2016 Akron Zips football team

The 2016 Akron Zips football team represented the University of Akron in the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They were led by fifth-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 5–7, 3–5 in MAC play to finish in a tie for third place in the East Division.

2016 Akron Zips football
Conference	Mid-American Conference
Division	East Division
Record	5–7 (3–5 MAC)
Head coach	Terry Bowden (5th season)
Offensive coordinator	A. J. Milwee (4th season)
Defensive coordinator	Chuck Amato (5th season)
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	InfoCision Stadium–Summa Field

2016 Mid-American Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
East Division
Ohio xy		6	–	2					8	–	6
Miami (OH) x		6	–	2					6	–	7
Akron		3	–	5					5	–	7
Bowling Green		3	–	5					4	–	8
Kent State		2	–	6					3	–	9
Buffalo		1	–	7					2	–	10
West Division
No. 15 Western Michigan xy$		8	–	0					13	–	1
Toledo		6	–	2					9	–	4
Northern Illinois		5	–	3					5	–	7
Eastern Michigan		4	–	4					7	–	6
Central Michigan		3	–	5					6	–	7
Ball State		1	–	7					4	–	8
Championship: Western Michigan 29, Ohio 23
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 3	6:30 p.m.	VMI*	InfoCision Stadium Akron, OH	ESPN3	W 47–24	11,061
September 10	3:30 pm	at No. 10 Wisconsin*	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI	BTN	L 10–54	77,331
September 17	Noon	at Marshall*	Joan C. Edwards Stadium Huntington, WV	CBSSN	W 65–38	24,258
September 24	3:30 p.m.	Appalachian State*	InfoCision Stadium Akron, OH	ASN	L 38–45	15,381
October 1	3:30 p.m.	at Kent State	Dix Stadium Kent, OH (Wagon Wheel)	ESPN3	W 31–27	20,167
October 8	3:00 p.m.	Miami (OH)	InfoCision Stadium Akron, OH	ESPN3	W 35–13	11,094
October 15	3:30 p.m.	No. 24 Western Michigan	InfoCision Stadium Akron, OH	CBSSN	L 0–41	11,321
October 22	3:00 p.m.	at Ball State	Scheumann Stadium Muncie, IN	ESPN3	W 35–25	10,739
October 27	7:30 p.m.	at Buffalo	UB Stadium Amherst, NY	BCSN	L 20–41	15,012
November 2	7:30 p.m.	Toledo	InfoCision Stadium Akron, OH	ESPN2	L 17–48	6,559
November 9	8:00 p.m.	Bowling Green	InfoCision Stadium Akron, OH	ESPNU	L 28–38	6,605
November 22	7:00 p.m.	at Ohio	Peden Stadium Athens, OH	ESPNU	L 3–9	18,025
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Game summaries

VMI

	1	2	3	4	Total
Keydets	7	3	14	0	24
Zips	12	7	7	21	47

See also: 2016 VMI Keydets football team

At Wisconsin

	1	2	3	4	Total
Zips	0	10	0	0	10
#10 Badgers	9	21	10	14	54

See also: 2016 Wisconsin Badgers football team

At Marshall

	1	2	3	4	Total
Zips	7	34	7	17	65
Thundering Herd	21	0	10	7	38

See also: 2016 Marshall Thundering Herd football team

Appalachian State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Mountaineers	10	21	7	7	45
Zips	0	14	10	14	38

See also: 2016 Appalachian State Mountaineers football team

At Kent State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Zips	3	7	7	14	31
Golden Flashes	7	10	0	10	27

See also: 2016 Kent State Golden Flashes football team and Wagon Wheel (trophy)

Miami (OH)

	1	2	3	4	Total
RedHawks	3	3	7	0	13
Zips	14	7	7	7	35

See also: 2016 Miami RedHawks football team

Western Michigan

	1	2	3	4	Total
#24 Broncos	14	13	7	7	41
Zips	0	0	0	0	0

See also: 2016 Western Michigan Broncos football team

At Ball State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Zips	0	7	14	14	35
Cardinals	7	10	0	8	25

See also: 2016 Ball State Cardinals football team

At Buffalo

	1	2	3	4	Total
Zips	3	7	3	7	20
Bulls	3	17	0	21	41

See also: 2016 Buffalo Bulls football team

Toledo

	1	2	3	4	Total
Rockets	3	17	14	14	48
Zips	10	0	7	0	17

See also: 2016 Toledo Rockets football team

Bowling Green

	1	2	3	4	Total
Falcons	7	14	7	10	38
Zips	0	10	10	8	28

See also: 2016 Bowling Green Falcons football team

At Ohio

	1	2	3	4	Total
Zips	0	0	3	0	3
Bobcats	0	6	0	3	9

See also: 2016 Ohio Bobcats football team

Roster

2016 Akron Zips football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class QB 1 Kato Nelson Fr WR 2 Tyrell Goodman  Sr WR 3 Kwadarrius Smith So QB 4 Tommy Woodson  Jr QB 5 Tra'Von Chapman  Jr WR 7 Jerome Lane  Jr WR 8 Kevin Gladney  Jr WR 9 JoJo Natson  Sr TE 10 Mykel Traylor-Bennett  Jr QB 10 Clayton Uecker  Jr WR 11 A. J. Coney  Jr WR 12 Imani Davis Sr WR 13 Fransohn Bickley  Jr QB 15 Matthew Hoyer  Sr ATH 16 Jaquavis Dixon  Fr WR 17 Anthony Young Jr WR 19 Anthony Lauro  So WR 21 Michael Means  Sr RB 23 Van Edwards So RB 25 Denzel Jones  Sr RB 28 Manny Morgan  Jr RB 30 Chuck Turfe  Fr RB 34 Warren Ball  Sr TE 35 Newman Williams  So WR 36 Isaiah Rainey-Nix  So WR 38 Ibrahim Mohammed  Sr WR 39 Jason Grossman Fr FB 43 Christian Allen  Sr TE 45 Brandon Junk  Fr WR 48 Darian Williams  Sr OL 50 Undrea Bullard  So OL, TE 52 LaVonne Gauthney  Jr OL 56 Brandon Council Fr OL 57 Stephen Ericksen  Jr OL 59 Trevor Brown Fr OL 60 Josh Snow Fr OL 63 Nick Fazio  So OL 66 Kyle Ritz  So OL 68 Andrew Siegman Fr OL 69 Ryan Kortokrax  Jr OL 72 Logan Tuley-Tillman  Jr OL 73 Jonathan Neeley Fr OL 74 Xavier Quigley  Jr OL 75 Jovann Letuli Jr OL 76 Rich Kallay  Fr OL 77 Cedric McCoy  Jr OL 78 Austin Sample Fr OL 79 Montel Jordan Fr WR 80 Bryce Dixon Fr WR 81 Brandon Mitchell  So WR 82 Austin Wolf  Jr TE 83 Michael Kish  Jr TE 84 Avery Cagle  Fr WR 85 Freddie Simmons  Fr	Defense Pos. # Name Class CB 1 Alvin Davis Fr DB 2 Larry Hope Sr LB 2 James King (I) So LB 3 DeMarkus Glover Fr DL 4 Davon'te Jest Fr LB 5 Ulysees Gilbert III So CB 6 DeAndre Scott  Sr DL 8 Darius Copeland  Jr LB 9 Jamal Davis  So LB 10 Brian Bell So LB 11 John Rachal  Sr CB 12 Kyron Brown  Fr DL 13 Christopher Spruill  Sr S 14 James Turner  Sr S 15 Cory Morrow  Sr LB 16 DeMarcus Lloyd Jr DB 17 Bryce Jones  Sr S 18 Tyler Gilchrist Fr ATH 19 Vince Lockett  Fr DE 19 Daumantuas Venckus  Sr DE 20 Shawn Featherstone  So DB 21 Michael Butler  Sr CB 22 Mikee Hayes  Jr DB 23 Nathan Bischof  So DB 24 Jordan George  So LB 25 Travonte Junius So CB 26 Darian Dailey  So CB 28 Mark Ellis  Fr S 31 Jamal Baggett  So S 32 Zach Guiser  Jr DL 34 Jamal Marcus  Sr DB 38 Denzel Butler (I) So LB 40 John Lako  Fr LB 42 Youssef Barakat  Fr LB 42 Andrew Hauser  Jr DB 46 Zachary Sweat  Sr DL 50 Brock Boxen So S 51 Devon Jones  Fr LB 52 Josh Ward  Fr LB 55 Tony Jones Jr DE 56 Deon'Tae Moore  Jr DL 65 Andy Jean-Baptiste  Fr DL 90 Se'Von Pittman  Sr DL 91 Ibrahima Camara Jr DL 94 Brian Reinke  So DL 97 Brennan Williams  So DL 99 Jelani Hamilton  Sr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class PK 37 Tom O'Leary  So PK 39 Zach Gingerich  Jr P 41 Kyle Foster  So PK, P 44 Jon Semerene Jr PK, P 47 Jerry Fitschen Fr PK, P 49 James Fonseca  So PK, P 60 Nick Gasser  So LS 65 Hayden Grover  So LS 88 Michael Buddenberg  Jr	Head coach Terry Bowden Coordinators/assistant coaches Chuck Amato (Associate head coach / defensive coordinator) Todd Stroud (assistant head coach / defensive line / recruiting coordinator) A. J. Milwee (offensive coordinator / quarterbacks) Jeff Bowden (special teams coordinator / wide receivers) Trent Boykin (Tight Ends / H-Backs) Brett Ekkens (offensive line) Erick Hickson (running backs) Otis Mounds (Cornerbacks / defensive passing game coordinator) Mike Woodford (Safeties) Hunter Bowden (offensive graduate assistant) Tim Hargrett (offensive graduate assistant) Kory Gribbin (defensive graduate assistant) Nick Verna (defensive graduate assistant) Ben Murphy (Director of football operations) John Nemec (Director of player personnel) Mark Ouimet (assistant director of football operations) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster Last update: December 21, 2016