1967 Akron Zips football team

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1967 Akron Zips football
Conference	Independent
Record	4–4–1
Head coach	Gordon K. Larson (7th season)
Captain	Jon Denholm Craig Hartz Charlie Marquess
Home stadium	Rubber Bowl
Seasons ← 1966 1968 →

The 1967 Akron Zips football team represented Akron University in the 1967 NCAA College Division football season as an independent. Led by seventh-year head coach Gordon K. Larson, the Zips played their home games at the Rubber Bowl in Akron, Ohio. They finished the season with a record of 4–4–1 and outscored their opponents 162–155.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 16	at Northern Michigan	Memorial Field Marquette, MI	L 17–34	6,000
September 23	Tampa	Rubber Bowl Akron, OH	W 6–0	38,267
September 30	Quantico Marines	Rubber Bowl Akron, OH	W 20–0	5,700
October 7	Youngstown State	Rubber Bowl Akron, OH (Steel Tire)	W 19–12	4,108
October 21	at Baldwin–Wallace	Berea, OH	T 23–23	8,106
October 28	vs. Bradley	Clifford Stadium Cuyahoga Falls, OH	W 42–12	4,752
November 4	at VMI	Alumni Memorial Field Lexington, VA	L 14–38	4,800	^[1]
November 11	at Wittenberg	Wittenberg Stadium Springfield, OH	L 0–14	4,000
November 18	at Temple	Temple Stadium Philadelphia, PA	L 21–22	5,000	^[2]
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

^ "VMI bombards Zips, 38–14". The Akron Beacon Journal. November 5, 1967. Retrieved January 30, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Chevalier, Jack (November 19, 1967). "Temple Nips Akron on Busch's Kickoff Return, 2-Point Play". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pa. sect. 3, p. 1 – via Newspapers.com. Attendance figure in "Temple Edges Akron, 22-21". Sunday News. Lancaster, Pa. November 19, 1967. p. 47.
^ "Cumulative Football Statistics Report". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved December 15, 2021.
^ "2019 Akron Zips Football Media Guide: Records" (PDF). University of Akron. p. 169. Retrieved May 28, 2020.

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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