2007 Akron Zips football team

The 2007 Akron Zips football team represented the University of Akron in the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Akron competed as a member of the East Division of the Mid-American Conference (MAC). The Zips were led by J. D. Brookhart in his fourth year as head coach.

2007 Akron Zips football
Conference	Mid-American Conference
Division	East Division
Record	4–8 (3–5 MAC)
Head coach	J. D. Brookhart (4th season)
Offensive coordinator	Joe Moorhead (1st season)
Defensive coordinator	Jim Fleming (4th season)
Home stadium	Rubber Bowl

2007 Mid-American Conference football standings

	Div							Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L					W		L
East Division
Miami (OH) xy		4	–	2					5	–	2					6	–	7
Bowling Green x		4	–	2					6	–	2					8	–	5
Buffalo x		4	–	2					5	–	3					5	–	7
Ohio		3	–	3					4	–	4					6	–	6
Temple		3	–	3					4	–	4					4	–	8
Akron		2	–	4					3	–	5					4	–	8
Kent State		1	–	5					1	–	7					3	–	9
West Division
Central Michigan xy$		4	–	1					6	–	1					8	–	6
Ball State x		4	–	1					5	–	2					7	–	6
Eastern Michigan		3	–	2					3	–	4					4	–	8
Western Michigan		2	–	3					3	–	4					5	–	7
Toledo		2	–	3					3	–	5					5	–	7
Northern Illinois		0	–	5					1	–	6					2	–	10
Championship: Central Michigan 35, Miami 10
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions Due to an unbalanced conference schedule, the team with best division record within each division was awarded that division's championship game berth.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 1	7:00 p.m.	vs. Army*	Cleveland Browns Stadium Cleveland, OH (Patriot Bowl)	ESPN+	W 22–14	17,865
September 8	Noon	at No. 12 Ohio State*	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH	BTN	L 2–20	104,317
September 15	Noon	at Indiana*	Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN	BTN	L 24–41	31,196
September 22	Noon	Kent State	Rubber Bowl Akron, OH (Battle for the Wagon Wheel)	ESPN+	W 27–20	21,867
September 29	Noon	at Connecticut*	Rentschler Field East Hartford, CT	ESPN+	L 10–44	38,212
October 6	7:00 p.m.	at Western Michigan	Waldo Stadium Kalamazoo, MI		W 39–38	25,610
October 13	6:00 p.m.	Temple	Rubber Bowl Akron, OH		L 20–24	14,017
October 25	1:00 p.m.	at Buffalo	UB Stadium Amherst		L 10–26	10,142
November 2	7:30 p.m.	at Bowling Green	Doyt Perry Stadium Bowling Green, OH		L 20–44	12,766
November 7	7:30 p.m.	Ohio	Rubber Bowl Akron, OH	ESPN2	W 48–37	12,453
November 14	7:30 p.m.	at Miami (OH)	Yager Stadium Oxford, OH	ESPN2	L 0–7	13,274
November 23	11:00 a.m.	Central Michigan	Rubber Bowl Akron, OH	ESPNU	L 32–35	15,573
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time