Western Michigan and Akron both entered this week in a bit of turmoil, to say the least.
The Broncos were coming off of arguably their worst performance of the season, giving away a 14-0 lead to rival Central Michigan en route to a 42-30 defeat. Akron, on the other hand, had just turned in perhaps its best performance of the season in a narrow 31-25 loss to defending MAC champion Ball State. The good effort apparently was not enough for the Akron administration, as head coach Tom Arth was relieved of his duties just 48 hours later.
Both of these teams entered this matchup in search of a victory, and it was ultimately the Broncos who came out on top, outlasting the Zips 45-40.