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2007 Akron Zips football team

American college football season

2007 Mid-American Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L	W		L
East Division
Miami (OH) xy	4	–	2	5	–	2	6	–	7
Bowling Green x	4	–	2	6	–	2	8	–	5
Buffalo x	4	–	2	5	–	3	5	–	7
Ohio	3	–	3	4	–	4	6	–	6
Temple	3	–	3	4	–	4	4	–	8
Akron	2	–	4	3	–	5	4	–	8
Kent State	1	–	5	1	–	7	3	–	9
West Division
Central Michigan xy$	4	–	1	6	–	1	8	–	6
Ball State x	4	–	1	5	–	2	7	–	6
Eastern Michigan	3	–	2	3	–	4	4	–	8
Western Michigan	2	–	3	3	–	4	5	–	7
Toledo	2	–	3	3	–	5	5	–	7
Northern Illinois	0	–	5	1	–	6	2	–	10
Championship: Central Michigan 35, Miami 10
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions Due to an unbalanced conference schedule, the team with best division record within each division was awarded that division's championship game berth.

The 2007 Akron Zips football team represented the University of Akron in the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Akron competed as a member of the East Division of the Mid-American Conference (MAC). The Zips were led by J. D. Brookhart in his fourth year as head coach.^[1]

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 1	7:00 p.m.	vs. Army*	Cleveland Browns Stadium Cleveland, OH (Patriot Bowl)	ESPN+	W 22–14	17,865
September 8	Noon	at No. 11 Ohio State*	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH	BTN	L 2–20	104,317
September 15	Noon	at Indiana*	Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN	BTN	L 24–41	31,196
September 22	Noon	Kent State	Rubber Bowl Akron, OH (Battle for the Wagon Wheel)	ESPN+	W 27–20	21,867
September 29	Noon	at Connecticut*	Rentschler Field East Hartford, CT	ESPN+	L 10–44	38,212
October 6	7:00 p.m.	at Western Michigan	Waldo Stadium Kalamazoo, MI		W 39–38	25,610
October 13	6:00 p.m.	Temple	Rubber Bowl Akron, OH		L 20–24	14,017
October 25	1:00 p.m.	at Buffalo	UB Stadium Amherst		L 10–26	10,142
November 2	7:30 p.m.	at Bowling Green	Doyt Perry Stadium Bowling Green, OH		L 20–44	12,766
November 7	7:30 p.m.	Ohio	Rubber Bowl Akron, OH	ESPN2	W 48–37	12,453
November 14	7:30 p.m.	at Miami (OH)	Yager Stadium Oxford, OH	ESPN2	L 0–7	13,274
November 23	11:00 a.m.	Central Michigan	Rubber Bowl Akron, OH	ESPNU	L 32–35	15,573
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

^ "2007 University of Akron Football". Akron Zips. Archived from the original on July 29, 2013. Retrieved December 11, 2011.

v t e Akron Zips football
Venues	League Park (c. 1910) Buchtel Field (c. 1915–1939) Rubber Bowl (1940–2008) InfoCision Stadium–Summa Field (2009–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Kent State (Wagon Wheel) Youngstown State (Steel Tire, 1940–1995)
Culture & lore	Zippy "Akron Blue and Gold" Zips Marching Band
People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders
Seasons	1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897–1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904–1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943–1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024