1942 Akron Zippers football team

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1942 Akron Zippers football
Conference	Independent
Record	0–7–2
Head coach	Otis Douglas (2nd season)
Home stadium	Rubber Bowl
Seasons ← 1941 1946 →

1942 Midwestern college football independents records
v t e	Conf			Overall
Team	W	L	T	W		L		T
Central Michigan		–		6	–	0	–	0
Western Michigan		–		5	–	1	–	0
Cincinnati		–		8	–	2	–	0
Dayton		–		8	–	2	–	0
Marquette		–		7	–	2	–	0
No. 6 Notre Dame		–		7	–	2	–	2
Bowling Green		–		6	–	2	–	1
Ohio		–		5	–	3	–	0
Detroit		–		5	–	4	–	0
Wichita		–		5	–	4	–	0
Michigan State		–		4	–	3	–	2
Michigan State Normal		–		3	–	3	–	1
Ohio Wesleyan		–		4	–	4	–	0
Xavier		–		4	–	5	–	0
Carthage		–		3	–	4	–	0
Miami (OH)		–		3	–	6	–	0
Wayne		–		1	–	6	–	1
Akron		–		0	–	7	–	2

Rankings from AP Poll

The 1942 Akron Zippers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Akron as an independent during the 1942 college football season. In its second and final season under head coach Otis Douglas, the team compiled a 0–7–2 record and was outscored by a total of 186 to 26.^[1]^[2]

Akron was ranked at No. 397 (out of 590 college and military teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1942.^[3]

The team played its home games at the Rubber Bowl in Akron, Ohio.

Following the 1942 season, Douglas left the school for service in the United States Navy's V-5 training program for air cadets.^[4] The suspended its participation in intercollegiate football and did not field another team until 1946.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 18	Western Reserve	Rubber Bowl Akron, OH	L 0–39
September 25	Muskingum	Rubber Bowl Akron, OH	T 7–7
October 2	at Ohio	Ohio Stadium Athens, OH	L 0–39
October 9	Eastern Kentucky	Rubber Bowl Akron, OH	L 0–6
October 16	at Ohio Wesleyan	Delaware, OH	L 7–19
October 31	Baldwin Wallace	Rubber Bowl Akron, OH	L 0–25
November 7	at Wayne	University of Detroit Stadium Detroit, MI	L 6–28	3,500	^[5]
November 14	Kent State	Rubber Bowl Akron, OH (rivalry)	L 6–23
November 26	John Carroll	Rubber Bowl Akron, OH	T 0–0

References

^ "Akron Zips 2017 Football Media Guide" (PDF). University of Akron. p. 160. Retrieved May 10, 2020.
^ "Akron (OH) Yearly Results". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved September 14, 2019.
^ Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 16, 1942). "Litkenhous Rates Georgia No. 1, Ohio State No. 2". Twin City Sentinel. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Eddie Butler (December 8, 1942). "Douglas Leaves Akron U. For Navy". The Akron Beacon Journal. p. 28 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Charles P. Ward (November 8, 1942). "25-6 Victory over Akron Gives Wayne Followers Plenty of Reasons to Cheer". Detroit Free Press. p. 21 – via Newspapers.com.

v t e Akron Zips football
Venues	League Park (c. 1910) Buchtel Field (c. 1915–1939) Rubber Bowl (1940–2008) InfoCision Stadium–Summa Field (2009–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Kent State (Wagon Wheel) Youngstown State (Steel Tire, 1940–1995)
Culture & lore	Zippy "Akron Blue and Gold" Zips Marching Band
People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders
Seasons	1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897–1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904–1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943–1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024

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