The 1984 Akron Zips football team represented

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in the

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as a member of the

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. Led by 12th-year head coach Jim Dennison, the Zips played their home games at the

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. They finished the season with a record of 4–7 overall and 2–5 in OVC play, placing sixth.

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Akron Zips football seasons

Akron Zips football Akron () is the fifth-largest city in the U.S. state of Ohio and is the county seat of Summit County. It is located on the western edge of the Glaciated Allegheny Plateau, about south of downtown Cleveland. As of the 2020 Census, the city prop ...

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