2016 Akron Zips season

2016 Akron Zips
Conference	Mid-American Conference East Division
2016 record	2-8 (2-8 MAC)
Head coach	Fever_ful (1st year)
Home stadium	InfoCision Stadium (Capacity: 27,000)
Seasons « 2015 2017 »

2016 MAC football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
Miami (OH) y†		10	–	1					10	–	2
Toledo y		7	–	4					7	–	5
Ohio		7	–	3					7	–	4
Eastern Michigan		6	–	4					6	–	5
Ball State		6	–	4					7	–	4
Western Michigan		4	–	6					4	–	6
Central Michigan		4	–	6					4	–	6
Bowling Green		4	–	6					4	–	6
Kent State		3	–	7					3	–	7
Buffalo		3	–	7					3	–	7
Akron		2	–	8					2	–	8
MAC Championship Game: Miami (OH) 35, Toledo 24
† – Conference champion y – Championship game participant Rankings from Coaches Poll

The 2016 Season was the inaugural season of Akron Zips football, as well as the rest of the MAC. Akron had a paltry start to the year, starting 0-4 before replacing their past head coach with the fresh faced fever_ful. While the team continued to struggle to finish the year, they managed to recruit one of the better classes in the MAC and squeak out a few close wins, most notably defeating rival Kent State University in the final week of the season in the battle for the Wagon Wheel.

Schedule

Week	Opponent	Rank	Location	Result	Record
1	Bye
2	@ Western Michigan		Kalamazoo, MI	7-27	0-1
3	@ Central Michigan		Mount Pleasant, MI	17-37	0-2
4	vs Toledo		Akron, OH	7-28	0-3
5	vs Miami (OH)		Akron, OH	7-38	0-4
6	Bye
7	@ Bowling Green		Kent, OH	14-24	0-5
8	vs Buffalo		Akron, OH	17-3	1-5
9	vs Ohio		Akron, OH	13-21	1-6
10	@ Eastern Michigan		Ypsilanti, MI	14-17	1-7
11	vs Ball State		Akron, OH	7-17	1-8
12	@ Kent State		Kent, OH	13-10	2-8
13	Bye
14	Bye