1983 Akron Zips football team
American college football season
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Conference | Ohio Valley Conference |
Record | 8–3 (5–2 OVC) |
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Home stadium | Rubber Bowl |
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No. 8 Eastern Kentucky $^ | 6 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 16 Middle Tennessee | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Akron | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Murray State | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Austin Peay | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Youngstown State | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tennessee Tech | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Morehead State | 1 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1983 Akron Zips football team represented Akron University in the 1983 NCAA Division I-AA football season as a member of the Ohio Valley Conference. Led by 11th-year head coach Jim Dennison, the Zips played their home games at the Rubber Bowl in Akron, Ohio. They finished the season with a record of 8–3 overall and 5–2 in OVC play to tie for second place.
Schedule
Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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September 3 | Kent State* |
| W 13–6 | |||||
September 10 | at Eastern Michigan* | W 13–0 | ||||||
September 17 | Western Kentucky* |
| W 14–13 | 8,845 | ||||
September 24 | at No. 3 Eastern Kentucky | No. 7 | L 5–10 | 14,600 | [1] | |||
October 8 | No. 17 Middle Tennessee |
| L 3–26 | |||||
October 11 | No. 14 Eastern Illinois* |
| L 7–10 | |||||
October 15 | at Morehead State | W 31–0 | ||||||
October 22 | Murray State |
| W 6–3 | |||||
October 29 | at Tennessee Tech | W 43–12 | ||||||
November 5 | Youngstown State |
| W 49–21 | |||||
November 19 | at Austin Peay | W 26–3 | ||||||
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References
- ^ "Zips lose in battle of defenses". The Akron Beacon Journal. September 25, 1983. Retrieved March 23, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "2019 Akron Zips Football Media Guide: Records" (PDF). University of Akron. p. 170. Retrieved May 6, 2020.
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