The University of Akron’s football head coach, Tom Arth, and men’s golf coach, David Trainor, were featured guests recently on Zips LIVE, a weekly hour-long radio show that covers Zips Athletics.
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By Jordyn Etling, Sports Editor
• September 18, 2018
The Akron Zips football team played Big 10 team Northwestern on Sept. 15, 2018, at Ryan Field in Evanston, Ill.
Leading up to the game, several online sources gave predictions that said Akron would...
By Robert Corts, Sports Contributor
• December 3, 2017
The Mid-American Conference Championship game played on Saturday, Dec. 2 at Ford Field was a season rematch between The University of Akron and the University of Toledo. Unfortunately for the Zips, they...
By Robert Corts, Sports Contributor
• November 22, 2017
The University of Akron football team walked out of InfoCision Stadium on Tuesday night as the Mid-American Conference East Champions following their 24-14 triumph over school rivals Kent State.
Freshman...
A rivalry 94 years in the making, on Nov. 21, The University of Akron and Kent State University will renew their football rivalry in the 60th meeting between the two schools.
The first contest between...
The University of Akron men’s football team looks to finish the regular season at .500 and become eligible to play in a postseason Bowl Game for the second straight season when the team travels south...
The University of Akron football team was able to defeat the Ball State Cardinals 35-25 on Saturday, with a huge second-half rally at Scheumann Stadium.
The Zips’ record now improves to 5-3 overall,...
The University of Akron football team fell to the Wisconsin Badgers on Saturday, Sept. 10, by a score of 54-10 in Madison, Wisconsin.
This loss moved the Zips to 1-1 for the season, snapping UA’s...
The University of Akron Zips’ football team outscored Virginia Military Institute 47-24 in the season opener Saturday evening at Infocision Stadium. The Zips seemed to pick up where they left off last...
Akron wide receiver Andrew Pratt is currently recovering after his housemate mistook him for a burglar and shot him in the stomach on March 19.
Although he is taking time off from classes, the senior...
Senior linebacker Jatavis Brown was named Mid-American Conference (MAC) Defensive Player of the Year on Wednesday, Dec. 2.
Brown has started all 12 games this year and led the Zips with 108 tackles,...
The University of Akron’s football team is riding high on an emotional wave after last weekend’s 35-14 victory over host Louisiana-Lafayette.
Akron (2-2) looks to continue riding that wave as they...
The first female to score points in an NCAA Division I-A football game shared the same fate as many other female college students: she was raped.
On Tuesday, April 21, Katie Hnida came to UA to tell...
In the final week of the Capital One Mascot Challenge Zippy lost to Buzz, the mascot from Georgia Tech and fell to her lowest seating in the tournament, 6th place.
The tournament has now moved on to...
It’s homecoming at The University of Akron, and the five days from Tuesday, Sept. 30 to Saturday, Oct. 4 brings UA students a promise to bring plenty of fun festivities.
David Vale,...
The InfoCision Stadium-Summa Field was nearly packed to the brim on August 2 as the Cleveland Browns held a team scrimmage staring rookie quarterback Johnny Manziel.
Tickets sold out the same day they...
Matthew Balsinger
Every year after the National Football League (NFL) draft, there is a period of signing undrafted free agents who were not drafted during the seven rounds of the regular draft. Though...
Matthew Balsinger
The Akron Zips football team took to the field Saturday afternoon in the annual spring game, where the blue squad defeated the white squad 16-7 at Infocision Stadium.
Redshirt sophomore...
Matthew Balsinger
The University of Akron football team has been hard at work preparing for the spring practice game this Saturday.
The Zips are looking to improve after being a 1-11 team for three consecutive...
Dante Rones
This is the second installment in a series on football recruiting within the Mid-American Conference. The first issue ran on March 9 where Akron was featured. This week features Bowling...
Matthew Balsinger
With those unfamiliar to Akron football, it’s easy to overlook our modest program in lieu of following other state powerhouse programs, such as Ohio State. There may be good reason...
Dante Rones
The Mid-American Conference was dominated by Kent State and Northern Illinois, with both teams undefeated within the conference. Kent State went 11-3 while Northern Illinois went 12-2. The...
Dante Rones
Michael Vick and the Philadelphia Eagles have come to an agreement to restructure his deal. Michael Vick started his NFL career in 2001, playing for the Atlanta Falcons for six seasons when...
Matthew Balsinger
Sports Editor
The 2013 Akron football schedule is nothing short of difficult. Of the 12 teams that the Zips are scheduled to tip off against, nine participated in bowl games this past...
Written by: DJ Johnson
This is not an article preaching at you to attend a football game this fall.
It is not an attempt to claim that a program that has struggled for the past two seasons is now worth...
Written by: Marcus Nicholson
Three weeks later, many in the University of Akron community are still wondering about the odd timing of the August 30th power outage.
Many saw it as a coincidence that the...
By: Christian A. Turner
Chase Blackburn, linebacker for the New York Giants, made a game-changing interception early in the fourth quarter of Sunday’s game, propelling the Giants toward their fourth...
The University of Akron football program announced the 21 members of the 2012 recruiting class Wednesday night.
The class included student athletes from several different states, though the most (10) come from Ohio. Other states include Florida (six), Pennsylvania (two), Michigan (one), New Jersey (one) and West Virginia (one).
As the spring semester gets into full swing, the weather is getting bitter and tank tops, shorts and flip-flops are replaced by hoodies, sweatpants and Ugg boots.
And just like the nice weather, the NFL football season is coming to a drastic close. In a season full of record-breaking quarterback play, none has made more of a splash than Tim Tebow.
As a loyal ESPN watcher, no quarterback in the NFL has made more news since week six than Tebow. After putting up an 8-5 record as a starting quarterback for a team that was 1-4 before his first start, winning the AFC West and winning a playoff game, many could say that he has proved himself worthy of being able to play the position. That issue is still up for debate.
After a 49-point loss to Western Michigan Friday, the Akron football program finds themselves in a similar spot to last year.
The 68-19 loss caps off another one-win season for the Zips (1-11, 0-8 MAC), as UA failed to come away with a victory in the final eight weeks of the season.
After a 2-22 overall record in two seasons at The University of Akron, Director of Athletics Tom Wistrcill announced Saturday that Rob Ianello will not return as head coach of the football team.
Both the Akron and Buffalo football programs have not won a game in over a month.
That will change Saturday afternoon when the two teams meet at University of Buffalo Stadium looking for a much needed win.
“We have a two-game season,” said Akron Head Coach Rob Ianello. “We have seniors we want to send out in the right way.”
For Head Coach Darrell Hazell and the Kent State football program, Saturday ended in a similar fashion to its start, with possession of the Wagon Wheel.
The Golden Flashes dominated a demoralized Akron team en route to 35-3 win, earning their second straight victory over the Zips and first win in Akron since 2003.
“Today we had a tremendous performance in all three phases,” Hazell said. “We just keep scraping.”
The 2011 seasons for the Akron and Kent State football programs have strayed far from preseason expectations, as they have combined for four wins and 14 losses this year.
The two teams will meet Saturday in their annual rivalry game, looking to shed some kind of light on otherwise forgettable seasons.
A heavy rain fell on the field of Yager Stadium last Thursday night.
The ensuing game between the Akron and Miami (Ohio) football teams followed a similar pattern as the downpour that continued to soak the field. The Zips (1-8, 0-5 MAC) could not stop the continuous offensive flow of the RedHawks (4-5, 3-2 MAC), who coasted to a 35-3 win.
Around this time last season, Zips redshirt freshman running back Jawon Chisholm strolled the sidelines at Infocision Stadium-Summa Field.
In Chisholm’s first season he witnessed the running back tandem of Alex Allen and Nate Burney rush for over 1,361 yards and eight touchdowns.
A roaring fourth quarter comeback for The University of Akron football team looked to be complete after a touchdown pass as time expired cut Central Michigan’s lead to 23-22. Then, the Zips went for two.
Going for the win in the regulation, quarterback Clayton Moore sailed a pass over the outstretched arm of wideout A.J. Price, as the Zips’ hopes to win fell as quickly as they had come.
The Akron and Central Michigan football teams have a combined three wins on the season. The two teams will meet Saturday at InfoCision Stadium.
The Zips (1-6, 0-3 MAC) will host the Chippewas (2-6, 1-3 MAC) as both teams look to end three-game skids and pick up their first win in nearly a month.
The University of Akron football team will return to the field for the first time in two weeks as they welcome Ohio University to InfoCision Stadium Saturday afternoon.
The Zips (1-5, 0-2 MAC) are coming off their bye week and on a two-game skid, matched by the Bobcats’ (4-3, 1-2 MAC) two straight losses to Buffalo and Ball State.
The University of Akron fell 27-17 to Florida International University in Saturday’s Homecoming football game.
The loss, Akron’s last non-league contest of the year, drops the Zips to 1-5 as FIU moves to 4-2 on the year.
"We don’t take any consolation in not winning,” Akron Head Coach Rob Ianello said. “We do take consolation in the fact that we are moving in the right direction.”
Despite a second-half touchdown run and pass by running back Jawon Chisholm, The University of Akron football team fell to Eastern Michigan Saturday 31-23 in Ypsilanti, Mich.
Chisholm’s third straight 100-yard day was not enough for the Zips to pull of what could have been their first road victory in nearly three years.
Akron (1-4, 0-2 MAC) was able to pull within a possession of Eastern Michigan (3-2, 1-0 MAC) with 3:18 to play but was unable to put the ball in the endzone on their final drive of the game.
The University of Akron football team earned its first victory of the season Saturday afternoon, defeating Virginia Military Institute 36-13.
After failing to score a touchdown through the first 11 quarters of the season, the Zips’ offense exploded for five scores en route to the win.
By: DJ Johnson
Seven different UC players found the end zone through two quarters, eight for the game, as it took Akron until there was 13:37 left in the fourth quarter to score their first touchdown...
By: Chris Coon
On Wednesday the Zips announced the non-conference football schedule for the next five years, with games that will be against Bowl Championship Series programs, such as Michigan, Notre...
By: DJ Johnson
The Akron Zips football team (0-2) heads to Nippert Stadium Saturday afternoon to take on the Cincinnati Bearcats (1-1).
Cincinnati, coming out of the Big East Conference, will look to...
By: DJ Johnson
Rob Ianello and The University of Akron football team will have to wait at least another week to get their first win of the 2011 season.
A 41-3 thumping by Temple Saturday night coupled...
By: DJ Johnson
The football programs of The University of Akron and Temple University are in two different places.
The Zips, 0-1 coming off a 1-11 season, aspire to build a program like the Owls, 1-0...
By: DJ Johnson
Any optimism Head Coach Rob Ianello and The University of Akron football team had prior to their showdown with Ohio State was put to rest Saturday afternoon following a 42-0 loss to the...
By Daniel Johnson
It took until Nov. 26 of last season, the final game of Head Coach Rob Ianello’s debut season with The University of Akron, for the Zips to earn their first and only victory.
Fast...
