1933 Akron Zippers football team

1933 Ohio Athletic Conference football standings
	$ – Conference champion; * – did not compete for championship ;

The 1933 Akron Zippers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Akron in the Ohio Athletic Conference during the 1933 college football season. In its seventh season under head coach Red Blair, the team compiled a 5–3–1 record (5–2–1 in conference) and outscored opponents by a total of 97 to 50. Wilson Sparhawk was the team captain.^[1]

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 30	Western Reserve*	Buchtel Field Akron, OH	L 8–19	4,000	^[2]
October 7	at Kent State	Kent, OH	W 19–6		^[3]
October 14	Case	Buchtel Field Akron, OH	L 0–19		^[4]
October 21	Wooster	Buchtel Field Akron, OH	L 0–6		^[5]
October 28	Ashland	Buchtel Field Akron, OH	W 13–0		^[6]
November 4	Muskingum	Buchtel Field Akron, OH	W 15–0
November 11	at Heidelberg	Tiffin, OH	T 0–0
November 18	Baldwin–Wallace	Buchtel Field Akron, OH	W 6–0
November 25	at Mount Union	Alliance, OH	W 36–0		^[7]
*Non-conference game Homecoming

^ "Akron Zips 2017 Football Media Guide" (PDF). University of Akron. p. 159. Retrieved May 10, 2020.
^ "Akron Bows Before Western Reserve". Dayton Daily News. October 1, 1933. p. Sports 5 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Akron 19, Kent 6". The Cincinnati Enquirer. October 8, 1933. p. 41 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Case Defeats Akron". The Cincinnati Enquirer. October 15, 1933. p. 34 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Akron Crashes, 6-0". The Cincinnati Enquirer. October 22, 1933. p. 27 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Akron Beats Ashland in Last Quarter, 13-0". Dayton Daily News. October 29, 1933 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Akron in Parade To Goal Posts -- Defeats Mount Union -- Score 36 To 0". The Cincinnati Enquirer. November 26, 1933. p. 31 – via Newspapers.com.

v t Akron Zips football
Venues	League Park (c. 1910) (c. 1915–1939) Rubber Bowl (1940–2008) InfoCision Stadium–Summa Field (2009–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Kent State (Wagon Wheel) Youngstown State (Steel Tire, 1940–1995)
Culture & lore	Zippy ""
People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders
Seasons	1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021

1933 Ohio Athletic Conference football standings
v t	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Dayton $	2	–	0	–	1	8	–	2	–	1
Wooster	7	–	1	–	0	7	–	1	–	1
Akron	5	–	2	–	1	5	–	3	–	1
Case	4	–	2	–	0	5	–	3	–	1
Muskingum	4	–	2	–	1	5	–	2	–	1
Baldwin–Wallace	4	–	2	–	1	5	–	3	–	1
Toledo	3	–	2	–	1	5	–	2	–	1
John Carroll	3	–	2	–	2	5	–	2	–	2
Hiram	2	–	2	–	2	2	–	2	–	3
Kent State	2	–	2	–	3	2	–	2	–	3
Otterbein	3	–	3	–	1	3	–	4	–	1
Mount Union	3	–	4	–	0	3	–	5	–	1
Heidelberg	2	–	3	–	2	2	–	5	–	2
Marietta	2	–	3	–	1	3	–	3	–	1
Ashland	2	–	4	–	1	3	–	4	–	1
Bowling Green	1	–	3	–	2	2	–	3	–	2
Capital	1	–	4	–	2	1	–	4	–	2
Oberlin	1	–	3	–	0	4	–	4	–	0
Kenyon	0	–	4	–	1	1	–	5	–	1
Ohio Northern	0	–	4	–	1	0	–	5	–	2
Xavier *	1	–	0	–	0	5	–	4	–	0

$ – Conference champion * – did not compete for championship