1927 Akron Zippers football team

American college football season August 2023 February 2026 1927 Akron Zippers football Ohio Athletic Conference OAC 5–3 4–3 Red Blair 1st Ben Baldwin Buchtel Field The 1927 Akron Zippers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Akron in the Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC) during the 1927 college football season. In its first season under head coach Red Blair, the team compiled a 5–3 record (4–3 against conference opponents) and outscored all opponents by a total of 145 to 79. Ben Baldwin was the team captain.http://www.gozips.com/documents/2017/7/24//pp_131_166_Records.pdf?id=12265 Akron Zips 2017 Football Media Guide University of Akron 159 May 3, 2020 Schedule y October 1 1927 Hiram Terriers Hiram<ncg> Buchtel Field Akron, OH W 19-0 Akron U Opponents Show Much Power Akron Beacon Journal James W. Schlemmer October 3, 1927 21 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/119668100/akron-u-opponents-show-much-power/ Newspapers.com October 8 1927 Ashland Eagles Ashland Buchtel Field Akron, OH W 19-9 Akron-Case Battle To Determine Much Akron Beacon Journal James W. Schlemmer October 10, 1927 20 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/119668256/akron-case-battle-to-determine-much/ Newspapers.com October 15 at 1927 Case Scientists Case Cleveland, OH W 7-0 Akron U Win Over Muskingum Eleven Is Not Impossible Akron Beacon Journal James W. Schlemmer October 17, 1927 30 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/119668446/akron-u-win-over-muskingum-eleven-is/ Newspapers.com October 22 1927 Muskingum Fighting Muskies Muskingum<hc> Buchtel Field Akron, OH W 20-12 Zippers Play Over Heads To Win, 20-12 Akron Beacon Journal James W. Schlemmer October 24, 1927 22 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/119668672/zippers-play-over-heads-to-win-20-12/ Newspapers.com October 29 at 1927 Mount Union Purple Mount Union Alliance, OH L 13-14 November 5 at 1927 Oberlin Yeomen Oberlin Oberlin, OH L 14-19 November 12 1927 Baldwin-Wallace Yellow Jackets Baldwin–Wallace Buchtel Field Akron, OH W 46-12 November 19 1927 Wooster Presbyterians Wooster Buchtel Field Akron, OH L 6-13 References Akron Category:Akron Zips football seasons Akron Zippers football