2015 Indiana State Sycamores football team

2015 Indiana State Sycamores football
Conference Missouri Valley Football Conference
2015 record 5–6 (3–5 MVFC)
Head coach Mike Sanford (3rd season)
Offensive coordinator Brian Sheppard (3rd season)
Defensive coordinator Brian Cabral (3rd season)
Home stadium Memorial Stadium
(Capacity: 12,764)
2015 MVFC football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
#1 North Dakota State +^  7 –1     13 –2  
#5 Illinois State +^  7 –1     10 –3  
#8 Northern Iowa ^  5 –3     9 –5  
#15 South Dakota State ^  5 –3     8 –4  
Western Illinois ^  5 –3     7 –6  
Indiana State  3 –5     5 –6  
Youngstown State  3 –5     5 –6  
South Dakota  3 –5     5 –6  
Southern Illinois  2 –6     3 –8  
Missouri State  0 –8     1 –10  
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant
Rankings from STATS FCS Poll

The 2015 Indiana State Sycamores football team represented Indiana State University in the 2015 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by third-year head coach Mike Sanford and played their home games at Memorial Stadium. They were a member of the Missouri Valley Football Conference. They finished the season 5–6, 3–5 in MVFC play to finish in a three way tie for sixth place.

Schedule

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
September 5 3:05 PM Butler* No. 21 Memorial Stadium • Terre Haute, IN ESPN3 W 52–17   3,941
September 12 12:00 PM at Purdue* No. 21 Ross–Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN ESPNews L 14–38   41,158
September 19 3:05 PM Southeast Missouri State* No. 23 Memorial Stadium • Terre Haute, IN ESPN3 W 29–28   6,786
October 3 3:00 PM at Missouri State No. 21 Plaster Sports Complex • Springfield, MO ESPN3 W 56–28   9,183
October 10 7:00 PM at No. 8 South Dakota State No. 19 Coughlin–Alumni Stadium • Brookings, SD ESPN3 L 7–24   9,347
October 17 3:05 PM Southern Illinoisdagger No. 21 Memorial Stadium • Terre Haute, IN ESPN3 W 39–36   7,421
October 24 1:05 PM No. 8 North Dakota State No. 18 Memorial Stadium • Terre Haute, IN MVC TV/ESPN3 L 14–28   6,524
October 31 1:00 PM at No. 3 Illinois State No. 21 Hancock Stadium • Normal, IL ESPN3 L 24–27   7,498
November 7 7:00 PM at No. 17 Northern Iowa No. 23 UNI-Dome • Cedar Falls, IA ESPN3 L 13–59   13,224
November 14 1:05 PM Western Illinois Memorial Stadium • Terre Haute, IN ESPN3 L 30–37 OT  4,567
November 21 1:05 PM Youngstown State Memorial Stadium • Terre Haute, IN ESPN3 W 27–24   1,121
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from STATS FCS Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Game summaries

Butler

1 2 3 4 Total
Bulldogs 0 10 7 0 17
#21 Sycamores 24 7 14 7 52
Overall record Last meeting Result
8–25–2 2011 ISU, 48–34

at Purdue

1 2 3 4 Total
#21 Sycamores 0 7 7 0 14
Boilermakers 14 10 7 7 38
Overall record Last meeting Result
0–4 2013 PUR, 20–14

Southeast Missouri State

1 2 3 4 Total
Redhawks 7 0 0 21 28
#23 Sycamores 0 0 21 8 29
Overall record Last meeting Result
3–4 2008 SEMO, 24–21

at Missouri State

1 2 3 4 Total
#21 Sycamores 7 14 14 21 56
Bears 7 7 7 7 28
Overall record Last meeting Result
12–17 2014 ISU, 20–18

at South Dakota State

1 2 3 4 Total
#19 Sycamores 0 0 7 0 7
#8 Jackrabbits 0 14 0 10 24
Overall record Last meeting Result
2–5 2014 SDSU, 32–17

Southern Illinois

1 2 3 4 Total
Salukis 7 7 7 15 36
#21 Sycamores 7 10 10 12 39
Overall record Last meeting Result
25–27 2014 ISU, 41–26

North Dakota State

1 2 3 4 Total
#8 Bison 7 7 14 0 28
#18 Sycamores 0 7 7 0 14
Overall record Last meeting Result
1–6 2014 NDSU, 34–17

at Illinois State

1 2 3 4 Total
#21 Sycamores 0 21 3 0 24
#3 Redbirds 2 7 7 11 27
Overall record Last meeting Result
29–35–2 2014 ILST, 20–18

at Northern Iowa

1 2 3 4 Total
#23 Sycamores 0 0 13 0 13
#17 Panthers 10 28 7 14 59
Overall record Last meeting Result
5–24 2014 ISU, 20–19

Western Illinois

1 2 3 4OT Total
Leathernecks 3 7 14 67 37
Sycamores 13 7 10 00 30
Overall record Last meeting Result
15–23 2014 WIU, 34–20

Youngstown State

1 2 3 4 Total
Penguins 14 7 0 3 24
Sycamores 7 14 0 6 27
Overall record Last meeting Result
4–20 2014 ISU, 27–24 OT

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 21 21 23 22 21 19 21 18 21 23 RV NR RV  
Coaches 20 21 25 23 24 21 RV 21 23 RV RV NR NR

References

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