2022 Akron Zips football team

2022 Akron Zips football
Conference	Mid-American Conference
Division	East Division
Record	2–10 (1–7 MAC)
Head coach	Joe Moorhead (1st season)
Offensive scheme	Spread
Defensive coordinator	Tim Tibesar (1st season)
Base defense	Multiple 4–2–5
Home stadium	InfoCision Stadium–Summa Field
Seasons ←  2021 2023  →

2022 Mid-American Conference football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
East Division
Ohio xy		7	–	1					10	–	4
Buffalo		5	–	3					7	–	6
Bowling Green		5	–	3					6	–	7
Miami (OH)		4	–	4					6	–	7
Kent State		4	–	4					5	–	7
Akron		1	–	7					2	–	10
West Division
Toledo xy$		5	–	3					9	–	5
Eastern Michigan x		5	–	3					9	–	4
Western Michigan		4	–	4					5	–	7
Ball State		3	–	5					5	–	7
Central Michigan		3	–	5					4	–	8
Northern Illinois		2	–	6					3	–	9
Championship: Toledo 17, Ohio 7
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant Rankings from AP Poll

The 2022 Akron Zips football team represented the University of Akron as a member of the East Division of the Mid-American Conference (MAC) during the 2022 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Led by first-year head coach Joe Moorhead, the Zips played home games at InfoCision Stadium in Akron, Ohio.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 1	6:00 p.m.	Saint Francis (PA) *	InfoCision Stadium–Summa Field Akron, OH	ESPN3	W 30–23 OT	8,752
September 10	4:00 p.m.	at No. 14 Michigan State *	Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI	BTN	L 0–52	70,079
September 17	7:00 p.m.	at No. 15 Tennessee *	Neyland Stadium Knoxville, TN	ESPN+/SECN+	L 6–63	101,915
September 24	6:00 p.m.	at Liberty *	Williams Stadium Lynchburg, VA	ESPN+	L 12–21	20,004
October 1	3:30 p.m.	Bowling Green	InfoCision Stadium–Summa Field Akron, OH	ESPN+	L 28–31	8,093
October 8	2:00 p.m.	at Ohio	Peden Stadium Athens, OH	ESPN+	L 34–55	23,108
October 15	12:00 p.m.	Central Michigan	InfoCision Stadium–Summa Field Akron, OH	ESPN+	L 21–28	14,814
October 22	12:00 p.m.	at Kent State	Dix Stadium Kent, OH (Wagon Wheel)	ESPN+	L 27–33	20,472
October 29	12:00 p.m.	Miami (OH)	InfoCision Stadium–Summa Field Akron, OH	ESPN+	L 9–27	11,749
November 8	7:00 p.m.	Eastern Michigan	InfoCision Stadium–Summa Field Akron, OH	CBSSN	L 28–34	12,589
November 26	1:30 p.m.	at Northern Illinois	Huskie Stadium DeKalb, IL	ESPN3	W 44–12	6,288
December 2	1:00 p.m.	at Buffalo	University at Buffalo Stadium Amherst, NY	ESPN+	L 22–23	12,247
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

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Game summaries

Saint Francis (PA)

	1	2	3	4	OT	Total
Red Flash	3	10	3	7	0	23
Zips	3	7	7	6	7	30

See also: 2022 Saint Francis Red Flash football team

Pregame line	Over/under
AKR –17.0	53

Statistics	Saint Francis	Akron
First downs	18	19
Total yards	453	384
Rushing yards	189	98
Passing yards	264	286
Turnovers	1	0
Time of possession	32:46	27:14

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Saint Francis	Passing	Justin Sliwoski	11/17, 162 yards, 1 INT
	Rushing	Damon Horton	18 carries, 86 yards, 1 TD
	Receiving	Dawson Snyder	3 receptions, 92 yards
Akron	Passing	DJ Irons	22/37, 286 yards, 2 TD
	Rushing	Cam Wiley	21 carries, 84 yards, 2 TD
	Receiving	Shocky Jacques-Louis	8 receptions, 122 yards, 1 TD

At No. 14 Michigan State

See also: 2022 Michigan State Spartans football team

Week Two: Akron at No. 14 Michigan State – Game summary

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Zips	0	0	0	0	0
No. 14 Spartans	14	10	28	0	52

at Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI

• Date: September 10, 2022
• Game time: 4:05 p.m.
• Game weather: 85 °F (29 °C), Cloudy, Wind: SW 7 mph (11 km/h)
• Game attendance: 70,079
• Referee: Brian Banks
• TV announcers (BTN): Chris Vosters (play-by-play), Matt Millen (analyst)
• Sources: ^[2]

Game information

First Quarter (08:29) MSU TD: Jarek Broussard 1-yard run (Jack Stone kick) MSU 7–0; 6 plays, 59 yards, 2:13 (02:26) MSU TD: Jalen Berger 1-yard run (Jack Stone kick) MSU 14–0; 8 plays, 45 yards, 2:37 Second Quarter (02:16) MSU TD: Jalen Berger 1-yard run (Jack Stone kick) MSU 21–0; 8 plays, 56 yards, 2:58 (00:01) MSU FG: Jack Stone 43-yard field goal MSU 24–0; 8 plays, 68 yards 00:56 Third Quarter (13:26) MSU TD: Tre Mosley 16-yard pass from Noah Kim (Jack Stone kick) MSU 31–0; 2 plays, 20 yards, 0:37 (07:58) MSU TD: Jarek Broussard 2-yard run (Jack Stone kick) MSU 38–0; 9 plays, 69 yards, 3:52 (03:59) MSU TD Jalen Berger 2-yard run (Jack Stone kick) MSU 45–0; 7 plays, 60 yards, 3;01 (00:21) MSU TD: Elijah Collins 10-yard run (Jack Stone kick) MSU 52–0; 6 plays, 37 yard, 2:28 Passing AKR – DJ Irons: 9/13, 123 yards MSU – Payton Thorne: 18/28, 212 yards, 2 INT Rushing AKR – DJ Irons: 7 carries, 30 yards MSU – Jalen Berger: 17 carries, 107 yards, 3 TD Receiving AKR – George Daniel: 4 receptions, 44 yards MSU – Jayden Reed: 6 receptions, 76 yards

At No. 15 Tennessee

See also: 2022 Tennessee Volunteers football team

Game Three: Akron Zips (1–1) at No. 15 Tennessee Volunteers (2–0) – Game summary

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Zips	0	0	3	3	6
No. 15 Volunteers	14	14	21	14	63

at Neyland Stadium, Knoxville, TN

• Date: September 17
• Game time: 7:00 p.m.
• Game weather: Clear, 80 °F (27 °C)
• Game attendance: 101,915
• Referee: Ken Williamson
• TV announcers (SECN+/ESPN+): Drew Carter (play-by-play), Aaron Murray (color) and Ashley Stroehlein (sidelines)

At Liberty

	1	2	3	4	Total
Zips	0	3	3	6	12
Flames	7	7	0	7	21

See also: 2022 Liberty Flames football team

Bowling Green

	1	2	3	4	Total
Falcons	10	14	0	7	31
Zips	7	7	7	7	28

See also: 2022 Bowling Green Falcons football team

At Ohio

See also: 2022 Ohio Bobcats football team

Akron Zips (1–4, 0–1) vs. Ohio Bobcats (2–3, 0–1)

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Akron	0	13	7	14	34
Ohio	14	14	20	7	55

at Peden Stadium • Athens, OH

• Date: Saturday, October 9, 2022
• Game time: 2:00 p.m. EDT
• Game weather: sunny, Temperature:56 °F (13 °C)
• Game attendance: 23,108
• Referee: Jeremy Valentine
• TV announcers (ESPN3): Anthony Lima, Rob Generelli
• Pregame line: OHIO −10.0 • box score,Ohio notes

Game information

First Quarter (14:48) OHIO – Wiglusz, Sam 75 yd pass from Rourke, Kurtis (Vakos, Nathanial kick) 1 plays, 75 yards, TOP 00:12 (OHIO 7–0) (03:31) OHIO – McCormick, Nolan 8 yd run (Vakos, Nathanial kick) 12 plays, 63 yards, TOP 07:06 (OHIO 14–0) Second Quarter (13:26) AKR – Perez, Noah 25 yd field goal 10 plays, 61 yards, TOP 04:59 (OHIO 14–3) (09:29) OHIO – Bangura, Sieh 12 yd run (Vakos, Nathanial kick) 7 plays, 89 yards, TOP 03:50 (OHIO 21–3) (06:28) AKR – Perez, Noah 42 yd field goal 7 plays, 51 yards, TOP 03:01 (OHIO 21–6) (00:45) AKR – Irons, DJ 18 yd run (Perez, Noah kick) 9 plays, 83 yards, TOP 01:46 (OHIO 21–13) (00:00) OHIO – Bangura, Sieh 1 yd run (Vakos, Nathanial kick) 6 plays, 78 yards, TOP 00:41 (OHIO 28–13) Third Quarter (11:38) AKR – Price III, Clyde 4 yd run (Perez, Noah kick) 10 plays, 65 yards, TOP 03:22 (OHIO 28–20) (09:14) OHIO – Wiglusz, Sam 30 yd pass from Rourke, Kurtis (Vakos, Nathanial kick) 5 plays, 60 yards, TOP 02:16 (OHIO 35–20) (05:13) OHIO – Bangura, Sieh 25 yd pass from Rourke, Kurtis (kick failed) 6 plays, 65 yards, TOP 02:13 (OHIO 41–20) (04:45) OHIO – McCrory, Jack 13 yd fumble recovery (Vakos, Nathanial kick) (OHIO 48–20) Fourth Quarter (14:54) AKR – Price III, Clyde 3 yd run (Perez, Noah kick) 10 plays, 72 yards, TOP 04:54 (OHIO 48–27) (05:24) AKR – Price III, Clyde 1 yd run (Perez, Noah kick) 13 plays, 83 yards, TOP 06:24 (OHIO 48–34) (03:08) OHIO – Bangura, Sieh 6 yd run (Vakos, Nathanial kick) 4 plays, 48 yards, TOP 02:15 (OHIO 55–34)

Statistics	AKR	OHIO
First downs	33	25
Total yards	473	561
Rushes/yards	26/60	31/134
Passing yards	418	427
Passing: Comp–Att–Int	43–54–1	24–27–0
Time of possession	32:24	27:36

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Akron	Passing	DJ Irons	43/54, 418 yards, 3 TD, 1 INT
	Rushing	Clyde Price III	14 rushes, 47 yards, 3 TD
	Receiving	Shocky Jacques-Louis	11 receptions, 152 yards, 2 TD
Ohio	Passing	Kurtis Rourke	24/27, 427 yards, 3 TD
	Rushing	Sieh Bangura	16 rushes, 92 yards, 3 TD
	Receiving	Sam Wiglusz	7 receptions, 144 yards, 2 TD

Central Michigan

	1	2	3	4	Total
Zips	7	0	7	7	21
Chippewas	7	7	7	7	28

See also: 2022 Central Michigan Chippewas football team

At Kent State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Zips	7	10	7	3	27
Golden Flashes	0	21	9	3	33

See also: 2022 Kent State Golden Flashes football team

Miami (OH)

	1	2	3	4	Total
RedHawks	7	10	0	10	27
Zips	0	3	0	6	9

See also: 2022 Miami RedHawks football team

Eastern Michigan

	1	2	3	4	Total
Eagles	10	14	7	3	34
Zips	7	7	0	14	28

See also: 2022 Eastern Michigan Eagles football team

At Northern Illinois

	1	2	3	4	Total
Zips	0	20	7	17	44
Huskies	6	0	3	3	12

See also: 2022 Northern Illinois Huskies football team

At Buffalo

	1	2	3	4	Total
Zips	9	7	0	6	22
Bulls	0	10	7	6	23

See also: 2022 Buffalo Bulls football team

Roster

2022 Akron Zips football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class QB 0 D. J. Irons  Jr RB 1 Cam Wiley  So RB 2 Anthony Williams Jr.  So QB 3 Dijon Jennings Fr WR 4 Bobby Golden Fr TE 5 T. J. Banks  Jr RB 6 Jonzell Norrils So WR 7 Alex Adams So QB 8 Ryan Jankowski So TE 10 Marquell Darnell Fr TE 11 Nik Ognenovic Sr WR 16 Tony Grimes Jr. So WR 18 Shocky Jacques-Louis Sr WR 19 Clayton Bone Fr RB 22 Charles Kellom Fr TE 25 Tristian Bank So RB 26 Dae'Vontay Latimer So TE 28 Grant Gainer So WR 30 Jalen Knight  So RB 35 Blake Hester So TE 49 Jacob Shaffer  So OL 51 Jourden Hale-Frater Fr OL 52 Kamarii Landers Fr OL 54 Tyhler Williams Fr OL 63 Alex Robarge  So OL 65 Tony Georges So OL 66 Ryan Beckman  So OL 70 Caleb Herring  So OL 71 Max Banes  Jr OL 72 Colin Lyons So OL 73 Owen Murphy  So OL 74 Ronan Chambers So OL 75 Jordan Daniels  So OL 76 Nate Williams So OL 77 Xavior Gray  So OL 78 Brian Kilbane  Fr WR 80 Jasaiah Gathings So WR 81 Shawn Naim  So WR 82 Jameel Williamson So WR 83 Myles Walker So TE 87 Brycen Yarmo  Jr	Defense Pos. # Name Class DL 0 Bryce Wilson Jr OLB 2 Corey Thomas Jr.  So DL 3 Zach Morton  Sr DL 4 Ryan Johnson Jr DL 5 Curtis Harper  Sr DL 6 Curtis Fann Jr.  So OLB 7 Julian Richardson Jr S 8 Jaylen Kelly-Powell  Sr MLB 9 Jeslord Boateng  Jr DL 10 Quevan Lawson  So DL 11 Nazir Sy  Jr DB 12 Charles Amankwaa Sr CB 13 Chu Ogbonna  Sr S 14 Noel Roach So DB 15 K. J. Martin Jr OLB 17 Juan Jarrett So S 19 MyJaden Horton So LB 20 Brian McCoy Fr DB 21 Cam Threatt So S 22 Adetutu Daranijo Jr CB 23 Ronald Jackson Jr. So LB 25 Tim Terry  Sr LB 27 Bubba Arslanian  Sr CB 29 Jalen Hooks Sr S 30 Joe Malchesky So CB 34 Tyson Durant So CB 35 Darrian Lewis So S 38 Rishad Hence So S 39 DiMarco Johnson So DB 43 Logan Day  Sr DL 44 Victor Jones  Sr OLB 45 Ryan McClain Sr DB 47 Dontae Pollard So DB 48 Kavari Adams  Jr S 49 Sean Conroy  Jr MLB 51 Luke Bauer So LB 52 Zach DiLauro  Jr LB 53 Camari Harris  So DL 54 Kiawan Murphy Fr LB 58 Emmett Hanna  Fr MLB 59 Andrew Behm So DL 90 Angelo Howze  Sr DL 93 Bennett Adler So DL 95 Andre Proffitt So DL 97 Janirr Wade So DL 98 Logan Hawkins  Jr DL 99 Devon Robinson  Jr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class K 12 Cory Smigel  Jr LS 41 Tyler Rieger So P 42 Kyle Romenick  So LS 50 Kyle Bauman  Jr	Head coach Joe Moorhead Coordinators/assistant coaches Tim Tibesar (Defensive coordinator / linebackers) Allen Tucker (special teams coordinator) Reno Ferri (Tight ends) Terry Richardson (running backs) Tre' Bell (cornerbacks) Winston DeLattibourdere III (defensive line) Billy Fessler (Co-Pass Game coordinator / quarterbacks) David Gilbertson (Co-Pass Game coordinator / Wide receivers) Neal Renna (safeties) Joel Rodriguez (Run Game coordinator / Offensive line) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster Last update: June 26, 2022

References

1. "2022 Akron Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved February 14, 2021.
2. "Football vs Akron on 9/10/2022 - Box Score". Michigan State University Athletics. Retrieved September 12, 2022.