The Akron Zips football program will face Duquesne University for the first time in what ought to be called the Keith Dambrot Bowl.

Dambrot is the legendary men's basketball coach from Akron who guided the Zips for 13 seasons (2004-17) and then Duquesne for seven seasons (2017-24). He retired after the 2023-24 season and passed the head coaching torch at Duquesne to one of his former St. Vincent-St. Mary High School and UA players, Dru Joyce III .

This is a lot of basketball content for coverage of a game on the gridiron, but, hey, Akron football aspires to become as successful as its hoops counterpart , which has earned an NCAA Tournament berth in three of the past four seasons.

Kickoff for the nonconference matchup between Akron (0-3) and Duquesne (1-2) is schedu

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