2013 Akron Zips football team

The 2013 Akron Zips football team represented the University of Akron in the 2013 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They were led by second-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 and finished the season with a 5–7 record.

2013 Akron Zips football
Conference	Mid-American Conference
Division	East Division
Record	5–7 (4–4 MAC)
Head coach	Terry Bowden (2nd season)
Offensive coordinator	A. J. Milwee (1st season)
Offensive scheme	Spread
Defensive coordinator	Chuck Amato (2nd season)
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	InfoCision Stadium–Summa Field

2013 Mid-American Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
East Division
Bowling Green x$		7	–	1					10	–	4
Buffalo		6	–	2					8	–	5
Ohio		4	–	4					7	–	6
Akron		4	–	4					5	–	7
Kent State		3	–	5					4	–	8
UMass		1	–	7					1	–	11
Miami (OH)		0	–	8					0	–	12
West Division
Northern Illinois x		8	–	0					12	–	2
Ball State		7	–	1					10	–	3
Toledo		5	–	3					7	–	5
Central Michigan		5	–	3					6	–	6
Eastern Michigan		1	–	7					2	–	10
Western Michigan		1	–	7					1	–	11
Championship: Bowling Green 47, Northern Illinois 27
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 29	7:00 p.m.	at UCF*	Bright House Networks Stadium Orlando, FL	ESPN3	L 7–38	35,115
September 7	6:00 p.m.	No. 20 (FCS) James Madison*	InfoCision Stadium Akron, OH	ESPN3	W 35–33	19,653
September 14	Noon	at No. 11 Michigan*	Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI	BTN	L 24–28	107,120
September 21	6:00 p.m.	Louisiana–Lafayette*	InfoCision Stadium Akron, OH	ESPN3	L 30–35	18,809
September 28	2:30 p.m.	at Bowling Green	Doyt Perry Stadium Bowling Green, OH	ESPN3	L 14–31	13,262
October 5	2:00 p.m.	Ohio	InfoCision Stadium Akron, OH	ESPN3	L 3–43	19,775
October 12	5:00 p.m.	at No. 23 Northern Illinois	Huskie Stadium DeKalb, IL	ESPN3	L 20–27	23,595
October 19	1:00 p.m.	at Miami (OH)	Yager Stadium Oxford, OH	ESPN3	W 24–17	15,164
October 26	Noon	Ball State	InfoCision Stadium Akron, OH	ESPN+	L 24–42	16,119
November 2	3:30 p.m.	Kent State	InfoCision Stadium Akron, OH (Battle for the Wagon Wheel)	TWCS	W 16–7	20,239
November 16	1:00 p.m.	at Massachusetts	Gillette Stadium Foxborough, MA	ESPN3	W 14–13	10,599
November 29	Noon	Toledo	InfoCision Stadium Akron, OH	ESPN3	W 31–29	12,506
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

• Source: Schedule

Roster

2013 Akron Zips football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class WR 1 Mykel Traylor-Bennett Fr RB 2 Broderick Alexander  Sr WR 3 L. T. Smith  Jr QB 6 Dalton Easton  Fr RB 7 Jawon Chisholm  Jr QB 8 Curtis Watson Sr RB 10 Hakeem Lawrence So WR 11 Zach D'Orazio  So WR 12 Imani Davis So QB 13 Tyler Foster  Fr QB 13 Tommy Woodson Fr WR 14 Nice Bice Jr QB 15 Nick Hirschman  Jr QB 16 Kyle Pohl  So WR 17 Wade Edwards  Fr TE 18 Will Fleming  Sr RB 22 Tyler Williams Jr RB 25 D. J. Jones  Fr RB 26 Rayshawn Walton Jr RB 28 Marvin Staten Jr RB 30 Bryan Green  Fr RB 34 Conor Hundley So WR 35 Keith Sconiers Sr WR 37 Danny Seafler So FB 39 Sean Crandall  Fr WR 48 Rufus Walls Sr FB 49 Christian Allen  Fr OL 56 Isaiah Williams Jr OL 62 Rodney Carroll  Fr OT 65 Kevin Mills Fr G 67 Travis Switzer Jr OL 70 Michael Casimos  Fr OL 71 Quaison Osborne So OL 72 Joe Petrides  Sr OL 74 Brett Lee So OL 75 Dylan Brumbaugh  So OT 76 Jarrod Pughsley  Sr OL 77 Andrew Bohan  So OL 78 Micah Lio  Jr OL 79 Drew Deneher So WR 80 Andrew Pratt So WR 81 Tyrell Goodman So WR 83 Dee Frieson Sr WR 85 L.J. Chambers  Jr TE 86 Jon Root  Sr TE 87 Anthony Ritossa  Jr WR 88 Jerrod Dillard Sr FB 97 Jeff Allen Jr	Defense Pos. # Name Class S 4 Anthony Holmes Sr LB 5 Justin March Jr CB 6 DeAndre Scott  Fr DL 8 Keontae Hollis Jr DE 9 C. J. James  Sr CB 14 Donte Williams Jr CB 19 John Senter  So CB 20 Malachi Freeman Sr CB 21 Bill Alexander Sr CB 21 Alex Mack Sr S 23 Bre' Ford Jr CB 24 Carl Washington  So CB 25 Josh Smith Fr S 26 Devonte Morgan Jr S 27 Johnny Robinson Jr CB 29 Bryce Cheek  So CB 31 Emmanuel Lartey  Sr CB 32 Martel Durant Jr S 33 Sean Graves  Sr S 35 Cory Morrow  Fr DL 36 Cody Grice  So S 39 James Turner So DL 40 Austin Bailey Sr S 43 Benny Cunningham  Fr LB 44 Nick Rossi Jr LB 47 Gary Ransom Jr LB 50 Jamar Williams Sr LB 52 Jon Shelby Jr LB 53 Jatavis Brown So LB 54 Dylan Evans So DL 55 Jamel Turner  So DE 58 Nico Caponi Sr LB 59 John Rachel  Fr LB 60 Robert Smith-Harris Sr LB 61 Ben Karam Jr DL 63 Varnell Garrett Jr DL 66 Dakota Wagner  Fr DL 79 Mike Davis  So DL 90 Jason Stargel Fr DE 91 Albert Presley Sr DE 92 Daryan Martin  Fr LB 93 Connor Seeman Sr DL 95 Robert Young Sr DL 96 Alfonso Horner So DL 99 James Price  So	Special teams Pos. # Name Class P 38 Zach Paul  So K 48 Robert Stein  So K 68 Sam Scifo  Fr LS 98 Paul Skolmutch  Sr	Head coach Terry Bowden Coordinators/assistant coaches Chuck Amato (defensive coordinator / associate head coach) Jeff Bowden (special teams coordinator / outside receivers) A. J. Milwee (offensive coordinator / quarterbacks coach) Trent Boykin (running backs) John Pont (Recruiting coordinator / Inside Receivers) Alan Arrington (offensive line); with Arrington's accidental death, this position is vacant 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) Dan Webb (strength and conditioning) Matt Gildersleeve (strength and conditioning graduate assistant) Tommie Westbrook (strength and conditioning graduate assistant) Jason Sanders (Coordinator of Video Services) Nick Andrusisian (Coordinator of Video Services Graduate Assistant) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster Last update: June 19, 2013

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