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| name                  = Steel Tire
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| team1                 = [[Akron Zips football|Akron Zips]]
| team1logo             = Akron Zips logo 2022.svg
| team2                 = [[Youngstown State Penguins football|Youngstown State Penguins]]
| team2logo             = Youngstown State Penguins logo.svg
| sport                 = [[American football|Football]]
| firstmeeting          = November 2, 1940<br />Youngstown 13, Akron 0
| mostrecent            = November 4, 1995<br />Youngstown State 24, Akron 10
| nextmeeting           = 
| total                 = 35
| series                = Youngstown State leads, {{Winning percentage|19|14|2|record=y}}
| largestvictory        = Akron, 60–27 (1969)
| longeststreak         = Akron, 6 (1963–1971)
| longestunbeatenstreak = 
| currentstreak         = Youngstown State, 3 (1993–1995)
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The '''Steel Tire''' was awarded, from 1940 until 1995, to the winner of the annual [[college football]] game between the [[University of Akron]] and [[Youngstown State University]].<ref name="ref1">{{cite web| title=These really stand out in the case|publisher=[[ESPN]]| url=https://www.espn.com/espn/page2/story?page=list/strangestrivalrytrophies|access-date=2014-11-13}}</ref><ref name="ref2">{{cite news|date= December 1, 2002| title=Reveling in rivalries|newspaper=[[The Cincinnati Enquirer]]| url=http://enquirer.com/editions/2002/12/01/spt_wwwsptfootriv1.html|access-date=2014-11-13}}</ref><ref name="ref3">{{cite news|date= October 12, 2005| title=On top of the mantel|newspaper=[[The Florida Times-Union]]| url=http://jacksonville.com/tu-online/stories/101205/col_20007755.shtml|access-date=2014-11-13}}</ref><ref>Beck, Stan, and Jack Wilkinson (2013). ''College Sports Traditions: Picking Up Butch, Silent Night, and Hundreds of Others''. Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press. p. 235. {{ISBN|978-0-8108-9120-3}}.</ref><ref>Whittingham, Richard (2001). ''Rites of Autumn: The Story of College Football''. New York: Free Press. p. 119. {{ISBN|978-0-7432-2219-8}}.</ref><ref>Purdy, Dennis (2008). ''Super Football Challenge: 600 Trivia Quizzes to Test Your Football Knowledge''. New York: Sterling Publishing. p. 93. {{ISBN|978-1-4027-5627-6}}.</ref> The trophy comes from the main products of the two cities; [[Akron, Ohio|Akron]] for its [[rubber]] and [[Youngstown, Ohio|Youngstown]] for its [[steel]].

==History==
The series was discontinued after 1995.  Youngstown State leads the overall series 19–14–2, including victories in each of the last three games.<ref name="steeltire">{{cite web|work=[[College Football Data Warehouse]]|url=http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_iaa/missourivalley/youngstown_state/vs_conf_opponents_records.php?teamid=83&confid=109&restrictions=none|title=Youngstown St. vs Akron (OH)|access-date=September 3, 2011|archive-date=October 29, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029191821/http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_iaa/missourivalley/youngstown_state/vs_conf_opponents_records.php?teamid=83&confid=109&restrictions=none|url-status=dead}}</ref> The two schools were scheduled to meet on September 5, 2020, but was canceled due to continuing concerns over the [[COVID-19]] pandemic.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Mid-American Conference Announces Postponement of Fall Sports|url=https://gozips.com/news/2020/8/8/general-mid-american-conference-announces-postponement-of-fall-sports.aspx|access-date=2020-11-14|website=University of Akron Athletics}}</ref>

==Game results==
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{{Sports rivalry series table
| series_summary = yes
| cols = 2
| format = compact
| team1 = Akron
| team1style = {{NCAA color cell|Akron Zips}}
| team2 = Youngstown State / Youngstown
| team2style = {{NCAA color cell|Youngstown State Penguins}}

| November 2, 1940 | Akron, OH | Akron | 0 | Youngstown | 13
| November 7, 1941 | Youngstown, OH | Akron | 0 | Youngstown | 19
| November 19, 1959 | Akron, OH | Akron | 14 | Youngstown State | 34
| November 19, 1960 | Youngstown, OH | Akron | 21 | Youngstown State | 34
| November 3, 1962 | Youngstown, OH | Akron | 13 | Youngstown State | 17
| November 2, 1963 | Akron, OH | Akron | 21 | Youngstown State | 7
| October 7, 1967 | Akron, OH | Akron | 19 | Youngstown State | 12
| November 22, 1968 | Youngstown, OH | Akron | 48 | Youngstown State | 13
| November 8, 1969 | Akron, OH | Akron | 60 | Youngstown State | 27
| November 7, 1970 | Youngstown, OH | Akron | 42 | Youngstown State | 14
| November 20, 1971 | Akron, OH | Akron | 7 | Youngstown State | 0
| October 21, 1972 | Youngstown, OH | Akron | 21 | Youngstown State | 22
| October 20, 1973 | Akron, OH | Akron | 31 | Youngstown State | 7
| November 16, 1974 | Youngstown, OH | Akron | 0 | Youngstown State | 30
| October 25, 1975 | Akron, OH | Akron | 17 | Youngstown State | 6
| September 25, 1976 | Youngstown, OH | Akron | 24 | Youngstown State | 3
| October 15, 1977 | Akron, OH | Akron | 10 | Youngstown State | 28
| October 21, 1978 | Youngstown, OH | Akron | 3 | Youngstown State | 27
| October 20, 1979 | Akron, OH | Akron | 3 | Youngstown State | 16
| October 4, 1980 | Youngstown, OH | Akron | 0 | Youngstown State | 0
| October 3, 1981 | Akron, OH | Akron | 7 | Youngstown State | 34
| September 4, 1982 | Youngstown, OH | Akron | 20 | Youngstown State | 19
| November 5, 1983 | Akron, OH | Akron | 49 | Youngstown State | 21
| November 3, 1984 | Youngstown, OH | Akron | 2 | Youngstown State | 3
| November 9, 1985 | Akron, OH | Akron | 30 | Youngstown State | 5
| November 22, 1986 | Youngstown, OH | Akron | 39 | Youngstown State | 40
| November 21, 1987 | Akron, OH | Akron | 6 | Youngstown State | 10
| October 1, 1988 | Youngstown, OH | Akron | 33 | Youngstown State | 7
| September 23, 1989 | Youngstown, OH | Akron | 17 | Youngstown State | 20
| September 29, 1990 | Youngstown, OH | Akron | 23 | Youngstown State | 28
| October 12, 1991 | Akron, OH | Akron | 38 | Youngstown State | 24
| November 14, 1992 | Akron, OH | Akron | 10 | Youngstown State | 10
| November 20, 1993 | Akron, OH | Akron | 0 | Youngstown State | 19
| October 29, 1994 | Youngstown, OH | Akron | 7 | Youngstown State | 41
| November 4, 1995 | Akron, OH | Akron | 10 | Youngstown State | 24
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== See also == 
* [[List of NCAA college football rivalry games]]

==References==
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{{Akron Zips football navbox}}
{{Youngstown State Penguins football navbox}}
{{Mid-American Conference football rivalry navbox}}
{{Missouri Valley Football Conference rivalry navbox}}

[[Category:College football rivalry trophies in the United States]]
[[Category:Akron Zips football]]
[[Category:Youngstown State Penguins football]]


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