1984 Akron Zips football team
American college football season
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Conference | Ohio Valley Conference |
Record | 4–7 (2–5 OVC) |
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Home stadium | Rubber Bowl |
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No. 8 Eastern Kentucky $^ | 6 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 7 Middle Tennessee ^ | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 11 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 13 Murray State | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Youngstown State | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Austin Peay | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Akron | 2 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Morehead State | 1 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tennessee Tech | 0 | – | 7 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 11 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1984 Akron Zips football team represented Akron University in the 1984 NCAA Division I-AA football season as a member of the Ohio Valley Conference. Led by 12th-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 4–7 overall and 2–5 in OVC play, placing sixth.
Schedule
Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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September 1 | at Kent State* |
| L 17–24 | ||||
September 8 | at Cincinnati* | L 27–28 | |||||
September 15 | Western Kentucky* | W 42–7 | 23,984 | ||||
September 22 | Eastern Kentucky |
| L 21–22 | 15,131 | [1] | ||
September 29 | at Middle Tennessee | L 3–16 | |||||
October 6 | at UCF* | W 26–21 | 6,814 | ||||
October 14 | Morehead State |
| W 27–3 | ||||
October 20 | at No. 9 Murray State | L 6–13 | |||||
October 27 | Tennessee Tech |
| W 17–9 | ||||
November 3 | at Youngstown State | L 2–3 | |||||
November 17 | Austin Peay |
| L 17–21 | ||||
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References
- ^ "Late field goal decisive as Colonels top Zips". The Akron Beacon Journal. September 23, 1984. 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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