The 2019 Zips lost every single game on their schedule, finished with an 0–12 overall record and an 0–8 record in MAC play, and were outscored by their opponents by a total of 435 to 126. They finished in last place in the conference's East Division. CBS Sports rated Akron dead last, at 130th, in their season's-end ranking of all 130 FBS teams.[1] The Zips were the only Division I FBS team to go winless in the 2019 season.
Following the firing of seven-year head coach Terry Bowden at the end of the 2018 season, Akron announced the hiring of Tom Arth on December 14, 2018.[2] Arth had spent the previous two seasons as the head coach at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, leading them to records of 3–8 and 6–5 in 2017 and 2018, respectively. Before Chattanooga, he was the head coach at John Carroll University, where he led the team to an upset victory over No. 1 Mount Union to claim an Ohio Athletic Conference title in 2016 and was named D3football.com Coach of the Year.
Tom Arth announced the members of his coaching staff in January and March 2019.[3][4] Among them were defensive coordinator Matt Feeney and offensive coordinator Tommy Zagorski, who both served in the same roles on Arth's staff at Chattanooga.
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The MAC released their preseason media poll on July 23, 2019, with the Zips predicted to finish in fifth place in the East Division.[5]
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The 2019 Akron Zips football team represented the University of Akron during the 2019 NCAA Division I FBS football season The Zips were led by first year head coach Tom Arth and played their home games at InfoCision Stadium in Akron Ohio They competed as members of the East Division of the Mid American Conference MAC 2019 Akron Zips footballConferenceMid American ConferenceDivisionEast DivisionRecord0 12 0 8 MAC Head coachTom Arth 1st season Offensive coordinatorTommy Zagorski 1st season Offensive schemePro styleDefensive coordinatorMatt Feeney 1st season Base defense3 4Home stadiumInfoCision Stadium Summa FieldSeasons 20182020 2019 Mid American Conference football standings vte Conf OverallTeam W L W L East DivisionMiami OH x 6 2 8 6 Ohio 5 3 7 6 Buffalo 5 3 8 5 Kent State 5 3 7 6 Bowling Green 2 6 3 9 Akron 0 8 0 12 West DivisionCentral Michigan x 6 2 8 6 Western Michigan 5 3 7 6 Ball State 4 4 5 7 Northern Illinois 4 4 5 7 Toledo 3 5 6 6 Eastern Michigan 3 5 6 7 Championship Miami 26 Central Michigan 21 Conference championx Division champion co championsThe 2019 Zips lost every single game on their schedule finished with an 0 12 overall record and an 0 8 record in MAC play and were outscored by their opponents by a total of 435 to 126 They finished in last place in the conference s East Division CBS Sports rated Akron dead last at 130th in their season s end ranking of all 130 FBS teams 1 The Zips were the only Division I FBS team to go winless in the 2019 season Contents 1 Preseason 1 1 Coaching changes 1 2 MAC media poll 2 Schedule 3 Personnel 3 1 Coaching staff 4 Game summaries 4 1 At Illinois 4 2 UAB 4 3 At Central Michigan 4 4 Troy 4 5 At UMass 4 6 Kent State 4 7 Buffalo 4 8 At Northern Illinois 4 9 At Bowling Green 4 10 Eastern Michigan 4 11 At Miami OH 4 12 Ohio 5 ReferencesPreseason editCoaching changes edit Following the firing of seven year head coach Terry Bowden at the end of the 2018 season Akron announced the hiring of Tom Arth on December 14 2018 2 Arth had spent the previous two seasons as the head coach at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga leading them to records of 3 8 and 6 5 in 2017 and 2018 respectively Before Chattanooga he was the head coach at John Carroll University where he led the team to an upset victory over No 1 Mount Union to claim an Ohio Athletic Conference title in 2016 and was named D3football com Coach of the Year Tom Arth announced the members of his coaching staff in January and March 2019 3 4 Among them were defensive coordinator Matt Feeney and offensive coordinator Tommy Zagorski who both served in the same roles on Arth s staff at Chattanooga MAC media poll edit The MAC released their preseason media poll on July 23 2019 with the Zips predicted to finish in fifth place in the East Division 5 East DivisionPredicted finish Team Votes 1st place 1 Ohio 144 24 2 Miami 1073 Buffalo 1004 Kent State 625 Akron 546 Bowling Green 37Schedule editAkron s non conference slate will consist of home games against UAB of Conference USA and Troy of the Sun Belt Conference and road games against Illinois of the Big Ten Conference and UMass a football independent In Mid American Conference play the Zips hosted Kent State Buffalo Eastern Michigan and Ohio and traveled to Central Michigan Northern Illinois Bowling Green and Miami They did not play West Division members Ball State Toledo or Western Michigan DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendanceAugust 31Noonat Illinois Memorial StadiumChampaign ILBTNL 3 4230 654September 7NoonUAB InfoCision StadiumAkron OHCBSSNL 20 3118 972September 143 00 p m at Central MichiganKelly Shorts StadiumMount Pleasant MIESPN L 24 4518 641September 213 00 p m Troy InfoCision StadiumAkron OHESPN L 7 3516 954September 283 30 p m at UMass Warren McGuirk Alumni StadiumHadley MAFloSportsL 29 377 284October 123 30 p m Kent State nbsp InfoCision StadiumAkron OH Wagon Wheel ESPN3L 3 2622 692October 193 00 p m BuffaloInfoCision StadiumAkron OHESPN3L 0 2116 909October 263 30 p m at Northern IllinoisHuskie StadiumDeKalb ILESPN3L 0 499 027November 22 00 p m at Bowling GreenDoyt Perry StadiumBowling Green OHESPN L 6 3512 113November 126 00 p m Eastern MichiganInfoCision StadiumAkron OHESPNewsL 14 4210 811November 207 30 p m at Miami OH Yager StadiumOxford OHESPNUL 17 2022 921November 266 00 p m OhioInfoCision StadiumAkron OHESPN L 3 5221 414 Non conference game nbsp HomecomingRankings from AP Poll and CFP Rankings after November 5 released prior to gameAll times are in Eastern timeSource 6 Personnel editCoaching staff edit 7 Tom Arth Head coach Matt Feeney Defensive Coordinator Inside Linebackers Tommy Zagorski Offensive coordinator Offensive Line Brian Cochran Defensive Line Chris Cook Tight ends Offensive Tackles Jonathan Cooley Defensive Backs Corners amp Nickels Jayden Everett Running Backs Shelton Felton Outside Linebackers Defensive Ends Bryan Gasser Pass Game Coordinator Wide Receivers Chris Hurd Special Teams Fullbacks Halfbacks Oscar Rodriguez Secondary SafetiesGame summaries editAt Illinois edit 1 2 3 4 TotalZips 3 0 0 0 3Fighting Illini 14 14 14 0 42See also 2019 Illinois Fighting Illini football team UAB edit 1 2 3 4 TotalBlazers 7 10 14 0 31Zips 6 0 0 14 20See also 2019 UAB Blazers football team At Central Michigan edit 1 2 3 4 TotalZips 0 10 0 14 24Chippewas 3 24 3 15 45See also 2019 Central Michigan Chippewas football team Troy edit 1 2 3 4 TotalTrojans 7 14 14 0 35Zips 7 0 0 0 7See also 2019 Troy Trojans football team At UMass edit 1 2 3 4 TotalZips 7 7 7 8 29Minutemen 7 13 14 3 37See also 2019 UMass Minutemen football team Kent State edit 1 2 3 4 TotalGolden Flashes 7 10 0 9 26Zips 0 3 0 0 3See also 2019 Kent State Golden Flashes football team Buffalo edit 1 2 3 4 TotalBulls 7 0 7 7 21Zips 0 0 0 0 0See also 2019 Buffalo Bulls football team At Northern Illinois edit 1 2 3 4 TotalZips 0 0 0 0 0Huskies 7 14 14 14 49See also 2019 Northern Illinois Huskies football team At Bowling Green edit 1 2 3 4 TotalZips 6 0 0 0 6Falcons 7 14 7 7 35See also 2019 Bowling Green Falcons football team Eastern Michigan edit 1 2 3 4 TotalEagles 7 14 14 7 42Zips 0 0 7 7 14See also 2019 Eastern Michigan Eagles football team At Miami OH edit 1 2 3 4 TotalZips 0 3 7 7 17RedHawks 3 14 3 0 20See also 2019 Miami RedHawks football team Ohio edit 1 2 3 4 TotalBobcats 14 17 7 14 52Zips 3 0 0 0 3See also 2019 Ohio Bobcats football teamReferences edit College Football Rankings 2019 CBS Sports 130 CBS Sports December 2019 Retrieved December 25 2019 Caron Emily December 14 2018 UT Chattanooga s Tom Arth Named Akron Football Coach Sports Illustrated Akron Football Adds Assistant Coaches Staff GoZips com University of Akron January 9 2019 Arth Completes Akron Football Staff GoZips com University of Akron March 8 2019 MAC Announces 2019 Preseason Football Poll getsomemaction com Retrieved August 2 2019 2019 Akron Football Schedule FBSchedules com Retrieved March 13 2019 Football Coaches University of Akron Athletics Archived from 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