2008_Akron_Zips_football_team

2008 Akron Zips football
2008 Akron Zips football
Conference	Mid-American Conference
	East
Record	5–7 (3–5 MAC)
Head coach	J. D. Brookhart (5th season);
Offensive coordinator	Joe Moorhead (2nd season)
Offensive scheme	Multiple
Defensive coordinator	Jim Fleming (5th season)
Base defense	3–3–5
Home stadium	Rubber Bowl
	Seasons ← 2007 2009 →

2008 Akron Zips football team

American college football season

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.

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Game summaries

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
13 Samuel Bullock II- "Sophomore"
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 Jamie Milsom- 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

Statistics

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

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

	1	2	3	4	OT	2OT	Total
Zips	10	0	7	7	3	3	30
Golden Flashes	7	14	0	3	3	0	27

	1	2	3	4	OT	2OT	3OT	4OT	Total
Bulls	10	7	0	7	7	3	6	3	43
Zips	7	3	7	7	7	3	6	0	40

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

2008_Akron_Zips_football_team

2008 Akron Zips football team

Before the season

Schedule

Game summaries

Wisconsin

Syracuse

Ball State

Army

Cincinnati

Kent State

Bowling Green

Eastern Michigan

Toledo

Buffalo

Ohio

Temple

Roster

Coaching staff

Statistics

Team

Scores by quarter

Offense

Rushing

Passing

Receiving

Defense

Special teams

References

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2008 Akron Zips football

Conference	Mid-American Conference
Division	East
Record	5–7 (3–5 MAC)
Head coach	J. D. Brookhart (5th season)
Offensive coordinator	Joe Moorhead (2nd season)
Offensive scheme	Multiple
Defensive coordinator	Jim Fleming (5th season)
Base defense	3–3–5
Home stadium	Rubber Bowl
Seasons ← 2007 2009 →

v t e
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 (OH)	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

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

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

Name	GP	Tackles				Sacks	Pass Defense		Interceptions		Fumbles		Blkd Kick
Name	GP	Solo	Ast	Total	TFL-Yds	No-Yds	BrUp	QBH	No.-Yds	Avg	Rcv-Yds	FF	Blkd Kick
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

Name	Punting								Kickoffs
Name	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

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

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