2008 Akron Zips football team

2008 Akron Zips football
Conference Mid-American Conference
Division East
2008 record 5-7 (3-5 MAC)
Head coach J. D. Brookhart (5th year)
Offensive coordinator Joe Moorhead (2nd year)
Offensive scheme Multiple
Defensive coordinator Jim Fleming (5th year)
Base defense 3–3–5
Home stadium Rubber Bowl
(Capacity: 35,202)
2008 Mid-American Conference football standings
Conf     Overall
Team   W   L         W   L  
East Division
Buffalo x$   5 3         8 6  
Bowling Green   4 4         6 6  
Temple   4 4         5 7  
Ohio   3 5         4 8  
Akron   3 5         5 7  
Kent State   3 5         4 8  
Miami   1 7         2 10  
West Division
Ball State x   8 0         12 2  
Central Michigan   6 2         8 5  
Western Michigan   6 2         9 4  
Northern Illinois   5 3         6 7  
Toledo   2 6         3 9  
Eastern Michigan   2 6         3 9  
Championship: Buffalo 42, Ball State 24
  • $ Conference champion
  • x Division champion/co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2008 Akron Zips football team represented the University of Akron in the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Akron competed as a member of the Mid-American Conference (MAC) and played in the East Division.

Before the season

2007 starter Reggie Corner was selected 114th overall in the fourth round of the 2008 NFL Draft. He is the 15th player from Akron to be selected in the draft, and he is the fifth-highest historically.[1] Four other players signed with professional teams in the National Football League. These players are:

Six different Akron players made their ways to Preseason All-MAC Teams. Five players were selected each for the teams published by MAC Report Online and Athlon.[3] On the list published by MAC Report Online, Almondo Sewell was named First-Team Defense, and Bryan Williams as well as Andre Jones were named First-Team Specialists. Chris Kemme and Ryan Bain were named Second-Team Offense and Defense, respectively.[4]

Schedule

Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance
August 30 12:00 PM at No. 13 Wisconsin* Camp Randall StadiumMadison, WI BTN L 17–38   80,910[5]
September 6 3:30 PM at Syracuse* Carrier DomeSyracuse, NY W 42–28   31,808
September 13 1:00 PM Ball State Rubber BowlAkron, OH L 24–41   9,013
September 20 1:00 PM at Army* Michie StadiumWest Point, NY W 22–3   27,040
September 27 7:30 PM Cincinnati* Rubber Bowl • Akron, OH FSN Ohio L 15–17   16,927
October 4 12:00 PM at Kent State Dix StadiumKent, OH (Battle for the Wagon Wheel) ESPN+ W 30–27 2OT  18,536
October 11 6:00 PM Bowling Green Rubber Bowl • Akron, OH L 33–37   17,119
October 18 1:00 PM at Eastern Michigan Rynearson StadiumYpsilanti, MI W 42–35   17,055
November 5 7:00 PM Toledo Rubber Bowl • Akron, OH ESPNU W 47–30   10,134
November 13 7:00 PM Buffalo Rubber Bowl • Akron, OH ESPNU L 40–43 4OT  18,516
November 22 3:30 PM at Ohio Peden StadiumAthens, OH L 42–49   13,114
November 28 1:00 PM at Temple Lincoln Financial FieldPhiladelphia, PA L 6–27   11,234
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

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Game notes

Wisconsin

at Camp Randall Stadium, Madison, Wisconsin

1 2 3 4 Total
Zips 0 10 0 7 17
#13 Badgers 14 3 14 7 38

Scoring Summary

1st Quarter

2nd Quarter

3rd Quarter

4th Quarter

Syracuse

at the Carrier Dome, Syracuse, New York

1 2 3 4 Total
Zips 14 14 0 14 42
Orange 0 14 7 7 28

Scoring Summary

1st Quarter

2nd Quarter

3rd Quarter

4th Quarter

Ball State

at the Rubber Bowl, Akron, Ohio

1 2 3 4 Total
Ball State 7 10 14 10 41
Zips 3 7 0 14 24

Scoring Summary

1st Quarter

2nd Quarter

3rd Quarter

4th Quarter

Army

at Michie Stadium, West Point, New York

1 2 3 4 Total
Zips 3 6 3 10 22
Black Knights 0 3 0 0 3

Scoring Summary

1st Quarter

2nd Quarter

3rd Quarter

4th Quarter

Cincinnati

at the Rubber Bowl, Akron, Ohio

1 2 3 4 Total
Bearcats 7 0 7 3 17
Zips 3 6 0 6 15

Scoring Summary

1st Quarter

2nd Quarter

3rd Quarter

4th Quarter

Kent State

at Dix Stadium, Kent, Ohio

1 2 3 4OT2OT Total
Zips 10 0 7 733 30
Golden Flashes 7 14 0 330 27

Scoring Summary

1st Quarter

2nd Quarter

3rd Quarter

4th Quarter

Overtime

Bowling Green

at the Rubber Bowl, Akron, Ohio

1 2 3 4 Total
Falcons 0 14 0 23 37
Zips 7 14 6 6 33

Scoring Summary

1st Quarter

2nd Quarter

3rd Quarter

4th Quarter

Eastern Michigan

at Rynearson Stadium, Ypsilanti, Michigan

1 2 3 4 Total
Zips 3 21 7 11 42
Eagles 0 14 7 14 35

Scoring Summary

1st Quarter

2nd Quarter

3rd Quarter

4th Quarter

Toledo

at the Rubber Bowl, Akron, Ohio

1 2 3 4 Total
Rockets 3 7 13 7 30
Zips 21 3 9 14 47

Scoring Summary

1st Quarter

2nd Quarter

3rd Quarter

4th Quarter

Buffalo

at the Rubber Bowl, Akron, Ohio

1 2 3 4OT2OT3OT4OT Total
Bulls 10 7 0 77363 43
Zips 7 3 7 77360 40

Scoring Summary

1st Quarter

2nd Quarter

3rd Quarter

4th Quarter

Overtime

Ohio

at Peden Stadium, Athens, Ohio

1 2 3 4 Total
Zips 7 14 0 21 42
Bobcats 7 21 7 14 49

Scoring Summary

1st Quarter

2nd Quarter

3rd Quarter

4th Quarter

Temple

at Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

1 2 3 4 Total
Zips 0 0 3 3 6
Owls 0 6 0 21 27

Scoring Summary

2nd Quarter

3rd Quarter

4th Quarter

Roster

(final roster)[7]
Quarterback
  • 2 Jared Wackerly - Freshman
  • 5 Matt Ridgers - Freshman
  • 11 Chris Jacquemain - Junior
  • 16 Jordan Miller - Freshman
Wide Receiver
  • 1 Deryn Bowser - Junior
  • 6 Curtis Brown - Freshman
  • 9 Gary Pride II - Freshman
  • 12 Jeremy Bruce - Junior
  • 17 Brandon Williams - Senior
  • 21 Andre Jones - Senior
  • 80 Nadir Brown - Freshman
  • 81 Alphonso Owen - Senior
  • 81 Roberts Shawn - Sophomore
  • 82 Troy Eison - Sophomore
  • 85 Nathan Cope - Sophomore
  • 87 Richard Sandilands - Sophomore
  • 88 Dashan Miller - Junior
Offensive Lineman
  • 51 Elliott Bates - Junior
  • 53 Dan Ronsman - Freshman
  • 61 Mitch Straight - Freshman
  • 63 Joe Pachuta - Freshman
  • 65 Adam Bice - Freshman
  • 66 Sean McCarthy - Freshman
  • 68 Andrew Colosimo - Freshman
  • 69 Casey Estrada - Junior
  • 70 Paul Simkovich - Freshman
  • 71 Mike Ward - Sophomore
  • 72 Zac Kasparek - Freshman
  • 73 Jake Anderson - Freshman
  • 74 Chris Kemme - Senior
  • 75 Corey Woods - Sophomore
  • 78 Zack Anderson - Junior
  • 79 Jason Sekinger - Sophomore
 
Fullback
Running Back
  • 3 Dennis Kennedy - Senior
  • 4 DeVoe Torrence - Freshman
  • 7 Andrew Johnson - Senior
  • 10 Alex Allen - Junior
  • 14 Thomas Miller - Freshman
  • 15 Nate Burney - Sophomore
  • 32 Joe Tuzze - Junior
  • 39 Dale Martin - Freshman
  • 42 Matt Harmon - Junior
Tight End
  • 8 Jose Cruz - Sophomore
  • 15 Brian Flaherty - Senior
  • 83 Merce Poindexter - Senior
  • 84 Rhyne Ladrach - Freshman
 
Defensive Lineman
  • 13 Shane Shead - Freshman
  • 45 Joe Rash - Freshman
  • 52 Marquinn Davis - Freshman
  • 56 Almondo Sewell - Sophomore
  • 60 Dan Marcoux - Freshman
  • 67 Deni Odofin - Sophomore
  • 76 Ryan Gibbons - Junior
  • 90 Blake Smith - Freshman
  • 92 Ryan Bain - Junior
  • 93 Eric Lively - Senior
  • 94 Shawn Lemon - Sophomore
  • 95 Chad Maynard - Freshman
  • 96 Hasan Hazime - Freshman
  • 97 James Harvey - Freshman
  • 98 Nick Legger - Senior
  • 99 Cowles Stewart - Freshman
Linebacker
  • 20 Mike Thomas - Sophomore
  • 22 Mitchell Magloire - Senior
  • 23 Sean Fobbs - Sophomore
  • 25 Aaron Williams - Freshman
  • 27 Steve Riley - Junior
  • 30 Kevin Grant - Senior
  • 31 Troy Gilmer - Freshman
  • 34 Brian Wagner - Freshman
  • 42 Michael Taggart - Senior
  • 44 Ray Siler - Senior
  • 47 Al-Teric Balaam - Junior
  • 49 Matt Little - Freshman
  • 50 Mike Polinski - Sophomore
  • 54 Doug Williams - Senior
  • 57 Nate Schuler - Freshman
  • 58 Brady Greenwood - Freshman
  • 82 Viktor Rajek - Sophomore
 
Defensive Back
  • 1 Brandon Anderson - Senior
  • 2 Jalil Carter - Sophomore
  • 6 Manley Waller - Freshman
  • 9 Doug Richardson - Sophomore
  • 11 Miguel Graham - Senior
  • 17 Norman Shuford - Freshman
  • 22 Da-Von Moore - Freshman
  • 24 Bryan Williams - Senior
  • 26 Kevin Davis - Junior
  • 27 Wayne Cobham - Junior
  • 28 Amin Kabir - Junior
  • 29 James Stewart - Junior
  • 30 Mark Markovich - Sophomore
  • 33 Josh Richmond - Freshman
  • 35 Bryant McMillon - Junior
  • 36 Jared Province - Freshman
  • 41 LeVon Morefield - Sophomore
  • 43 Larry Dawson - Freshman
  • 46 Marvase Byrd - Freshman
  • 48 Tyler Campbell - Sophomore
Long Snapper
Punter
  • 8 Zack Campbell - Freshman
  • 16 Andy Hildreth - Senior
  • 38 John Stec - Junior
Place Kicker
  • 37 Branko Rogovic - Sophomore
  • 45 Igor Iveljic - Sophomore

Coaching staff

Statistics

Team

Team Opp
Scoring 360 375
  Points per Game 30.0 31.2
First Downs 256 270
  Rushing 106 132
  Passing 135 119
  Penalty 14 18
Total Offense 4760 4771
  Avg per Play 5.7 5.5
  Avg per Game 396.7 397.6
Fumbles-Lost 12-6 26-17
Penalties-Yards 66-558 50-451
  Avg per Game 46.5 37.6
Team Opp
Punts-Yards 48-1782 45-1704
  Avg per Punt 37.1 37.9
Time of Possession/Game 28:48 31:12
3rd Down Conversions 65/160 72/160
4th Down Conversions 11/18 13/20
Touchdowns Scored 44 49
Field Goals-Attempts 18-28 12-19
PAT-Attempts 38-40 45-47
Attendance 71,709 199,697
  Games/Avg per Game 5/14,342 7/28,528

Scores by quarter

1 2 3 4OT Total
Akron 78 98 42 12022 360
Opponents 55 113 69 11622 375

Offense

Rushing

Name GP Att Gain Loss Net Avg TD Long Avg/G
Dennis Kennedy 12 239 1363 42 1321 5.5 17 73 110.1
Andrew Johnson 10 56 288 10 278 5.0 2 33 27.8
Alex Allen 3 32 164 12 152 4.8 3 20 50.7
Joe Tuzze 11 14 68 1 67 4.8 0 13 6.1
Jeremy Bruce 12 18 68 15 53 2.9 0 12 4.4
Andre Jones 11 4 51 0 51 12.8 0 47 4.6
Chris Jacquemain 12 55 176 130 46 0.8 1 13 3.8
Dashan Miller 12 4 27 15 12 3.0 0 11 1.0
Gary Pride II 6 4 13 1 12 3.0 0 12 2.0
Matt Harmon 3 1 5 0 5 5.0 0 5 1.7
John Stec 12 1 4 0 4 4.0 0 4 0.3
Matt Rodgers 2 1 1 0 1 1.0 0 1 0.5
TEAM 8 6 0 20 -20 -3.3 0 0 -2.5
Total 12 435 2228 246 1982 4.6 23 73 165.2
Opponents 12 504 2467 221 2246 4.5 20 46 187.2

Passing

Name GP Effic Att-Cmp-Int Pct Yds TD Lng Avg/G
Chris Jacquemain 12 125.27 399-231-14 57.9 2748 20 60 229.0
Dennis Kennedy 12 117.33 3-1-0 33.3 30 0 30 2.5
TEAM 8 0.00 2-0-0 0.0 0 0 0 0
Total 12 124.59 404-232-14 57.4 2778 20 60 231.5
Opponents 12 142.11 356-226-9 63.5 2525 26 67 210.4

Receiving

Name GP No. Yds Avg TD Long Avg/G
Deryn Bowser 12 64 785 12.3 4 60 65.4
Andre Jones 11 47 678 14.4 7 49 61.6
Dennis Kennedy 12 31 314 10.1 1 57 26.2
Jeremy Bruce 12 29 345 11.9 1 27 28.8
Dashan Miller 12 16 187 11.7 2 37 15.6
Alphonso Owen 12 15 173 11.5 1 34 14.4
Merce Poindexter 12 12 145 12.1 4 22 12.1
Andrew Johnson 10 11 64 5.8 0 20 6.4
Alex Allen 3 2 22 11.0 0 12 7.3
Joe Tuzze 11 1 8 8.0 0 8 0.7
Total 12 232 2778 12.0 20 60 231.5
Opponents 12 226 2525 11.2 26 67 210.4

Defense

Name GP Tackles Sacks Pass Defense Interceptions Fumbles Blkd
Kick
Solo Ast Total TFL-Yds No-Yds BrUp QBH No.-Yds Avg Rcv-Yds FF
Kevin Grant 12 50 35 85 8.5-41 4.0-26 3 2 0 0 2-0 0 0
Mike Thomas 12 48 33 81 8.5-33 2.5-11 1 0 0 0 2-0 2 0
Miguel Graham 12 50 20 70 2.0-3 0 8 0 3-0 0 3-0 0 1
Doug Williams 12 38 31 69 4.5-8 0 1 0 2-45 22.5 0 0 0
Bryan Williams 12 39 25 64 7.0-20 0 3 0 1-62 62 1-16 2 0
Wayne Cobham 11 30 33 63 0.5-0 0 3 0 0 0 1-0 1 0
Tyler Campbell 12 34 29 63 0 0 1 0 0 0 1-0 1 0
Almondo Sewell 12 37 25 62 6.0-22 2.0-15 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Jalil Carter 12 29 19 48 1.5-5 0.5-1 4 0 1-5 5 0 1 1
Aaron Williams 10 22 25 47 1.5-4 1.0-3 1 0 0 0 1-0 1 0
Brandon Anderson 11 27 15 42 1.0-1 0 10 0 1-1 1 0 0 0
Shawn Lemon 12 18 16 34 5.0-19 0 0 1 0 0 1-0 2 0
Al-Teric Balaam 11 12 9 21 2.0-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Ray Siler 11 12 8 20 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
Eric Lively 8 11 9 20 3.0-4 1.0-1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Manley Wallar 12 14 4 18 1.0-4 0 1 0 1-9 9 0 0 0
Joe Rash 12 6 6 12 1.0-1 0 0 0 0 0 1-0 0 0
Amin Kabir 12 9 3 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 1-0 0 0
Dan Marcoux 9 7 4 11 1.0-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Evan Laube 9 6 4 10 1.0-2 0 0 0 0 0 1-0 0 0
Sean Fobbs 8 9 1 10 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Deni Odofin 7 3 5 8 1.0-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Andre Jones 11 5 2 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Merce Poindexter 12 3 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
James Harvey 11 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cowles Stewart 2 1 2 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hasan Hazime 4 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chris Kemme 12 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chris Jacquemain 12 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Joe Tuzze 11 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Alphonso Owen 12 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dennis Kennedy 12 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Corey Woods 12 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Igor Iveljic 12 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Elliott Bates 12 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Matt Little 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jeremy Bruce 12 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jose Cruz 12 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Brian Flaherty 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1-0 0 0
TEAM 8 1 0 1 1.0-7 0 0 0 0 0 1-0 1 0
Total 12 537 370 907 57-183 11-57 39 4 9-122 13.5 17-16 15 4
Opponents 12 490 358 848 56-207 17-106 45 6 14-129 9.2 6-48 6 3

Special teams

Name Punting Kickoffs
No. Yds Avg Long TB FC I20 Blkd No. Yds Avg TB OB
John Stec 48 1782 37.1 49 3 20 12 0 0 0 0 0 0
Branko Rogovic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 57 3364 59.0 4 2
Igor Iveljic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 661 55.1 0 0
Total 48 1782 37.1 49 3 20 12 0 69 4025 58.3 4 2
Opponents 45 1704 37.9 58 4 12 15 1 65 3670 56.5 2 0
Name Punt Returns Kick Returns
No. Yds Avg TD Long No. Yds Avg TD Long
Andre Jones 7 46 6.6 0 14 6 128 21.3 0 31
Gary Pride 2 21 10.5 0 15 0 0 0.0 0 0
Jeremy Bruce 2 10 5.0 0 17 7 79 11.3 0 18
Jalil Carter 1 23 23.0 0 0 3 55 18.3 0 29
Aaron Williams 0 0 0.0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Bryan Williams 0 0 0.0 0 0 21 609 29.0 0 50
Dashan Miller 0 0 0.0 0 0 13 316 24.3 0 46
Andrew Johnson 0 0 0.0 0 0 5 96 19.2 0 28
Joe Tuzze 0 0 0.0 0 0 3 37 12.3 0 15
Mike Thomas 0 0 0.0 0 0 1 14 14.0 0 14
Brandon Anderson 0 0 0.0 0 0 1 17 17.0 0 17
Doug Williams 0 0 0.0 0 0 1 4 4.0 0 4
Total 12 100 8.3 1 15 63 1368 21.7 0 50
Opponents 16 147 9.2 1 66 62 1376 22.2 1 97

References

  1. "Reggie Corner Goes to Buffalo in 4th Round" (Press release). Akron Media Relations. April 27, 2008. Retrieved August 15, 2009.
  2. "Four Zips Sign as Free Agents" (Press release). Akron Media Relations. April 29, 2008. Retrieved August 15, 2009.
  3. "Six Zips on Preseason All-MAC Teams" (Press release). Akron Media Relations. June 25, 2008. Retrieved August 15, 2009.
  4. Ruthenberg, Dave (June 16, 2008). "MAC Report Online Announces 2008 Preseason All-MAC Team". MAC Report Online. Retrieved August 16, 2009.
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  6. "Football - 2008 Schedule & Results". GoZips.com. Retrieved August 16, 2009.
  7. "Football - 2008 Roster". GoZips.com. Retrieved 2009-08-16.
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