# 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.

## Schedule

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

### At Wisconsin

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

### At Marshall

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

### Appalachian State

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

### At Kent State

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

### Miami (OH)

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

### Western Michigan

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

### At Ball State

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

### At Buffalo

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

### Toledo

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

### Bowling Green

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

### At Ohio

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