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The Un i v e r s i T y of Ak r o n • 2008 fo o T b A l l Me d i A GU i d e 2007 Season in Review touchdowns, which is even more impressive considering the Zips’ only had five rushing TDs as a team prior to Ohio. During a second-quarter scoring drive, which gave the Zips a lead (17-13), Allen accounted for 35 of the 59 yards, thanks to a 31-yard run and a one-yard TD run. Allen would put the Zips up 27-13 on UA’s first drive of the second half with a two-yard TD. Then with Akron holding on to a 10-point lead in the fourth, Allen accounted for all five plays and all 41 yards, including a one-yard TD, sealing the victory. Williams returned four kicks for 151 yards, including a 95-yard return for a TD — his first kick return for a TD this season. The junior also had 16 rushes for 80 yards (5.0 avg.) as the Zips starting tailback. • Nov. 25: Although he was not a MAC honoree, ANDRE JONES was the MAC Report Online Defensive Player of the Week for his efforts in a near upset of conference champion Central Michigan. Jones tallied 10 tackles, including seven solo stops, with an interception and a pass breakup. Also, in one play, he stripped Bryan Anderson after a CMU completion and returned the ball 64 yards for a touchdown, giving the Zips a 26-13 lead in the third quarter. Zips Win in Final Seconds ... AGAIN Winning in the final seconds is not new to Akron since J.D. Brookhart took over the program. In each of his first four seasons, including the Oct. 6 win at Western Michigan in 2007, Akron has won a game on the last play of the game. (See Zips’ celebration at WMU below.) Versus the Broncos, the Zips scored 15 unanswered points in the final five minutes for the victory, including a 50-yarder Chris Jacquemain to Jabari Arthur completion. Clinging to a seven-point lead and backed against its own endzone, WMU elected to take a safety on fourth down rather than risk a punt being blocked. With 15 seconds left, Western took a free kick and the ball bounded back to UA 11, where Alphonso Owen collected the ball and started up field. As he was about to be tackled, Owen pitched the ball to Jones. The Forestville, Md., product cut back across the field and, with a block by Andre Walker around the five yard line, scored his first career touchdown as time expired to give the Zips the victory. In Coach Brookhart’s first year (2004) before a national ESPN telecast, Jason Swiger hit a 43-yard field goal as time expired to lift the Zips to a 31-28 victory over Marshall. In that game, Akron, who was trailing 28-7 in the third quarter, scored 24 unanswered, including a TD and field goal inside the final 45 seconds, for the victory. In his second year, Coach Brookhart led Akron to a thrilling win over Northern Illinois in the 2005 MAC Championship game, again a national ESPN telecast. Domenik Hixon, who was battling a injury, mustered the strength to haul in a 36-yard touchdown pass from Luke Getsy with 10 seconds left to give the Zips a 31-30 decision. Last season on ESPN U, down 17-14 with 1:07 left at North Carolina State, Getsy led the Zips down to the Wolfpack one. Instead of kicking a potential game-tying field goal, Coach Brookhart elected to go for the win and Dennis Kennedy scored from one-yard out as time expired for the 20-17 victory over a BCS team. 76 Photo by Jonathan Gruenkle - Kalamazoo Gazette Akron’s dramatic win at Western Michigan did not get much attention in the media as the game ended so late and there was limited video of the play. ESPN’s College Football Live had the first national broadcast of the play and SportsCenter later picked up the play, which ran all day Oct. 9. College Football Live revisited the play that night, interviewing Owen to start its broadcast. ABC later featured the play and several other media outlets flooded the UA Media Relations Office to either get a copy of the video or interview those involved about the play. Stec Sets Akron Record Sophomore punter John Stec set a dubious school record with 14 punts, surpassing the previous mark of 13 set by Bill Rudison at Virginia Tech on Sept. 2, 1989. Stec, who made eight kicks in the first half alone, finished with 575 total punting yards, for an impressive 41.1 average. The total was 38 yards short of another school record (613) also set by Rudison against the Hokies. Stec was a major factor in the first quarter with a pair of perfectlyplaced kicks. His first was a 40-yarder that was downed on the Buckeyes’ two-yard line and set up UA’s safety. His second punt went for 49 yards and was downed on the OSU 7. Stec started the second quarter with a booming 52-yard kick out of the Zips end zone; five yards shy of his career best. It was the his first 50-plus yard kick of the season. Zips Win Inaugural First Merit Patriot Bowl In the spring of 2007, the Greater Cleveland Sports Commission announced its newly created, owned and operated event, The First Merit Patriot Bowl. The Patriot Bowl is to be an annual college football game featuring a Mid-American Conference (MAC) University from Ohio and one of the Service Academies – Army, Navy or Air Force. Each year, the game will take place over Labor Day weekend at Cleveland Browns Stadium. In the inaugural event, Akron defeated Army 22-14 and took home the “Cleary Trophy” named for Michael Cleary, long-time Executive Director of the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA) in recognition of his lasting service to the Cleveland community, collegiate athletics and the Greater Cleveland Sports Commission. In winning the Patriot Bowl... • Akron head coach J.D. Brookhart opened a season for the first time in his four years, falling at Penn State twice and at Purdue once in his first three seasons. • Akron snapped a streak of losing five straight season openers. (Akron had lost 12 of its last 13 openers as well prior to beating Army.) • Since joining the MAC in 1992, Akron is now 4-12 in season openers and is 5-16 in such contests since joining the NCAA Division I-A, now Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), in 1987. • Akron improved to 56-46-5 all-time in season openers. Akron’s 66th and Final Season at the Rubber Bowl
The Un i v e r s i T y of Ak r o n • 2008 fo o T b A l l Me d i A GU i d e 2007 Season in Review AKRON IN THE MAC/NCAA STATS TEAM No./Avg. MAC Rank NCAA Rank Rushing Offense .................................. 127.83 ............... 11 ......................90 Passing Offense ............................ 183.83 ypg ............... 11 ....................100 Total Offense.................................. 311.67 ypg ............... 12 ....................111 Scoring Offense ..............................21.17 ppg ............... 10 ......................97 Rushing Defense ........................... 183.75 ypg ................. 7 ......................86 Pass Efficiency Defense ............131.51 rating ................. 6 ......................77 Total Defense ................................. 408.67 ypg ................. 7 ......................76 Scoring Defense ..............................29.17 ppg ................. 6 ......................75 Net Punting ...................................... 33.25 ypp ................. 9 ......................90 Punt Returns .....................................13.65 ypr ................. 1 ......................14 Kickoff Returns ................................22.70 ypr ................. 3 ......................30 Turnover Margin ...................................... -0.08 ................. 9 ......................64 Fumbles Recovered ...................................... 9 ................. 9 ......................66 Passes Intercepted ..................................... 14 ................. 5 ......................44 Fumbles Lost ................................................11 ................. 8 ......................63 Passes Had Intercepted .............................. 14 ................. 4 ......................65 Turnovers Gained ........................................ 24 ................. 9 ......................65 Turnovers Lost ............................................ 25 ................. 6 ......................59 Pass Defense ................................. 224.92 ypg ................. 7 ......................53 Passing Efficiency .....................109.00 rating ............... 13 ....................103 Sacks By ............................................ 1.75 spg ................. 8 ......................81 Tackles for Loss ............................6.17 TFLpg ................. 7 ......................65 Sacks Allowed ..................................... 2.08 pg ................. 6 ......................62 Tackles for Loss Allowed .............7.17 TFLpg .................-- ......................96 Fewest Penalties ................................. 7.00 pg .................-- ......................85 Fewest Yards Penalized .................... 52.92 pg ................. 5 ......................51 Punt Return Yardage Defense ...........9.00 ypr .................-- ......................60 Kickoff Return Yardage Defense .....22.40 ypr .................-- ......................83 3rd Down Conversion Off .......35.7% (65-182) ................. 9 ......................92 3rd Down Conversion Def ......41.2% (73-177) ................. 9 ......................75 4th Down Conversion Off ...........20.0% (3-15) ............... 13 ....................119 4th Down Conversion Def...........25.0% (5-20) ................. 1 ........................3 Time of Possession................................ 28:51 ............... 10 ......................89 Red Zone Offense ....................70.3 % (26-37) ............... 10 ....................... -- Red Zone Defense .....................80.8% (42-52) ................. 9 ....................... -- INDIVIDUAL No./Avg. MAC Rank NCAA Rank ALEX ALLEN Rushing Offense ............................. 34.50 ypg ............... 20 ....................... -- JABARI ARTHUR No./Avg. MAC Rank NCAA Rank Receptions .........................................7.17 rpg ................ 3 ..................... 11 Receiving Yards .............................. 97.58 ypg ................ 2 ..................... 12 Total Receiving Yards ............................1,171 ................ 2 ..................... 16 All-Purpose Runners...................... 99.08 ypg .............. 13 ........................ - Scoring .............................................. 5.00 ppg .............. 20 ........................ - Scoring (TDs) .....................................5.00 ppg ............... 10 .................... NA JARED CECCHETTI No./Avg. MAC Rank NCAA Rank Sacks .....................................0.39 spr (4 total) ............... 16 ....................... -- REGGIE CORNER No./Avg. MAC Rank NCAA Rank Interceptions ........................................0.58 ipr ................. 1 ........................4 Total Interceptions ................................7 total ................. 1 ........................6 Passes Defended .... 1.58 (7 INT and 12 PBU) ................. 1 ........................6 KEVIN GRANT No./Avg. MAC Rank NCAA Rank Tackles ..................................................6.2 tpg ............... 44 ....................... -- IGOR IVELJIC No./Avg. MAC Rank NCAA Rank Field Goals ........................................1.50 mpg ................. 2 ......................21 Scoring ...............................................7.00 ppg ................. 6 ......................87 Field Goal Pct. .............................. 83.3 (15/18) ................. 2 .................... NA Scoring (KICK) ...................................7.00 ppg ................. 3 .................... NA PAT Pct. ......................................... 96.2 (25/26) ................. 4 .................... NA Mid-American Conference Standings (Final 2008 Standings) East Division DIVISION ONLY MAC OVERALL SEASON Team W L Pct. W L Pct. W L Pct. Miami ........................... 4 2 .667 5 2 .714 6 7 .462 Bowling Green ............. 4 2 .667 6 2 .750 8 5 .615 Buffalo ......................... 4 2 .667 5 3 .625 5 7 .417 Ohio ............................. 3 3 .500 4 4 .500 6 6 .500 Temple ......................... 3 3 .500 4 4 .500 4 8 .333 AKRON ....................... 2 4 .333 3 5 .375 4 8 .333 Kent State .................... 1 5 .167 1 7 .125 3 9 .250 West Division DIVISION ONLY MAC OVERALL SEASON Team W L Pct. W L Pct. W L Pct. Central Michigan .......... 4 1 .800 6 1 .857 8 6 .571 Ball State ..................... 4 1 .800 5 2 .714 7 6 .538 Eastern Michigan ......... 3 2 .600 3 4 .429 4 8 .333 Western Michigan ........ 2 3 .400 4 4 .500 5 7 .417 Toledo .......................... 2 3 .400 3 5 .375 5 7 .417 Northern Illinois ............ 0 4 .000 1 6 .143 2 10 .167 CHRIS JACQUEMAIN No./Avg. MAC Rank NCAA Rank Completions .................................... 14.00 cpg ................. 9 ......................87 Passing Yards .................................. 147.5 ypg ............... 10 ......................96 Total Passing Yards ............................... 1,623 ............... 10 ....................100 Total Offense.................................. 143.55 ypg ............... 11 ....................... -- Passing Efficiency .....................111.50 rating ............... 12 ....................100 ANDRE JONES No./Avg. MAC Rank NCAA Rank Punt Returns .....................................14.50 ypr ................. 1 ......................11 Fumbles Forced ....................................... 0.25 ................. 4 ......................28 Interceptions ......................... 0.17 ipg (2 total) ............... 21 ....................... -- Tackles ..................................................6.5 tpg ............... 36 ....................... -- JOHN MACKEY No./Avg. MAC Rank NCAA Rank Interceptions ..........................0.30 ipr (3 total) ................. 9 ....................... -- ALMONDO SEWELL No./Avg. MAC Rank NCAA Rank Tackles for Loss ............................0.83 TFLpg ............... 15 ....................... -- JOHN STEC No./Avg. MAC Rank NCAA Rank Punting ............................................. 37.55 ypp ............... 12 ....................... -- BRION STOKES No./Avg. MAC Rank NCAA Rank Tackles For Loss ...........................1.21 TFLpg ................. 7 ......................42 Solo Tackles........................................5.08 tpg .................-- ......................54 Sacks .................................................. 0.46 spg ................. 9 ....................... -- Tackles ................................................7.50 tpg ............... 22 ....................... -- DAVANZO TATE No./Avg. MAC Rank NCAA Rank Passes Defended.....1.58 (2 INT and 17 PBU) ................ 1 ....................... 6 Total Passes Broken Up .............................17 ................ 1 ......................... Interceptions ......................... 0.17 ipg (2 total) ............... 21 ....................... -- Tackles ..................................................6.1 tpg ............... 48 ....................... -- BRYAN WILLIAMS No./Avg. MAC Rank NCAA Rank Kickoff Returns ................................31.90 ypr ................. 1 ........................2 All Purpose Yards.......................... 133.50 ypg ................. 7 ......................49 Rushing ............................................ 60.67 ypg ............... 10 ......................99 Total Offense.................................... 60.67 ypg ............... 21 ....................... -- Akron’s 66th and Final Season at the Rubber Bowl 77
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