Akron — Mid-American
HC
Joe Moorhead · InfoCision Stadium · Akron, OH · 30,000 cap
PPA off / def
0.07 / 0.15
2025
Class rank
#133
class of 2026
Returning PPA
92%
returning production
| 2024 |
OSU W 52–6 | Columbus |
| 2021 |
OSU W 59–7 | Columbus |
| 2011 |
OSU W 42–0 | Columbus |
| 2007 |
OSU W 20–2 | Columbus |
| 2001 |
OSU W 28–14 | Columbus |
2026 schedule
2025 results (5–7)
Statistical comps — 2025 Akron's closest analogs
Nearest neighbors by z-scored success rate, explosiveness, run rate & havoc (offense + defense), 2015–25.
2025 leaders
Transfer portal — 2026 (15 in / 18 out)
Origins
The rubber city's university, which became public in 1967. Bowden's 2015 team won a bowl game, the only one in program history at this level.
Founded 1870 · Buchtel College, founded by the Universalist church · first football 1891 · defined by Terry Bowden
All-time record
All-time
186–319–4
1913–2025
Win %
36.9%
63 seasons played
Winning seasons
16
25% of seasons
By level: ii/iii 1–2 (1913–1940) · D-II 18–22–1 (1966–1979) · FCS 8–7 (1980–1986) · FBS 159–288–3 (1987–2025)
| Best seasons | W | L | Conference |
|---|
| 2015 | 8 | 5 | Mid-American |
| 1992 | 7 | 3 | Mid-American |
| 1999 | 7 | 4 | Mid-American |
| 1975 | 7 | 4 | Independent DII |
| 2003 | 7 | 5 | Mid-American |
Season records from CollegeFootballData, which is why the span starts at 1913 — that is where its coverage of this program begins, not necessarily the first year it fielded a team.
Play-calling tendencies (2025 · garbage time excluded)
| Situation | Plays | Run % | Success % | Nat'l | Avg yds | Expl % |
|---|
| 1st down | 321 | 55% |
39% | 100 of 136 | 5.5 | 12% |
| 2nd down | 235 | 44% |
40% | 66 of 136 | 5.2 | 13% |
| 3rd & short (≤3) | 26 | 58% |
65% | — | 4.6 | 12% |
| 3rd & medium (4–7) | 47 | 21% |
34% | — | 4.7 | 9% |
| 3rd & long (8+) | 71 | 23% |
20% | — | 4.3 | 14% |
| 4th down | 19 | 47% |
53% | — | 5.4 | 16% |
157 drives · 26% ended in points · 6.6 plays and 37.1 yards per drive · 0.37 PPA per drive
Success: 50% of yardage needed on 1st, 70% on 2nd, 100% on 3rd/4th. Explosive: 12+ yd rush / 16+ yd pass. National rank is shown only for 1st and 2nd down, where every team has 100+ plays; the later buckets average 18-43 and a rank there would be noise.
League leaderboard →Most valuable plays (by PPA, 2025)
| Wk | Opp | Play | Yds | PPA |
|---|
| 3 | UAB |
Ben Finley pass complete to Israel Polk for 75 yds for a TD (Owen Wiley KICK) |
75 | 6.08 |
| 13 | Bowling Green |
(03:51) No Huddle-Shotgun #10 B.Finley pass complete deep right to #5 I.Polk caught at BGS… |
75 | 6.08 |
| 6 | Central Michigan |
Ben Finley pass complete to Kyan Mason for 62 yds to the CMU 19 for a 1ST down |
62 | 4.53 |
| 12 | Kent State |
(00:15) No Huddle-Shotgun #10 B.Finley pass complete deep right to #2 M.Williams caught at… |
30 | 4.35 |
| 9 | Buffalo |
End of 1st quarter. |
43 | 4.30 |
| 8 | Ball State |
Ben Finley pass complete to Kyan Mason for 37 yds for a TD (Matthew Schramm KICK) |
37 | 3.69 |
| 9 | Buffalo |
(05:59) No Huddle-Shotgun #10 B.Finley pass complete short left to #2 M.Williams caught at… |
32 | 3.45 |
| 9 | Buffalo |
(04:52) No Huddle-Shotgun #10 B.Finley pass incomplete short right thrown to AKR43 PENALTY… |
32 | 3.43 |