2012 Akron Zips football team

The 2012 Akron Zips football team represented the University of Akron in the 2012 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They were led by first-year head coach Terry Bowden and played their home games at InfoCision Stadium – Summa Field. They were a member of the East Division of the Mid-American Conference. They finished the season 1–11, 0–8 in MAC play to finish in last place in the East Division.

2012 Akron Zips football
Conference	Mid-American Conference
Division	East Division
2012 record	1–11 (0–8 MAC)
Head coach	Terry Bowden (1st season)
Offensive coordinator	Terry Bowden (1st season)
Offensive scheme	Spread
Defensive coordinator	Chuck Amato (1st season)
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	InfoCision Stadium–Summa Field (Capacity: 27,881)

2012 Mid-American Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
East Division
Kent State x		8	–	0					11	–	3
Bowling Green		6	–	2					8	–	5
Ohio		4	–	4					9	–	4
Buffalo		3	–	5					4	–	8
Miami		3	–	5					4	–	8
UMass		1	–	7					1	–	11
Akron		0	–	8					1	–	11
West Division
No. 22 Northern Illinois x$		8	–	0					12	–	2
Toledo		6	–	2					9	–	4
Ball State		6	–	2					9	–	4
Central Michigan		4	–	4					7	–	6
Western Michigan		2	–	6					4	–	8
Eastern Michigan		1	–	7					2	–	10
Championship: Northern Illinois 44, Kent State 37
$ – Conference champion and BCS representative as top non-AQ school to meet automatic qualification criteria x – Division champion/co-champions UMass not eligible for conference title or bowl game as part of FBS transition Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 30	7:00 p.m.	UCF*	InfoCision Stadium Akron, OH	ESPN3	L 14–56	12,616
September 8	6:00 p.m.	at FIU*	FIU Stadium Miami, FL	ESPN3	L 38–41 ^OT	15,685
September 15	3:30 p.m.	Morgan State*	InfoCision Stadium Akron, OH	ESPN3	W 66–6	9,933
September 22	7:30 p.m.	at Tennessee*	Neyland Stadium Knoxville, TN	CSS	L 26–47	81,719
September 29	2:00 p.m.	Miami (OH)	InfoCision Stadium Akron, OH	ESPN3	L 49–56	8,211
October 6	2:00 p.m.	Bowling Green	InfoCision Stadium Akron, OH		L 10–24	10,102
October 13	2:00 p.m.	at Ohio	Peden Stadium Athens, OH	ESPN3	L 28–34	25,542
October 20	Noon	Northern Illinois	InfoCision Stadium Akron, OH	ESPN+	L 7–37	7,074
October 27	3:30 p.m.	at Central Michigan	Kelly/Shorts Stadium Mount Pleasant, MI		L 14–35	10,172
November 3	2:00 p.m.	at Kent State	Dix Stadium Kent, OH (Battle for the Wagon Wheel)	STO	L 24–35	18,265
November 10	2:00 p.m.	Massachusetts	InfoCision Stadium Akron, OH		L 14–22	7,716
November 20	7:00 p.m.	at Toledo	Glass Bowl Toledo, OH	ESPN2	L 23–35	14,589
*Non-conference game Homecoming All times are in Eastern time

• Source: Schedule

Game summaries

UCF

	1	2	3	4	Total
Knights	7	28	14	7	56
Zips	0	0	7	7	14

See also: 2012 UCF Knights football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
5–2	2004	AKRON, 26–21

@ FIU

	1	2	3	4	OT	Total
Zips	7	13	0	18	0	38
Golden Panthers	7	7	7	17	3	41

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–1	2011	FIU, 27–17

Morgan State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bears	3	3	0	0	6
Zips	14	7	24	21	66

See also: 2012 Morgan State Bears football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–0	2009	AKRON, 41–0

@ Tennessee

	1	2	3	4	Total
Zips	10	13	0	3	26
Volunteers	10	13	7	17	47

See also: 2012 Tennessee Volunteers football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–1	1989	TENN, 52–9

Miami (OH)

	1	2	3	4	Total
RedHawks	13	22	10	11	56
Zips	14	14	7	14	49

See also: 2012 Miami RedHawks football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
5–15–1	2011	MIAOH, 35–3

Bowling Green

	1	2	3	4	Total
Falcons	0	0	17	7	24
Zips	0	10	0	0	10

See also: 2012 Bowling Green Falcons football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
7–11	2009	BGSU, 36–20

@ Ohio

	1	2	3	4	Total
Zips	0	7	7	14	28
Bobcats	14	6	14	0	34

See also: 2012 Ohio Bobcats football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
12–15–1	2011	OHIO, 37–20

Northern Illinois

	1	2	3	4	Total
Huskies	10	10	10	7	37
Zips	0	7	0	0	7

See also: 2012 Northern Illinois Huskies football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
5–7	2010	NIU, 50–14

@ Central Michigan

	1	2	3	4	Total
Zips	7	0	0	7	14
Chippewas	14	0	14	7	35

See also: 2012 Central Michigan Chippewas football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
9–14–1	2011	CMU, 23–22

@ Kent State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Zips	14	10	0	0	24
Golden Flashes	0	14	14	7	35

See also: 2012 Kent State Golden Flashes football team and Wagon Wheel (trophy)

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
30–22–2	2011	KENT, 35–3

Massachusetts

	1	2	3	4	Total
Minutemen	3	12	0	7	22
Zips	0	0	7	7	14

See also: 2012 UMass Minutemen football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

@ Toledo

	1	2	3	4	Total
Zips	10	7	0	6	23
Rockets	0	21	0	14	35

See also: 2012 Toledo Rockets football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
8–8	2008	AKRON, 47–30

Roster

2012 Akron Zips football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class RB 2 Broderick Alexander  Jr WR 3 L. T. Smith  So QB 4 Daniel Harding Fr QB 5 Steve Franco Fr QB 6 Dalton Easton Fr RB 7 Jawon Chisholm  So QB 8 Curtis Watson Jr QB 9 Marcus Prather Fr RB 10 Hakeem Lawrence Fr WR 11 Zach D'Orazio  Fr WR 12 Imani Davis Fr QB 13 Dalton Williams  Sr WR 14 Nice Bice So WR 14 Dylan Potts Jr WR 15 Marquelo Suel  Sr QB 16 Kyle Pohl  Fr WR/RB 17 Wade Edwards Fr TE/FB 18 Will Fleming  Jr WR 19 Nolan Procter  Jr RB 22 Tyler Williams So RB 25 D. J. Jones Fr RB 28 Marvin Staten So RB 30 Bryan Green Fr RB 32 Quentin Hines  Sr RB 34 Conor Hundley Fr WR 35 Keith Sconiers Jr FB 49 Christian Allen Fr OL 52 Vinnie Rizzo Sr OL 62 Rodney Carroll Fr OT 64 Mitch Straight  Sr C 65 Adam Bice  Sr G 67 Travis Switzer So OL 69 Zack Ziltz Fr OL 70 Michael Casimos Fr OL 71 Quaison Osborne Fr OL 72 Joe Petrides  Jr OL 73 Drew Deneher Fr OL 75 Dylan Brumbaugh  Fr OT 76 Jarrod Pughsley  Jr OL 77 Andrew Bohan  Fr OL 78 Micah Lio  So WR 80 Andrew Pratt Fr WR 81 Tyrell Goodman Fr WR 83 Dee Frieson Jr TE 84 Rhyne Ladrach  Sr WR 85 L. J. Chambers  So TE 86 Jon Root  Jr TE 87 Anthony Ritossa  So WR 88 Jerrod Dillard Jr	Defense Pos. # Name Class CB 4 Anthony Holmes Jr LB 5 Troy Gilmer  Sr CB 6 DeAndre Scott Fr LB 8 Kurt Mangum  Sr CB 9 Avis Commack  Sr S 18 Sean Graves  Jr CB 19 John Senter  Fr CB 20 Malachi Freeman Jr CB 21 Bill Alexander Jr S 23 Bre' Ford So CB 24 Carl Washington  Fr CB 25 Micklos Blake  Sr S 26 Devonte Morgan So S 27 Johnny Robinson So CB 29 Bryce Cheek  Fr CB 31 Emmanuel Lartey  Jr S 33 Josh Richmond  Sr DL 36 Cody Grice  Fr CB 37 Seth Cunningham Jr S 39 James Turner Fr DL 40 Austin Bailey Jr LB 41 Chuck Kennedy Jr DE 42 C. J. James Sr S 42 Joseph Peticca So LB 44 Nick Rossi So LB 45 Justin March So LB 47 Gary Ransom So LB 50 Jamar Williams Jr LB 53 Jatavis Brown Fr LB 54 Dylan Evans Fr DL 55 Jamel Turner  Fr DL 56 Isaiah Williams So LB 57 Keionne Baines Fr DE 58 Nico Caponi Jr LB 59 John Rachel Fr LB 60 Adammichael Gesell  Fr DL 63 Varnell Garrett So DL 79 Mike Davis  Fr DL 90 J. D. Griggs Sr DE 91 Albert Presley Jr DE 92 Daryan Martin Fr LB 93 Connor Seeman Jr DL 94 Rakhim Johnson Fr DL 95 Robert Young Jr DL 96 Alfonso Horner Fr DL 98 Paul Skolmutch  Jr DL 99 James Price  Fr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class K 38 Zach Paul  Fr LS 43 Adam Steiner Sr K 48 Robert Stein  Fr K 68 Sam Scifo Fr	Head coach Terry Bowden Coordinators/assistant coaches Chuck Amato (Defensive Coordinator / Associate Head Coach) Jeff Bowden (Special Teams Coordinator / Outside Receivers) A.J. Milwee (Quarterbacks Coach) Trent Boykin (Running Backs) John Pont (Recruiting Coordinator / Inside Receivers) Alan Arrington (Offensive Line) Todd Stroud (Defensive Line) Terrell Buckley (Cornerbacks) Mike Woodford (Safeties) Ben Murphy (Director of Football Operations) Mark Ouimet (Assistant Director of Football Operations) Kyle Futch (Offensive Graduate Assistant) Jason Morgan (Offensive Graduate Assistant) Matt Arshinkoff (Defensive Graduate Assistant) Danny Breyer (Defensive Graduate Assistant) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster Last update: June 18, 2013

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