1928 Akron Zippers football team

1928 Akron Zippers football
Conference	Ohio Athletic Conference
Record	5–4 (3–4 OAC)
Head coach	Red Blair (2nd season)
Captain	John Mahoney
Home stadium	Buchtel Field

1928 Ohio Athletic Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Heidelberg $	6	–	0	–	1			6	–	0	–	1
Mount Union	4	–	2	–	0			4	–	5	–	0
Muskingum	4	–	2	–	1			4	–	4	–	1
Oberlin	3	–	2	–	1			4	–	3	–	1
Wooster	2	–	2	–	2			2	–	4	–	2
Akron	3	–	4	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
Hiram	3	–	4	–	0			4	–	4	–	0
Otterbein	3	–	4	–	0			3	–	5	–	0
Ohio Northern	2	–	3	–	0			2	–	6	–	1
Case	1	–	4	–	1			2	–	6	–	1
Capital	1	–	5	–	0			1	–	6	–	1
St. Xavier	0	–	1	–	0			7	–	2	–	0
Baldwin–Wallace	0	–	8	–	0			0	–	8	–	0
Kenyon	0	–	5	–	0			0	–	7	–	0
Western Reserve *	8	–	0	–	0			8	–	0	–	0
Marietta *	4	–	0	–	0			4	–	2	–	1
Dayton *	2	–	0	–	0			6	–	3	–	0
$ – Conference champion * – did not compete for championship

The 1928 Akron Zippers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Akron in the Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC) during the 1928 college football season. In its second season under head coach Red Blair, the team compiled a 5–4 record (3–4 against conference opponents) and outscored all opponents by a total of 158 to 94. John Mahoney was the team captain.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
October 6	Oberlin	Buchtel Field Akron, OH	L 7–13
October 13	at Hiram*	Hiram, OH	W 58–0
October 20	Kent State*	Buchtel Field Akron, OH	W 8–6
October 27	Muskingum	Buchtel Field Akron, OH	L 0–12
November 3	at Western Reserve	Van Horn Field Cleveland, OH	L 7–36
November 10	Baldwin–Wallace	Buchtel Field Akron, OH	W 52–6
	Ohio State reserves*	Buchtel Field Akron, OH	W 13–0
November 17	at Wooster	Wooster, OH	L 7–21
November 24	at Mount Union	Buchtel Field Akron, OH	W 6–0
*Non-conference game