2015 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers football team

2015 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers football
Conference Big South Conference
Ranking
STATS No. 16
FCS Coaches No. 17
2015 record 9–3 (4–2 Big South)
Head coach Joe Moglia (4th season)
Offensive coordinator Dave Patenaude (4th season)
Defensive coordinator Clayton Carlin
Home stadium Brooks Stadium
(Capacity: 9,214)
2015 Big South football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
#6 Charleston Southern $^  6 –0     10 –3  
#16 Coastal Carolina ^  4 –2     9 –3  
Liberty  3 –3     6 –5  
Monmouth  3 –3     5 –6  
Kennesaw State  2 –4     6 –5  
Gardner–Webb*  2 –4     4 –7  
Presbyterian  1 –5     2 –9  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant
  • *Gardner-Webb ineligible for postseason due to APR violations
Rankings from STATS FCS Poll

The 2015 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers football team represented Coastal Carolina University in the 2015 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by fourth-year head coach Joe Moglia and played their home games at Brooks Stadium. They were in their final season as a member of the Big South Conference. They finished the season 9–3, 4–2 in Big South play to finish in second place. They received an at-large bid to the FCS Playoffs where they lost in the first round to The Citadel.

The Chanticleers joined the Sun Belt Conference in July 2016, initially as a full but non-football member. The football team will begin a transition to the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), joining Sun Belt football in 2017 and gaining full FBS membership and bowl eligibility in 2018.[1]

Schedule

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
September 5 7:00 PM at Furman* No. 5 Paladin Stadium • Greenville, SC ESPN3 W 38–35   6,563
September 12 6:00 PM at South Carolina State* No. 3 Oliver C. Dawson Stadium • Orangeburg, SC W 41–14   12,023
September 19 6:00 PM Western Illinois* No. 2 Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC BSN W 34–27   10,311
September 26 6:00 PM Bryant* No. 2 Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC BSN W 31–17   10,311
October 3 6:00 PM Alabama A&M*dagger No. 2 Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC BSN W 55–0   9,093
October 10 2:00 PM Presbyterian No. 2 Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC ESPN3 W 24–17   8,039
October 24 1:00 PM at Monmouth No. 2 Kessler Field • West Long Branch, NJ ESPN3 W 23–20   4,591
October 31 2:00 PM at No. 24 Charleston Southern No. 2 Buccaneer Field • Charleston, SC ASN L 25–33   5,311
November 7 2:00 PM Gardner–Webb No. 8 Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC ASN W 46–0   8,422
November 14 2:00 PM Kennesaw State No. 4 Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC BSN W 45–13   8,802
November 19 7:00 PM at Liberty No. 4 Williams Stadium • Lynchburg, VA ESPNews L 21–24   18,955
November 28 2:00 PM No. 18 The Citadel* No. 10 Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC (FCS Playoffs First Round) ESPN3 L 38–41   6,753
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from STATS FCS Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Game summaries

at Furman

1 2 3 4 Total
#5 Chanticleers 15 6 7 10 38
Paladins 7 14 0 14 35
Overall record Last meeting Result
7–1 2016 CCU 41–21

at South Carolina State

1 2 3 4 Total
#3 Chanticleers 22 10 9 0 41
Bulldogs 0 0 7 7 14
Overall record Last meeting Result
5–0 2015 CCU 41–14

Western Illinois

1 2 3 4 Total
Leathernecks 0 7 14 6 27
#2 Chanticleers 3 7 10 14 34
Overall record Last meeting Result
1–2 2017 WIU 52–10

Bryant

1 2 3 4 Total
Bulldogs 10 7 0 0 17
#2 Chanticleers 7 10 7 7 31
Overall record Last meeting Result
2-0 2016 CCU 31-21

Alabama A&M

1 2 3 4 Total
Bulldogs 0 0 0 0 0
#2 Chanticleers 6 32 14 3 55
Overall record Last meeting Result
1-0 2015 CCU 55-0

Presbyterian

1 2 3 4 Total
Blue Hose 3 0 7 7 17
#2 Chanticleers 0 12 5 7 24
Overall record Last meeting Result
9–1 2016 CCU 48–17

at Monmouth

1 2 3 4 Total
#2 Chanticleers 3 14 3 3 23
Hawks 7 6 7 0 20
Overall record Last meeting Result
5–0 2016 CCU 38–17

at Charleston Southern

1 2 3 4 Total
#2 Chanticleers 15 0 3 7 25
#24 Buccaneers 13 14 3 3 33
Overall record Last meeting Result
8–6 2016 Charleston Southern 59–58

Gardner–Webb

1 2 3 4 Total
Runnin' Bulldogs 0 0 0 0 0
#8 Chanticleers 15 14 14 3 46
Overall record Last meeting Result
12–2 2016 CCU 17–7

Kennesaw State

1 2 3 4 Total
Owls 6 0 7 0 13
#4 Chanticleers 13 18 7 7 45
Overall record Last meeting Result
1-0 2015 CCU 45-13

at Liberty

1 2 3 4 Total
#4 Chanticleers 0 14 0 7 21
Flames 7 0 7 10 24
Overall record Last meeting Result
7–7 2016 CCU 42–7

FCS Playoffs

First Round–The Citadel

1 2 3 4 Total
#18 Bulldogs 14 0 14 13 41
#10 Chanticleers 7 14 7 10 38
Overall record Last meeting Result
1–1 2015 Citadel 41–38

Ranking movements

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final 
STATS FCS 5 3 (24) 2 (36) 2 (36) 2 (40) 2 (39) 3 (30) 2 (27) 2 (33) 8 4 4 10–T 16 
Coaches 5 1 (4) 1 (14) 1 (18) 1 (17) 1 (16) 1 (15) 1 (15) 1 (15) 8 4 4 9 17

References

  1. ↑ "Coastal Carolina to Join Sun Belt Conference" (Press release). Sun Belt Conference. September 1, 2015. Retrieved October 12, 2015.
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