2016 Akron Zips football team

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2016 Mid-American Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
East Division
Ohio xy		6	–	2					8	–	6
Miami (OH) x		6	–	2					6	–	7
Akron		3	–	5					5	–	7
Bowling Green		3	–	5					4	–	8
Kent State		2	–	6					3	–	9
Buffalo		1	–	7					2	–	10
West Division
No. 15 Western Michigan xy$		8	–	0					13	–	1
Toledo		6	–	2					9	–	4
Northern Illinois		5	–	3					5	–	7
Eastern Michigan		4	–	4					7	–	6
Central Michigan		3	–	5					6	–	7
Ball State		1	–	7					4	–	8
Championship: Western Michigan 29, Ohio 23
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant Rankings from AP Poll

The 2016 Akron Zips football team represents the University of Akron in the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They are led by fifth-year head coach Terry Bowden and play their home games at InfoCision Stadium–Summa Field. They are members of the East Division of the Mid-American Conference.

Schedule

September 36:30 PMVMI*

• InfoCision Stadium
• Akron, OH

ESPN3W 47–2411,061 September 103:30 PMat No. 10 Wisconsin*

• Camp Randall Stadium
• Madison, WI

BTNL 10–54 77,331 September 1712:00 PMat Marshall*

• Joan C. Edwards Stadium
• Huntington, WV

CBSSNW 65–38 24,258 September 243:30 PMAppalachian State*

• InfoCision Stadium
• Akron, OH

ASNL 38–45 15,381 October 13:30 PMat Kent State

• Dix Stadium
• Kent, OH (Wagon Wheel)

ESPN3W 31–27 20,167 October 83:00 PMMiami (OH)

• InfoCision Stadium
• Akron, OH

ESPN3W 35–13 11,094 October 153:30 PMNo. 24 Western Michigan

• InfoCision Stadium
• Akron, OH

CBSSNL 0–41 11,321 October 223:00 PMat Ball State

• Scheumann Stadium
• Muncie, IN

ESPN3W 35–25 10,739 October 277:30 PMat Buffalo

• UB Stadium
• Amherst, NY

BCSNL 20–41 15,012 November 27:30 PMToledo

• InfoCision Stadium
• Akron, OH

ESPN2L 17–48 6,559 November 98:00 PMBowling Green

• InfoCision Stadium
• Akron, OH

ESPNUL 28–38 6,605 November 227:00 PMat Ohio

• Peden Stadium
• Athens, OH

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Game summaries

VMI

	1	2	3	4	Total
Keydets	7	3	14	0	24
Zips	12	7	7	21	47

See also: 2016 VMI Keydets football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–1	2011	AKR, 36–13

at Wisconsin

	1	2	3	4	Total
Zips	0	10	0	0	10
#10 Badgers	9	21	10	14	54

See also: 2016 Wisconsin Badgers football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–2	2008	WIS, 38–17

at Marshall

	1	2	3	4	Total
Zips	7	34	7	17	65
Thundering Herd	21	0	10	7	38

See also: 2016 Marshall Thundering Herd football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
4–9	2014	MARSH, 48–17

Appalachian State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Mountaineers	10	21	7	7	45
Zips	0	14	10	14	38

See also: 2016 Appalachian State Mountaineers football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

at Kent State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Zips	3	7	7	14	31
Golden Flashes	7	10	0	10	27

See also: 2016 Kent State Golden Flashes football team and Wagon Wheel (trophy)

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
32–24–2	2015	AKR, 20–0

Miami (OH)

	1	2	3	4	Total
RedHawks	3	3	7	0	13
Zips	14	7	7	7	35

See also: 2016 Miami RedHawks football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
8–16–1	2015	AKR, 37–28

Western Michigan

	1	2	3	4	Total
#24 Broncos	14	13	7	7	41
Zips	0	0	0	0	0

See also: 2016 Western Michigan Broncos football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
4–13	2011	WMU, 68–19

at Ball State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Zips	0	7	14	14	35
Cardinals	7	10	0	8	25

See also: 2016 Ball State Cardinals football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
10–11–1	2014	BALL, 35–21

at Buffalo

	1	2	3	4	Total
Zips	3	7	3	7	20
Bulls	3	17	0	21	41

See also: 2016 Buffalo Bulls football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
10–5	2015	AKR, 42–21

Toledo

	1	2	3	4	Total
Rockets	3	17	14	14	48
Zips	10	0	7	0	17

See also: 2016 Toledo Rockets football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
9–9	2013	AKR, 31–29

Bowling Green

	1	2	3	4	Total
Falcons	7	14	7	10	38
Zips	0	10	10	8	28

See also: 2016 Bowling Green Falcons football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
7–15	2015	BGSU, 59–10

at Ohio

	1	2	3	4	Total
Zips					0
Bobcats					0

See also: 2016 Ohio Bobcats football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
12–19–1	2015	OHIO, 14–12