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JATAVIS BROWN CODY GRICE Senior, LB DYLAN BRUMBAUGH ISAIAH WILLIAMS Senior, NT Senior, OL Senior, OL AKRON FOOTBALL 2015 AKRON FOOTBALL MEDIA GUIDE QUICK FACTS 2015 AKRON FOOTBALL SCHEDULE Date Opponent Stadium [City] Time ........... TV ......... Radio Sat., Sept. 5 at Oklahoma Memorial Stadium [Normal, Okla.] 6 p.m. CT .......PPV .. 1350 AM Sat., Sept. 12 PITTSBURGH InfoCision Stadium – Summa Field 6 p.m. ...ESPN3 .. 1350 AM Sat., Sept. 19 SAVANNAH STATE InfoCision Stadium – Summa Field 12/2 p.m. ...ESPN3 .. 1350 AM Sat., Sept. 26 at Louisiana Cajun Field [Lafayette, La.] ................. 1350 AM Sat., Oct. 3 *OHIO [Homecoming]o InfoCision Stadium – Summa Field 2 p.m. ....... TBA .. 1350 AM Sat., Oct. 10 *at Eastern Michigan Rynearson Stadium [Ypsilanti, Mich.] 3 p.m. ....... TBA .. 1350 AM Sat., Oct. 17 *at Bowling Green Perry Stadium [Bowling Green, Ohio] 3 p.m. ....... TBA .. 1350 AM Sat., Oct. 31 *CENTRAL MICHIGAN InfoCision Stadium – Summa Field ................. 1350 AM Sat., Nov. 7 *at Massachusetts Gillette Stadium [Foxboro, Mass.] ................. 1350 AM Sat., Nov. 14 *at Miami (Ohio) Yager Stadium [Oxford, Ohio] ................. 1350 AM Sat., Nov. 21 *BUFFALO InfoCision Stadium – Summa Field ................. 1350 AM Fri., Nov. 27 *KENT STATE InfoCision Stadium – Summa Field ................. 1350 AM Fri., Dec. 4 MAC Championship Ford Field [Detroit, Mich.] 8 p.m. ...ESPN2 Home games in CAPS *Mid-American Conference game QUICK FACTS Mailing Address Shipping Address Letterwinners Returning– 47 Location: ..........................................Akron, Ohio 44325 The University of Akron University of Akron Athletics (23 offense, 20 defense, 4 specialists) Population: .........................200,000 (5th largest in Ohio) Rhodes Arena, Suite 83 373 Carroll Street Letterwinners Lost– 25 Founded: ................................ 1870 as Buchtel College Akron, OH 44325-5201 Rhodes Arena, Suite 83 (14 offense, 11 defense, 0 specialists) Enrollment: ........................................................26,000 Akron, OH 44325-5201 Starters Returning– 12 Nickname: ...............................................................Zips (7 offense, 5 defense, 4 specialists) Colors: ..................................... Blue (282) & Gold (871) HISTORY Starters Lost– 10 Conference: ..................... Mid-American (East Division) First Year of Football: .............................................1891 (5 offense, 5 defense, 0 specialists) President: .................................Dr. Scott L. Scarborough All-Time Record: ....498-520-36 [entering 115th season] Interim Director of Athletics: .......... Nathan J. Mortimer First Year of Div. I Football: ............................1987* COACHING STAFF Terry Bowden Faculty Athletics Representative: ....Dr. Deborah Owens Record in NCAA Div. I-A (FBS) ...119-199-2 (28 yrs.) Head Coach: ........... (West Virginia ‘78) AKRON FOOTBALL Athletics Dept. Phone: ..........................(330) 972-7080 All-Time MAC Record: ....................71-114 (23 yrs.) Career Record: ........................151-87-2 (21 yrs.) Ticket Office: .........................1-888-99-AKRON (-25766 MAC Titles: ........................................................1 (2005) Akron Record: ................................ 11-25 (3 yrs.) MAC East Division Titles:........................ 2 (2000, 2005) MAC Record: ...................................... 7-17 (3 yrs.) ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS NCAA D-I Bowl Games: .............................1 (2005 Motor City) Associate Head Coach / Defensive Coordinator: ............. Cathy Bongiovi (Football Contact) Postseason Appearances ..........................3 (3-4 record) Chuck Amato (North Carolina State ‘69) Assistant AD for Communications 2005 (1-1) ................................................................ 4th season at Akron W, 31-30 vs. Northern Illinois in MAC Championship Office Phone: ..............................(330) 972-6108 Offensive Coordinator / Quarterbacks: ........................... L, 31-38 vs. Memphis in Motor City Bowl A.J. Milwee (North Alabama ‘09) Cell Phone: .................................(267) 326-5400 1985 (0-1) ................................................................ Email: [email protected] 4th season at Akron L, 27-35 at Rhode Island in 1st round of I-AA Playoffs Special Teams Coordinator / Wide Receivers: ................. 1976 (2-1) ....... W, 27-6 vs. UNLV in NCAA II Playoff Jeff Bowden Dallas Moyer (Secondary Football Contact) W, 29-26 vs. Northern Michigan in Knute Rockne Bowl (Florida State ‘83) Associate Director for Communications L, 13-24 vs. Montana State in Pioneer Bowl 4th season at Akron Tight Ends / H-Backs: (330) 972-6292 | [email protected] | @ZipsDallas 1968 (0-1) ................................................................ ...................................................... L, 13-33 vs. Louisiana Tech in Grantland Rice Bowl Trent Boykin (Youngstown State ‘95 Sean Palchick 4th season at Akron * - Akron was the first school to move from I-AA to I-A. Offensive Line / Offensive Run Game Coordinator: ........ Assistant Director for Communications Darrell Funk (Colorado State ‘88) (330) 972-2677 | [email protected] Stadium: ...................... InfoCision Stadium - Summa Field 1st season at Akron Running Backs: .............................................................. Jonathan Platten Capacity: .......... 30,000 [official sellout is 27,881] Playing Surface: ......................................ProGrass Eric Hickson (Kansas State ‘99) Graduate Assistant for Communications Record at InfoCision Stadium: ......... 13-23 (6 yrs.) 1st season at Akron (330) 972-7171 | [email protected] Press Box Phone ..........................(330) 972-2913 Cornerbacks / Defensive Passing Game Coordinator: .... Otis Mounds (Auburn, ‘03) Office Fax ..............................................(330) 374-8844 TEAM INFORMATION 2nd season at Akron Website .......................................................GoZips.com 2014 Record: .................................................5-7 overall Defensive Line: ................................................................. Twitter ..@AkronZips | @ZipsFB | #GoZips | #ZipsGameday 2014 MAC Record: ..................... 3-5 (4th East Division) Todd Stroud (Florida State ‘85) Facebook ................................Facebook.com/AkronZips Offensive Alignment: ......................................... Spread 4th season at Akron ...........................................Facebook.com/ZipsFB Defensive Alignment: ............................................... 4-3 Safeties: .......................................................................... YouTube ...............................YouTube.com/ZipsAthletics Mike Woodford (Arizona ‘82) 4th season at Akron 2 GoZips.com/ZipsFB 2015 FOOTBALL MEDIA GUIDE TABLE OF CONTENTS AKRON FOOTBALL THIS IS AKRON FOOTBALL 2014 SEASON REVIEW Quick Facts ................................................2 2014 Results ...........................................80 Total Offense..................................122-123 2015 Schedule ..........................................2 2014 Team Statistics................................81 Punt Return and Kick Return ............... 124 Campus Map .............................................4 Individual Statistics ........................... 81-82 All-Purpose Yards .................................. 125 Athletics Communications ........................5 Defensive Statistics .................................83 Kicking Records .................................... 126 Directions to Campus ................................5 Starting Lineups ......................................84 Punting Records ................................... 127 Media Policies and Services ......................6 Individual Game-by-Game Statistics . 84-87 Scoring Records .............................127-128 Local Media ...............................................7 Game Participation ..................................88 Defense .........................................129-131 Akron-IMG Sports Network ........................7 Team Game-by-Game Comparison .........89 Year-by-Year Offensive Stats .................. 132 Alphabetical Roster ................................8-9 Red Zone Statistics ..................................89 Year-by-Year Defensive Stats ................. 133 Numerical Roster ....................................8-9 Team Game-by-Game Statistics ...............90 All-Americans ....................................... 134 Roster Breakdown ...................................10 Game Superlatives ..................................91 Conference Honors .......................134-138 Preseason Depth Chart ............................11 Last Time It Happened .............................92 All-Time Letterwinners ...................139-143 Zips by State and Hometown ..................12 Game Recaps ..................................... 93-98 Postseason Recaps ........................144-145 PNC Wagon Wheel Challenge.................13 Year-by-Year Results .......................146-152 Traditions ........................................... 14-17 OPPONENTS Miscellaneous Results Records ............ 152 Where Does “Zips” Come From? .............15 2015 Opponent Information ........100-103 All-Time Series Records vs. Opponents 153 The Rubber Bowl ............................... 18-19 All-Time Series Records ........................ 104 All-Time Head Coach Records ............... 154 InfoCision