1954 Akron Zips football team

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1954 Ohio Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Heidelberg
$
5 0 1 7 1 1
Muskingum
5 1 1 6 2 1
Denison
5 2 0 6 2 1
Ohio Wesleyan
4 2 0 7 2 0
Capital
4 2 0 6 2 0
Wooster
4 3 0 6 3 0
Wittenberg 4 4 0 4 5 0
Akron 3 4 0 3 5 0
Oberlin 2 3 0 2 5 1
Otterbein
2 4 0 2 6 0
Marietta
1 3 1 4 3 1
Hiram
1 3 1 2 4 1
Mount Union 1 6 0 2 7 0
Kenyon
0 4 0 0 7 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1954 Akron Zips football team was an American football team that represented the University of Akron in the Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC) during the 1954 college football season. In its first season under head coach Joe McMullen, the team compiled a 3–5 record (3-4 against OAC opponents). John Cistone and Mario Rossi were the team captains.[1] The team played its home games at the Rubber Bowl in Akron, Ohio.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 25WittenbergL 7–1223,769[2]
October 2at
Ohio Wesleyan
Delaware, OHW 30–27[3]
October 9
Otterbein
  • Rubber Bowl
  • Akron, OH
W 27–05,337[4]
October 16at Mount UnionAlliance, OHW 19–0[5]
October 23at
Denison
Granville, OHL 26–35[6]
October 30
Wooster
  • Rubber Bowl
  • Akron, OH
L 27–28[7]
November 6Kent State*
L 18–58[8]
November 13
Heidelberg
  • Rubber Bowl
  • Akron, OH
L 15–53[9]
  • *Non-conference game

References

  1. ^ "Akron Zips 2017 Football Media Guide" (PDF). University of Akron. p. 160. Retrieved May 10, 2020.
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