The 2023 season's largest margin: Akron 31, Kent State 27. A 4-point win — the year's high-water mark.
2023 — The Correction
2023 is a losing-side chapter for Akron. The program metabolises it; the voice does not apologize.
The Shape — week-by-week · cumulative W–L below
Who carried it
- Jeff UndercufflerQB1,378 passing yards
- DJ IronsQB722 passing yards
- Lorenzo LingardRB641 rushing yards
- Jasaiah GathingsWR575 receiving yards
- Daniel GeorgeWR529 receiving yards
- Antavious FishLB85 tackles
- Bryan McCoyLB81 tackles
- Darrian LewisS65 tackles
- C.J. NunnallyDL5 sacks
- Bennett AdlerDL2.5 sacks
- Shammond CooperLB2 sacks
Season leaders, 2023.
The season's deepest loss: Akron 14, Northern Illinois 55. A 41-point margin the season is remembered by.
"Fear the Roo"
2023 sits in Akron's crisis ledger. The program does not moralise it. The next season begins the day this one ended and the crisis chapter closes when the ledger does.