1929 Akron Zippers football team

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1929 Akron Zippers football
ConferenceOhio Athletic Conference
1929 record9–1 (7–1 OAC)
Head coach
CaptainHarold Frye
Home stadiumBuchtel Field
Seasons
← 1928
1930 →
1929 Ohio Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Muskingum $ 5 0 0 6 2 0
Heidelberg 2 0 0 4 3 0
Dayton 1 0 0 4 5 0
Akron 7 1 0 9 1 0
Baldwin–Wallace 4 1 1 6 1 1
Wooster 5 2 1 5 2 1
Mount Union 4 2 1 5 3 1
Oberlin 3 2 0 4 4 0
Western Reserve 3 2 0 3 6 0
Marietta 2 2 0 3 5 0
Kenyon 2 3 0 3 6 0
Otterbein 3 5 0 3 5 0
Case 1 6 0 2 7 0
Hiram 1 6 0 1 7 0
Ohio Northern 0 4 1 2 6 1
St. Xavier 0 2 0 6 4 0
Capital 0 5 0 0 5 2
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1929 Akron Zippers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Akron in the Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC) during the 1929 college football season. In its third season under head coach Red Blair, the team compiled a 9–1 record (7–1 in conference), shut out seven of ten opponents, and outscored all opponents by a total of 158 to 21. Harold Frye was the team captain.[1]

Schedule[]

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
September 28at ToledoToledo, OHW 26–0
October 5Kent State*
  • Buchtel Field
  • Akron, OH
W 25–0
October 12Wooster
  • Buchtel Field
  • Akron, OH
W 12–7
October 19Western Reserve
  • Buchtel Field
  • Akron, OH
W 14–7
October 26at OberlinOberlin, OHL 2–7
November 2Hiram*
  • Buchtel Field
  • Akron, OH
W 27–0
November 9Ohio Northern
  • Buchtel Field
  • Akron, OH
W 19–0
November 16at CaseCleveland, OHW 14–0
November 23at Baldwin–WallaceBerea, OHW 13–0
November 27at Mount UnionAlliance, OHW 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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