1986 Akron Zips football team

The 1986 Akron Zips football team represented Akron University in the 1986 NCAA Division I-AA football season as members of the Ohio Valley Conference. They were led by first-year head coach Gerry Faust.^[1] The Zips played their home games at the Rubber Bowl in Akron, Ohio. They finished the season with a record of 7–4 overall and 4–3 in OVC play to tie for third place.

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1986 Ohio Valley Conference football standings
v t e	Conf.					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 10 Eastern Kentucky ^	6	–	1	–	0	10	–	3	–	1
No. 18 Murray State $^	6	–	1	–	0	7	–	4	–	1
Akron	4	–	3	–	0	7	–	4	–	0
Middle Tennessee	4	–	3	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
Morehead State	3	–	4	–	0	7	–	4	–	0
Austin Peay	3	–	4	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Youngstown State	2	–	5	–	0	2	–	9	–	0
Tennessee Tech	0	–	7	–	0	0	–	10	–	0

$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee poll

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Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 6	Salem*	Rubber Bowl Akron, OH	W 35–0	35,202	^[2]
September 13	at Kent State*	Dix Stadium Kent, OH (Wagon Wheel)	W 17–7	19,000	^[3]
September 20	at Eastern Michigan*	Rynearson Stadium Ypsilanti, MI	L 21–24	14,716	^[4]
September 27	UCF*	Rubber Bowl Akron, OH	W 20–17	12,186	^[5]
October 11	at Middle Tennessee	Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium Murfreesboro, TN	L 12–24	10,500	^[6]
October 18	Murray State	Rubber Bowl Akron, OH	W 24–13		^[7]
October 25	No. 2 Morehead State	Rubber Bowl Akron, OH	W 30–7	9,532	^[8]
November 1	at Tennessee Tech	Tucker Stadium Cookeville, TN	W 38–13	10,229	^[9]
November 8	Austin Peay	Rubber Bowl Akron, OH	W 31–16		^[10]
November 15	No. 14 Eastern Kentucky	Rubber Bowl Akron, OH	L 24–27		^[11]
November 22	at Youngstown State	Stambaugh Stadium Youngstown, OH (Steel Tire)	L 39–40	8,143	^[12]
*Non-conference game Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee Poll released prior to the game

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