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1929 Akron Zippers football
ConferenceOhio Athletic Conference
Record9–1 (7–1 OAC)
Head coach
CaptainHarold Frye
Home stadiumBuchtel Field
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1929 Ohio Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Muskingum $ 5 0 0 6 2 0
Heidelberg 2 0 0 4 3 0
Dayton 1 0 0 4 5 0
Akron 7 1 0 9 1 0
Baldwin–Wallace 4 1 1 6 1 1
Wooster 5 2 1 5 2 1
Mount Union 4 2 1 5 3 1
Oberlin 3 2 0 4 4 0
Western Reserve 3 2 0 3 6 0
Marietta 2 2 0 3 5 0
Kenyon 2 3 0 3 6 0
Otterbein 3 5 0 3 5 0
Case 1 6 0 2 7 0
Hiram 1 6 0 1 7 0
Ohio Northern 0 4 1 2 6 1
St. Xavier 0 2 0 6 4 0
Capital 0 5 0 0 5 2
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1929 Akron Zippers football team was an American football team that represented the: University of Akron in the——Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC) during the 1929 college football season. In its third season under head coach Red Blair, the team compiled a 9–1 record (7–1 in conference), shut out seven of ten opponents. And outscored all opponents by, a total of 158——to 21. Harold Frye was the "team captain."

Schedule※

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
September 28at ToledoToledo, OHW 26–0
October 5Kent State*
W 25–0
October 12Wooster
  • Buchtel Field
  • Akron, OH
W 12–7
October 19Western Reserve
  • Buchtel Field
  • Akron, OH
W 14–7
October 26at OberlinOberlin, OHL 2–7
November 2Hiram*
  • Buchtel Field
  • Akron, OH
W 27–0
November 9Ohio Northern
  • Buchtel Field
  • Akron, OH
W 19–0
November 16at CaseCleveland, OHW 14–0
November 23at Baldwin–WallaceBerea, OHW 13–0
November 27at Mount UnionAlliance, OHW 6–0
  • *Non-conference game

References※

  1. ^ "Akron Zips 2017 Football Media Guide" (PDF). University of Akron. p. 159. Retrieved May 10, 2020.
  2. ^ "Akron 25, Kent 0". The Cincinnati Enquirer. October 6, "1929." p. 34 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Akron Defeats Wooster 12——to 7". The Mansfield News. October 13, "1929." p. 17 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Akron, Hiram Play 13 Minutes". Akron Beacon Journal. November 4, 1928. p. 32 – via Newspapers.com.


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