2015 Akron Zips football team

American college football season August 2023 February 2026 football 2015 Akron Zips Akron Zips logo.svg 200 Mid-American Conference East Division MAC 8–5 5–3 Terry Bowden 4th A. J. Milwee 3rd Chuck Amato 4th Spread 4–3 InfoCision Stadium–Summa Field Famous Idaho Potato Bowl champion Famous Idaho Potato Bowl W 23–21 vs. Utah State The 2015 Akron Zips football team represented the University of Akron in the 2015 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They were led by fourth-year head coach Terry Bowden and played their home games at InfoCision Stadium–Summa Field. They were members of the East Division of the Mid-American Conference. They finished the season 8–5, 5–3 in MAC play to finish in a tie for second place in the East Division. They were invited to the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl, where they defeated Utah State for their first ever bowl victory. This was Akron's fourth bowl appearance. Previous bowl games are: Grantland Rice Bowl 1968, Pioneer Bowl 1976, Motor City Bowl 2005. They made their fifth bowl game appearance in 2017 at the Boca Raton Cheribundi Bowl. Schedule 2015 AP Eastern September 5 7:00 p.m. l y y Oklahoma 19 Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, OK FSN PPV 3–41 85,370 September 12 6:00 p.m. l y Pittsburgh InfoCision Stadium Akron, OH ESPN3 7–24 23,425 September 19 Noon w y Savannah State InfoCision Stadium Akron, OH ESPN3 52–9 16,763 September 26 7:00 p.m. w y y Louisiana–Lafayette Cajun Field Lafayette, LA ESPN3 35–14 24,679 October 3 2:00 p.m. l y Ohio InfoCision Stadium Akron, OH ESPN3 12–14 17,301 October 10 3:00 p.m. w y Eastern Michigan Rynearson Stadium Ypsilanti, MI ESPN3 47–21 5,638 October 17 3:00 p.m. l y Bowling Green Doyt Perry Stadium Bowling Green, OH ESPN3 10–59 20,021 October 31 2:00 p.m. l Central Michigan InfoCision Stadium Akron, OH ESPN3 6–14 18,981 November 7 Noon w y UMass Gillette Stadium Foxboro, MA CBSSN 17–13 6,228 November 14 Noon w y Miami (OH) Yager Stadium Oxford, OH ESPN3 37–28 15,629 November 21 3:30 p.m. w Buffalo InfoCision Stadium Akron, OH CBSSN 42–21 15,727 November 28 Noon w Kent State Wagon Wheel InfoCision Stadium Akron, OH ASN 20–0 16,391 December 22 3:30 p.m. w y y Utah State Famous Idaho Potato Bowl Albertsons Stadium Boise, ID ESPN 23–21 18,876 http://www.fbschedules.com/ncaa-15/mid-amer/2015-akron-zips-football-schedule.php 2015 Akron Zips Football Schedule FB Schedules April 9, 2015 Game summaries At Oklahoma Zips 0 3 0 0 #19 Sooners 3 14 21 3 2015 Oklahoma Sooners football team Pittsburgh Panthers 3 7 7 7 Zips 0 7 0 0 2015 Pittsburgh Panthers football team Savannah State Tigers 3 6 0 0 Zips 7 21 10 14 2015 Savannah State Tigers football team At Louisiana–Lafayette Zips 7 7 14 7 Ragin' Cajuns 0 7 0 7 2015 Louisiana–Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns football team Ohio Bobcats 7 7 0 0 Zips 3 3 3 3 2015 Ohio Bobcats football team At Eastern Michigan Zips 14 26 7 0 Eagles 7 7 7 0 2015 Eastern Michigan Eagles football team At Bowling Green Zips 7 3 0 0 Falcons 7 21 21 10 2015 Bowling Green Falcons football team Central Michigan Chippewas 0 7 7 0 Zips 0 6 0 0 2015 Central Michigan Chippewas football team At Massachusetts Zips 7 0 7 3 Minutemen 7 6 0 0 2015 UMass Minutemen football team At Miami (OH) Zips 14 13 7 3 RedHawks 7 0 7 14 2015 Miami RedHawks football team Buffalo Bulls 0 14 0 7 Zips 14 14 7 7 2015 Buffalo Bulls football team Kent State Golden Flashes 0 0 0 0 Zips 7 7 3 3 2015 Kent State Golden Flashes football team Wagon Wheel (trophy) Utah State–Famous Idaho Potato Bowl Zips 7 6 7 3 Aggies 0 7 7 7 2015 Utah State Aggies football team 2015 Famous Idaho Potato Bowl Roster 2015 Akron Zips y Hakeem Lawrence 1 RB JR y Tyrell Goodman 2 WR JR y Michaelee Harris 2 WR SR y Richie Cooper 3 WR FR Conor Hundley 4 RB SR Tra'Von Chapman 5 QB SO y Devyn Wood 7 QB FR y Donnell Alexander 8 RB SR y Mykel Traylor-Bennett 10 WR JR A. J. Coney 11 WR SO y Imani Davis 12 WR SR Tommy Woodson 13 QB SO y Caleb Chapman 14 QB FR y Matthew Hoyer 15 QB JR y Kyle Pohl 16 QB SR y Anthony Young 17 WR SO Josh McNeil 18 TE JR Anthony Lauro 19 WR FR y Michael Means 21 WR JR y Van Edwards 23 RB FR D. J. Jones 25 RB JR y Manny Morgan 28 RB SO y Chuck Turfe 30 RB FR LaVonne Gauthney 33 TE SO y Danny Seafler 37 WR SR Landon Yeartie 39 WR FR y Dylan Seibel 44 TE SO y Brandon Junk 45 TE FR Christian Allen 49 FB SR y Tommy Brown 55 OL SR y Isaiah Williams 56 OL SR y Stephen Ericksen 57 OL SO y Nick Fazio 63 OL FR y Kyle Ritz 66 OL FR y Ryan Kortokrax 67 OL SO y Michael Casimos 70 OL JR y Quaison Osborne 71 OL SR Mitchell Hlay 73 OL FR Xavier Quigley 74 OL JR Dylan Brumbaugh 75 OL SR y Andrew Bohan 77 OL SR y Rich Kallay 79 OL FR Andrew Pratt 80 WR SR Austin Wolf 82 WR SO y Michael Kish 83 TE SO y Avery Cagle 84 TE FR Jaquavis Dixon 85 ATH FR Kwadarrius Smith 86 ATH FR Daryan Martin 92 TE JR y Jatavis Brown 1 LB SR y Larry Hope 2 DB JR Darryl Monroe 3 LB SR y Ulysees Gilbert III 5 LB FR DeAndre Scott 6 CB JR y Jerome Lane 7 LB SO y Richard Dorvilus 8 DL JR y Rodney Coe 9 DL SR y Brian Bell 10 LB FR Wedley Charles 13 DB JR y James Turner 14 S SR Cory Morrow 15 S JR y Bryce Jones 17 DB SR Vince Lockett 19 ATH FR Kyron Brown 20 CB FR y Kris Givens 21 CB SR Mikee Hayes 22 CB SO y Jordan George 24 DB FR y John Senter 27 CB SR y Bryce Cheek 29 CB SR y Jamal Baggett 31 S FR y Zach Guiser 32 S SO y Jason Williams 33 LB FR Jamal Marcus 34 DL JR y Newman Williams 35 LB TE FR y Cody Grice 36 DL SR y John Lako 40 LB FR Nathan Bischof 43 DB FR y Zachary Sweat 46 DB JR y Brock Boxen 50 DL FR Josh Ward 52 LB FR Travonte Junius 53 DE LB FR Dylan Evans 54 LB SR Deon'Tae Moore 56 DE SO y Andrew Hauser 58 LB JR John Rachal 59 LB JR y Se'Von Pittman 90 DL JR y Daumantuas Venckus 93 DE JR y Darius Copeland 95 DL SO y Alfonso Horner 96 DE SR Undrea Bullard 97 DL FR y Brennan Williams 97 DL FR y Christopher Spruill 98 DL SO y Tyler Shipman 99 DT FR Tom O'Leary 37 K SO Zach Paul 38 P K SR y Kyle Foster 41 P FR y Zach Gingerich 43 PK SO y Shawk Kirk 47 PK FR y Robert Stein 48 PK SR y Nick Gasser 60 PK P FR y Hayden Grover 65 LS FR y Michael Buddenberg 88 LS SO y http://www.gozips.com/sports/fball/2015-16/roster December 20, 2016 Terry Bowden Chuck Amato (Associate head coach / defensive coordinator) A. J. Milwee (offensive coordinator / quarterbacks) Jeff Bowden (special teams coordinator / wide receivers) Trent Boykin (Tight Ends / H-Backs) Darrell Funk (offensive line / offensive run game coordinator) Erick Hickson (running backs) Otis Mounds (Cornerbacks / defensive passing game coordinator) Todd Stroud (Defensive Line / Director of Football Strength & Conditioning / recruiting coordinator) Mike Woodford (Safeties) Brett Ekkens (offensive graduate assistant) Tim Hargrett (offensive graduate assistant) Kory Gribbin (defensive graduate assistant) John Hughes (defensive graduate assistant) Ben Murphy (Director of football operations) John Nemec (Director of player personnel) Mark Ouimet (assistant director of football operations) References Akron Category:Akron Zips football seasons Category:Famous Idaho Potato Bowl champion seasons Akron Zips football Category:Long stubs with short prose