1934 Akron Zippers football team

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1934 Akron Zippers football
ConferenceOhio Athletic Conference
1934 record3–4–1 (3–4 OAC)
Head coach
CaptainDon Lindsay
Home stadiumBuchtel Field
Seasons
← 1933
1935 →
1934 Ohio Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Wooster $ 8 0 0 8 1 0
Baldwin–Wallace 5 0 0 7 1 0
Ohio Northern 4 0 1 6 0 1
Toledo 4 1 0 5 3 0
Xavier 2 1 0 6 2 1
Muskingum 4 2 1 5 3 1
Mount Union 4 3 0 4 4 0
John Carroll 1 1 2 5 2 2
Dayton 0 0 1 4 3 1
Case 2 2 1 4 3 2
Kent State 2 3 3 2 3 3
Akron 3 4 0 3 4 1
Bowling Green 2 3 2 2 3 2
Marietta 1 2 2 2 3 2
Oberlin 1 2 1 2 5 1
Heidelberg 2 4 0 3 5 0
Otterbein 2 4 0 2 7 0
Capital 2 5 0 2 5 0
Hiram 2 5 0 2 5 0
Ashland 1 4 1 2 6 1
Kenyon 0 5 1 0 7 1
Findlay 0 1 0 3 3 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1934 Akron Zippers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Akron in the Ohio Athletic Conference during the 1934 college football season. In its eighth season under head coach Red Blair, the team compiled a 3–4–1 record (3–4 in conference) and outscored opponents by a total of 65 to 48. Don Lindsay was the team captain.[1]

Schedule[]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 28at Western Reserve*Cleveland, OHT 7–72,500[2]
October 5Kent State
  • Buchtel Field
  • Akron, OH
W 26–05,500[3]
October 20at WoosterWooster, OHL 0–6
October 27at MuskingumNew Concord, OHL 0–3
November 3John Carroll
  • Buchtel Field
  • Akron, OH
L 6–14
November 10Heidelberg
  • Buchtel Field
  • Akron, OH
W 13–6
November 17Baldwin–Wallace
  • Buchtel Field
  • Akron, OH
L 0–12
November 24Mount Union
  • Buchtel Field
  • Akron, OH
W 13–0[4]
  • *Non-conference game

References[]

  1. ^ "Akron Zips 2017 Football Media Guide" (PDF). University of Akron. p. 159. Retrieved May 10, 2020.
  2. ^ "Akron 7, West. Reserve 7". The Cincinnati Enquirer. September 29, 1934.
  3. ^ Joe Williams (October 6, 1934). "Zippers Beat Flashes, 26-0, Through Alertness". The Akron Beacon Journal. p. 18 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Akron Spurts To Win In Closing Period Over Mt. Union Aggregation -- Score 13-0". The Cincinnati Enquirer. November 25, 1934. p. 29 – via Newspapers.com.
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