1929 Akron Zippers football team

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The 1929 Akron Zippers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Akron in the Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC) during the 1929 college football season. In its third season under head coach Red Blair, the team compiled a 9–1 record (7–1 in conference), shut out seven of ten opponents, and outscored all opponents by a total of 158 to 21. Quarterback Harold Frye was the team captain.[1]

ConferenceOhio Athletic Conference
Record9–1 (7–1 OAC)
Headcoach
CaptainHarold Frye
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1929 Akron Zippers football
ConferenceOhio Athletic Conference
Record9–1 (7–1 OAC)
Head coach
CaptainHarold Frye
Home stadiumBuchtel Field
Seasons
← 1928
1930 â†’
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1929 Ohio Athletic Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Muskingum $5–0–06–2–0
Heidelberg2–0–04–3–0
Dayton1–0–04–5–0
Akron7–1–09–1–0
Baldwin–Wallace4–1–16–1–1
Wooster5–2–15–2–1
Mount Union4–2–15–3–1
Oberlin3–2–04–4–0
Western Reserve3–2–03–6–0
Marietta2–2–03–5–0
Kenyon2–3–03–6–0
Otterbein3–5–03–5–0
Case1–6–02–7–0
Hiram1–6–01–7–0
Ohio Northern0–4–12–6–1
St. Xavier0–2–06–4–0
Capital0–5–00–5–2
  • $ – Conference champion
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Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultSource
September 28at ToledoToledo, OHW 26–0[2]
October 5Kent State*
W 25–0[3]
October 12Wooster
  • Buchtel Field
  • Akron, OH
W 12–7[4]
October 19Western Reserve
  • Buchtel Field
  • Akron, OH
W 14–7[5]
October 26at OberlinOberlin, OHL 2–7[6]
November 2Hiram*
  • Buchtel Field
  • Akron, OH
W 27–0[7]
November 9Ohio Northern
  • Buchtel Field
  • Akron, OH
W 19–0[8]
November 16at CaseCleveland, OHW 14–0[9]
November 23at Baldwin–WallaceBerea, OHW 13–0[10]
November 27at Mount UnionAlliance, OHW 6–0[11]
  • *Non-conference game
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Players

The following 18 players received varsity letters for their participation on the team:

  1. Delbert Auten
  2. Larry Baker
  3. Kenneth Cochrane, halfback
  4. Hadley Ensign
  5. Eugene Falls
  6. Charles Fink
  7. Vernon Flaugher
  8. Ignatius "Igs" Florin, fullback
  9. Harold Frye, quarterback
  10. Paul "Peg" Frye, blocking halfback
  11. Larry Hinkle
  12. Albert Oldham
  13. Willard Schmittkin
  14. Albert Shollenberger
  15. Carl Spessard
  16. Harold Thomas
  17. Miles Wilson
  18. Frank Witwer

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