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THE
RUBBER BOWL n n n
Opened in 1940, The University of Akron’s Rubber Bowl is the second-largest
collegiate stadium in the state of Ohio. With current capacity at 31,000, The
Bowl is among the largest facilities in the Mid-American Conference. More
than 3,000,000 fans have passed through the turnstiles of the Rubber Bowl,
which has served as a gathering spot for northeast Ohio football fans and
event goers for 66 years.
in recent seasons, The rubber Bowl has served as a backdrop for several excitng national
television games.
• The ESPN2 broadcast team (shown below in The Rubber Bowl press box) of Rece
Davis, Lou holtz and mark may called UA’s 48-37 win over ohio last november.
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• The Zips’ come-from-behind, last-second 31-28 win over Marshall on Nov. 5, 2004
was also carried by esPn2.
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• Has played host to: 319 UA football contests, 19 preseason Cleveland
Browns’ games, a regular-season nfL game in 1952, over 1,500
high school games, and numerous soccer matches and concerts.
• The Cleveland Browns franchise has a 14-5 all-time mark at The
Bowl and has attracted more than 500,000 fans.
• Akron opened its playing history in the Rubber Bowl on Oct. 5, 1940,
against western reserve, before 17,472 spectators.
• Akron is 190-119-10 (.611) all-time in The Bowl, including a
30-14 (.681) record over the past seven years.
• Original cost of the facility was $546,000.
• The stadium was dedicated before 37,000 people on Aug. 10, 1940.
• The first artificial surface was installed in 1973. New turf was put
down in 1983 and 1991, and an AstroPlay surface was installed prior
to the 2003 season.