXX XXX XXX WR XXX XXX WR XXX 3D COOPER, Richie $ 7-1 7-1 XXX XXX WR ...... XXX XXX XXX XXX ... 95 COPELAND, Darius 8-0 17-0 XXX ... XXX XXX ... XXX XXX ... XXX XXX XXX ... 12 DAVIS, Imani 12-12 48-15 WR WR WR WR WR WR WR WR WR WR WR WR 8D DORVILUS, Richard 11-0 19-1 XXX XXX ... XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX 23 EDWARDS, Van $ 11-0 11-0 XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX ... XXX XXX 57 ERICKSEN, Stephen 10-1 10-1 XXX ... XXX XXX ... XXX XXX XXX C XXX XXX XXX 54 EVANS, Dylan 12-12 46-18 SAM SAM SAM SAM SAM SAM SAM SAM SAM SAM SAM SAM 41 FOSTER, Kyle # 12-0 12-0 XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX 33 GAUTHNEY, LaVonne 12-2 12-2 XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX TE XXX XXX TE 24 GEORGE, Jordan # 12-0 12-0 XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX 5D GILBERT, Ulysees $ 12-0 12-0 XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX 21 GIVENS, Kris 12-12 24-22 CB CB CB CB CB CB CB CB CB CB CB CB 2G GOODMAN, Tyrell 9-3 28-9 XXX XXX WR WR WR XXX XXX XXX XXX ...... 36 GRICE, Cody 12-12 48-48 NT NT NT NT NT NT NT NT NT NT NT NT 32 GUISER, Zach 12-12 24-12 FS FS FS FS FS FS FS FS FS FS FS FS 58 HAUSER, Andrew 12-0 22-0 XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX 22 HAYES, Mikee 12-0 12-0 XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX 2 HOPE, Larry 9-0 11-0 * XXX ... XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX ...... 96 HORNER, Alfonso 11-3 45-24 XXX XXX DE DE DE XXX XXX ... XXX XXX XXX XXX 4 HUNDLEY, Conor 12-10 47-19 RB RB XXX RB RB RB RB XXX RB RB RB RB 53 JUNIUS, Travonte $ 3-0 3-0 XXX ... XXX ...... XXX ...... 83 KISH, Michael 1-0 1-0 ...... XXX 69 KORTOKRAX, Ryan 2-0 2-0 ...... XXX ... XXX ...... 7 LANE, Jerome 12-10 24-10 WR WR WR XXX XXX WR WR WR WR WR WR WR 19 LAURO, Anthony # 12-0 12-0 XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX 1D LAWRENCE, Hakeem 12-0 25-1 XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX 34 MARCUS Jamal 10-9 34-9 * DE DE ...... XXX DE DE DE DE DE DE DE 18 McNEIL, Josh 9-3 9-3 XXX ... XXX XXX WR WR WR XXX ...... XXX XXX 2D MEANS, Michael 7-0 7-0 XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX ...... 3 MONROE, Darryl 12-12 49-44 * MIKE MIKE MIKE MIKE MIKE MIKE MIKE MIKE MIKE MIKE MIKE MIKE 28 MORGAN, Manny 7-0 10-0 ...... XXX ... XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX ... 15 MORROW, Cory 12-0 33-0 XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX 71 OSBORNE, Quaison 12-10 31-20 RT RT RT RT RT LT LT LT LT XXX XXX LT 38 PAUL, Zach 12-0 48-0 XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX 90 PITTMAN, Se’Von 12-11 24-23 DE DE DE DE DE DE XXX DE DE DE DE DE 16 POHL, Kyle 5-0 33-22 XXX XXX ... XXX ... XXX XXX ...... 80 PRATT, Andrew 12-12 44-17 WR WR WR WR WR WR WR WR WR WR WR WR 59 RACHAL, John 12-0 23-0 XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX 94 REINKE, Brian # 1-0 1-0 ...... XXX ...... 66 RITZ, Kyle # 12-5 12-5 XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX RT RT RT XXX RT RT XXX 6 SCOTT, DeAndre 12-12 28-22 CB CB CB CB CB CB CB CB CB CB CB CB 3G SEAFLER, Danny 1-0 1-0 ...... XXX ... 27 SENTER, John 12-1 43-6 XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX CB XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX 98 SPRUILL, Christopher 4-0 4-0 XXX ... XXX ...... XXX ...... XXX ... 48 STEIN, Robert 12-0 48-0 XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX 14 TURNER, James 10-0 28-0 XXX ...... XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX 93 VENCKUS, Daumantas 12-0 12-0 XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX 97 WILLIAMS, Brennan # 4-0 4-0 ...... XXX ...... XXX XXX ...... XXX ... 56 WILLIAMS, Isaiah 10-9 44-23 LT LT LT LT LT ...... XXX RT LT LT RT 35 WILLIAMS, Newman # 5-2 5-2 FB FB XXX ...... XXX ...... XXX 82 WOLF, Austin 12-0 18-0 XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX 13 WOODSON, Thomas 12-9 20-12 XXX XXX XXX QB QB QB QB QB QB QB QB QB 7F YOUNG, Anthony 9-1 9-1 XXX ... XXX XXX XXX ... XXX WR XXX XXX ... XXX

XXX – Played POS – Position Started ... – Did Not Play # – Redshirt Freshman $ – True Freshman

* includes participation from other D-I schools 2015 AKRON FOOTBALL GAME NOTES 26 AKRON FOOTBALL

2015 STARTING LINE-UPS GAME 13 • UTAH STATE OFFENSE (SPREAD) Game LT LG C RG RT X H/FB/TE/RB Y/TE Z QB RB at Oklahoma I. Williams Brumbaugh Bohan T. Brown Osborne Pratt N. Williams (FB) Davis Goodman Chapman Hundley Pittsburgh I. Williams Brumbaugh Bohan T. Brown Osborne Pratt N. Williams (FB) Davis Lane Chapman Hundley Savannah State I. Williams Brumbaugh Bohan T. Brown Osborne Pratt Cooper (WR) Davis Lane Chapman Goodman (WR) at Louisiana I. Williams Brumbaugh Bohan T. Brown Osborne Pratt Coney (WR) Davis Goodman Woodson Hundley Ohio I. Williams Brumbaugh Bohan T. Brown Pratt McNeil (TE) Davis Goodman Woodson Hundley at Eastern Michigan Osborne Brumbaugh Bohan T. Brown Ritz Pratt McNeil (TE) Davis Lane Woodson Hundley at Bowling Green Osborne Brumbaugh Bohan T. Brown Ritz Pratt McNeil (TE) Davis Lane Woodson Hundley Central Michigan Osborne Brumbaugh Bohan T. Brown Ritz Pratt Coney (WR) Davis Lane Woodson Young (WR) at Massachusetts Osborne T. Brown Ericksen Brumbaugh I. Williams Pratt Gauthney (TE) Davis Lane Woodson Hundley at Miami (Ohio) I. Williams Brumbaugh Bohan T. Brown Ritz Pratt Allen (TE) Davis Lane Woodson Hundley Buffalo I. Williams Brumbaugh Bohan T. Brown Ritz Pratt Coney (WR) Davis Lane Woodson Hundley Kent State Osborne T. Brown Bohan Brumbaugh I. Williams Pratt Gauthney (TE) Davis Lane Woodson Hundley DEFENSE (4-3) Game DE DT NT DE/CB/LB SAM MIKE WILL ROV FS FC CB at Oklahoma Pittman Coe Grice Marcus Evans Monroe J. Brown Cheek Guiser Givens Scott Pittsburgh Pittman Coe Grice Marcus Evans Monroe J. Brown Cheek Guiser Givens Scott Savannah State Pittman Boxen Grice Horner Evans Monroe J. Brown Cheek Guiser Givens Scott at Louisiana Pittman Coe Grice Horner Evans Monroe J. Brown Cheek Guiser Givens Scott Ohio Pittman Coe Grice Horner Evans Monroe J. Brown Cheek Guiser Givens Scott at Eastern Michigan Pittman Coe Grice Marcus Evans Monroe J. Brown Cheek Guiser Givens Scott at Bowling Green Senter (CB) Coe Grice Marcus Evans Monroe J. Brown Cheek Guiser Givens Scott Central Michigan Pittman Boxen Grice Marcus Evans Monroe J. Brown Cheek Guiser Givens Scott at Massachusetts Pittman Coe Grice Marcus Evans Monroe J. Brown Cheek Guiser Givens Scott at Miami (Ohio) Pittman Coe Grice Marcus Evans Monroe J. Brown Cheek Guiser Givens Scott Buffalo Pittman Coe Grice Marcus Evans Monroe J. Brown Cheek Guiser Givens Scott Kent State Pittman Coe Grice Marcus Evans Monroe J. Brown Cheek Guiser Givens Scott AKRON STATISTICAL LEADERS Game Rushing (att.-Yds.TD) Passing (C-A-I-Y-TD) Receiving (Att.-Yds.-TD) Tackles (S-A-T) at Oklahoma Tra’Von Chapman (14-55-0) Kyle Pohl (6-17-0-88-0) Jerome Lane (3-57-0) Dylan Evans (8-5-13) Pittsburgh Conor Hundley (11-59-1) Tra’Von Chapman (4-14-0-29-0) Imani Davis (3-27-0) Jatavis Brown (8-8-16) Savannah State Conor Hundley (11-120-1) Thomas Woodson (12-20-1-207-1) Jerome Lane (3-99-1) Dylan Evans (4-5-9) at Louisiana Thomas Woodson (8-93-1) Thomas Woodson (13-29-1-238-2) Austin Wolf (2-70-0) Zach Guiser (6-2-8) Ohio Conor Hundley (18-66-0) Thomas Woodson (18-38-1-231-0) Imani Davis (5-94-0) Darryl Monroe/Kris Givens (6-2-8) at Eastern Michigan Conor Hundley (17-119-2) Thomas Woodson (14-22-0-222-4) Imani Davis (5-92-1) Dylan Evans (5-5-10) at Bowling Green Conor Hundley (16-69-0) Thomas Woodson (13-28-2-91-1) Jerome Lane (4-45-0) Dylan Evans (6-5-11) Central Michigan Conor Hundley (12-34-0) Thomas Woodson (22-36-1-252-1) Imani Davis (8-96-0) Jatavis Brown/ Darryl Monroe (5-1-6) at Massachusetts Conor Hundley (23-92-0) Thomas Woodson (15-27-2-174-1) Jerome Lane (4-56-0) Dylan Evans (7-4-11)/Jatavis Brown (4-7-11) at Miami (Ohio) Conor Hundley (21-110-3) Thomas Woodson (13-28-2-221-1) Imani Davis (7-64-0 Jatavis Brown (7-4-11) Buffalo Donnell Alexander (24-143-2) Thomas Woodson (17-30-0-258-4) Imani Davis (7-118-1) Jatavis Brown (6-6-12) Kent State Conor Hundley (22-98-1) Thomas Woodson (11-29-0-140-1) Jerome Lane (4-75-0) Jatavis Brown (6-2-8)

2015 AKRON FOOTBALL RESULTS

Date Opponent W/L Score Overall MAC Time Attendance Sept. 5 at (19/19) Oklahoma [Fox PPV] L 3-41 0-1 3:33 85,370 Sept. 12 PITTSBURGH [ESPN3] L 7-24 0-2 2:56 23,425 Sept. 19 SAVANNAH STATE [ESPN3] W 52-9 1-2 3:19 16,763 Sept. 26 at Louisiana [ESPN3] W 35-14 2-2 3:20 24,679 Oct. 3 *OHIO^ [ESPN3] L 12-14 2-3 0-1 3:04 17,301 Oct. 10 *at Eastern Michigan [ESPN3] W 47-21 3-3 1-1 3:14 5,638 Oct. 17 *at Bowling Green [ESPN3] L 10-59 3-4 1-2 3:21 20,021 Oct. 31 *CENTRAL MICHIGAN [ESPN3] L 6-14 3-5 1-3 2:58 18,981 Nov. 7 *at Massachusetts [CBS SN] W 17-13 4-5 2-3 3:52 6,228 Nov. 14 *at Miami (Ohio) [ESPN3] W 37-28 5-5 3-3 3:44 15,629 Nov. 21 *BUFFALO* [CBS SN] W 42-21 6-5 4-3 3:42 15,727 Nov. 27 *KENT STATE [ESPN3] W 20-0 7-5 5-3 3:00 16,391 Dec. 22 vs. Utah State [ESPN] * - Mid-American Conference Games ^ - Homecoming Home games in bold (#/#) - AP/Coaches’ Poll

2015 AKRON FOOTBALL GAME NOTES 27 AKRON FOOTBALL 2015 Akron Zips Football 2015 TEAM STATISTICSAkron Overall Team Statistics (as of Nov 27, 2015)GAME 13 • UTAH STATE All games

Team Statistics AKRON OPP SCORING 288 258 Points Per Game 24.0 21.5 Points Off Turnovers 74 33 FIRST DOWNS 239 226 R u s h in g 108 70 P a s s in g 107 127 P e n a lt y 24 29 RUSHING YARDAGE 2043 1077 Yards gained rushing 2302 1436 Yards lost rushing 259 359 Rushing Attempts 494 381 Average Per Rush 4.1 2.8 Average Per Game 170.2 89.8 TDs Rushing 19 12 PASSING YARDAGE 2326 2865 C o m p - A t t - I n t 169-340-11 254-433-13 Average Per Pass 6.8 6.6 Average Per Catch 13.8 11.3 Average Per Game 193.8 238.8 TDs Passing 17 20 TOTAL OFFENSE 4369 3942 Total Plays 834 814 Average Per Play 5.2 4.8 Average Per Game 364.1 328.5 KICK RETURNS: #-Yards 32-530 40-687 PUNT RETURNS: #-Yards 19-98 20-102 INT RETURNS: #-Yards 13-29 11-82 KICK RETURN AVERAGE 16.6 17.2 PUNT RETURN AVERAGE 5.2 5.1 INT RETURN AVERAGE 2.2 7.5 FUMBLES-LOST 13-6 23-12 PENALTIES-Yards 94-820 90-862 Average Per Game 68.3 71.8 PUNTS-Yards 73-2937 69-2840 Average Per Punt 40.2 41.2 Net punt average 36.6 38.3 KICKOFFS-Yards 60-3460 53-3118 Average Per Kick 57.7 58.8 Net kick average 39.5 39.4 TIME OF POSSESSION/Game 3 2 : 4 3 2 7 : 1 7 3RD-DOWN Conversions 68/183 60/163 3rd-Down Pct 37% 37% 4TH-DOWN Conversions 7/14 9/21 4th-Down Pct 50% 43% SACKS BY-Yards 28-209 15-117 MISC YARDS 0 86 TOUCHDOWNS SCORED 36 34 FIELD GOALS-ATTEMPTS 12-19 7-9 ON-SIDE KICKS 0-0 0-1 RED-ZONE SCORES (32-43) 74% (31-39) 79% RED-ZONE TOUCHDOWNS (22-43) 51% (26-39) 67% PAT-ATTEMPTS (34-36) 94% (33-33) 100% ATTENDANCE 108588 157565 Games/Avg Per Game 6/18098 6/26261 Neutral Site Games 0/0

Score by Quarters 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Total Akron 80 110 58 40 0 288 Opponents 44 96 70 48 0 258

2015 AKRON FOOTBALL GAME NOTES 28 AKRON2015 Akron FOOTBALL Zips Football Akron Overall Individual Statistics (as of Nov 27, 2015) GAME 13 UTAH STATE 2015 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS All games •

Rushing gp att gain loss net avg td lg avg/g Punt Returns no. yds avg td lg HUNDLEY, Conor 12 188 936 53 883 4.7 10 32 73.6 CONEY, A.J. 17 73 4.3 0 18 WOODSON, Thomas 12 120 650 97 553 4.6 3 38 46.1 DAVIS, Imani 1 0 0.0 0 0 ALEXANDER, Donnell 10 98 494 18 476 4.9 2 35 47.6 HAUSER, Andrew 1 25 25.0 0 0 EDWARDS, Van 11 14 63 3 60 4.3 0 12 5.5 Total 19 98 5.2 0 18 CHAPMAN, Tra'Von 3 31 90 52 38 1.2 0 24 12.7 Opponents 20 102 5.1 0 13 GRICE, Cody 12 19 34 1 33 1.7 4 6 2.8 DAVIS, Imani 12 4 17 2 15 3.8 0 9 1.2 Interceptions no. yds avg td lg LAWRENCE, Hakeem 12 6 12 1 11 1.8 0 3 0.9 SCOTT, DeAndre 6 14 2.3 0 13 POHL, Kyle 5 5 9 8 1 0.2 0 9 0.2 GUISER, Zach 2 -2 -1.0 0 0 FOSTER, Kyle 12 1 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 GEORGE, Jordan 1 0 0.0 0 0 COOPER, Richie 7 1 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 EVANS, Dylan 1 17 17.0 0 17 GOODMAN, Tyrell 9 0 -3 0 -3 0.0 0 0 -0.3 CHEEK, Bryce 1 0 0.0 0 0 MEANS, Michael 7 1 0 4 -4 -4.0 0 0 -0.6 BROWN, Jatavis 1 0 0.0 0 0 TEAM 7 6 0 20 -20 -3.3 0 0 -2.9 GIVENS, Kris 1 0 0.0 0 0 Total 12 494 2302 259 2043 4.1 19 38 170.2 Total 13 29 2.2 0 17 Opponents 12 381 1436 359 1077 2.8 12 36 89.8 Opponents 11 82 7.5 1 31

Passing gp effic comp-att-int pct yds td lg avg/g Kick Returns no. yds avg td lg WOODSON, Thomas 12 126.49 148-278-10 53.2 2034 16 72 169.5 EDWARDS, Van 19 396 20.8 0 31 CHAPMAN, Tra'Von 3 69.97 10-35-1 28.6 157 1 53 52.3 GOODMAN, Tyrell 4 36 9.0 0 21 POHL, Kyle 5 82.74 11-27-0 40.7 135 0 42 27.0 CONEY, A.J. 3 40 13.3 0 19 Total 12 117.20 169-340-11 49.7 2326 17 72 193.8 MORGAN, Manny 2 30 15.0 0 18 Opponents 12 123.48 254-433-13 58.7 2865 20 78 238.8 LAWRENCE, Hakeem 2 14 7.0 0 17 LAURO, Anthony 1 8 8.0 0 8 Receiving gp no. yds avg td lg avg/g EVANS, Dylan 1 6 6.0 0 6 DAVIS, Imani 12 46 593 12.9 3 42 49.4 Total 32 530 16.6 0 31 LANE, Jerome 12 35 750 21.4 8 72 62.5 Opponents 40 687 17.2 0 77 PRATT, Andrew 12 19 186 9.8 1 34 15.5 GOODMAN, Tyrell 9 12 104 8.7 1 14 11.6 Fumble Returns no. yds avg td lg WOLF, Austin 12 10 212 21.2 2 41 17.7 GRICE, Cody 1 12 12.0 0 12 CONEY, A.J. 11 10 83 8.3 0 23 7.5 Total 1 12 12.0 0 12 HUNDLEY, Conor 12 7 70 10.0 0 33 5.8 Opponents 0 0 0.0 1 0 McNEIL, Josh 9 7 37 5.3 1 10 4.1 WILLIAMS, Newma 5 6 71 11.8 1 16 14.2 COOPER, Richie 7 6 49 8.2 0 16 7.0 MEANS, Michael 7 5 61 12.2 0 19 8.7 YOUNG, Anthony 9 3 94 31.3 0 53 10.4 LAWRENCE, Hakeem 12 1 12 12.0 0 12 1.0 ALLEN, Christian 12 1 6 6.0 0 6 0.5 ALEXANDER, Donnell 10 1 -2 -2.0 0 0 -0.2 Total 12 169 2326 13.8 17 72 193.8 Opponents 12 254 2865 11.3 20 78 238.8

2015 AKRON FOOTBALL GAME NOTES 29 AKRON FOOTBALL 2015 Akron Zips Football Akron Overall Individual Statistics (as of Nov 27, 2015) GAME 13 • UTAH STATE 2015 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS All games

PAT Scoring td fg kick rush rcv pass dxp saf pts Total Offense g plays rush pass total avg/g STEIN, Robert - 12-19 34-36 - - - - - 70 WOODSON, Thomas 12 398 553 2034 2587 215.6 HUNDLEY, Conor 10 ------60 HUNDLEY, Conor 12 188 883 0 883 73.6 LANE, Jerome 8 ------48 ALEXANDER, Donnell 10 98 476 0 476 47.6 GRICE, Cody 4 ------24 CHAPMAN, Tra'Von 3 66 38 157 195 65.0 DAVIS, Imani 3 ------18 POHL, Kyle 5 32 1 135 136 27.2 WOODSON, Thomas 3 ------18 EDWARDS, Van 11 14 60 0 60 5.5 ALEXANDER, Donnell 2 ------12 GRICE, Cody 12 19 33 0 33 2.8 WOLF, Austin 2 ------12 DAVIS, Imani 12 4 15 0 15 1.2 WILLIAMS, Newma 1 ------6 LAWRENCE, Hakeem 12 6 11 0 11 0.9 GOODMAN, Tyrell 1 ------6 GOODMAN, Tyrell 9 0 -3 0 -3 -0.3 PRATT, Andrew 1 ------6 MEANS, Michael 7 1 -4 0 -4 -0.6 McNEIL, Josh 1 ------6 TEAM 7 6 -20 0 -20 -2.9 TEAM ------1 2 Total 12 834 2043 2326 4369 364.1 Total 36 12-19 34-36 - - - - 1 288 Opponents 12 814 1077 2865 3942 328.5 Opponents 34 7-9 33-33 0-1 - - - - 258

Field Goals fg pct. 01-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-99 lg blk Punting no. yds avg lg tb fc i20 50+ blk STEIN, Robert 12-19 63.2 0-0 4-5 4-6 3-7 1-1 50 1 PAUL, Zach 71 2922 41.2 73 8 16 23 12 2 TEAM 2 15 7.5 15 0 0 0 0 0 FG Sequence Akron Opponents Total 73 2937 40.2 73 8 16 23 12 2 Oklahoma 21,(26) (35),(41) Opponents 69 2840 41.2 60 5 25 14 12 2 Pittsburgh - (25),34 Savannah State 31,(21) (30) Kickoffs no. yds avg tb ob retn net ydln Louisiana 42 - STEIN, Robert 60 3460 57.7 16 1 OHIO (40),(33),(41),(30) - Total 60 3460 57.7 16 1 17.2 39.5 25 Eastern Michigan (39) - Opponents 53 3118 58.8 20 1 16.6 39.4 25 Bowling Green (46) 32,(28) Central Michigan 48 - Massachusetts 42,(36) (36),(40) Miami 42,(50) - BUFFALO - - KENT STATE 37,(23),(20) -

Numbers in (parentheses) indicate field goal was made.

2015 AKRON FOOTBALL GAME NOTES 30 AKRON FOOTBALL 2015 Akron Zips Football Akron Overall Individual Statistics (as of Nov 27, 2015)GAME 13 • UTAH STATE 2015 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS All games

All Purpose g rush rcv pr kr ir total avg/g HUNDLEY, Con 12 883 70 0 0 0 953 79.4 LANE, Jerome 12 0 750 0 0 0 750 62.5 DAVIS, Imani 12 15 593 0 0 0 608 50.7 WOODSON, Th 12 553 0 0 0 0 553 46.1 ALEXANDER, D 10 476 -2 0 0 0 474 47.4 EDWARDS, Van 11 60 0 0 396 0 456 41.5 WOLF, Austin 12 0 212 0 0 0 212 17.7 CONEY, A.J. 11 0 83 73 40 0 196 17.8 PRATT, Andrew 12 0 186 0 0 0 186 15.5 GOODMAN, Tyr 9 -3 104 0 36 0 137 15.2 YOUNG, Anthon 9 0 94 0 0 0 94 10.4 WILLIAMS, New 5 0 71 0 0 0 71 14.2 MEANS, Michael 7 -4 61 0 0 0 57 8.1 COOPER, Richi 7 0 49 0 0 0 49 7.0 CHAPMAN, Tra' 3 38 0 0 0 0 38 12.7 LAWRENCE, Ha 12 11 12 0 14 0 37 3.1 McNEIL, Josh 9 0 37 0 0 0 37 4.1 GRICE, Cody 12 33 0 0 0 0 33 2.8 MORGAN, Man 7 0 0 0 30 0 30 4.3 HAUSER, Andre 12 0 0 25 0 0 25 2.1 EVANS, Dylan 12 0 0 0 6 17 23 1.9 SCOTT, DeAndr 12 0 0 0 0 14 14 1.2 LAURO, Anthon 12 0 0 0 8 0 8 0.7 ALLEN, Christia 12 0 6 0 0 0 6 0.5 POHL, Kyle 5 1 0 0 0 0 1 0.2 GUISER, Zach 12 0 0 0 0 -2 -2 -0.2 TEAM 7 -20 0 0 0 0 -20 -2.9 Total 12 2043 2326 98 530 29 5026 418.8 Opponents 12 1077 2865 102 687 82 4813 401.1

2015 AKRON FOOTBALL GAME NOTES 31 AKRON FOOTBALL 2015 Akron Zips Football Akron Overall Defensive Statistics (as of Nov 27, GAME2015) 13 • UTAH STATE 2015 DEFENSIVE STATISTICS All games

Tackles Sacks Pass defense Fumbles blkd # Defensive Leaders gp ua a tot tfl/yds no-yds int-yds brup qbh rcv-yds ff kick saf 1 BROWN, Jatavis 12 57 51 108 17.5-98 10.5-80 1-0 1 6 . 3 . . 54 EVANS, Dylan 12 59 39 98 10.0-20 1.5-7 1-17 6 1 . . . . 3 MONROE, Darryl 12 41 37 78 4.0-19 1.0-12 . . 2 . 1 . . 29 CHEEK, Bryce 12 30 21 51 1.0-4 . 1-0 5 . 1-0 1 . . 32 GUISER, Zach 12 33 17 50 0.5-1 . 2--2 5 . 1-0 . . . 21 GIVENS, Kris 12 38 10 48 0.5-2 . 1-0 6 . . . . . 9 COE, Rodney 11 16 27 43 7.5-34 2.0-16 . 3 3 . 1 . . 24 GEORGE, Jordan 12 24 15 39 2.0-6 . 1-0 3 . . . . . 90 PITTMAN, Se'Von 12 17 17 34 7.0-35 3.0-17 . 2 3 1-0 2 . . 6 SCOTT, DeAndre 12 22 5 27 1.5-2 . 6-14 10 . 1-0 1 . . 34 MARCUS, Jamal 10 16 10 26 11.5-62 5.5-45 . . 10 1-0 . . . 36 GRICE, Cody 12 11 13 24 4.0-18 1.5-11 . . 1 1-12 . . . 27 SENTER, John 12 13 4 17 . . . 4 . 1-0 . . . 93 VENCKUS, Daumanta 12 6 6 12 2.0-13 1.5-13 ...... 59 RACHAL, John 12 6 5 11 0.5-2 ...... 5D GILBERT, Ulysees 12 7 4 11 ...... 1 . 58 HAUSER, Andrew 12 6 4 10 ...... 1 . 20 BROWN, Kyron 12 4 5 9 . . . 2 . . . . . 15 MORROW, Cory 12 6 2 8 ...... 1 . . 96 HORNER, Alfonso 10 4 4 8 1.0-2 . . . 2 . . . . 50 BOXEN, Brock 11 4 3 7 2.5-5 0.5-2 . . . . 1 . . 2 HOPE, Larry 10 6 . 6 . . . 2 . . . . . 8D DORVILUS, Richard 11 4 1 5 1.0-6 1.0-6 ...... 97 WILLIAMS, Brennan 4 1 3 4 1.0-1 ...... 12 DAVIS, Imani 12 1 2 3 ...... 10 BELL, Brian 11 2 1 3 ...... 11 CONEY, A.J. 11 1 2 3 ...... 14 TURNER, James 10 3 . 3 ...... 95 COPELAND, Dariu 8 1 1 2 ...... 48 STEIN, Robert 12 2 . 2 ...... 4D BIVINS, Chris 2112 . . .1. .... 3D COOPER, Richie 7 2 . 2 ...... 82 WOLF, Austin 12 2 . 2 . . . . . 1-0 . . . 31 BAGGETT, Jamal 1 . 1 1 ...... 38 PAUL, Zach 12 1 . 1 ...... 49 ALLEN, Christian 12 . 1 1 . . . . . 1-0 . . . 88 BUDDENBERG, Micha 12 1 . 1 . . . . . 1-0 . . . 19 LAURO, Anthony 12 . 1 1 ...... 80 PRATT, Andrew 12 . 1 1 . . . . . 1-0 . . . 22 HAYES, Mikee 11 1 . 1 ...... 7F YOUNG, Anthony 9 1 . 1 ...... TM TEAM 7 ...... 1 98 SPRUILL, Christopher 5 ...... 1-0 . . . Total 12 450 314 764 75-330 28-209 13-29 50 28 12-12 11 2 1 Opponents 12 445 379 824 67-237 15-117 11-82 32 32 6-0 10 3 .

2015 AKRON FOOTBALL GAME NOTES 32 AKRON2015 Akron FOOTBALL Zips Football Akron Combined Team Statistics (FINAL) 2015 MAC STATISTICS Conference games GAME 13 • UTAH STATE

Date Opponent Score Att. Record: Overall Home Away Neutral * Oct 03, 2015 OHIO L 12-14 17301 All games 5-3 2-2 3-1 0-0 * Oct 10, 2015 at Eastern Michigan W 47-21 5638 Conference 5-3 2-2 3-1 0-0 * Oct 17, 2015 at Bowling Green L 10-59 20021 Non-Conference 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 * Oct 31, 2015 CENTRAL MICHIGAN L 6-14 18981 * Nov 07, 2015 at Massachusetts W 17-13 6228 Team Statistics AKRON OPP * Nov 14, 2015 at Miami W 37-28 15629 FIRST DOWNS 168 147 * Nov 21, 2015 BUFFALO W 42-21 15727 R u s h i n g 74 46 * Nov 27, 2015 KENT STATE W 20-0 16391 P a s s i n g 7 9 8 4 P e n a l t y 15 17 Rushing gp att gain loss net avg td lg avg/g RUSHING YARDAGE 1352 664 HUNDLEY, Conor 8 138 635 41 594 4.3 6 29 74.2 Rushing Attempts 337 240 WOODSON, Thomas 8 98 464 97 367 3.7 1 29 45.9 Average Per Rush 4.0 2.8 ALEXANDER, Donnell 7 67 329 17 312 4.7 2 35 44.6 Average Per Game 169.0 83.0 EDWARDS, Van 7 13 59 3 56 4.3 0 12 8.0 TDs Rushing 10 7 GRICE, Cody 8 13 26 1 25 1.9 1 6 3.1 PASSING YARDAGE 1602 1945 DAVIS, Imani 8 2 9 2 7 3.5 0 9 0.9 C o m p - A t t - I n t 125-230-8 176-295-9 Total 8 337 1519 167 1352 4.0 10 35 169.0 Average Per Pass 7.0 6.6 Opponents 8 240 904 240 664 2.8 7 36 83.0 Average Per Catch 12.8 11.1 Average Per Game 200.2 243.1 Passing gp effic comp-att-int pct yds td lg avg/g TDs Passing 13 15 WOODSON, Thomas 8 124.29 123-228-8 53.9 1589 13 57 198.6 TOTAL OFFENSE 2954 2609 POHL, Kyle 2 154.60 2-2-0 100.0 13 0 10 6.5 Average Per Play 5.2 4.9 Total 8 124.55 125-230-8 54.3 1602 13 57 200.2 Average Per Game 369.2 326.1 Opponents 8 125.72 176-295-9 59.7 1945 15 78 243.1 KICK RETURNS: #-Yards 25-402 26-462 PUNT RETURNS: #-Yards 9-48 12-76 Receiving gp no. yds avg td lg avg/g INT RETURNS: #-Yards 9--1 8-46 DAVIS, Imani 8 37 486 13.1 2 42 60.8 FUMBLES-LOST 9-4 14-8 LANE, Jerome 8 28 522 18.6 6 57 65.2 PENALTIES-Yards 61-530 54-523 PRATT, Andrew 8 17 172 10.1 0 34 21.5 PUNTS-AVG 46-39.7 44-39.0 CONEY, A.J. 8 10 83 8.3 0 23 10.4 TIME OF POSSESSION/Game 3 3 : 5 0 2 6 : 1 0 WOLF, Austin 8 7 134 19.1 2 40 16.8 3RD-DOWN Conversions 46/123 38/106 McNEIL, Josh 6 6 36 6.0 1 10 6.0 4TH-DOWN Conversions 7/12 7/16 GOODMAN, Tyrell 5 5 51 10.2 1 14 10.2 COOPER, Richie 4 4 31 7.8 0 16 7.8 Interceptions no. yds avg td lg WILLIAMS, Newma 2 3 27 9.0 1 11 13.5 SCOTT, DeAndre 3 1 0.3 0 1 HUNDLEY, Conor 8 3 7 2.3 0 6 0.9 GUISER, Zach 2 -2 -1.0 0 0 MEANS, Michael 3 2 22 11.0 0 19 7.3 CHEEK, Bryce 1 0 0.0 0 0 YOUNG, Anthony 6 1 13 13.0 0 13 2.2 GIVENS, Kris 1 0 0.0 0 0 LAWRENCE, Hakeem 8 1 12 12.0 0 12 1.5 GEORGE, Jordan 1 0 0.0 0 0 ALLEN, Christian 8 1 6 6.0 0 6 0.8 BROWN, Jatavis 1 0 0.0 0 0 Total 8 125 1602 12.8 13 57 200.2 Opponents 8 176 1945 11.1 15 78 243.1 Punting no. yds avg lg tb fc i20 50+ blk PAUL, Zach 44 1811 41.2 64 7 9 18 7 2 Field Goals fg pct. 01-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-99 lg blk TEAM 2 15 7.5 15 00000 STEIN, Robert 10-14 71.4 0-0 2-2 4-5 3-6 1-1 50 0 Punt Returns no. yds avg td lg PAT CONEY, A.J. 8 23 2.9 0 9 Scoring td fg kick rush rcv pass dxp saf pts HAUSER, Andrew 1 25 25.0 0 0 STEIN, Robert - 10-14 21-23 - - - - - 51 Total 9 48 5.3 0 9 HUNDLEY, Conor 6 ------36 Opponents 12 76 6.3 0 13 LANE, Jerome 6 ------36 ALEXANDER, Donnell 2 ------12 Kick Returns no. yds avg td lg WOLF, Austin 2 ------12 EDWARDS, Van 13 276 21.2 0 31 DAVIS, Imani 2 ------12 GOODMAN, Tyrell 3 28 9.3 0 21 WILLIAMS, Newma 1 ------6 CONEY, A.J. 3 40 13.3 0 19 GOODMAN, Tyrell 1 ------6 MORGAN, Manny 2 30 15.0 0 18 McNEIL, Josh 1 ------6 LAWRENCE, Hakeem 2 14 7.0 0 17 GRICE, Cody 1 ------6 LAURO, Anthony 1 8 8.0 0 8 WOODSON, Thomas 1 ------6 EVANS, Dylan 1 6 6.0 0 6 TEAM ------1 2 Total 25 402 16.1 0 31 Total 23 10-14 21-23 - - - - 1 191 Opponents 26 462 17.8 0 77 Opponents 23 3-4 23-23 - - - - - 170 All Purpose g rush rcv pr kr ir total avg/g Score by Quarters 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Total HUNDLEY, Cono 8 594 700060175.1 Akron 66 72 34 19 0 191 LANE, Jerome 8 0 522 0 0 0 522 65.2 Opponents 35 62 42 31 0 170 DAVIS, Imani 8 7 486 0 0 0 493 61.6 WOODSON, Tho 8 367 000036745.9 EDWARDS, Van 7 56 0 0 276 0 332 47.4 Total 8 1352 1602 48 402 -1 3403 425.4 Opponents 8 664 1945 76 462 46 3193 399.1

Total Offense g plays rush pass total avg/g WOODSON, Thomas 8 326 367 1589 1956 244.5 HUNDLEY, Conor 8 138 594 0 594 74.2 2015 AKRON FOOTBALL GAME NOTES ALEXANDER, Donnell 7 67 312 0 312 44.6 33 EDWARDS, Van 7 13 56 0 56 8.0 GRICE, Cody 8 13 25 0 25 3.1 Total 8 567 1352 1602 2954 369.2 Opponents 8 535 664 1945 2609 326 1 2015 Akron Zips Football Akron TeamAKRON Game-by-Game FOOTBALL (as of Nov 27, 2015) All games AKRON GAME-BY-GAME STATS GAME 13 • UTAH STATE TEAM STATISTICS

Rushing Receiving Passing Kick Returns Punt Returns tot Date Opponent no. yds td lg no. yds td lg cmp-att-int yds td lg no. yds td lg no. yds td lg off Sep 05 at Oklahoma 44 138 0 24 6 88 0 42 6-26-0 88 0 42 2 28 0 15 1 0 0 0 226 Sep 12 PITTSBURGH 24 42 1 32 7 63 0 18 7-22-0 63 0 18 3 69 0 27 3 13 0 10 105 Sep 19 SAVANNAH STATE 47 291 5 32 18 335 2 53 18-33-2 335 2 53 1 8 0 8 5 36 0 18 626 Sep 26 at Louisiana 42 220 3 38 13 238 2 72 13-29-1 238 2 72 1 23 0 23 1 1 0 1 458 Oct 03 OHIO 35 88 0 16 18 231 0 42 18-38-1 231 0 42 2 36 0 18 0 0 0 0 319 Oct 10 at Eastern Michigan 53 278 2 29 14 222 4 39 14-22-0 222 4 39 3 84 0 31 1 25 0 0 500 Oct 17 at Bowling Green 42 167 0 16 15 104 1 17 15-30-2 104 1 17 7 76 0 22 0 0 0 0 271 Oct 31 CENTRAL MICHIGAN 25 25 0 12 22 252 1 57 22-36-1 252 1 57 2 46 0 23 2 6 0 8 277 Nov 07 at Massachusetts 41 155 1 18 15 174 1 27 15-27-2 174 1 27 3 51 0 23 0 0 0 0 329 Nov 14 at Miami 45 193 4 21 13 221 1 40 13-28-2 221 1 40 4 58 0 19 1 0 0 0 414 Nov 21 BUFFALO 45 217 2 35 17 258 4 36 17-30-0 258 4 36 4 51 0 17 3 19 0 9 475 Nov 27 KENT STATE 51 229 1 29 11 140 1 37 11-19-0 140 1 37 0 0 0 0 2 -2 0 5 369 Akron 494 2043 19 38 169 2326 17 72 169-340-11 2326 17 72 32 530 0 31 19 98 0 18 4369 Opponents 381 1077 12 36 254 2865 20 78 254-433-13 2865 20 78 40 687 0 77 20 102 0 13 3942

Games: 12 • Avg/rush: 4.1 • Avg/catch: 13.8 • Pass effic: 117.20 • KR avg: 16.6 • PR avg: 5.2 • All purpose avg/game: 418.8 • Total offense avg/gm: 364.1

Tackles Sacks Fumble Pass Defense blkd PAT Attempts off Date Opponent ua a total tfl-yds no-yds ff fr-yds int-yds qbh brup kick kick rush rcv saf t/o pts Sep 05 at Oklahoma 46 30 76 4.0-15 1.0-2 1 1-0 1-0 1 4 0 0-0 0 0 0 3 3 Sep 12 PITTSBURGH 43 30 73 11.0-48 5.0-34 2 0-0 0-0 0 1 0 1-1 0 0 0 0 7 Sep 19 SAVANNAH STATE 33 26 59 3.0-17 2.0-12 0 1-0 1-13 2 8 0 7-7 0 0 0 10 52 Sep 26 at Louisiana 44 10 54 6.0-23 2.0-16 1 2-12 2-17 1 2 0 5-5 0 0 0 14 35 Oct 03 OHIO 40 20 60 6.0-28 3.0-20 0 0-0 1-0 1 3 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 12 Oct 10 at Eastern Michigan 33 38 71 6.0-14 1.0-6 1 2-0 1--2 4 2 1 6-6 0 0 1 14 47 Oct 17 at Bowling Green 39 42 81 6.0-39 3.0-28 0 0-0 0-0 2 1 0 1-1 0 0 0 0 10 Oct 31 CENTRAL MICHIGAN 36 12 48 8.0-34 3.0-25 0 0-0 1-0 2 5 0 0-1 0 0 0 0 6 Nov 07 at Massachusetts 28 44 72 7.0-31 2.0-16 1 0-0 2-0 0 9 0 2-2 0 0 0 3 17 Nov 14 at Miami 41 22 63 8.0-39 3.0-28 2 2-0 2-1 6 5 1 4-5 0 0 0 13 37 Nov 21 BUFFALO 41 30 71 3.0-5 0.0-0 1 1-0 2-0 4 7 0 6-6 0 0 0 7 42 Nov 27 KENT STATE 26 10 36 7.0-37 3.0-22 2 3-0 0-0 5 3 0 2-2 0 0 0 10 20 Akron 450 314 764 75.0-330 28.0-209 11 12-12 13-29 28 50 2 34-36 0 0 1 74 288 Opponents 445 379 824 67.0-237 15.0-117 10 6-0 11-82 32 32 3 33-33 0 0 0 33 258

Punting Field Goals Kickoffs Date Opponent no. yds avg long blkd tb fc 50+ i20 md-att long blkd no. yds avg tb ob Sep 05 at Oklahoma 12 557 46.4 73 0 0 2 3 4 1-2 26 0 2 107 53.5 0 0 Sep 12 PITTSBURGH 9 355 39.4 62 0 1 4 2 0 0-0 0 0 2 77 38.5 0 0 Sep 19 SAVANNAH STATE 3 102 34.0 37 0 0 1 0 1 1-2 21 1 9 542 60.2 2 0 Sep 26 at Louisiana 3 97 32.3 44 0 0 0 0 0 0-1 0 0 6 371 61.8 1 0 Oct 03 OHIO 5 164 32.8 37 0 1 2 0 2 4-4 41 0 5 295 59.0 0 1 Oct 10 at Eastern Michigan 4 165 41.2 49 0 0 1 0 3 1-1 39 0 8 458 57.2 4 0 Oct 17 at Bowling Green 5 196 39.2 64 0 1 0 2 2 1-1 46 0 3 171 57.0 0 0 Oct 31 CENTRAL MICHIGAN 9 378 42.0 53 0 2 3 2 4 0-1 0 0 2 126 63.0 1 0 Nov 07 at Massachusetts 6 275 45.8 59 0 1 1 1 2 1-2 36 0 4 238 59.5 1 0 Nov 14 at Miami 7 220 31.4 51 2 0 1 1 1 1-2 50 0 7 391 55.9 0 0 Nov 21 BUFFALO 7 311 44.4 59 0 2 1 1 2 0-0 0 0 7 422 60.3 4 0 Nov 27 KENT STATE 3 117 39.0 45 0 0 0 0 2 2-3 23 0 5 262 52.4 3 0 Akron 73 2937 40.2 73 2 8 16 12 23 12-19 50 1 60 3460 57.7 16 1 Opponents 69 2840 41.2 60 2 5 25 12 14 7-9 41 0 53 3118 58.8 20 1

2015 AKRON FOOTBALL GAME NOTES 34 2015 Akron Zips Football Akron OpponentAKRON Game-by-Game FOOTBALL (as of Nov 27, 2015) All games OPPONENT GAME-BY-GAME STATS GAME 13 • UTAH STATE OPPONENT STATISTICS

Rushing Receiving Passing Kick Returns Punt Returns tot Date Opponent no. yds td lg no. yds td lg cmp-att-int yds td lg no. yds td lg no. yds td lg off Sep 05 at Oklahoma 33 100 2 15 28 439 3 76 28-42-1 439 3 76 2 43 0 39 5 32 0 12 539 Sep 12 PITTSBURGH 46 127 2 17 18 180 1 26 18-25-0 180 1 26 1 -1 0 0 1 -6 0 0 307 Sep 19 SAVANNAH STATE 34 74 0 15 13 128 0 26 13-34-1 128 0 26 6 93 0 23 1 0 0 0 202 Sep 26 at Louisiana 28 112 1 17 19 173 1 23 19-37-2 173 1 23 5 90 0 25 1 0 0 0 285 Oct 03 OHIO 32 48 1 20 18 179 1 29 18-29-1 179 1 29 4 105 0 53 1 2 0 2 227 Oct 10 at Eastern Michigan 31 161 0 36 24 252 3 48 24-35-1 252 3 48 3 68 0 39 1 13 0 13 413 Oct 17 at Bowling Green 42 120 3 19 27 412 5 43 27-33-0 412 5 43 3 93 0 77 2 14 0 11 532 Oct 31 CENTRAL MICHIGAN 24 39 0 18 23 226 2 37 23-37-1 226 2 37 1 21 0 21 1 7 0 7 265 Nov 07 at Massachusetts 32 88 1 14 19 173 0 24 19-44-2 173 0 24 3 54 0 23 2 18 0 9 261 Nov 14 at Miami 31 68 0 22 20 316 3 78 20-42-2 316 3 78 7 93 0 22 3 19 0 10 384 Nov 21 BUFFALO 28 130 2 21 32 262 1 25 32-51-2 262 1 25 3 20 0 19 2 3 0 3 392 Nov 27 KENT STATE 20 10 0 9 13 125 0 45 13-24-0 125 0 45 2 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 135 Opponents 381 1077 12 36 254 2865 20 78 254-433-13 2865 20 78 40 687 0 77 20 102 0 13 3942 Akron 494 2043 19 38 169 2326 17 72 169-340-11 2326 17 72 32 530 0 31 19 98 0 18 4369

Games: 12 • Avg/rush: 2.8 • Avg/catch: 11.3 • Pass effic: 123.48 • KR avg: 17.2 • PR avg: 5.1 • All purpose avg/game: 401.1 • Total offense avg/gm: 328.5

Tackles Sacks Fumble Pass Defense blkd PAT Attempts off Date Opponent ua a total tfl-yds no-yds ff fr-yds int-yds qbh brup kick kick rush rcv saf t/o pts Sep 05 at Oklahoma 31 42 73 7.0-19 2.0-7 1 1-0 0-0 2 2 0 5-5 0 0 0 3 41 Sep 12 PITTSBURGH 28 12 40 8.0-52 3.0-39 2 1-0 0-0 1 3 0 3-3 0 0 0 0 24 Sep 19 SAVANNAH STATE 49 24 73 3.0-4 0.0-0 0 0-0 2-24 3 1 1 0-0 0 0 0 3 9 Sep 26 at Louisiana 37 25 62 3.0-4 0.0-0 0 0-0 1-12 1 3 0 2-2 0 0 0 0 14 Oct 03 OHIO 38 26 64 8.0-30 2.0-15 1 0-0 1-16 1 6 0 2-2 0 0 0 0 14 Oct 10 at Eastern Michigan 30 56 86 4.0-11 1.0-6 0 0-0 0-0 7 2 0 3-3 0 0 0 0 21 Oct 17 at Bowling Green 46 32 78 5.0-23 1.0-9 2 2-0 2-0 6 2 0 8-8 0 0 0 14 59 Oct 31 CENTRAL MICHIGAN 36 16 52 10.0-37 4.0-25 2 0-0 1-0 2 4 0 2-2 0 0 0 0 14 Nov 07 at Massachusetts 22 60 82 4.0-13 0.0-0 1 1-0 2-0 0 2 0 1-1 0 0 0 6 13 Nov 14 at Miami 42 28 70 4.0-14 1.0-9 0 0-0 2-30 6 2 2 4-4 0 0 0 7 28 Nov 21 BUFFALO 42 26 68 7.0-20 0.0-0 0 0-0 0-0 3 4 0 3-3 0 0 0 0 21 Nov 27 KENT STATE 44 32 76 4.0-10 1.0-7 1 1-0 0-0 0 1 0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 Opponents 445 379 824 67.0-237 15.0-117 10 6-0 11-82 32 32 3 33-33 0 0 0 33 258 Akron 450 314 764 75.0-330 28.0-209 11 12-12 13-29 28 50 2 34-36 0 0 1 74 288

Punting Field Goals Kickoffs Date Opponent no. yds avg long blkd tb fc 50+ i20 md-att long blkd no. yds avg tb ob Sep 05 at Oklahoma 6 298 49.7 53 0 1 3 3 2 2-2 41 0 8 517 64.6 6 0 Sep 12 PITTSBURGH 5 217 43.4 52 0 0 1 1 1 1-2 25 0 5 320 64.0 2 0 Sep 19 SAVANNAH STATE 9 378 42.0 48 0 1 1 0 0 1-1 30 0 3 169 56.3 2 0 Sep 26 at Louisiana 5 233 46.6 53 0 0 4 3 2 0-0 0 0 2 126 63.0 1 0 Oct 03 OHIO 7 265 37.9 42 0 1 4 0 2 0-0 0 0 3 186 62.0 1 0 Oct 10 at Eastern Michigan 3 72 24.0 38 1 0 1 0 0 0-0 0 0 5 328 65.6 2 0 Oct 17 at Bowling Green 2 81 40.5 41 0 0 0 0 0 1-2 28 0 10 531 53.1 3 0 Oct 31 CENTRAL MICHIGAN 8 333 41.6 55 0 0 5 1 4 0-0 0 0 3 194 64.7 1 0 Nov 07 at Massachusetts 6 225 37.5 44 0 0 3 0 2 2-2 40 0 4 214 53.5 1 0 Nov 14 at Miami 6 217 36.2 49 1 0 1 0 0 0-0 0 0 5 286 57.2 0 1 Nov 21 BUFFALO 7 298 42.6 52 0 1 2 2 1 0-0 0 0 4 182 45.5 0 0 Nov 27 KENT STATE 5 223 44.6 60 0 1 0 2 0 0-0 0 0 1 65 65.0 1 0 Opponents 69 2840 41.2 60 2 5 25 12 14 7-9 41 0 53 3118 58.8 20 1 Akron 73 2937 40.2 73 2 8 16 12 23 12-19 50 1 60 3460 57.7 16 1

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2015 Akron Zips Football GAME 13 • UTAH STATE RED ZONE STATS Akron Red-Zone Results (as of Nov 27, 2015) All games

Akron Inside Opponent Red-Zone

Times Times Total Rush Pass FGs Failed to score inside RZ Date Opponent Score In RZ Scored Pts TDs TDs TDs Made FGA Down Int Fumb Half Game Sep 05, 2015 at Oklahoma L 3-41 2130001100000 Sep 12, 2015 PITTSBURGH L 7-24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sep 19, 2015 SAVANNAH STATE W 52-9 9 6 38 5 5 0 1111000 Sep 26, 2015 at Louisiana W 35-14 7 4 28 4 3 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 Oct 03, 2015 OHIO L 12-14 4 4 12 0 0 0 4000000 Oct 10, 2015 at Eastern Michigan W 47-21 4 4 24 3 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Oct 17, 2015 at Bowling Green L 10-59 1171010000000 Oct 31, 2015 CENTRAL MICHIGAN L 6-14 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Nov 07, 2015 at Massachusetts W 17-13 3 2 10 1 1 0 1100000 Nov 14, 2015 at Miami W 37-28 4 4 27 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Nov 21, 2015 BUFFALO W 42-21 2 2 14 2 1 1 0000000 Nov 27, 2015 KENT STATE W 20-0 6 4 20 2 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 Totals 43 32 183 22 16 6 10 612020 32 of 43 (74.4%)

Opponents Inside Akron Red-Zone

Times Times Total Rush Pass FGs Failed to score inside RZ Date Opponent Score In RZ Scored Pts TDs TDs TDs Made FGA Down Int Fumb Half Game Sep 05, 2015 at Oklahoma L 3-41 5 4 24 3 2 1 1001000 Sep 12, 2015 PITTSBURGH L 7-24 5 4 24 3 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 Sep 19, 2015 SAVANNAH STATE W 52-9 1130001000000 Sep 26, 2015 at Louisiana W 35-14 3 2 14 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 Oct 03, 2015 OHIO L 12-14 3171100001010 Oct 10, 2015 at Eastern Michigan W 47-21 2 2 14 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Oct 17, 2015 at Bowling Green L 10-59 9 8 52 7 3 4 1100000 Oct 31, 2015 CENTRAL MICHIGAN L 6-14 2 2 14 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Nov 07, 2015 at Massachusetts W 17-13 2 2 10 1 1 0 1000000 Nov 14, 2015 at Miami W 37-28 3 2 14 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 Nov 21, 2015 BUFFALO W 42-21 3 3 21 3 2 1 0000000 Nov 27, 2015 KENT STATE W 20-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 Totals 39 31 197 26 12 14 5222110 31 of 39 (79.5%)

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2015 Akron Zips Football 2015GAME Akron 13Zips • Football UTAH STATE GAME SUPERLATIVESAkron Game Superlatives (as of Nov 27, 2015) Akron Game Superlatives (as of Nov 27, 2015) All games All games

INDIVIDUAL GAME HIGHS OPPONENT INDIVIDUAL GAME HIGHS

Rushes 24 ALEXANDER, Donnell vs BUFFALO (Nov 21, 2015) Rushes 24 JACKSON, Darius, at Eastern Michigan (Oct 10, 2015) Yards Rushing 143 ALEXANDER, Donnell vs BUFFALO (Nov 21, 2015) Yards Rushing 112 JACKSON, Darius, at Eastern Michigan (Oct 10, 2015) TD Rushes 3 GRICE, Cody vs Savannah State (Sep 19, 2015) TD Rushes 2 WILSON, Donovan, at Bowling Green (Oct 17, 2015) 3 HUNDLEY, Conor at Miami (Nov 14, 2015) 2 JOHNSON, Jordan, vs BUFFALO (Nov 21, 2015) Long Rush 38 WOODSON, Thomas at Louisiana (Sep 26, 2015) Long Rush 36 VANN, Shaq, at Eastern Michigan (Oct 10, 2015) Pass attempts 38 WOODSON, Thomas vs OHIO (Oct 03, 2015) Pass attempts 51 LICATA, Joe, vs BUFFALO (Nov 21, 2015) Pass completions 22 WOODSON, Thomas vs Central Michigan (Oct 31, 2015) Pass completions 32 LICATA, Joe, vs BUFFALO (Nov 21, 2015) Yards Passing 258 WOODSON, Thomas vs BUFFALO (Nov 21, 2015) Yards Passing 388 Mayfield, Baker, at Oklahoma (Sep 05, 2015) TD Passes 4 WOODSON, Thomas at Eastern Michigan (Oct 10, 2015) TD Passes 5 JOHNSON, Matt, at Bowling Green (Oct 17, 2015) 4 WOODSON, Thomas vs BUFFALO (Nov 21, 2015) Long Pass 78 BAHL, Billy, at Miami (Nov 14, 2015) Long Pass 72 WOODSON, Thomas at Louisiana (Sep 26, 2015) Receptions 11 Boyd, T., vs Pittsburgh (Sep 12, 2015) Receptions 8 DAVIS, Imani vs Central Michigan (Oct 31, 2015) 11 WILLOUGHBY, Ron, vs BUFFALO (Nov 21, 2015) Yards Receiving 118 DAVIS, Imani vs BUFFALO (Nov 21, 2015) Yards Receiving 181 WILLIAMS, Ro., at Miami (Nov 14, 2015) TD Receptions 2 LANE, Jerome at Eastern Michigan (Oct 10, 2015) TD Receptions 2 LEWIS, Roger, at Bowling Green (Oct 17, 2015) 2 LANE, Jerome vs BUFFALO (Nov 21, 2015) Long Reception 78 WILLIAMS, Ro., at Miami (Nov 14, 2015) Long Reception 72 LANE, Jerome at Louisiana (Sep 26, 2015) Field Goals 2 Seibert, Austin, at Oklahoma (Sep 05, 2015) Field Goals 4 STEIN, Robert vs OHIO (Oct 03, 2015) 2 Laurent, L., at Massachusetts (Nov 07, 2015) Long Field Goal 50 STEIN, Robert at Miami (Nov 14, 2015) Long Field Goal 41 Seibert, Austin, at Oklahoma (Sep 05, 2015) Punts 12 PAUL, Zach at Oklahoma (Sep 05, 2015) Punts 9 BARRON,John, vs Savannah State (Sep 19, 2015) Punting Avg 46.4 PAUL, Zach at Oklahoma (Sep 05, 2015) Punting Avg 49.7 Seibert, Austin, at Oklahoma (Sep 05, 2015) Long Punt 73 PAUL, Zach at Oklahoma (Sep 05, 2015) Long Punt 60 MELCHIORI, A., vs KENT STATE (Nov 27, 2015) Punts inside 20 4 PAUL, Zach at Oklahoma (Sep 05, 2015) Punts inside 20 4 COLUZZI, Ron, vs Central Michigan (Oct 31, 2015) 4 PAUL, Zach vs Central Michigan (Oct 31, 2015) Long Punt Return 13 BANHAM, Blake, at Eastern Michigan (Oct 10, 2015) Long Punt Return 18 CONEY, A.J. vs Savannah State (Sep 19, 2015) Long Kickoff Return 77 MILLER, Scott, at Bowling Green (Oct 17, 2015) Long Kickoff Return 31 EDWARDS, Van at Eastern Michigan (Oct 10, 2015) Tackles 16 IBE, Great, at Eastern Michigan (Oct 10, 2015) Tackles 16 BROWN, Jatavis vs Pittsburgh (Sep 12, 2015) 16 HOLLEY, Nate, vs KENT STATE (Nov 27, 2015) Sacks 2.5 BROWN, Jatavis vs Pittsburgh (Sep 12, 2015) Sacks 2.0 SERPA, Blake, vs Central Michigan (Oct 31, 2015) 2.5 MARCUS, Jamal vs OHIO (Oct 03, 2015) Tackles For Loss 4.0 SERPA, Blake, vs Central Michigan (Oct 31, 2015) Tackles For Loss 4.5 MARCUS, Jamal vs OHIO (Oct 03, 2015) Interceptions 1 TOLBERT,Juwuan, vs Savannah State (Sep 19, 2015) 4.5 BROWN, Jatavis at Miami (Nov 14, 2015) 1 BENNETT,Isiah, vs Savannah State (Sep 19, 2015) Interceptions 1 SCOTT, DeAndre at Oklahoma (Sep 05, 2015) 1 DeGrange,Zach, at Louisiana (Sep 26, 2015) 1 SCOTT, DeAndre vs Savannah State (Sep 19, 2015) 1 POLING, Quentin, vs OHIO (Oct 03, 2015) 1 SCOTT, DeAndre at Louisiana (Sep 26, 2015) 1 BOZEMAN, Jamari, at Bowling Green (Oct 17, 2015) 1 EVANS, Dylan at Louisiana (Sep 26, 2015) 1 MACK, Alfonso, at Bowling Green (Oct 17, 2015) 1 SCOTT, DeAndre vs OHIO (Oct 03, 2015) 1 ANNESE, Tony, vs Central Michigan (Oct 31, 2015) 1 GUISER, Zach at Eastern Michigan (Oct 10, 2015) 1 Dudley-Giles, T, at Massachusetts (Nov 07, 2015) 1 GEORGE, Jordan vs Central Michigan (Oct 31, 2015) 1 Santos-Knox, J., at Massachusetts (Nov 07, 2015) 1 SCOTT, DeAndre at Massachusetts (Nov 07, 2015) 1 TAYLOR, M., at Miami (Nov 14, 2015) 1 GIVENS, Kris at Massachusetts (Nov 07, 2015) 1 BURRIS, Brison, at Miami (Nov 14, 2015) 1 BROWN, Jatavis at Miami (Nov 14, 2015) 1 SCOTT, DeAndre at Miami (Nov 14, 2015) 1 CHEEK, Bryce vs BUFFALO (Nov 21, 2015) 1 GUISER, Zach vs BUFFALO (Nov 21, 2015)

2015 Akron Zips Football 2015 Akron Zips Football Akron Game Superlatives (as of Nov 27, 2015) Akron Game Superlatives (as of Nov 27, 2015) All games All games

TEAM GAME HIGHS OPPONENT TEAM GAME HIGHS

Rushes 53 at Eastern Michigan (Oct 10, 2015) Rushes 46 vs Pittsburgh (Sep 12, 2015) Yards Rushing 291 vs Savannah State (Sep 19, 2015) Yards Rushing 161 at Eastern Michigan (Oct 10, 2015) Yards Per Rush 6.2 vs Savannah State (Sep 19, 2015) Yards Per Rush 5.2 at Eastern Michigan (Oct 10, 2015) TD Rushes 5 vs Savannah State (Sep 19, 2015) TD Rushes 3 at Bowling Green (Oct 17, 2015) Pass attempts 38 vs OHIO (Oct 03, 2015) Pass attempts 51 vs BUFFALO (Nov 21, 2015) Pass completions 22 vs Central Michigan (Oct 31, 2015) Pass completions 32 vs BUFFALO (Nov 21, 2015) Yards Passing 335 vs Savannah State (Sep 19, 2015) Yards Passing 439 at Oklahoma (Sep 05, 2015) Yards Per Pass 10.2 vs Savannah State (Sep 19, 2015) Yards Per Pass 12.5 at Bowling Green (Oct 17, 2015) TD Passes 4 at Eastern Michigan (Oct 10, 2015) TD Passes 5 at Bowling Green (Oct 17, 2015) 4 vs BUFFALO (Nov 21, 2015) Total Plays 79 vs BUFFALO (Nov 21, 2015) Total Plays 80 vs Savannah State (Sep 19, 2015) Total Offense 539 at Oklahoma (Sep 05, 2015) Total Offense 626 vs Savannah State (Sep 19, 2015) Yards Per Play 7.2 at Oklahoma (Sep 05, 2015) Yards Per Play 7.8 vs Savannah State (Sep 19, 2015) Points 59 at Bowling Green (Oct 17, 2015) Points 52 vs Savannah State (Sep 19, 2015) Sacks By 4 vs Central Michigan (Oct 31, 2015) Sacks By 5 vs Pittsburgh (Sep 12, 2015) First Downs 27 at Bowling Green (Oct 17, 2015) First Downs 31 vs Savannah State (Sep 19, 2015) Penalties 11 vs Savannah State (Sep 19, 2015) Penalties 11 at Louisiana (Sep 26, 2015) 11 at Louisiana (Sep 26, 2015) Penalty Yards 92 at Louisiana (Sep 26, 2015) Penalty Yards 126 at Louisiana (Sep 26, 2015) Turnovers 4 at Bowling Green (Oct 17, 2015) Turnovers 4 at Louisiana (Sep 26, 2015) Interceptions By 2 at Louisiana (Sep 26, 2015) 4 at Miami (Nov 14, 2015) 2 at Massachusetts (Nov 07, 2015) Interceptions By 2 vs Savannah State (Sep 19, 2015) 2 at Miami (Nov 14, 2015) 2 at Bowling Green (Oct 17, 2015) 2 vs BUFFALO (Nov 21, 2015) 2 at Massachusetts (Nov 07, 2015) Punts 12 at Oklahoma (Sep 05, 2015) 2 at Miami (Nov 14, 2015) Punting Avg 46.4 at Oklahoma (Sep 05, 2015) Punts 9 vs Savannah State (Sep 19, 2015) Long Punt 73 at Oklahoma (Sep 05, 2015) Punting Avg 49.7 at Oklahoma (Sep 05, 2015) Punts inside 20 4 at Oklahoma (Sep 05, 2015) Long Punt 60 vs KENT STATE (Nov 27, 2015) 4 vs Central Michigan (Oct 31, 2015) Punts inside 20 4 vs Central Michigan (Oct 31, 2015) Long Punt Return 18 vs Savannah State (Sep 19, 2015) Long Punt Return 13 at Eastern Michigan (Oct 10, 2015)

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THE LAST TIME IT HAPPENED . . . GAME 13 • UTAH STATE

BY AKRON AKRON TEAM 100 Yards Rushing 143, Donnell Alexander vs. Buffalo, 11-21-15 500 Yards Total Offense 500 at Eastern Michigan, 10-10-15 150 Yards Rushing 151, Jawon Chisholm vs. Kent State, 11-08-13 600 Yards Total Offense 626 vs. Savannah State, 9-19-15 175 Yards Rushing 184, Jawon Chisholm at Kent State, 11-28-14 700 Yards Total Offense *753 vs Morgan State , 09-15-12 200 Yards Rushing 277, Dennis Kennedy vs. Eastern Mich., 10-18-08 300 Yards Rushing Offense 339 vs. Eastern Michigan, 10-18-08 25+ Rushing Attempts 27, Jawon Chisholm vs. Kent State, 11-08-13 400 Yards Rushing Offense 440 vs. Liberty, 10-12-02 30+ Rushing Attempts 32, Alex Allen vs. Buffalo, 11-26-10 500 Yards Rushing Offense 503 vs. Northern Arizona, 09-28-91 2 Touchdowns Rushing Donnell Alexander vs. Buffalo, 11-21-15 300 Yards Passing Offense 335 vs. Savannah State, 9-19-15 3 Touchdowns Rushing Conor Hundley at Miami (Ohio), 11-14-15 400 Yards Passing Offense 400 vs. Howard, 08-28-14 4+ Touchdowns Rushing 5, Bobby Hendry vs. Eastern Mich., 11-24-01 500 Yards Passing Offense *^565 vs. Morgan State, 09-15-12 50-Yard Run 55, Jawon Chisholm vs. James Madison, 09-07-13 60-Yard Run 65 (TD), Jawon Chisholm vs. Ball State, 10-26-13 BY OPPONENT 70-Yard Run 70 (TD), by Quentin Hines at Tennessee, 09-22-12 100 Yards Rushing 112, Darius Jackson, Eastern Michigan, 10-10-15 80-Yard Run 80 (TD), Jawon Chisholm at Kent State, 11-28-14 150 Yards Rushing 151, Rjion Neal, Tennessee, 09-22-12 90-Yard Run 91, Alex Allen vs. Miami (Ohio), 11-17-10 200 Yards Rushing 243, Zurlon Tipton, Central Michigan, 10-27-12 Two Players Rushing for 100 Yards (each) Nate Burney (119) and 250 Yards Rushing 270, Garrett Wolfe, Northern Illinois, 12-01-05 Alex Allen (110) vs. Gardner-Webb, 09-11-10 300 Yards Rushing 376, Travis Prentice, Miami (Ohio), 11-06-99 250 Yards Passing 258, Thomas Woodson vs. Buffalo, 11-21-15 20 Rushing Attempts 24, Darius Jackson, Eastern Michigan, 10-10-15 300 Yards Passing 304, Kyle Pohl vs. Bowling Green, 11-04-14 30 Rushing Attempts 32, Anthone Taylor, Buffalo, 11-11-14 400 Yards Passing 446, Dalton Williams vs. Miami (Ohio), 09-29-12 40 Rushing Attempts 42, Garrett Wolfe, Northern Illinois, 12-01-05 20 Pass Completions 22, Thomas Woodson vs. Central Michigan, 10-31-15 3 Touchdowns Rushing Trayion Durham, Kent State, 11-03-12 30 Pass Completions 31, Kyle Pohl vs. Bowling Green, 11-04-14 4+ Touchdowns Rushing 5, Thomas Hammock, Northern Ill., 10-14-00 40 Pass Attempts 42, Kyle Pohl at Kent State, 11-28-14 70-Yard Run 80, Remi Watson, Marshall, 09-20-14 50 Pass Attempts *62, Kyle Pohl vs. Bowling Green, 11-04-14 Two Players 100 Yards Rushing (each) 178, Anthone Taylor and 2 Touchdown Passes Thomas Woodson at Louisiana, 9-26-15 104, Jordan Johnson, Buffalo, 11-11-14 3 Touchdown Passes Kyle Pohl vs. Toledo, 11-29-13 300 Yards Passing 357, Matt Johnson, Bowling Green, 10-17-15 4 Touchdown Passes Thomas Woodson vs. Buffalo, 11-21-15 400 Yards Passing 401, Tyler Bray, Tennessee, 09-22-12 5 Touchdown Passes %Dalton Williams at FIU, 09-08-12 500 Yards Passing 516, Zac Dysert, Miami (Ohio), 09-29-12 2 Interceptions Thrown Kyle Pohl at Kent State, 11-28-14 20 Pass Completions 23, Cooper Rush vs. Central Michigan, 10-31-15 3 Interceptions Thrown Kyle Pohl vs. Bowling Green, 11-04-14 30 Pass Completions 32, Joe Licata, Buffalo, 11-21-15 4 Interceptions Thrown Thomas Woodson at Ball State, 10-25-14 40 Pass Attempts 45, Colin Reardon, at Kent State, 11-28-14 300 Yards Total Offense 331, Thomas Woodson at Louisiana, 9-26-15 50 Pass Attempts 51, Joe Licata, Buffalo, 11-21-15 350 Yards Total Offense 356, Kyle Pohl vs. Howard, 08-28-14 4 Touchdown Passes Joe Licata, Buffalo, 11-11-14 400 Yards Total Offense 446, Dalton Williams vs. Miami (Ohio), 09-29-12 5 Touchdown Passes Matt Johnson, Bowling Green, 10-17-15 100 Yards Receiving 118, Imani Davis vs. Buffalo, 11-21-15 5+ Touchdown Passes 6, Zac Dysert, Miami (Ohio), 09-29-12 150 Yards Receiving 154, Keith Sconiers vs. VMI, 09-24-11 3 Interceptions Thrown Austin Whipple, UMass, 11-18-14 200 Yards Receiving 223, Jabari Arthur vs. Western Michigan, 10-06-07 500 Yards Total Offense 514, Dan LeFevour, Central Mich., 11-23-07 10 Receptions 10, Zach D’Orazio vs. UMass, 11-18-14 600 Yards Total Offense 624, Zac Dysert, Miami (Ohio), 9-29-12 10+ Receptions 11, Marquelo Suel at Kent State, 11-03-12 100 Yards Receiving 105, Ron Willoughby, Buffalo, 11-21-15 50-Yard Reception 57 (TD), Jerome Lane (Thomas Woodson) 150 Yards Receiving 181, Rokeem Williams, Miami (Ohio), 11-14-15 vs. Central Michigan, 10-31-15 200 Yards Receiving 214, Lee Evans, Wisconsin, 09-06-03 60-Yard Reception 68 (TD), Andrew Pratt (Nick Hirschman) 10 Receptions James Perry, Gardner-Webb, 09-11-10 vs. James Madison, 09-07-13 10+ Receptions 11, Ron Willoughby, Buffalo, 11-21-15 70-Yard Reception 72 (TD), Jerome Lane (Thomas Woodson) at Louisiana, 9-26-15 3 Touchdown Receptions Jake Stoneburner, Ohio State, 09-03-11 80-Yard Reception 80, Andre Jones (Alex Allen) vs. Northern Ill., 10-31-09 60-Yard Reception 60, Alex Bayer, Bowling Green, 10-06-12 2 Touchdowns Receiving Jerome Lane vs. Buffalo, 11-21-15 70-Yard Reception 78, 181, Rokeem Williams, Miami (Ohio), 11-14-15 3 Touchdowns Receiving 3, Deryn Bowser vs. Morgan State, 09-12-09 90-Yard Reception 91, Breshad Perriman, UCF, 08-29-13 Two Players Receiving 100 Yards (each) Jabari Arthur (137) and Two Players Receiving 100 Yards (each) Jordan Williams (124) and David Harvey (133) vs. Central Michigan, 09-16-06 Willie Snead (100), Ball State, 10-26-13 150 Yard Rusher and 150 Yard Receiver in Same Game Kickoff Return for TD Dervon Wallace (91 yards), Western Mich., 10-23-10 #Jawon Chisholm (188 rushing) and Keith Sconiers (154 receiving) Punt Return for TD Delano Grennl (66 yards), Temple, 11-13-09 vs. VMI, 09-24-11 70-Yard Punt Return Stafford Owens (81 yards), Ohio, 11-13-04 Kickoff Return for TD Dashan Miller (98 yards) vs. Syracuse, 10-24-09 Had 2 Interceptions 2, Byron Moore, Tennessee, 09-29-12 Free Kick Return for TD 89, Andre Jones (78) and Alphonso Owen (11) Returned Interception for TD Marshall Taylor, Miami (Ohio), 11-14-15 vs. Western Michigan, 10-06-07 Had 3 Interceptions Brian Lainhart, Kent State, 10-04-08 100-Yard Kickoff Return Jamie Goodwin at Connecticut, 10-25-03 Fumble Return for TD Taylor Royster (0 yards), BGSU, 11-04-14 Punt Return for TD Domenik Hixon (85 yards) vs. Ball State, 10-23-04 75-Yard Fumble Return for TD 99, Quan Dillahunt, Howard, 09-20-03 70-Yard Punt Return Domenik Hixon (85 yards) vs. Ball State, 10-23-04 Blocked a Field Goal Juwuan Tolbert (TD), Savannah State, 9-19-15 200 All-Purpose Yards 200, Jawon Chisholm at Kent State, 11-28-14 Blocked a PAT Boomer Mays, Northern Ill., 10-12-13 250 All-Purpose Yards 263, Dennis Kennedy vs. Buffalo, 11-13-08 Blocked a Punt 2, Tony Reid, Miami (Ohio), 11-14-15 Interception for TD DeAndre Scott (37 yards) at Buffalo, 11-11-14 Blocked Punt Returned for TD Melvin Payne, Ohio, 10-10-09 Intercepted 2 Passes 2, Justin March (one for TD) at Michigan, 09-14-13 Had a 2-Pt. Conversion Deane Cheatham (rush), JMU, 09-07-13 Fumble Return for TD Nick Rossi (29 yards) vs. Morgan State, 09-15-12 50-Yard Field Goal Kaleb Patterson (52 yards), Miami (Ohio), 10-19-13 Blocked a Field Goal Anthony Holmes (40-yard att.) 500 Yards Total Offense 532, Bowling Green, 10-17-15 at Northern Ill., 10-12-13 600 Yards Total Offense 633, Tennessee, 09-22-12 Blocked 2 Field Goals Nick Rossi (46-yard att.) and 700 Yards Total Offense 705, Miami (Ohio), 09-29-12 Anthony Holmes (40-yard att.) at Northern Ill., 10-12-13 Less Than 200 Yards of Total Offense 127, Morgan State, 09-12-09 Blocked a PAT Cody Grice vs. Toledo, 11-29-13 UA Allowed a Safety vs. Ohio, 10-05-13 Blocked a Punt Andrew Pratt at Miami (Ohio), 10-19-13 Blocked Punt Returned for TD 0, Aaron Willliams vs. Indiana, 09-19-09 * - indicates school record Had a 2-Pt Conversion Dalton Williams pass to Dee Frieson % - indicates tied school record at FIU, 09-08-12 # - first time in program history Had a Defensive 2-Pt. Conversion Shawn Lemon (98 yds) ^ - indicates Mid-American Conference record vs. Toledo, 11-05-08 BOLD - Indicates 2015 season 50-Yard Field Goal 50, Robert Stein at Miami (Ohio), 11-14-15 55-Yard Field Goal 56, Daron Alcorn vs. Toledo, 09-12-92 UA Recorded a Safety Andrew Hauser at Eastern Michigan, 10-10-15

2015 AKRON FOOTBALL GAME NOTES 38 AKRON FOOTBALL

GAME 13 • UTAH STATE OKLAHOMA PITTSBURGH # 1 SOONERS # 2 PANTHERS } Sept. 5, 2015 } Sept. 12, 2015 } Gaylord Family-Oklahoma Memorial Stadium } InfoCision Stadium– Summa Field } Norman, Okla. } Akron, Ohio

Akron (0-1) 0 0 0 0 - 0 Pittsburgh (2-0) 3 7 7 7 - 24 #19 Oklahoma (1-0) 21 0 13 7 - 41 Akron (0-2) 0 7 0 0 - 7

NORMAN, Okla. – Oklahoma posted 24 unanswered second-half points to register a 41-3 victory over AKRON, Ohio– Led by the passing of quarterback Nate Peterman, Pittsburgh defeated Akron 24-7 on a Akron in the season-opening contest for both teams on Saturday at Memorial Stadium. rainy Saturday night in the Zips’ home opener at InfoCision Stadium – Summa Field.

The 19th-ranked Sooners recorded a 539-226 advantage in yards in the affair, including throwing for Senior RB Conor Hundley led the Akron rushing attack with 59 yards and a touchdown on 11 carries. 439 yards through the air. Senior QB Kyle Pohl completed three of his eight passes for 34 yards, while sophomore QB Tra’Von Chapman went 4- for-14 for 29 yards. Senior QB Kyle Pohl was 6-of-17 for the Zips for 88 yards, while Baker Mayfield threw for 388 yards completing 23-of-33 attempts. Peterman threw for 148 yards completing 12-of-17 attempts, with one touchdown.

Akron’s leading rusher was sophomore QB Tra’Von Chapman with 48 yards, while senior RB Conor Three different receivers caught Pohl’s tosses with junior WR Tyrell Goodman and senior WR Imani Hundley and sophomore QB Thomas Woodson also added 36 and 30 yards on the ground. Samaje Davis snagging three catches apiece for 27 yards. Defensively, senior LB Jatavis Brown posted a team- Perine paced the Sooners’ ground attack with 33 yards and one touchdown. high and career-high 16 tackles, which included a 2.5 sacks.

SCORING SUMMARY: UA-OU Pitt outgained Akron 307-119, while the Zips had five sacks for a total loss of 34 yards. Akron forced two 1st 3:58 OU Austin Seibert 35 yd. field goal Panther fumbles but were not able to recover either of them. Drive: 5 plays, 54 yards in 1:00 0 - 3 2nd 5:32 OU Semaje Perine 2 yd. run (Seibert kick) Drive: 11 plays, 60 yards in 4:12 0 - 10 SCORING SUMMARY: UP-UA 2:21 OU Dede Westbrook 29 yd. pass from Baker Mayfield (Siebert kick) 1st 2:55 UP Chris Blewitt 25 yd. field goal Drive: 4 plays, 80 yards in 1:08 0 - 17 Drive: 13 plays, 59 yards in 7:31 3 - 0 0:06 UA Robert Stein 26 yd. field goal 2nd 6:24 UA Conor Hundley 32 yd. run (Robert Stein kick) Drive: 7 plays, 22 yards in 1:12 3 - 17 Drive: 5 plays, 62 yards in 2:15 3 - 7 3rd 11:56 OU Joe Mixon 76 yd. pass from Mayfield (Seibert kick) 0:44 UP J.P. Holtz 18 yd. pass from Nate Peterman (Blewitt kick) Drive: 1 play, 76 yards in 0:14 3 - 24 Drive: 8 plays, 73 yards in 1:51 10 - 7 7:11 OU Jeffrey Mead 11 yd. pass from Mayfield (Seibert kick) 3rd 5:11 UP Qadree Ollison 2 yd. run (Blewitt kick) Drive: 9 plays, 80 yards in 3:38 3 - 31 Drive: 5 plays, 51 yards in 2:36 17 - 7 2:36 OU Mayfield 2 yd. run (Seibert kick) 4th 2:51 UP Darrin Hall 5 yd.. run (Blewitt kick) Drive: 9 plays, 93 yards in 2:31 3 - 38 Drive: 10 plays, 67 yards in 7:01 24 - 7 4th 10:29 OU Seibert 41 yd. field goal Drive: 4 plays, 2 yards in 0:50 3 - 41 PITT AKRON FIRST DOWNS 21 8 AKRON OKLAHOMA RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 46-127 24-47 FIRST DOWNS 10 26 PASSING YDS (NET) 180 63 RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 44-138 33-100 Passes Comp-Att-Int 18-25-0 7-22-0 PASSING YDS (NET) 88 439 TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 71-307 46-110 Passes Comp-Att-Int 6-26-0 28-42-1 Fumble Returns-Yards-TD 0-0-0 0-0-0 TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 70-226 75-539 Punt Returns-Yards-TD 1-(-6)-0 3-13-0 Fumble Returns-Yards-TD 0-0-0 0-0-0 Kickoff Returns-Yards-TD 1-(-1)-0 3-69-0 Punt Returns-Yards-TD 1-0-0 5-32-0 Interception Returns-Yards-TD 0-0-0 0-0-0 Kickoff Returns-Yards-TD 2-28-0 2-43-0 Punts (Number-Avg) 5-40.8 9-37.9 Interception Returns-Yards-TD 1-0-0 0-0-0 Fumbles-Lost 2-0 2-1 Punts (Number-Avg) 12-46.4 6-49.7 Penalties-Yards 5-30 9-85 Fumbles-Lost 1-1 1-1 Possession Time 37:28 22:32 Penalties-Yards 9-62 9-90 Third-Down Conversions 47% (7 of 15) 18% (2 of 11) Possession Time 32:48 27:12 Fourth-Down Conversions 0% (0 of 1) 0% (0 of 10) Third-Down Conversions 21% (4 of 19) 31% (4 of 13) Red-Zone Scores-Chances 4-5 0-0 Fourth-Down Conversions 0% (0 of 0) 100% (1 of 1) Sacks By: Number-Yards 3-39 5-34 Red-Zone Scores-Chances 1-2 4-5 Sacks By: Number-Yards 1-2 1-5 RUSHING: Pitt - Ollison 21-81, Hall 12-52, Peterman 7-12, Team 1-(-2), Boyd 1-(-6), Voytik 4-(-10). Akron - RUSHING: Hundley 11-59, Pohl 2-9, Grice 1-1, Chapman 10-(-22). Akron - Chapman 14-48, Hundley 8-36, Woodson 3-30, Alexander 7-16, Lawrence 7-16, Edwards 1-4, Davis 1-4, Cooper 1-0, Means 1-(-4), Pohl 2-(-7). OU - Perine 11-33, Mixon 5-27, PASSING: Ross 3-20, Brooks 4-11, Mayfield 6-8, Knight 1-6, Anderson 1-5, Team 1-(-2), Westbrook 1-(-8). Pitt - Peterman 12-17-0-148-1; Voytik 6-8-0-32-0. Akron - Chapman 4-14-0-29-0; Pohl 3-8-0-34- 0. PASSING: Akron - Pohl 6-17-0-88-0; Chapman 0-8-0-0-0; Woodson 0-1-0-0-0. OU - Mayfield 23-33-0-388- RECEIVING: 3; Knight 5-9-1-51-0. Pitt - Boyd 11-95, Holtz 3-42, Hall 2-25, Challingsworth 1-11, Aston 1-7. Akron - Davis 3-27, Goodman 3-27, Cooper 1-9. RECEIVING: Akron - Lane 3-57, Means 1-13, N. Williams 1-12, Davis 1-6. OU- Baxter 5-51, Neal 4-65, Andrews 4-50, Mixon 3-115, Shepard 3-68, Westbrook 3-40, Mead 2-31, Perine 2-9, Brooks 1-6, Flowers 1-4. 2015 AKRON FOOTBALL GAME NOTES 39 AKRON FOOTBALL

GAME 13 • UTAH STATE # 3 SAVANNAH STATE # 4 LOUISIANA TIGERS RAGIN’ CAJUNS } Sept. 19, 2015 } Sept. 26, 2015 } InfoCision Stadium– Summa Field } Cajun Field } Akron, Ohio } Lafayette, La.

Savannah State (0-2) 3 6 0 0 - 9 Akron (2-2) 7 7 14 7 - 35 Akron (1-2) 7 21 10 14 - 52 Louisiana (1-2) 0 7 0 7 - 14

AKRON, Ohio– Senior nose tackle Cody Grice scored three of the Zips’ seven touchdowns in Akron’s LAFAYETTE, La.–Sophomore QB Thomas Woodson threw for 238 yards and two touchdowns and ran first win of the season, defeating Savannah State, 52-9, Saturday at InfoCision Stadium – Summa Field. for 93 more yards on the ground and a rushing touchdown to propel the Zips to a 35-14 victory at Louisiana. The triumph marked the 500th in program history. Akron’s run game led the charge for the Zips’ offense, scoring five times and collecting 291 total yards on the ground. Senior RB Conor Hundley ran for a team-high 120 yards on 11 attempts with one score, Akron out-gained the Ragin’ Cajuns in total yards, 458-285, including registering a 220-112 advan- marking the second 100-yard rushing performance of his career. tage on the ground. The Zips had 21 second-half points to secure the victory. Sophomore QB Thomas Woodson completed 12-of-20 passes for 207 yards with a touchdown Nine different Akron receivers caught passes for 238 yards from Woodson. Woodson led the Zips’ through the air and 11 rushes for 67 yards and touchdown on the ground. ground attack with a game-high 93 yards, while senior RB Conor Hundley punished Louisiana for 77 Defensively, senior LB Dylan Evans recorded a team-high nine tackles, four solo and one for a loss, and yards on 20 carries, including scoring a pair of touchdowns. four break-ups for Akron. Junior CB DeAndre Scott picked off Handler for his second interception of the year and the Zips forced one fumble. Defensively, Akron forced four turnovers, including a pair of fumble recoveries to hold the Ragin’ Cajun offense to 112 yards on the ground and 173 through the air.

SCORING SUMMARY: SSU-UA SCORING SUMMARY: UA-UL 1st 12:47 UA Cody Grice 1 yd. run (Robert Stein kick) 1st 7:10 UA Andrew Pratt 9 yd. pass from Thomas Woodson (Robert Stein kick) Drive: 6 plays, 75 yards in 2:13 0 - 7 Drive: 9 plays, 81 yards in 3:37 7 - 0 4:01 SSU John Barron 30 yd. field goal 2nd 14:54 UA Woodson 14 yd. run (Stein kick) Drive: 9 plays, 18 yards in 3:30 3 - 7 Drive: 13 plays, 85 yards in 6:12 14 - 0 2nd 9:32 SSU Juwuan Tolbert 81 yd. blocked FG return 10:50 UL Elijah McGuire 17 yd. run (Stevie Artigue kick) (Steven Hagan rush failed) 9 - 7 Drive: 7 plays, 75 yards in 4:04 14 - 7 6:22 UA Grice 2 yd. run (Stein kick) 3rd 11:24 UA Conor Hundley 1 yd. run (Stein kick) Drive: 8 plays, 66 yards in 3:05 9 - 14 Drive: 6 plays, 82 yards in 2:40 21 - 7 1:11 UA Grice 4 yd. run (Stein kick) 7:53 UA Jerome Lane 72 yd. pass from Woodson (Stein kick( Drive: 8 plays, 46 yards in 3:47 9 - 21 Drive 1 play, 72 yards in 0:10 28 - 7 0:05 UA Imani Davis 33 yd. pass from Thomas Woodson (Stein kick) Drive: 4 plays, 61 yards in 0:32 9 - 28 4th 10:08 UA Hundley 11 yd. run (Stein kick) 3rd 8:32 UA Stein 21 yd. field goal Drive: 4 plays, 33 yards in 2:19 35 - 7 Drive: 7 plays, 19 yards in 2:47 9 - 31 6:22 UL Gabe Fuselier 8 yd. pass from Jalen Nixon (Artigue kick) 2:47 UA Conor Hundley 18 yd. run (Robert Stein kick) Drive: 15 plays, 73 yards in 3:46 35 - 14 Drive: 5 plays, 80 yards in 2:27 9 - 38 4th 13:59 UA Woodson 1 yd. run (Stein kick) AKRON LOUISIANA Drive: 6 plays, 49 yards in 1:40 9 - 45 FIRST DOWNS 22 18 2:40 UA Jerome Lane 50 yd. pass from Tra’Von Chapman (Stein kick) RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 42-220 28-112 Drive: 4 plays, 73 yards in 1:50 9 - 52 PASSING YDS (NET) 238 173 Passes Comp-Att-Int 13-29-1 19-37-2 SAVANNAH ST. AKRON TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 71-458 65-285 FIRST DOWNS 14 31 Fumble Returns-Yards-TD 1-12-0 0-0-0 RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 34-74 47-291 Punt Returns-Yards-TD 1-1-0 1-0-0 PASSING YDS (NET) 128 335 Kickoff Returns-Yards-TD 1-23-0 5-90-0 Passes Comp-Att-Int 13-34-1 18-33-2 Interception Returns-Yards-TD 2-17-0 1-12-0 TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 68-202 80-626 Punts (Number-Avg) 3-32.3 5-46.4 Fumble Returns-Yards-TD 0-0-1 0-0-0 Fumbles-Lost 1-0 2-2 Punt Returns-Yards-TD 1-0-0 5-36-0 Kickoff Returns-Yards-TD 6-93-0 1-8-0 Penalties-Yards 11-92 11-126 Interception Returns-Yards-TD 2-24-0 1-13-0 Possession Time 33:30 26:30 Punts (Number-Avg) 9-35.8 3-34.0 Third-Down Conversions 53% (9 of 17) 42% (5 of 12) Fumbles-Lost 4-1 0-0 Fourth-Down Conversions 0% (0 of 1) 50% (1 of 2) Penalties-Yards 11-93 4-51 Red-Zone Scores-Chances 4-7 2-3 Possession Time 26:56 33:04 Sacks By: Number-Yards 2-16 0-0 Third-Down Conversions 35% (6 of 17) 54% (7 of 13) Fourth-Down Conversions 0% (0 of 1) 0% (0 of 1) RUSHING: Red-Zone Scores-Chances 1-1 6-9 Akron - Woodson 8-93, Hundley 20-77, Alexander 12-65, Team 2-(-15). UL - McGuire 16-83, Sacks By: Number-Yards 0-0 2-12 Pierce 4-19, Haack 3-18, Nixon 5-(-8).

RUSHING: PASSING: SSU- Spaulding 14-60, Williams 6-11, Dillard 3-10, Oliver 2-4, Berry 1-2, Handler 1-1, Wilson 2-(-1), Bentley 3-(-3), Team 2-(-10). Akron - Hundley 12-127, Alexander 11-78, Woodson 11- Akron - Woodson 13-29-1-238-2. UL - Nixon 11-20-1-96-1, Haack 8-17-1-77-0. 63, Chapman 7-12, Grice 5-7, Davis 1-4. RECEIVING: PASSING: SSU - Handler 9-25-1-69-0; Spaulding 4-9-0-59-0. Akron - Woodson 12-20-1-207-1; Chapman Akron - Wolf 2-70, Davis 2-24, Goodman 2-18, Pratt 2-14, Lane 1-72, Hundley 1-33, Means 1-8, 6-13-1-128-1. McNeil 1-1 Alexander 1-(-2). UL - Fuselier 5-50, Byrne 4-38, Riles 3-38, McGuire 3-18, Robinson 2-22, Scott 2-7. RECEIVING: SSU -Berry 4-30, Wilson 4-21, Frazier 2-25, Carerra 1-26, Harris 1-16, Debeatham 1-10. Akron - Lane 3-99, Davis 3-50, Hundley 3-30, Young 2-81, N. Williams 2-32, Goodman 2-8, Means 1-18, Cooper 1-9, Wolf 1-8. 2015 AKRON FOOTBALL GAME NOTES 40 AKRON FOOTBALL

GAME 13 • UTAH STATE OHIO EASTERN MICHIGAN # 5 BOBCATS # 6 EAGLES } Oct. 3, 2015 } Oct. 10, 2015 } InfoCision Stadium– Summa Field } Rynearson Stadium } Akron, Ohio } Ypsilanti, Mich.

Ohio (4-1, 1-0 MAC) 7 7 0 0 - 14 Akron (3-3, 1-1 MAC) 14 26 7 0 - 47 Akron (2-3, 0-1 MAC) 3 3 3 3 - 12 Eastern Michigan (1-5, 0-2 MAC) 7 7 7 0 - 21

AKRON, Ohio– Senior placekicker Robert Stein made a career-high four field goals, but it is not enough YPSILANTI, Mich.– The Akron Zips racked up 500 yards of total offense behind sophomore QB Thomas to overcome Ohio’s two early touchdowns as Akron fell to Ohio, 14-12, in the Mid-American Confer- Woodson en route to a 47-21 win over Eastern Michigan at Rynearson Stadium. ence opener and Homecoming game on Saturday afternoon at InfoCision Stadium – Summa Field. The Akron Zips fired on all cylinders with huge performances in the running and passing games. Stein scored all 12 of the Zips’ points. Sophomore QB Thomas Woodson threw for 231 yards, completing 18 of his 38 pass attempts and had 11 yards rushing. Senior RB Conor Hundley ran for a In his third start of the season, Woodson went 14-of-22 for 222 yards and a career-high four touch- team-high 66 yards on 18 carries to lead the ground game. downs. He also rushed for 72 yards.

Defensively, Zips seniors LB Darryl Monroe and CB Kris Givens made eight tackles apiece with six solo Sophomore WR Jerome Lane finished with a career-best two touchdowns and 104 yards (all in the first stops. Redshirt junior DE Jamal Marcus also made six tackles during the contest with four for loss. half), marking the first 100-yard performance of his collegiate career. Junior CB DeAndre Scott picked off Ohio QB Greg Windham in his only drive of the game. Senior RB Conor Hundley led all rushers with 119 yards and a career-high two touchdowns on 17 Akron out-gained Ohio, 319-227. The Zips picked up 20 first downs but converted just 5-of-17 third carries. Defensively, senior LB Dylan Evans racked up a team-high 10 tackles, including five solo stops. down attempts. Ohio was more efficient in that category, converting on 47 percent of third downs (7-for-15). SCORING SUMMARY: UA-EMU 1st 6:07 UA Imani Davis 9 yd. pass from Thomas Woodson (Robert Stein kick) Drive: 8 plays, 60 yards in 3:21 7 - 0 SCORING SUMMARY: OU-UA 5:12 UA Jerome Lane 22 yd. pass from Woodson (Stein kick) 1st 7:57 UA Robert Stein 40 yd. field goal Drive: 3 plays, 22 yards in 0:55 14 - 0 Drive: 11 plays, 48 yards in 6:06 0 - 3 2:20 EMU Austin Stone 7 yd. pass from Brogan Roback (Dylan Mulder kick) 4:27 OU K. Heitzman 24 yd. pass from Derrius Vick (J. Yazdani kick) Drive: 9 plays, 75 yards in 2:52 14 - 7 Drive: 8 plays, 70 yards in 3:22 7 - 3 2nd 12:44 UA Lane 39 yd. pass from Woodson (Stein kick) 2nd 12:41 OU D. Patterson 4 yd. run (Yazdani kick) Drive: 9 plays, 75 yards in 4:36 21 - 7 Drive: 11 plays, 57 yards in 5:30 14 - 3 10:36 EMU Sam Browning 2 yd. pass from Roback (Mulder kick) 00:03 UA Stein 33 yd. field goal Drive: 8 plays, 78 yards in 2:02 21 - 14 Drive: 10 plays, 30 yards in 2:10 14 - 6 7:55 UA Conor Hundley 29 yd. run (Stein kick) 3rd 00:16 UA Stein 41 yd. field goal Drive: 8 plays, 70 yards in 2:33 28 - 14 Drive: 13 plays, 67 yards in 6:41 14 - 9 7:24 UA Team safety 30 - 14 4th 3:55 UA Stein 30 yd. field goal 2:29 UA Stein 39 yd. field goal Drive: 9 plays, 37 yards in 3:16 14 - 12 Drive: 11 plays, 48 yards in 4:49 33 - 14 0:18 UA Josh McNeil 1 yd. pass from Woodson (Stein kick) OHIO AKRON Drive: 5 plays, 66 yards in 1:24 40 - 14 FIRST DOWNS 17 20 3rd 5:05 UA Hundley 5 yd. run (Stein kick) RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 32-48 35-88 Drive: 11 plays, 75 yards in 5:35 47 - 14 PASSING YDS (NET) 179 231 3:49 EMU Eddie Daugherty 41 yd. pass from Roback (Mulder kick) Passes Comp-Att-Int 18-29-1 18-38-1 Drive: 4 plays, 58 yards in 1:07 47 - 21 TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 61-227 73-319 Fumble Returns-Yards-TD 0-0-0 0-0-0 AKRON EMU Punt Returns-Yards-TD 1-2-0 0-0-0 FIRST DOWNS 28 20 Kickoff Returns-Yards-TD 4-105-0 2-36-0 RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 53-278 31-161 Interception Returns-Yards-TD 1-16-0 1-0-0 PASSING YDS (NET) 222 252 Punts (Number-Avg) 7-35.0 5-28.4 Passes Comp-Att-Int 14-22-0 24-35-1 Fumbles-Lost 1-0 1-0 TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 75-500 66-413 Penalties-Yards 8-99 10-79 Fumble Returns-Yards-TD 0-0-0 0-0-0 Possession Time 27:56 32:04 Punt Returns-Yards-TD 1-25-0 1-13-0 Third-Down Conversions 47% (7 of 15) 29% (5 of 17) Kickoff Returns-Yards-TD 3-84-0 3-68-0 Fourth-Down Conversions 0% (0 of 0) 67% (2 of 3) Interception Returns-Yards-TD 1-(-2)-0 0-0-0 Red-Zone Scores-Chances 1-3 4-4 Punts (Number-Avg) 4-38.0 3-15.7 Sacks By: Number-Yards 2-15 3-20 Fumbles-Lost 0-0 2-2 Penalties-Yards 8-54 9-90 RUSHING: Possession Time 36:32 23:28 Ohio - White 5-29, Ouellette 6-26, Windham 4-13, Patterson 9-6, Team 2-(-4), Vick 6-(-22). Third-Down Conversions 69% (11 of 16) 36% (4 of 11) Akron - Hundley 18-66, Woodson 13-11, Davis 2-7, Grice 1-6, Alexander 1-1, Goodman 0-(-3). Fourth-Down Conversions 0% (0 of 0) 50% (2 of 4) Red-Zone Scores-Chances 4-4 2-2 PASSING: Sacks By: Number-Yards 1-6 1-6 Ohio - Vick 18-26-0-179-1; Windham 0-3-1-0-0. Akron - Woodson 18-38-1-231-0. RUSHING: RECEIVING: Akron - Hundley 17-119, Alexander 21-78, Woodson 11-69, Edwards 2-10, Grice 1-3, Pohl Ohio - White 4-56, Reid 4-32, Cope 3-34, Smith 2-10, Patterson 2-8, Heitzman 1-24, Brunis 1-9, 1-(-1). EMU - Jackson 24-112, Vann 6-55, Roback 1-(-6). Sawyer 1-6. Akron - Davis 5-94, Pratt 3-40, Goodman 3-29, Coney 3-20, Means 2-22, Lane 1-14, Lawrence 1-12. PASSING: Akron - Woodson 14-22-0-222-4. EMU - Roback 23-34-1-204-3, Tuttle 1-1-0-48-0. RECEIVING: Akron - Davis 5-92, Lane 4-104, McNeil 3-18, Wolf 1-9, Hundley 1-(-1). EMU - Daugherty 7-107, Vann 5-40, Browning 4-66, Jackson 3-13, Strange 2-10, Tuttle 1-9, Stone 1-7, Banham 1-0. 2015 AKRON FOOTBALL GAME NOTES 41 AKRON FOOTBALL

GAME 13 • UTAH STATE BOWLING GREEN CENTRAL MICHIGAN # 7 FALCONS # 8 CHIPPEWAS } Oct. 17, 2015 } Oct. 31, 2015 } Perry Stadium } InfoCision Stadium– Summa Field } Bowling Green, Ohio } Akron, Ohio

Akron (3-4, 1-2 MAC) 7 3 0 0 - 10 Central Michigan (5-4, 4-1 MAC) 0 7 7 0 - 14 Bowling Green (5-2, 3-0 MAC) 7 21 21 10 - 59 Akron (3-5, 1-3 MAC) 0 6 0 0 - 6

BOWLING GREEN, Ohio– The Akron Zips fell to Bowling Green, 59-10, in Mid-American Conference AKRON, Ohio– In a game where defense dominated, the Akron Zips fell to Central Michigan, 14-6, in football action on Saturday afternoon at Doyt L. Perry Stadium. Mid-American Conference play at InfoCision Stadium-Summa Field on Saturday afternoon.

The Zips out-rushed the Falcons, 167-120. However, the difference in the game came in the air as The Zips led in passing yards and total offense. Sophomore QB Thomas Woodson went 22-of-36for BGSU out-gained the Zips, 412-104. The Falcons racked up 532 total yards of offense. 252 yards and 57-yard touchdown pass to sophomore WR Jerome Lane.

In his fourth start of the season, Akron sophomore QB Thomas Woodson completed 13-of-28 passes Senior RB Conor Hundley was the top Zip rusher with 34 yards on 12 carries, while senior WR Imani for 91 yards and a touchdown. Davis was the top receiver with 86 yards on eight receptions.

Senior RB Conor Hundley was the top rusher with 15 carries for 69 yards. Sophomore WR Jerome Defensively, senior LB Jatavis Brown and Darryl Monroe led the Zips with six tackles each. Brown Lane led all Zip receivers with four catches for 45 yards. added a sack for a loss of nine yards. Defensively, senior LB Dylan Evans was the team leader with 11 tackles, while senior LB Jatavis Brown had nine tackles and two sacks. Senior LB Darryl Monroe also had nine tackles. SCORING SUMMARY: CMU-UA SCORING SUMMARY: UA-BGSU 2nd 13:46 CMU Joe Bacci 2 yd. pass fro Cooper Rush (Brian Eavey kick) 1st 10:40 BG Wilson Donovan 2 yd. run (Tyler Tate kick) Drive: 9 plays, 69 yards in 4:57 7 - 0 Drive: 6 plays, 48 yards in 1:39 0 - 7 11:49 UA Jerome Lane 57 yd. pass from Thomas Woodson 1:52 UA Tyrell Goodman 14 yd. pass from Thomas Woodson (Robert Stein kick) (Robert Stein kick failed) Drive: 10 plays, 52 yards in 3:46 7 - 7 2nd 13:55 BG Wilson 1 yd. run (Tate kick) Drive: 4 plays, 76 yards in 1:52 7 - 6 Drive: 8 plays, 95 yards in 2:59 7 - 14 3rd 11:59 CMU Anthony Rice 14 yd. pass from Rush (Eavey kick) 13:46 BG Roger Lewis 12 yd. pass from Matt Johnson (Tate kick) Drive: 7 plays, 75 yards in 3:01 14 - 6 Drive: 1 play, 12 yards in 0:04 7 - 21 10:19 UA Stein 46 yd. field goal CENTRAL MICHIGAN AKRON Drive: 9 plays, 45 yards in 3:24 10 - 21 4:20 BG Gehrig Dieter 12 yd. pass from Johnson (Tate kick) FIRST DOWNS 16 15 Drive: 7 plays, 89 yards in 1:57 10 - 28 RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 24-39 25-25 3rd 11:31 BG Ryan Burbank 34 yd. pass from Johnson (Tate kick) PASSING YDS (NET) 226 252 Drive: 8 plays, 65 yards in 3:23 10 - 35 Passes Comp-Att-Int 23-37-1 22-36-1 5:04 BG Fred Coppet 6 yd. run (Tate kick) TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 61-265 61-277 Drive: 12 plays, 55 yards in 4:29 10 - 42 1:08 BG Travis Greene 8 yd. pass from Johnson (Tate kick) Fumble Returns-Yards-TD 0-0-0 0-0-0 Drive: 5 plays, 80 yards in 1:22 10 - 49 Punt Returns-Yards-TD 1-7-0 2-6-0 4th 14:56 BG Roger Lewis 1 yd. pass from Johnson (Tate kick) Kickoff Returns-Yards-TD 1-21-0 2-46-0 Drive: 3 plays, 49 yards in 0:15 10 - 56 Interception Returns-Yards-TD 1-0-0 1-0-0 4:41 BG Tate 28 yd. field goal Punts (Number-Avg) 8-40.9 9-36.8 Drive: 10 plays, 45 yards in 5:11 10 - 59 Fumbles-Lost 1-0 2-0 AKRON BGSU Penalties-Yards 5-44 5-34 FIRST DOWNS 16 27 Possession Time 31:27 28:33 RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 42-167 42-120 Third-Down Conversions 33% (4 of 12) 31% (5 of 16) PASSING YDS (NET) 104 412 Fourth-Down Conversions 0% (0 of 0) 0% (0 of 0) Passes Comp-Att-Int 15-30-2 27-33-0 TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 72-271 75-532 Red-Zone Scores-Chances 2-2 0-1 Fumble Returns-Yards-TD 0-0-0 0-0-0 Sacks By: Number-Yards 4-25 3-25 Punt Returns-Yards-TD 0-0-0 2-14-0 Kickoff Returns-Yards-TD 7-76-0 3-93-0 RUSHING: Interception Returns-Yards-TD 0-0-0 2-0-0 CMU - Cooper 9-21, Hayes 8-10, Willis 1-7, Ross 1-3, Walker 5-(-2). Akron - Hundley 12-34, Punts (Number-Avg) 5-32.4 2-40.5 Fumbles-Lost 2-2 1-0 Edwards 2-9, Woodson 11-(-18). Penalties-Yards 9-85 7-64 Possession Time 32:02 27:58 PASSING: Third-Down Conversions 33% (6 of 18) 46% (6 of 13) CMU -Rush 23-37-1-226-2. Akron - Woodson 22-36-1-252-1. Fourth-Down Conversions 33% (1 of 3) 100% (2 of 2) Red-Zone Scores-Chances 1-1 8-9 RECEIVING: Sacks By: Number-Yards 3-28 1-9 CMU - Rice 9-105, Chapman 4-62, McCord 3-40, Ross 3-0, Kroll 2-16, Bacci 1-2, Walker 1-1. Akron - RUSHING: Davis 8-96, Pratt 4-25, Cooper 3-30, Lane 2-65, Coney 2-13, Young 1-13, Williams 1-5, McNeil 1-5. Akron - Hundley 16-69, Woodson 13-54, Edwards 6-30, Alexander 7-14. BGSU - Greene 13- 64, Coppet 10-52, Wilson 9-14, Domer 3-4, Moore 1-3, Johnson 6-(-17). PASSING: Akron - Woodson 13-28-2-91-1. BGSU - Johnson 25-30-0-357-5; Knapke 1-2-0-39-0; Burbrink 1-1-0-16-0. RECEIVING: Akron - Lane 4-45, Davis 3-1, Pratt 2-17, McNeil 2-13, Hundley 2-8, Goodman 1-14, Wolf 1-6. BGSU - Lewis 6-118, Dieter 6-77, Burbrink 4-54, Moore 4-38, Redding 2-52, Lee 2-10, Coby 1-39, Johnson 1-16, Greene 1-8. 2015 AKRON FOOTBALL GAME NOTES 42 AKRON FOOTBALL

GAME 13 • UTAH STATE MASSACHUSETTS MIAMI (OHIO) # 9 MINUTEMEN # 10 REDHAWKS } Nov. 7, 2015 } Nov. 14, 2015 } Gillette Stadium } Yager Stadium } Foxboro, Mass. } Oxford, Ohio

Akron (4-5, 2-3 MAC) 7 0 7 3 - 17 Akron (5-5, 3-3 MAC) 14 13 7 3 - 37 Massachusetts (1-8, 0-5 MAC) 7 6 0 0 - 13 Miami (2-9, 1-6 MAC) 7 0 7 14 - 28

FOXBORO, Mass.– The Akron Zips scored 10 second-half points and played tenacious defense en route OXFORD, Ohio– Senior placekicker Robert Stein nailed a 50-yard field goal with less than three min- to a 17-13 win over Massachusetts in Mid-American Conference play at Gillette on Saturday afternoon. utes to play to seal the Zips’ 37-28 Mid-American Conference victory at Miami (Ohio) at Yager Stadium on Saturday afternoon. Sophomore QB Thomas Woodson was 15-of-27 for 174 yards and a touchdown while rushing for 58 yards. Senior RB Conor Hundley led all rushers with 92 yards on 23 carries, while sophomore WR Despite a 27-7 halftime lead, the Zips allowed 21 MU second-half points, including two touchdowns Jerome Lane was the top receiver with 56 yards on four receptions. less than a minute apart in the fourth quarter.

Defensively, senior LB Dylan Evans and Jatavis Brown led the Zips with 11 tackles each. Brown also had Akron racked up 432 yards of total offense, including 211 yards on the ground. Senior RB Conor Hun- an eight-yard sack and 1.5 TFL. dley, playing before a huge hometown crowd, rushed for 110 yards and a career-high three touchdowns. UMass QB Blake Frohnapfel went 19-of-43 for 173 yards. Sophomore QB Thomas Woodson went 13-of-28 for 221 yards. Senior WR Imani Davis led the receiv- UMass held a 13-7 edge at halftime. Momentum shifted to start the second half. On the Minutemen’s ing corps with seven catches for 64 yards, while sophomore WR Jerome Lane had four receptions for opening drive, Brown had an eight-yard sack, forcing the UMass to punt on a 4th-and-17 from their 83 yards and a touchdown. own 23. On the next drive, Akron took 10 plays to drive 73 yards over 4:52 as Woodson ran into the endzone for a 15-yard touchdown, giving the Zips their first lead on the day, 14-13. Defensively, senior LB Jatavis Brown had a game-high 11 tackles, including seven solo stops, 4.5 TFL In the fourth quarter, Zips’ DB Kris Givens had an interception. UA took advantage, recording three for a loss of 25 yards, two sacks, an interceptions, and a forced fumble. straight first downs en route to a 36-yard field goal by Stein to give the Zips a 17-13 cushion.

With 1:52 to go, UMass started its final drive. After converting a fourth-and-one, Frohnapfel threw a SCORING SUMMARY: UA-MU long bomb which was intercepted by DB DeAndre Scott, sealing the Zips’ win. UA took a knee on its 1st 8:33 UA Jerome Lane 32 yd. pass from Thomas Woodson (Stein kick) next possession ending the game. Drive: 8 plays, 76 yards in 4:06 7 - 0 2:36 MU Chris Hudson 16 yd. pass from Gus Ragland (Kaleb Patterson kick) SCORING SUMMARY: UA-UMASS Drive: 10 plays, 68 yards in 3:14 7 - 7 1st 7:30 UM Jamal WIlson 9 yd. run (Logan Laurent kick) 0:32 UA Conor Hundley 9 yd. run (Stein kick) Drive: 5 plays, 40 yards in 1:38 0 - 7 Drive: 5 plays, 84 yards in 2:03 14 - 7 3:15 UA Austin Wolf 27 yd. pass from Thomas Woodson (Robert Stein kick) 2nd 5:05 UA Cody Grice 2 yd. run (Stein kick) Drive: 8 plays, 73 yards in 4:35 7 - 7 Drive: 5 plays, 65 yards in 2:34 21 - 7 2nd 4:50 UM Laurent 36 yd. field goal 2:21 UA Hundley 4 yd. run (Stein kick failed) Drive: 6 plays, 14 yards in 2:02 7 - 10 020 UM Laurent 40 yd. field goal Drive: 2 plays, 16 yards in 0:37 27 - 7 Drive: 7 plays, 18 yards in 3:05 7 - 13 3rd 14:05 UA Hundley 9 yd. run (Stein kick) 3rd 8:54 UA Woodson 15 yd. run (Stein kick) Drive: 2 plays, 11 yards in 0:33 34 - 7 Drive: 10 plays, 73 yards in 4:52 14 - 13 13:47 MU Rokeem Williams 78 yd. pas from Billy Bahl (Patterson kick) 4th 5:43 UA Stein 36 yd. field goal Drive: 1 plays, 78 yards in 0:18 34 - 14 Drive: 7 plays, 47 yards in 3:32 17 - 13 4th 9:23 MU Ryan Smith 6 yd. pass from Bahl (Patterson kick) AKRON UMASS Drive: 3 plays, 1 yards in 1:41 34 - 21 FIRST DOWNS 18 19 8:37 MU Marshall Taylor 31 yd. interception return (Patterson kick) 34 - 28 RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 41-155 32-88 2:45 UA Stein 50 yd. field goal PASSING YDS (NET) 174 173 Drive: 9 plays, 30 yards in 0:00 34 - 28 Passes Comp-Att-Int 15-27-2 19-44-2 TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 68-329 76-261 Fumble Returns-Yards-TD 0-0-0 0-0-0 AKRON MIAMI Punt Returns-Yards-TD 0-0-0 2-18-0 FIRST DOWNS 20 18 Kickoff Returns-Yards-TD 3-51-0 3-54-0 RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 45-211 31-68 Interception Returns-Yards-TD 2-0-0 2-0-0 PASSING YDS (NET) 221 316 Punts (Number-Avg) 6-39.5 6-37.5 Fumbles-Lost 2-1 1-0 Passes Comp-Att-Int 13-28-2 20-42-2 Penalties-Yards 6-65 2-27 TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 73-432 73-384 Possession Time 33:54 26:06 Fumble Returns-Yards-TD 0-0-0 0-0-0 Third-Down Conversions 41% (7 of 17) 20% (3 of 15) Punt Returns-Yards-TD 1-0-0 3-19-0 Fourth-Down Conversions 100% (1 of 1) 50% (2 of 4) Kickoff Returns-Yards-TD 4-58-0 7-93-0 Red-Zone Scores-Chances 2-3 2-2 Sacks By: Number-Yards 2-16 0-0 Interception Returns-Yards-TD 2-1-0 2-30-1 Punts (Number-Avg) 7-31.4 6-36.2 RUSHING: Fumbles-Lost 0-0 3-2 Akron - Hundley 23-92, Woodson 13-58, Alexander 1-3, Grice 3-3, Team 1-(-1). UMass - Young Penalties-Yards 9-98 10-70 15-52, Wilson 9-42, Colton 1-7, Frohnapfel 5-(-1), Team 1-(-2), Long 1-(-10). Possession Time 27:57 28:50 PASSING: Third-Down Conversions 17% (2 of 12) 38% (6 of 16) Akron - Woodson15-27-2-174-1. UMass - Frohnapfel 19-43-2-173-0; Team 0-1-0-0-0. Fourth-Down Conversions 50% (1 of 2) 0% (0 of 3) Red-Zone Scores-Chances 4-4 2-3 RECEIVING: Sacks By: Number-Yards 3-28 1-9 Akron - Lane 4-56, Coney 3-38, Wolf 2-33, Davis 2-21, Pratt 2-12, Goodman 1-8, Allen 1-6. UMass - Sharpe 7-53, Mills 6-62, Long 3-32, Young 1-11, Nesmith 1-11, Wilson 1-4. 2015 AKRON FOOTBALL GAME NOTES 43 AKRON FOOTBALL

GAME 13 • UTAH STATE # 11 BUFFALO # 12 KENT STATE BULLS GOLDEN FLASHES } Nov. 21, 2015 } Nov. 27, 2015 } InfoCision Stadium– Summa Field } InfoCision Stadium– Summa Field } Akron, Ohio } Akron, Ohio

Buffalo (5-6, 3-4 MAC) 0 14 0 7 - 21 Kent State (3-9, 2-6 MAC) 0 0 0 0 - 0 Akron (6-5, 4-3 MAC) 14 14 7 7 - 42 Akron (7-5, 5-3 MAC) 7 7 3 3 - 20

AKRON, Ohio– During the 10th anniversary season of their only bowl appearance, the Akron Zips post- AKRON, Ohio– The Akron Zips re-claimed the coveted Wagon Wheel from cross-town rival Kent State ed their sixth win of the 2015 season, becoming bowl eligible for just the second time in school history with a 20-0 shutout in Mid-American Conference action at InfoCision Stadium-Summa Field on a rainy (as an FBS program), with a 42-21 Mid-American Conference win at InfoCision Stadium-Summa Field Friday afternoon. on Saturday afternoon. Riding a four-game winning streak, Akron improved to 7-5 overall (5-3 MAC). The seven wins are the most for a Zips’ team since 2005, tying the program’s FBS record of wins in a season. Sophomore QB Thomas Woodson went 17-of-30 for 258 yards and a career-high four touchdowns. Senior RB Donnell Alexander led all rushers with a career-high 143 yards and a career-best two touch- The shutout was the Zips’ first over the Golden flashes since 1985 and first over any team since 1992. downs as a Zip. In the air, senior WR Imani Davis had seven receptions for a career-high 118 yards and a touchdown. It marked the first 100-yard receiving game of Davis’ collegiate career. Defensively, Akron held Kent to just 10 yards rushing. senior LB Jatavis Brown led all defenders with 12 tackles and two hurries. In his final home game, senior RB Conor Hundley rushed for 98 yards and touchdown on 22 carries. SCORING SUMMARY: UB-UA Sophomore WR Jerome Lane had four catches for 75 yards. Defensively, senior LB Jatavis Brown led the Zips with eight tackles and forced fumble. 1st 10:34 UA Jerome Lane 29 yd. pass from Thomas Woodson (Robert Stein kick) Drive: 7 plays, 80 yards in 3:20 0 - 7 Akron struck first with 30 seconds remaining in the first quarter, completing a 14-play, 77-yard drive 9:04 UA Austin Wolf 36 yd. pass from Woodson (Robert Stein kick) as Hundley rushed for a seven-yard touchdowns. Senior PK Robert Stein added the extra point to give Drive: 1 plays, 36 yards in 0:07 0 - 14 the Zips a 7-0 lead. 2nd 12:22 UB Marcus McGill 5 yd. pass from Joe Licata (Adam Mitcheson kick) Drive: 13 plays, 80 yards in 3:40 7 - 14 Akron closed the first half with an 11-yard touchdown pass from Woodson to redshirt freshman TE Newman Williams and entered the locker room with a 14-0 lead. 7:51 UA Imani Davis 11 yd. pass from Woodson (Robert Stein kick) Drive: 5 play, 36 yards in 1:15 7 - 21 SCORING SUMMARY: KSU-UA 2:26 UB Jordan Johnson 1 yd. run (Mitcheson kick) 1st 00:25 UA Conor Hundley 7 yd. run (Robert Stein kick) Drive: 10 plays, 76 yards in 2:49 14 - 21 Drive: 14 plays, 77 yards in 6:43 0 - 7 0:41 UA Lane 28 yd. pass from Woodson (Stein kick) 2md 00:45 UA Newman Williams 11 yd. pass from Thomas Woodson (Stein kick) Drive: 5 plays, 74 yards in 1:40 14 - 28 Drive: 1 plays, 11 yards in 0:07 0 - 14 3rd 5:42 UA Donnell Alexander 7 yd. run (Stein kick) 3rd 3:16 UA Stein 23 yd. field goal Drive: 6 plays, 58 yards in 3:01 14 - 35 Drive: 19 plays, 69 yards in 12:48 0 - 17 4th 8:38 UA Alexander 35 yd. run (Stein kick) 4th 12:34 UA Stein 20 yd. field goal Drive: 7 plays, 85 yards in 3:39 14 - 42 Drive: 8 plays, 38 yards in 4:38 0 - 20 7:24 UB Johnson 2 yd. run (Mitcheson kick)l Drive: 5 plays, 62 yards in 1:13 21 - 42 KENT STATE AKRON FIRST DOWNS 7 26 AKRON BGSU RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 20-10 51-229 FIRST DOWNS 16 27 PASSING YDS (NET) 125 140 RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 42-167 42-120 PASSING YDS (NET) 104 412 Passes Comp-Att-Int 13-24-0 11-19-0 Passes Comp-Att-Int 15-30-2 27-33-0 TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 44-135 70-369 TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 72-271 75-532 Fumble Returns-Yards-TD 0-0-0 0-0-0 Fumble Returns-Yards-TD 0-0-0 0-0-0 Punt Returns-Yards-TD 0-0-0 2-(-2)-0 Punt Returns-Yards-TD 0-0-0 2-14-0 Kickoff Returns-Yards-TD 2-8-0 0-0-0 Kickoff Returns-Yards-TD 7-76-0 3-93-0 Interception Returns-Yards-TD 0-0-0 0-0-0 Interception Returns-Yards-TD 0-0-0 2-0-0 Punts (Number-Avg) 5-44.6 3-39.0 Punts (Number-Avg) 5-32.4 2-40.5 Fumbles-Lost 3-3 1-1 Fumbles-Lost 2-2 1-0 Penalties-Yards 7-65 7-60 Penalties-Yards 9-85 7-64 Possession Time 19:01 40:59 Possession Time 32:02 27:58 Third-Down Conversions 18% (2 of 11) 46% (6 of 13) Third-Down Conversions 33% (6 of 18) 46% (6 of 13) Fourth-Down Conversions 50% (1 of 2) 100% (1 of 1) Fourth-Down Conversions 33% (1 of 3) 100% (2 of 2) Red-Zone Scores-Chances 0-1 4-6 Red-Zone Scores-Chances 1-1 8-9 Sacks By: Number-Yards 1-7 3-22 Sacks By: Number-Yards 3-28 1-9

RUSHING: RUSHING: Buffalo - Taylor 18-98, Johnson 9-33, Team 1-(-1). Akron - Alexander 24-143, Woodson 8-39, KSU - Durham 7-10, Simmons 2-7, Bollas 8-0, Reardon 2-(-3), James 1-(-4). Akron - Hundley Hundley 9-24, Edwrds 3-7, Grice 1-4. 22-98, Woodson 14-84, Alexander 8-40, Grice 6-7, Team 1-0.

PASSING: PASSING: Buffalo - Licata 35-51-2-262-1. Akron - Woodson 17-30-0-258-4. KSU - Bollas 10-18-0-102-0, Reardon 3-6-0-23-0. Akron - Woodson 11-19-0-140-1.

RECEIVING: RECEIVING: Buffalo - Willoughby 11-105, McGill 7-80, Weiser 4-43, Martinez 3-17, Lisa 2-7, Taylor 2-6, KSU - Calhoun 4-46, Woods 2-13, White 2-12, James 1-45, Tyson 1-5, Simmons 1-4, Bahr 1-0, Arlia Schreck 2-3, Smiley 1-1. Akron - Davis 7-118, Lane 5-80, Wolf 2-46, Pratt 1-7, Coney 1-6, Cooper 1-1. 1-0. Akron - Lane 4-75, Pratt 4-37, Williams 2-22, Coney 1-6. 2015 AKRON FOOTBALL GAME NOTES 44