2015 Akron Zips football team


The 2015 Akron Zips football team represented the University of Akron in the 2015 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They were led by fourth-year head coach Terry Bowden and played their home games at InfoCision Stadium–Summa Field. They were members of the East Division of the Mid-American Conference. They finished the season 8–5, 5–3 in MAC play to finish in a tie for second place in the East Division. They were invited to the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl, where they defeated Utah State for their first ever bowl victory. This was Akron's fourth bowl appearance. Previous bowl games are: Grantland Rice Bowl 1968, Pioneer Bowl 1976, Motor City Bowl 2005. They made their fifth bowl game appearance in 2017 at the Boca Raton Cheribundi Bowl.

Schedule

Game summaries

at Oklahoma

Pittsburgh

Overall recordLast meetingResult
1–22014AKR, 21–10

Savannah State

at Louisiana–Lafayette

Overall recordLast meetingResult
0–12013ULL, 35–30

Ohio

Overall recordLast meetingResult
12–18–12014OHIO, 23–20

at Eastern Michigan

Overall recordLast meetingResult
18–122014AKR, 31–6

at Bowling Green

Overall recordLast meetingResult
7–142014BGSU, 27–10

Central Michigan

Overall recordLast meetingResult
9–15–12012CMU, 35–14

at Massachusetts

Overall recordLast meetingResult
2–12014AKR, 30–6

at Miami (OH)

Overall recordLast meetingResult
7–16–12014AKR, 29–19

Buffalo

Overall recordLast meetingResult
9–52014BUF, 55–24

Kent State

Overall recordLast meetingResult
31–24–22014KENT, 27–24

Utah State–Famous Idaho Potato Bowl

Roster