2019 Akron Zips football team

American college football season

2019 Akron Zips football

Conference| Mid-American Conference
Division| East Division
Record| 0–12 (0–8 MAC)
Head coach|

* Tom Arth (1st season)

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

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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).

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

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### Coaching changes

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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

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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 finish  | Team  | Votes (1st place)
1 | Ohio | 144 (24)
2 | Miami | 107
3 | Buffalo | 100
4 | Kent State | 62
5 | Akron | 54
6 | Bowling Green | 37

## Schedule

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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.

Date| Time| Opponent| Site| TV| Result| Attendance

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August 31| Noon| at Illinois*|

* Memorial Stadium
* Champaign, IL

| BTN| L 3–42| 30,654
September 7| Noon| UAB*|

* InfoCision Stadium
* Akron, OH

| CBSSN| L 20–31| 18,972
September 14| 3:00 p.m.| at Central Michigan|

* Kelly/Shorts Stadium
* Mount Pleasant, MI

| ESPN+| L 24–45| 18,641
September 21| 3:00 p.m.| Troy*|

* InfoCision Stadium
* Akron, OH

| ESPN+| L 7–35| 16,954
September 28| 3:30 p.m.| at UMass*|

* Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium
* Hadley, MA

| FloSports| L 29–37| 7,284
October 12| 3:30 p.m.| Kent State|

* InfoCision Stadium
* Akron, OH (Wagon Wheel)

| ESPN3| L 3–26| 22,692
October 19| 3:00 p.m.| Buffalo|

* InfoCision Stadium
* Akron, OH

| ESPN3| L 0–21| 16,909
October 26| 3:30 p.m.| at Northern Illinois|

* Huskie Stadium
* DeKalb, IL

| ESPN3| L 0–49| 9,027
November 2| 2:00 p.m.| at Bowling Green|

* Doyt Perry Stadium
* Bowling Green, OH

| ESPN+| L 6–35| 12,113
November 12| 6:00 p.m.| Eastern Michigan|

* InfoCision Stadium
* Akron, OH

| ESPNews| L 14–42| 10,811
November 20| 7:30 p.m.| at Miami (OH)|

* Yager Stadium
* Oxford, OH

| ESPNU| L 17–20| 22,921
November 26| 6:00 p.m.| Ohio|

* InfoCision Stadium
* Akron, OH

| ESPN+| L 3–52| 21,414

* *Non-conference game
* Homecoming
* Rankings from AP Poll and CFP Rankings after November 5 released prior to game
* All times are in Eastern time

Source:[6]

## Personnel

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### Coaching staff

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* Tom Arth \- Head coach
* Matt Feeney – Defensive Coordinator / Inside Linebackers
* Tommy Zagorski – Offensive coordinator / Offensive Line
* Brian Cochran – Defensive Line
* Chris Cook – Tight ends / Offensive Tackles
* Jonathan Cooley – Defensive Backs / Corners & Nickels
* Jayden Everett – Running Backs
* Shelton Felton – Outside Linebackers / Defensive Ends
* Bryan Gasser – Pass Game Coordinator / Wide Receivers
* Chris Hurd – Special Teams / Fullbacks / Halfbacks
* Oscar Rodriguez – Secondary / Safeties

## Game summaries

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### At Illinois

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| 1  | 2  | 3  | 4 | Total

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Zips  | 3  | 0  | 0  | 0 | 3
Fighting Illini | 14  | 14  | 14  | 0 | 42

See also: 2019 Illinois Fighting Illini football team

### UAB

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Blazers | 7  | 10  | 14  | 0 | 31
Zips  | 6  | 0  | 0  | 14 | 20

See also: 2019 UAB Blazers football team

### At Central Michigan

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Zips  | 0  | 10  | 0  | 14 | 24
Chippewas | 3  | 24  | 3  | 15 | 45

See also: 2019 Central Michigan Chippewas football team

### Troy

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Trojans | 7  | 14  | 14  | 0 | 35
Zips  | 7  | 0  | 0  | 0 | 7

See also: 2019 Troy Trojans football team

### At UMass

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Zips  | 7  | 7  | 7  | 8 | 29
Minutemen | 7  | 13  | 14  | 3 | 37

See also: 2019 UMass Minutemen football team

### Kent State

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Golden Flashes | 7  | 10  | 0  | 9 | 26
Zips  | 0  | 3  | 0  | 0 | 3

See also: 2019 Kent State Golden Flashes football team

### Buffalo

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Bulls | 7  | 0  | 7  | 7 | 21
Zips  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0 | 0

See also: 2019 Buffalo Bulls football team

### At Northern Illinois

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Zips  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0 | 0
Huskies | 7  | 14  | 14  | 14 | 49

See also: 2019 Northern Illinois Huskies football team

### At Bowling Green

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Zips  | 6  | 0  | 0  | 0 | 6
Falcons | 7  | 14  | 7  | 7 | 35

See also: 2019 Bowling Green Falcons football team

### Eastern Michigan

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| 1  | 2  | 3  | 4 | Total

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Eagles | 7  | 14  | 14  | 7 | 42
Zips  | 0  | 0  | 7  | 7 | 14

See also: 2019 Eastern Michigan Eagles football team

### At Miami (OH)

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| 1  | 2  | 3  | 4 | Total

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Zips  | 0  | 3  | 7  | 7 | 17
RedHawks | 3  | 14  | 3  | 0 | 20

See also: 2019 Miami RedHawks football team

### Ohio

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| 1  | 2  | 3  | 4 | Total

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Bobcats | 14  | 17  | 7  | 14 | 52
Zips  | 3  | 0  | 0  | 0 | 3

See also: 2019 Ohio Bobcats football team

## References

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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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