1933 Akron Zippers football team

1933 Akron Zippers football
ConferenceOhio Athletic Conference
Record5–3–1 (5–2–1 OAC)
Head coach
CaptainWilson Sparhawk
Home stadiumBuchtel Field
Seasons
← 1932
1934 →
1933 Ohio Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Dayton $ 2 0 1 8 2 1
Wooster 7 1 0 7 1 1
Akron 5 2 1 5 3 1
Case 4 2 0 5 3 1
Muskingum 4 2 1 5 2 1
Baldwin–Wallace 4 2 1 5 3 1
Toledo 3 2 1 5 2 1
John Carroll 3 2 2 5 2 2
Hiram 2 2 2 2 2 3
Kent State 2 2 3 2 2 3
Otterbein 3 3 1 3 4 1
Mount Union 3 4 0 3 5 1
Heidelberg 2 3 2 2 5 2
Marietta 2 3 1 3 3 1
Ashland 2 4 1 3 4 1
Bowling Green 1 3 2 2 3 2
Capital 1 4 2 1 4 2
Oberlin 1 3 0 4 4 0
Kenyon 0 4 1 1 5 1
Ohio Northern 0 4 1 0 5 2
Xavier * 1 0 0 5 4 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • * – did not compete for championship

The 1933 Akron Zippers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Akron in the Ohio Athletic Conference during the 1933 college football season. In its seventh season under head coach Red Blair, the team compiled a 5–3–1 record (5–2–1 in conference) and outscored opponents by a total of 97 to 50. Wilson Sparhawk was the team captain.[1]

  1. ^ "Akron Zips 2017 Football Media Guide" (PDF). University of Akron. p. 159. Retrieved May 10, 2020.