2017 Akron Zips football team


The 2017 Akron Zips football team represented the University of Akron in the 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They were led by sixth-year head coach Terry Bowden and played their home games at InfoCision Stadium–Summa Field in Akron, Ohio as members of the East Division of the Mid-American Conference. The Zips finished the season 7–7, 6–2 in MAC play to win the East Division. They lost to Toledo in the MAC Championship. They received an invitation to play in the Boca Raton Bowl where they lost to Florida Atlantic.

Previous season

The Zips finished the 2016 season 5–7, 3–5 in MAC play to finish in a tie for third place in the East Division.

Preseason

In a preseason poll Aof league media, Akron was picked to finish fourth in the East Division.

Coaching staff

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Schedule

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Game summaries

at No. 6 Penn State

Overall recordLast meetingResult
0–52014PSU, 21–3

Arkansas–Pine Bluff

Iowa State

at Troy

at Bowling Green

Overall recordLast meetingResult
7–162016BGSU, 38–28

Ball State

Overall recordLast meetingResult
11–11–12016AKR, 35–25

at Western Michigan

Overall recordLast meetingResult
4–142016WMU, 41–0

at Toledo

Overall recordLast meetingResult
9–102016TOL, 48–17

Buffalo

Overall recordLast meetingResult
10–62016UB, 41–20

at Miami (OH)

Overall recordLast meetingResult
9–16–12016AKR, 35–13

Ohio

Overall recordLast meetingResult
12–20–12016OHIO, 9–3

Kent State

Overall recordLast meetingResult
33–24–22016AKR, 31–27

2017 MAC Championship Game

Overall recordLast meetingResult
9–112017TOL, 48–21

2017 Boca Raton Bowl