2019 Akron Zips football team

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2019 Akron Zips football
Akron Zips logo.svg
Conference Mid-American Conference
DivisionEast Division
Record0–12 (0–8 MAC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinator Tommy Zagorski (1st season)
Offensive scheme Pro-style
Defensive coordinator Matt Feeney (1st season)
Base defense 3–4
Home stadium InfoCision Stadium–Summa Field
Seasons
←  2018
2020  →
2019 Mid-American Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
East Division
Miami (OH) x$  6 –2   8 –6  
Ohio  5 –3   7 –6  
Buffalo  5 –3   8 –5  
Kent State  5 –3   7 –6  
Bowling Green  2 –6   3 –9  
Akron  0 –8   0 –12  
West Division
Central Michigan x  6 –2   8 –6  
Western Michigan  5 –3   7 –6  
Ball State  4 –4   5 –7  
Northern Illinois  4 –4   5 –7  
Toledo  3 –5   6 –6  
Eastern Michigan  3 –5   6 –7  
Championship: Miami 26, Central Michigan 21
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions

The 2019 Akron Zips football team represented the University of Akron during the 2019 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Zips were led by first-year head coach Tom Arth and played their home games at InfoCision Stadium in Akron, Ohio. They competed as members of the East Division of the Mid-American Conference (MAC).

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The 2019 Zips lost every single game on their schedule, finished with an 0–12 overall record and an 0–8 record in MAC play, and were outscored by their opponents by a total of 435 to 126. They finished in last place in the conference's East Division. CBS Sports rated Akron dead last, at 130th, in their season's-end ranking of all 130 FBS teams. [1] The Zips were the only Division I FBS team to go winless in the 2019 season.

Preseason

Coaching changes

Following the firing of seven-year head coach Terry Bowden at the end of the 2018 season, Akron announced the hiring of Tom Arth on December 14, 2018. [2] Arth had spent the previous two seasons as the head coach at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, leading them to records of 3–8 and 6–5 in 2017 and 2018, respectively. Before Chattanooga, he was the head coach at John Carroll University, where he led the team to an upset victory over No. 1 Mount Union to claim an Ohio Athletic Conference title in 2016 and was named D3football.com Coach of the Year.

Tom Arth announced the members of his coaching staff in January and March 2019. [3] [4] Among them were defensive coordinator Matt Feeney and offensive coordinator Tommy Zagorski, who both served in the same roles on Arth's staff at Chattanooga.

MAC media poll

The MAC released their preseason media poll on July 23, 2019, with the Zips predicted to finish in fifth place in the East Division. [5]

East Division
Predicted finishTeamVotes (1st place)
1Ohio144 (24)
2Miami107
3Buffalo100
4Kent State62
5Akron54
6Bowling Green37

Schedule

Akron's non-conference slate consisted of home games against UAB of Conference USA and Troy of the Sun Belt Conference, and road games against Illinois of the Big Ten Conference and UMass, a football independent.

In Mid-American Conference play, the Zips hosted Kent State, Buffalo, Eastern Michigan, and Ohio, and traveled to Central Michigan, Northern Illinois, Bowling Green, and Miami. They did not play West Division members Ball State, Toledo, or Western Michigan.

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
August 31Noonat Illinois *
 BTN L 3–4230,654
September 7Noon UAB *
 CBSSN L 20–3118,972
September 143:00 p.m.at Central Michigan
ESPN+ L 24–4518,641
September 213:00 p.m. Troy *
  • InfoCision Stadium
  • Akron, OH
ESPN+L 7–3516,954
September 283:30 p.m.at UMass *
 FloSports L 29–377,284
October 123:30 p.m. Kent State Dagger-14-plain.png
 ESPN3 L 3–2622,692
October 193:00 p.m. Buffalo
  • InfoCision Stadium
  • Akron, OH
ESPN3L 0–2116,909
October 263:30 p.m.at Northern Illinois
ESPN3L 0–499,027
November 22:00 p.m.at Bowling Green
ESPN+L 6–3512,113
November 126:00 p.m. Eastern Michigan
  • InfoCision Stadium
  • Akron, OH
 ESPNews L 14–4210,811
November 207:30 p.m.at Miami (OH)
ESPNU L 17–2022,921
November 266:00 p.m. Ohio
  • InfoCision Stadium
  • Akron, OH
ESPN+L 3–5221,414

Source: [6]

Personnel

Coaching staff

[7]

Game summaries

At Illinois

1234Total
Zips30003
Fighting Illini141414042

UAB

1234Total
Blazers71014031
Zips6001420

At Central Michigan

1234Total
Zips01001424
Chippewas32431545

Troy

1234Total
Trojans71414035
Zips70007

At UMass

1234Total
Zips777829
Minutemen71314337

Kent State

1234Total
Golden Flashes7100926
Zips03003

Buffalo

1234Total
Bulls707721
Zips00000

At Northern Illinois

1234Total
Zips00000
Huskies714141449

At Bowling Green

1234Total
Zips60006
Falcons7147735

Eastern Michigan

1234Total
Eagles71414742
Zips007714

At Miami (OH)

1234Total
Zips037717
RedHawks3143020

Ohio

1234Total
Bobcats141771452
Zips30003

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References

  1. ↑ "College Football Rankings 2019 - CBS Sports 130". CBS Sports . December 2019. Retrieved December 25, 2019.
  2. ↑ Caron, Emily (December 14, 2018). "UT-Chattanooga's Tom Arth Named Akron Football Coach". Sports Illustrated.
  3. ↑ "Akron Football Adds Assistant Coaches, Staff". GoZips.com. University of Akron. January 9, 2019.
  4. ↑ "Arth Completes Akron Football Staff". GoZips.com. University of Akron. March 8, 2019.
  5. ↑ "MAC Announces 2019 Preseason Football Poll". getsomemaction.com. Retrieved August 2, 2019.
  6. ↑ "2019 Akron Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved March 13, 2019.
  7. ↑ "Football Coaches - University of Akron Athletics". Archived from the original on April 9, 2019. Retrieved October 30, 2019.
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