2020 Akron Zips football team

2020 Akron Zips football
ConferenceMid-American Conference
DivisionEast Division
Record1–5 (1–5 MAC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorTommy Zagorski (2nd season)
Co-offensive coordinatorBryan Gasser (2nd season)
Offensive schemePro-style
Defensive coordinatorMatt Feeney (2nd season)
Base defense3–4
Home stadiumInfoCision Stadium–Summa Field
2020 Mid-American Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
East Division
No. 25 Buffalo xy   5 – 0     6 – 1  
Kent State   3 – 1     3 – 1  
Ohio   2 – 1     2 – 1  
Miami (OH)   2 – 1     2 – 1  
  1 – 5     1 – 5  
Bowling Green   0 – 5     0 – 5  
West Division
No. 23 Ball State xy$   5 – 1     7 – 1  
Western Michigan   4 – 2     4 – 2  
Toledo   4 – 2     4 – 2  
Central Michigan   3 – 3     3 – 3  
Eastern Michigan   2 – 4     2 – 4  
Northern Illinois   0 – 6     0 – 6  
Championship: Ball State 38, Buffalo 28
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • y – Championship game participant
  • Note: Due to COVID-19, the Mid-American suspended the season on August 8, but later decided to begin play on November 4.[1]
Rankings from AP Poll.

The 2020 Akron Zips football team represented the University of Akron during the 2020 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Zips were led by second-year head coach Tom Arth and played their home games at InfoCision Stadium in Akron, Ohio. They competed as members of the East Division of the Mid-American Conference (MAC). In their fifth game, the Zips defeated Bowling Green, 31–3, to break their 21-game losing streak dating back to the 2018 season.[2]

Schedule

Akron had non-conference games scheduled against Clemson, Youngstown State, New Mexico State, and UMass, which all were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[3]

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
November 46:00 p.m.Western Michigan
ESPN3L 13–58490
November 107:00 p.m.at Ohio
CBSSNL 10–241,182
November 178:00 p.m.at Kent State
ESPNL 35–690
November 281:00 p.m.Miami (OH)
ESPN3L 7–380
December 52:00 p.m.Bowling Green
ESPN3W 31–30
December 122:30 p.m.at No. 24 Buffalo
CBSSNL 7–560

[4]

Game summaries

vs Western Michigan

See also: 2020 Western Michigan Broncos football team
Western Michigan Broncos (0–0) vs Akron Zips (0–0) – Game summary
Quarter 1 2 34Total
Broncos 16 14 21758
Zips 7 6 0013

at InfoCision Stadium–Summa Field • Akron, Ohio

  • Date: November 4
  • Game time: 6:00 p.m.
  • Game weather: Clear skies • Temperature: 64 °F (18 °C) • Wind: N at 9 miles per hour (14 km/h)
  • Game attendance: 490
  • Referee: Greg Sujack
  • TV announcers (ESPN3): Michael Reghi (play-by-play) and Dustin Fox (analyst)
  • Box score, Recap
Game information
First quarter
  • (10:33) WMU – Thiago Kapps 48-yard field goal (Drive: 8 plays, 24 yards, 4:27; Western Michigan 3–0)
  • (7:32) AKR – Michael Mathison 14-yard pass from Zach Gibson, Cory Smigel kick (Drive: 6 plays, 73 yards, 2:56; Akron 7–3)
  • (3:48) WMU – D'Wayne Eskridge 5-yard pass from Kaleb Eleby, Thiago Kapps kick (Drive: 7 plays, 60 yards, 3:33; Western Michigan 10–7)
  • (1:52) WMU – A. J. Thomas 38-yard interception return, Thiago Kapps kick failed (Western Michigan 16–7)
Second quarter
  • (13:04) AKR – Cory Smigel 41-yard field goal (Drive: 10 plays, 51 yards, 3:48; Western Michigan 16–10)
  • (7:33) WMU – Sean Tyler 12-yard run, Thiago Kapps kick (Drive: 10 plays, 76 yards, 5:25; Western Michigan 23–10)
  • (3:41) AKR – Cory Smigel 28-yard field goal (Drive: 11 plays, 64 yards, 3:52; Western Michigan 23–13)
  • (1:34) WMU – Jaylen Hall 68-yard pass from Kaleb Eleby, Thiago Kapps kick (Drive: 5 plays, 75 yards, 2:01; Western Michigan 30–13)
Third quarter
  • (13:09) WMU – D'Wayne Eskridge 76-yard pass from Kaleb Eleby, Thiago Kapps kick (Drive: 2 plays, 83 yards, 0:53; Western Michigan 37–13)
  • (9:14) WMU – Jaxson Kincaide 14-yard run, Thiago Kapps kick (Drive: 4 plays, 53 yards, 1:23; Western Michigan 44–13)
  • (0:32) WMU – La'Darius Jefferson 1-yard run, Thiago Kapps kick (Drive: 9 plays, 67 yards, 4:51; Western Michigan 51–13)
Fourth quarter
  • (6:14) WMU – Christian Singleton 5-yard run, Thiago Kapps kick (Drive: 4 plays, 17 yards, 2:40; Western Michigan 58–13)
Statistics WMU AKR
First downs 21 15
Plays–yards 58–484 64–256
Rushes–yards 39–218 32–130
Passing yards 266 126
Passing: comp–att–int 13–19–0 19–32–1
Time of possession 30:53 29:07
Team Category Player Statistics
Western Michigan Passing Kaleb Eleby 12/16, 262 yards, 3 TD
Rushing La'Darius Jefferson 9 carries, 70 yards, 1 TD
Receiving D'Wayne Eskridge 3 receptions, 114 yards, 2 TD
Akron Passing Zach Gibson 18/30, 125 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT
Rushing Jeremiah Knight 11 carries, 74 yards
Receiving Michael Mathison 6 receptions, 44 yards, 1 TD

at Ohio

See also: 2020 Ohio Bobcats football team
Akron Zips (0–1) at Ohio Bobcats (0–1) – Game summary
Quarter 1 2 34Total
Zips 0 7 3010
Bobcats 7 7 3724

at Peden Stadium • Athens, Ohio

  • Date: November 10
  • Game time: 7:00 p.m.
  • Game weather: Clear • Temperature: 68 °F (20 °C) • Wind: 5 miles per hour (8.0 km/h)
  • Game attendance: 1,182
  • Referee: Tim O'Dey
  • TV announcers (CBSSN): Dave Ryan (play-by-play) and Corey Chavous (analyst)
  • Box score, Recap
Game information
First quarter
  • (12:10) OHIO – De'Montre Tuggle 9-yard run, Tristian Vandenberg kick (Drive: 6 plays, 62 yards, 2:50; Ohio 7–0)
Second quarter
  • (12:27) OHIO – Armani Rogers 1-yard run, Tristian Vandenberg kick (Drive: 3 plays, 41 yards, 1:13; Ohio 14–0)
  • (4:25) AKR – Nate Stewart 14-yard pass from Zach Gibson, Cory Smigel kick (Drive: 9 plays, 97 yards, 4:22; Ohio 14–7)
Third quarter
  • (9:47) AKR – Cory Smigel 35-yard field goal (Drive: 10 plays, 58 yards, 5:13; Ohio 14–10)
  • (6:27) OHIO – Tristian Vandenberg 44-yard field goal (Drive: 7 plays, 21 yards, 3:14; Ohio 17–10)
Fourth quarter
  • (2:02) OHIO – De'Montre Tuggle 1-yard run, Jonah Fortkamp kick (Drive: 9 plays, 70 yards, 4:23; Ohio 24–10)
Statistics AKR OHIO
First downs 20 15
Plays–yards 72–434 50–307
Rushes–yards 42–216 33–185
Passing yards 218 122
Passing: comp–att–int 18–30–2 10–17–0
Time of possession 34:53 25:07
Team Category Player Statistics
Akron Passing Zach Gibson 18/30, 218 yards, 1 TD, 2 INT
Rushing Teon Dollard 22 carries, 165 yards
Receiving George Qualls Jr. 3 receptions, 64 yards
Ohio Passing Kurtis Rourke 8/14, 92 yards
Rushing De'Montre Tuggle 22 carries, 139 yards, 2 TD
Receiving Shane Hooks 4 receptions, 73 yards

at Kent State (Wagon Wheel)

See also: 2020 Kent State Golden Flashes football team and Wagon Wheel (trophy)
Akron Zips (0–2) at Kent State Golden Flashes (2–0) – Game summary
Quarter 1 2 34Total
Zips 7 21 0735
Golden Flashes 14 21 201469

at Dix Stadium • Kent, Ohio

  • Date: November 17
  • Game time: 8:00 p.m.
  • Game weather: Wintry mix • Temperature: 34 °F (1 °C) • Wind: 17 miles per hour (27 km/h)
  • Game attendance: 0
  • Referee: Bryan Banks
  • TV announcers (ESPN): Courtney Lyle (play-by-play) and Dustin Fox (analyst)
  • Box score, Recap
Game information
First quarter
  • (12:05) KENT – Marquez Cooper 3-yard run, Matthew Trickett kick (Drive: 5 plays, 46 yards, 1:18; Kent State 7–0)
  • (7:51) AKR – Xavior Gray 0-yard fumble return, Cory Smigel kick (Tied 7–7)
  • (4:49) KENT – Dustin Crum 15-yard run, Matthew Trickett kick (Drive: 8 plays, 75 yards, 3:02; Kent State 14–7)
Second quarter
  • (10:08) AKR – Teon Dollard 28-yard run, Cory Smigel kick (Drive: 8 plays, 86 yards, 3:42; Tied 14–14)
  • (9:56) KENT – Isaiah McKoy 75-yard pass from Dustin Crum, Matthew Trickett kick (Drive: 1 play, 75 yards, 0:12; Kent State 21–14)
  • (9:38) AKR – Teon Dollard 59-yard run, Cory Smigel kick (Drive: 1 play, 59 yards, 0:10; Tied 21–21)
  • (5:42) KENT – Marquez Cooper 19-yard run, Matthew Trickett kick (Drive: 9 plays, 79 yards, 3:52; Kent State 28–21)
  • (0:58) AKR – Teon Dollard 13-yard run, Cory Smigel kick (Drive: 9 plays, 64 yards, 4:44; Tied 28–28)
  • (0:15) KENT – Ja'Shaun Poke 11-yard pass from Dustin Crum, Matthew Trickett kick (Drive: 6 plays, 58 yards, 0:37; Kent State 35–28)
Third quarter
  • (13:08) KENT – Dustin Crum 9-yard run, Matthew Trickett kick (Drive: 7 plays, 78 yards, 1:46; Kent State 42–28)
  • (9:14) KENT – Marquez Cooper 1-yard run, Matthew Trickett kick (Drive: 5 plays, 36 yards, 1:35; Kent State 49–28)
  • (0:20) KENT – Bryan Bradford 13-yard pass from Dustin Crum, two-point pass failed (Drive: 12 plays, 87 yards, 4:54; Kent State 55–28)
Fourth quarter
  • (12:50) AKR – Teon Dollard 8-yard run, Cory Smigel kick (Drive: 6 plays, 61 yards, 2:23; Kent State 55–35)
  • (10:00) KENT – Xavier Williams 49-yard run, Matthew Trickett kick (Drive: 5 plays, 75 yards, 2:50; Kent State 62–35)
  • (2:49) KENT – Javaughn Williams 1-yard pass from Collin Schlee, Matthew Trickett kick (Drive: 7 plays, 27 yards, 4:43; Kent State 69–35)
Statistics AKR KENT
First downs 21 37
Plays–yards 56–366 78–750
Rushes–yards 41–212 51–390
Passing yards 154 360
Passing: comp–att–int 9–15–1 24–27–0
Time of possession 29:21 30:39
Team Category Player Statistics
Akron Passing Zach Gibson 9/15, 154 yards, 1 INT
Rushing Teon Dollard 28 carries, 202 yards, 4 TD
Receiving Nate Stewart 2 receptions, 68 yards
Kent State Passing Dustin Crum 22/25, 348 yards, 3 TD
Rushing Marquez Cooper 14 carries, 107 yards, 3 TD
Receiving Isaiah McKoy 6 receptions, 140 yards, 1 TD

vs Miami (OH)

See also: 2020 Miami RedHawks football team
Miami RedHawks (1–1) vs Akron Zips (0–3) – Game summary
Quarter 1 2 34Total
RedHawks 7 17 7738
Zips 0 0 077

at Infocision Stadium–Summa Field • Akron, Ohio

  • Date: November 28
  • Game time: 1:00 p.m.
  • Game weather: Sunny • Temperature: 43 °F (6 °C) • Wind: W at 9 miles per hour (14 km/h)
  • Game attendance: 0
  • Referee: Tim O'Dey
  • TV announcers (ESPN3): Anthony Lima (play-by-play) and Je'Rod Cherry (analyst)
  • Box score, Recap
Game information
First quarter
  • (9:35) M-OH – Jack Sorenson 61-yard pass from Brett Gabbert, Henry Beckett kick (Drive: 4 plays, 86 yards, 1:47; Miami (OH) 7–0)
Second quarter
  • (11:42) M-OH – Henry Beckett 42-yard field goal (Drive: 9 plays, 44 yards, 4:07; Miami (OH) 10–0)
  • (6:10) M-OH – Jack Sorenson 29-yard pass from Brett Gabbert, Henry Beckett kick (Drive: 7 plays, 58 yards, 2:52; Miami (OH) 17–0)
  • (1:17) M-OH – Jack Sorenson 28-yard pass from Brett Gabbert, Henry Beckett kick (Drive: 8 plays, 70 yards, 3:56; Miami (OH) 24–0)
Third quarter
  • (2:38) M-OH – Emmanuel Rugamba 62-yard interception return, Henry Beckett kick (Miami (OH) 31–0)
Fourth quarter
  • (11:37) M-OH – Jack Sorenson 15-yard pass from Brett Gabbert, Henry Beckett kick (Drive: 9 plays, 70 yards, 3:41; Miami (OH) 38–0)
  • (8:08) AKR – Michael Mathison 11-yard pass from Zach Gibson, Cory Smigel kick (Drive: 8 plays, 74 yards, 3:24; Miami (OH) 38–7)
Statistics M-OH AKR
First downs 17 14
Plays–yards 54–416 55–145
Rushes–yards 27–108 28–4
Passing yards 308 141
Passing: comp–att–int 18–27–0 16–27–1
Time of possession 28:17 31:43
Team Category Player Statistics
Miami (OH) Passing Brett Gabbert 18/27, 308 yards, 4 TD
Rushing Brett Gabbert 4 carries, 48 yards
Receiving Jack Sorenson 8 receptions, 177 yards, 4 TD
Akron Passing Zach Gibson 16/27, 141 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT
Rushing Teon Dollard 13 carries, 22 yards
Receiving George Qualls Jr. 3 receptions, 50 yards

vs Bowling Green

See also: 2020 Bowling Green Falcons football team
1 2 3 4 Total
Falcons 3 0 0 0 3
Zips 3 14 7 7 31

at No. 24 Buffalo

See also: 2020 Buffalo Bulls football team
1 2 3 4 Total
Zips 0 0 0 7 7
No. 24 Bulls 14 21 14 7 56

Roster

2020 Akron Zips football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
RB 34 Jaylen Ball Fr
OL 66 Ryan Beckman  Fr
WR 30 Gavin Blunt  So
TE 25 Tristian Brank Fr
RB 36 Michiah Burton So
OL 74 Ronan Chambers Fr
RB 26 Isiah Childs Fr
OL 75 Jordan Daniels  Fr
QB 12 T. J. DeShields  So
RB 7 Teon Dollard Jr
TE 83 Nick Dottore Fr
OL 62 Vincent Fonte Jr.  So
OL 79 Joe Gavriloff Fr
OL 65 Tony Georges Fr
RB 20 Cole Gest  Sr
QB 15 Zach Gibson  Fr
OL 77 Xavior Gray  Fr
WR 16 Tony Grimes Jr. Fr
QB 9 Brayden Hawkins  So
OL 70 Caleb Herring  Fr
WR 48 Blake Hester Fr
WR 0 Julian Hicks  Jr
RB 27 Jamason Jodway Fr
WR 31 Ethan Johnson  Fr
WR 11 Jalen Knight  Fr
WR 5 Jeremiah Knight  Jr
WR 37 Nolan Labuda Fr
TE 85 Zackary Leininger  Jr
QB 14 Joey Marousek Fr
WR 3 Michael Mathison So
OL 71 Shawn Muldowney II  Jr
OL 73 Owen Murphy  Fr
WR 81 Shawn Naim  Fr
QB 1 Kato Nelson  Sr
RB 6 Jonzell Norrils Fr
OL 53 Bryce Petersen Sr
WR 21 Bryce Profitt Fr
WR 4 George Qualls Jr.  Jr
OL 63 Alex Robarge  Fr
WR 88 Timothy Scippio Jr
TE 80 Jacob Shaffer  Fr
TE 84 Kenyon Sholty  Fr
WR 35 Nathan Simon Fr
WR 2 Nate Stewart  Sr
WR 13 Kevin Walls  Fr
WR 86 Marquis Whitmire  Jr
OL 76 Nate Williams Fr
WR 82 Jameel Williamson Fr
TE 24 Maverick Wolfley  So
TE 87 Brycen Yarmo  So
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
DB 48 Kavari Adams  So
DL 68 Deacon Allen Fr
DB 12 Charles Amankwaa  So
LB 27 Bubba Arslanian  Jr
LB 59 Beau Bachie Fr
DL 99 Eric Bentley  So
LB 22 Brandon Bischof Jr
LB 40 Kyle Bischof Fr
OLB 55 Collier Brown Fr
CB 1 Randy Cochran Jr. So
S 44 Sean Conroy  So
LB 21 Reggie Corner Jr.  So
S 24 Adetutu Daranijo So
LB 52 Zach DiLauro  So
LB 58 Marco Donatelli  Fr
ATH 34 Tyson Durant Fr
S 32 Owen Faulkner Fr
CB 28 A. J. Felton  So
LB 57 Connor Francz Fr
LB 3 DeMarkus Glover  Sr
S 4 Woobendy Guerrier  Jr
DL 96 Darrius Harris  Jr
DL 14 Julius Hawkins Fr
DL 67 Logan Hawkins  So
S 19 MyJaden Horton Fr
DL 90 Angelo Howze  Jr
CB 23 Ronald Jackson Jr. Fr
LB 17 Juan Jarrett Fr
S 39 DiMarco Johnson Fr
S 8 Jaylen Kelly-Powell  Sr
OLB 10 Quevan Lawson  Fr
LB 50 Kendal Marshall Fr
OLB 53 Nicholas Mayle Fr
OLB 45 Ryan McClain Jr
LB 56 Jake Miller Fr
DL 94 John Mitchell Sr
DL 69 Eseosa Obas  Fr
CB 13 Chu Ogbonna  Jr
CB 42 Gamari Peterson Fr
DL 64 Kirk Popelas  Fr
OLB 60 Dean Ramicone  Sr
DL 61 Ed Reely Fr
OLB 7 Julian Richardson So
CB 6 Jordyn Riley  Jr
S 38 Joseph Sarpong  Fr
OLB 5 Michael Scott  Jr
DL 95 Brendan Smith  Fr
LB 20 Michael Snowden Fr
DL 11 Nazir Sy  So
S 43 Tobias Thomas Pitts Fr
S 2 Corey Thomas Jr.  Fr
DL 97 Janirr Wade Fr
CB 18 A. J. Watts So
LB 9 Demetrick Watts  Sr
DL 0 Bryce Wilson So
CB 29 Quentin Woodall  So
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
LS 65 Kyle Bauman  So
PK 47 Jerry Fitschen  Sr
LS 54 Cameron Lyons  Jr
P 42 Kyle Romenick  Fr
PK 46 Ethan Slike  So
PK 41 Cory Smigel  So
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
  • Matt Feeney – Defensive coordinator/safeties
  • Bryan Gasser – Co-offensive coordinator/wide receivers
  • Tommy Zagorski – Offensive coordinator/offensive line
  • Brian Cochran – Defensive line
  • Chris Cook – Tight ends/offensive tackles
  • Jayden Everett – Running backs
  • Deonte Gibson – Outside linebackers/defensive ends
  • Chris Hurd – Special teams coordinator
  • Jamael Lett – Secondary
  • Oscar Rodriguez Jr. – Inside linebackers
  • Ben Murphy – Director of football operations
  • Alex Kline – Director of player personnel
  • Deonte Mack – Director of athletic performance/strength & conditioning
  • Rich Worsell – Director of football research & analytics
  • Claire Crosby – Assistant director of football operations
  • Conner Bogard – Defensive quality control
  • Tony Caljean – Special teams quality control
  • Devin Jordan – Offensive quality control
  • Greg Wood – Special teams quality control
  • Anthony Cicione – Graduate assistant (defense)
  • Sam Kukura – Graduate assistant (offense)
  • LaTroy Lewis – Graduate assistant (defense)
  • Ray Brewster – Football assistant
  • Jake Schaefer – Football assistant
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured
  • Redshirt

Roster

References

  1. ^ Wells, Adam (September 25, 2020). "MAC Approves 6-Game College Football Schedule Beginning November 4". Bleacher Report. Retrieved September 25, 2020.
  2. ^ Justice, Camryn (December 5, 2020). "Akron Zips snap 21-game losing streak with big win over Bowling Green Falcons". News 5 Cleveland. Retrieved December 5, 2020.
  3. ^ "ACC Announces Plans for Football and Fall Olympic Sports". TheACC.com. July 29, 2020. Retrieved July 29, 2020.
  4. ^ "2020 Akron Football Schedule". University of Akron. Retrieved December 5, 2020.
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