1928 Akron Zippers football team

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1928 Akron Zippers football
ConferenceOhio Athletic Conference
1928 record5–4 (3–4 OAC)
Head coach
CaptainJohn Mahoney
Home stadiumBuchtel Field
Seasons
← 1927
1929 →
1928 Ohio Athletic Conference football standings
  • v
  • t
 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Heidelberg $ 6 – 0 – 1 6 – 0 – 1
Mount Union 4 – 2 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Muskingum 4 – 2 – 1 4 – 4 – 1
Oberlin 3 – 2 – 1 4 – 3 – 1
Wooster 2 – 2 – 2 2 – 4 – 2
Akron 3 – 4 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Hiram 3 – 4 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
Otterbein 3 – 4 – 0 3 – 5 – 0
Ohio Northern 2 – 3 – 0 2 – 6 – 1
Case 1 – 4 – 1 2 – 6 – 1
Capital 1 – 5 – 0 1 – 6 – 1
St. Xavier 0 – 1 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Baldwin–Wallace 0 – 8 – 0 0 – 8 – 0
Kenyon 0 – 5 – 0 0 – 7 – 0
Western Reserve * 8 – 0 – 0 8 – 0 – 0
Marietta * 4 – 0 – 0 4 – 2 – 1
Dayton * 2 – 0 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • * – did not compete for championship

The 1928 Akron Zippers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Akron in the Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC) during the 1928 college football season. In its second season under head coach Red Blair, the team compiled a 5–4 record (3–4 against conference opponents) and outscored all opponents by a total of 158 to 94. John Mahoney was the team captain.[1]

Schedule[]

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 6Oberlin
L 7–13
October 13at Hiram* Hiram, OHW 58–0
October 20Kent State*
  • Buchtel Field
  • Akron, OH
W 8–6
October 27Muskingum
  • Buchtel Field
  • Akron, OH
L 0–12
November 3at Western Reserve
L 7–36
November 10Baldwin–Wallace
  • Buchtel Field
  • Akron, OH
W 52–6
Ohio State reserves*
  • Buchtel Field
  • Akron, OH
W 13–0
November 17at WoosterWooster, OHL 7–21
November 24at Mount Union
  • Buchtel Field
  • Akron, OH
W 6–0
  • *Non-conference game

References[]

  1. ^ "Akron Zips 2017 Football Media Guide" (PDF). University of Akron. p. 159. Retrieved May 10, 2020.
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