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2001 Akron Zips football team

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Head coach
  • (7th season)
CaptainZac Derr, Tim Ritley, Chris Smith, Scott Smith
2001 Mid-American Conference football standings
Div     Conf Overall
Team   W   L         W   L     W   L  
East Division
Marshall x   6 0     8 0     11 2  
Miami (OH)   4 2     6 2     7 5  
Bowling Green   4 2     5 3     8 3  
Kent State   3 3     5 3     6 5  
Akron   3 3     4 4     4 7  
Buffalo   1 5     1 7     3 8  
Ohio   0 6     1 7     1 10  
West Division
No. 23 Toledo xy$   4 1     5 2     10 2  
Northern Illinois x   4 1     4 3     6 5  
Ball State x   4 1     4 3     5 6  
Western Michigan   2 3     4 4     5 6  
Central Michigan   1 4     2 6     3 8  
Eastern Michigan   0 5     1 6     2 9  
Championship: Toledo 41, Marshall 36
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • Due to an unbalanced conference schedule, the team with best division record within each division was awarded that division's championship game berth.
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2001 Air Force Falcons football team represented Akron University in the 2001 NCAA Division I-A football season; they competed in the Mid-American Conference. They were led by seventh–year head coach Lee Owens. The Zips played their home games at the Rubber Bowl in Akron, Ohio. They were outscored by their opponents 281–360 and finished with a record of 4 wins and 7 losses (4–7).

Schedule

August 30Ohio

W 31–29 September 8at No. 22 Ohio State*

L 14–28 September 22at No. 24 Purdue*

L 14–33 September 29Kent State

W 14–10 October 6at Western Michigan

L 14–31 October 13at Miami (OH)

L 27–30 October 20Bowling Green

  • Rubber Bowl
  • Akron, OH

L 11–16 October 27at Marshall

L 33–50 November 3at UCF*

L 17–57 November 17at Buffalo

W 41–14 November 24Eastern Michigan

  • Rubber Bowl
  • Akron, OH

W 65–62 3OT

Template:CFB Schedule End[1]

References

  1. ^ "2001 University of Akron Football" (PDF). Akron Zips football. Retrieved December 11, 2017.