The University of Akron Athletics
Home Football Game Times Finalized
June 21 | Football
2006 Akron Football Schedule
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June 21, 2006
AKRON, Ohio - Home football games times for the University of Akron's 2006 schedule have been finalized, the department of athletics announced today.
The home opener against North Texas on Saturday, Sept. 23, the first of five games at the Rubber Bowl, will kick off at 6 p.m. (EDT).
After playing five of their first six contests away from home, the Zips finish with four of their final six at home. They face Miami at on Saturday, Oct. 21 at 6 p.m. in the annual homecoming contest and Bowling Green on Saturday, Nov. 4 at 1 p.m.
The two final home games of the season will be mid-week affairs with Buffalo visiting Akron on Thursday, Nov. 9 and Western Michigan closing out the regular season on Friday, Nov. 24. The tilt with Bulls will begin at 6 p.m. and be broadcast on ESPNU, while the WMU game is slated for a 1 p.m. start.
The Zips begin the year in front of a national audience for the third-straight game when their season opener at Penn State on Saturday, Sept. 2 at 3:30 p.m. is broadcast on ESPN2. The final two games of 2005 - the Mid-American Conference Championship game and Motor City Bowl - were both broadcast nationally on ESPN.
Akron, under the direction of third-year head coach J.D.
Brookhart, is coming off one of its most successful seasons in
school history, capturing its first league title on record and
qualifying for its first-ever Division I-A bowl game in 2005.
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The Zips welcome back 16 offensive and defensive starters from a 2005 squad which went 7-6 and won the MAC Championship on Dec. 1 in Detroit's Ford Field in thrilling fashion. Senior quarterback Luke Getsy (Munhall, Pa./Steel Valley/Pittsburgh) directed a late touchdown drive, hitting wide receiver Domenik Hixon with the winning score with 10 seconds left for a 31-30 victory over Northern Illinois.
That win earned Akron a berth in the Motor City Bowl and a date with Memphis. The Tigers defeated the Zips, 38-31, on Dec. 26 back in Detroit, but Akron was just the second team in the nine-year history of the game to sell out its allotment of tickets.
The Zips' first league title in school history came a week after their first-ever MAC East Division title. Akron ascended to Division I-A status in 1987 and entered the MAC in 1992.
Season-ticket packages are available by calling the UA Athletics Ticket office at 1-888-99-AKRON or by visiting the ticket page.
