# 2015 Akron Zips football team

The 2015 Akron Zips football team represented the University of Akron in the 2015 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They were led by fourth-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 8–5, 5–3 in MAC play to finish in a tie for second place in the East Division. They were invited to the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl, where they defeated Utah State for their first ever bowl victory. This was Akron's fourth bowl appearance. Previous bowl games are: Grantland Rice Bowl 1968, Pioneer Bowl 1976, Motor City Bowl 2005. They made their fifth bowl game appearance in 2017 at the Boca Raton Cheribundi Bowl.

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| September 5 | 7:00 p.m. | at No. 19 Oklahoma* | Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial StadiumNorman, OK | FSN PPV | L 3–41 | 85,370 |
| September 12 | 6:00 p.m. | Pittsburgh* | InfoCision StadiumAkron, OH | ESPN3 | L 7–24 | 23,425 |
| September 19 | Noon | Savannah State* | InfoCision StadiumAkron, OH | ESPN3 | W 52–9 | 16,763 |
| September 26 | 7:00 p.m. | at Louisiana–Lafayette* | Cajun FieldLafayette, LA | ESPN3 | W 35–14 | 24,679 |
| October 3 | 2:00 p.m. | Ohio | InfoCision StadiumAkron, OH | ESPN3 | L 12–14 | 17,301 |
| October 10 | 3:00 p.m. | at Eastern Michigan | Rynearson StadiumYpsilanti, MI | ESPN3 | W 47–21 | 5,638 |
| October 17 | 3:00 p.m. | at Bowling Green | Doyt Perry StadiumBowling Green, OH | ESPN3 | L 10–59 | 20,021 |
| October 31 | 2:00 p.m. | Central Michigan | InfoCision StadiumAkron, OH | ESPN3 | L 6–14 | 18,981 |
| November 7 | Noon | at UMass | Gillette StadiumFoxboro, MA | CBSSN | W 17–13 | 6,228 |
| November 14 | Noon | at Miami (OH) | Yager StadiumOxford, OH | ESPN3 | W 37–28 | 15,629 |
| November 21 | 3:30 p.m. | Buffalo | InfoCision StadiumAkron, OH | CBSSN | W 42–21 | 15,727 |
| November 28 | Noon | Kent State | InfoCision StadiumAkron, OH (Wagon Wheel) | ASN | W 20–0 | 16,391 |
| December 22 | 3:30 p.m. | vs. Utah State* | Albertsons StadiumBoise, ID (Famous Idaho Potato Bowl) | ESPN | W 23–21 | 18,876 |
| *Non-conference gameHomecomingRankings from AP Poll released prior to the gameAll times are in Eastern time |||||||

## Game summaries
### At Oklahoma

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Zips | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| #19 Sooners | 3 | 14 | 21 | 3 | 41 |

### Pittsburgh

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Panthers | 3 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 24 |
| Zips | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |

### Savannah State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Tigers | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Zips | 7 | 21 | 10 | 14 | 52 |

### At Louisiana–Lafayette

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Zips | 7 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 35 |
| Ragin' Cajuns | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 14 |

### Ohio

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Bobcats | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| Zips | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 |

### At Eastern Michigan

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Zips | 14 | 26 | 7 | 0 | 47 |
| Eagles | 7 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 21 |

### At Bowling Green

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Zips | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Falcons | 7 | 21 | 21 | 10 | 59 |

### Central Michigan

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Chippewas | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
| Zips | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |

### At Massachusetts

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Zips | 7 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 17 |
| Minutemen | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 13 |

### At Miami (OH)

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Zips | 14 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 37 |
| RedHawks | 7 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 28 |

### Buffalo

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Bulls | 0 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 21 |
| Zips | 14 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 42 |

### Kent State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Golden Flashes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Zips | 7 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 20 |

### Utah State–Famous Idaho Potato Bowl

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Zips | 7 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 23 |
| Aggies | 0 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 |