2015 Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles football team
The 2015 Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles football team represented Tennessee Technological University in the 2015 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by ninth-year head coach Watson Brown and played their home games at Tucker Stadium. They were a member of the Ohio Valley Conference. They finished the season 4–7, 3–5 in OVC play to finish in sixth place.
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| Conference | Ohio Valley Conference |
| 2015 record | 4–7 (3–5 OVC) |
| Head coach | Watson Brown (9th season) |
| Offensive coordinator | Steven Brown |
| Defensive coordinator | Donn Landholm |
| Home stadium | Tucker Stadium (Capacity: 16,500) |
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| Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 2 Jacksonville State $^ | 8 | – | 0 | 13 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 25 Eastern Illinois ^ | 7 | – | 1 | 7 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UT Martin | 6 | – | 2 | 7 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Eastern Kentucky | 5 | – | 3 | 6 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| SE Missouri State | 3 | – | 4 | 4 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tennessee Tech | 3 | – | 5 | 4 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Murray State | 2 | – | 6 | 3 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tennessee State | 1 | – | 6 | 4 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Austin Peay | 0 | – | 8 | 0 | – | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The game against Eastern Kentucky originally scheduled for October 10 was played two days earlier at Toyota Stadium in Georgetown, Kentucky[1] due to campus safety concerns in the wake of threatening graffiti in a campus restroom and other threats allegedly made over social media.[2]
On December 2, head coach Watson Brown announced his retirement.[3] He finished at Tennessee Tech with a nine-year record of 42–60.
Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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| September 5 | 7:00 PM | at Houston* | ESPN3 | L 24–52 | 30,479 | |
| September 12 | 6:00 PM | at Wofford* | SDN | L 14–34 | 6,834 | |
| September 19 | 6:00 PM | Mercer* | WCTE | W 29–22 | 9,028 | |
| September 26 | 6:00 PM | at Murray State | ASN | W 31–29 | 10,620 | |
| October 3 | 6:00 PM | Tennessee–Martin |
| ESPN3 | L 17–31 | 3,152 |
| October 8 | 6:00 PM | vs. No. 17 Eastern Kentucky | OVCDN | L 17–48 | 3,700 | |
| October 17 | 6:00 PM | No. 1 Jacksonville State |
| WCTE | L 13–42 | 5,575 |
| October 24 | 1:00 PM | at Eastern Illinois |
| OVCDN | L 20–51 | 6,713 |
| October 31 | 1:00 PM | at Southeast Missouri State | OVCDN | L 17–38 | 2,985 | |
| November 14 | 1:30 PM | Austin Peay |
| OVCDN | W 42–24 | 11,100 |
| November 21 | 2:30 PM | Tennessee State |
| ASN | W 30–24 | 3,924 |
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- Source: Schedule
References
- "EKU Rides Strong First Half to 48-17 Win Over Tennessee Tech". Eastern Kentucky University Department of Athletics. October 8, 2015. Retrieved October 8, 2015.
- Moody, Sean (October 7, 2015). "EKU Cancels Classes for the Rest of the Week to Further Investigate Threat Found Sunday". WKYT. Lexington. Retrieved October 8, 2015.
- http://www.ovcsports.com/news/2015/12/2/FB_1202153400.aspx