1939 Akron Zippers football team

1939 Akron Zippers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–4
Head coach
CaptainDominic Patella
Home stadiumBuchtel Field
Seasons
← 1938
1940 →
1939 Midwestern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Central Michigan     8 1 0
No. 13 Notre Dame     7 2 0
Ohio     6 3 0
Detroit     5 3 1
Akron     5 4 0
Cincinnati     4 3 2
Ohio Wesleyan     5 4 1
Marquette     4 4 0
Michigan State     4 4 1
Dayton     4 4 1
Michigan State Normal     3 3 1
Wayne     4 5 0
Xavier     3 5 1
Western State Teachers (MI)     2 6 1
Miami (OH)     1 7 1
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1939 Akron Zippers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Akron as an independent during the 1939 college football season. In its first season under head coach Thomas Dowler, the team compiled a 5–4 record and was outscored by a total of 132 to 122. Dominic Patella was the team captain.[1]

Akron was ranked at No. 228 (out of 609 teams) in the final Litkenhous Ratings for 1939.[2]

  1. ^ "Akron Zips 2017 Football Media Guide" (PDF). University of Akron. p. 159. Retrieved May 10, 2020.
  2. ^ E. E. Litkenhous (December 31, 1939). "Vols Second In Final Litkenhous Grid Rankings; Southern California Tenth". Johnson City Sunday Press. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.