1979 Akron

Only 4 games are on file: 2–⁠2. The rest of the schedule isn’t in our source.

Schedule and results

Akron in 1979, game by game: won vs. Kent State 15–13; lost vs. Indiana State 27–28; won at Eastern Michigan 24–12; lost at Temple 6–42+12−36Won 15–13 vs. Kent State+2Kent StateLost 27–28 vs. Indiana State-1Indiana StateWon 24–12 at Eastern Michigan+12Eastern MichiganLost 6–42 at Temple-36Temple
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 15vsKent StateW 15–⁠1330%
Sep 29vsIndiana StateL 27–⁠2826%
Oct 13atEastern MichiganW 24–⁠1230%
Nov 10atTempleL 6–⁠427%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

Games missing from our records

Wikipedia’s season articles list three games of Akron’s 1979 season that CollegeFootballData.com, where this site’s results come from, doesn’t have. They don’t count in the record, Elo ratings or series totals here.

DateOpponentResultSource
Sep 8vsWestern IllinoisW 24–⁠7Western Illinois’s article
Sep 22atBoise StateL 21–⁠31Boise State’s articleOur records have Boise State playing Cal State Fullerton on September 22.
Nov 17atEastern IllinoisW 27–⁠16Eastern Illinois’s article
Record
2–⁠2
Conference
3–⁠2 3rd in the Association of Mid-Continent Universities (Wikipedia)
AP final
Unranked
Points
72–⁠95
Coach
—
Elo
1236 +47 this season
SP+ rating
—
Recruiting class
—
Captains
Curtis Howard, Bob Maxwell, Dennis McGlone and Paul Winters}}