1947 Akron Zippers football team

1947 Midwestern college football independents records
	Rankings from AP Poll

The 1947 Akron Zippers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Akron as an independent during the 1947 college football season. In its second season under head coach Paul Baldacci, the team compiled a 2–6 record and was outscored by a total of 162 to 44.^[1] The team played its home games at the Rubber Bowl in Akron, Ohio.

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 3	Baldwin–Wallace	Rubber Bowl Akron, OH	L 0–28	8,412	^[2]
October 11	at Case Tech	Cleveland, OH	W 12–6		^[3]
October 18	Mount Union	Rubber Bowl Akron, OH	W 19–14
October 25	at Toledo	Glass Bowl Toledo, OH	L 7–38		^[4]
October 31	Western Reserve	Rubber Bowl Akron, OH	L 0–18	5,278
November 8	at Wooster	Wooster, OH	L 6–21
November 14	at Kent State	Memorial Stadium Kent, OH	L 0–6	15,000	^[5]
November 22	John Carroll	Rubber Bowl Akron, OH	L 0–31

^ "Akron Zips 2017 Football Media Guide" (PDF). University of Akron. p. 160. Retrieved May 10, 2020.
^ Lincoln Hackim. "B-W Beats Zippers On Bowl Grid, 28-0". The Akron Beacon Journal. pp. 10–11 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Lincoln Hackim (October 12, 1947). "Scruggs Scores All Points As Zips Nose Out Case Tech Gridders, 12-6". The Akronn Beacon Journal. pp. 1C, 2C – via Newspapers.com.
^ Lincoln Hackim (October 26, 1947). "Zips Take 38-7 Pill At Toledo". Akron Beacon Journal. pp. 1C, 2C – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Wheel Stops On Kent Digit, Zips Bow, 6-0". The Akron Beacon Journal. November 15, 1947. p. 10 – 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

1947 Midwestern college football independents records
v t	Conf			Overall
Team	W	L	T	W		L		T
No. 1 Notre Dame		–		9	–	0	–	0
Youngstown		–		8	–	2	–	0
Michigan State		–		7	–	2	–	0
Ball State		–		5	–	1	–	2
Ohio Wesleyan		–		6	–	2	–	1
Wayne		–		5	–	2	–	0
Dayton		–		6	–	3	–	0
Washington University		–		5	–	3	–	0
Detroit		–		6	–	4	–	0
Bowling Green		–		5	–	5	–	0
Xavier		–		4	–	4	–	1
Marquette		–		4	–	5	–	0
Central Michigan		–		2	–	5	–	1
Valparaiso		–		2	–	5	–	1
Akron		–		2	–	6	–	0
Michigan State Normal		–		1	–	6	–	0

Rankings from AP Poll