1927 Akron Zippers football team

The 1927 Akron Zippers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Akron in the Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC) during the 1927 college football season. In its first season under head coach Red Blair, the team compiled a 5–3 record (4–3 against conference opponents) and outscored all opponents by a total of 145 to 79. Ben Baldwin was the team captain.^[1]

1927 Akron Zippers football
Conference	Ohio Athletic Conference
Record	5–3 (4–3 OAC)
Head coach	Red Blair (1st season)
Captain	Ben Baldwin
Home stadium	Buchtel Field
Seasons ← 1926 1928 →

1927 Ohio Athletic Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Miami (OH) +	7	–	1	–	0			8	–	1	–	0
Muskingum +	7	–	1	–	0			8	–	1	–	0
Oberlin	6	–	1	–	1			6	–	1	–	1
Mount Union	6	–	1	–	1			6	–	2	–	1
Wittenberg	4	–	1	–	0			8	–	2	–	0
Wooster	5	–	2	–	0			6	–	2	–	0
Dayton	2	–	1	–	0			6	–	3	–	0
Ohio	3	–	1	–	2			4	–	2	–	2
Heidelberg	4	–	2	–	0			4	–	3	–	0
Akron	4	–	3	–	0			5	–	3	–	0
Ohio Wesleyan	2	–	2	–	1			4	–	3	–	2
Denison	3	–	4	–	0			3	–	5	–	0
Marietta	2	–	3	–	1			2	–	3	–	1
Otterbein	2	–	4	–	0			2	–	4	–	1
Ohio Northern	2	–	5	–	0			3	–	6	–	0
Western Reserve	2	–	5	–	0			2	–	6	–	0
Capital	1	–	3	–	0			3	–	4	–	0
Baldwin–Wallace	2	–	6	–	0			2	–	6	–	0
Case	2	–	6	–	0			2	–	6	–	0
Cincinnati	0	–	4	–	2			2	–	5	–	2
Kenyon	1	–	5	–	0			1	–	6	–	1
Hiram	0	–	7	–	0			0	–	7	–	0
St. Xavier *	1	–	0	–	0			8	–	1	–	1
+ – Conference co-champions * – did not compete for championship

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
October 1	Hiram*	Buchtel Field Akron, OH	W 19–0	[2]
October 8	Ashland	Buchtel Field Akron, OH	W 19–9	[3]
October 15	at Case	Cleveland, OH	W 7–0	[4]
October 22	Muskingum	Buchtel Field Akron, OH	W 20–12	[5]
October 29	at Mount Union	Alliance, OH	L 13–14
November 5	at Oberlin	Oberlin, OH	L 14–19
November 12	Baldwin–Wallace	Buchtel Field Akron, OH	W 46–12
November 19	Wooster	Buchtel Field Akron, OH	L 6–13
*Non-conference game Homecoming