2015 Western Illinois Leathernecks football team

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2015 Western Illinois Leathernecks football
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Conference Missouri Valley Football Conference
2015 record 7–6 (5–3 MVFC)
Head coach Bob Nielson (3rd year)
Offensive coordinator A.J. Blazek
Defensive coordinator Brian Mohnsen
Home stadium Hanson Field
(Capacity: 17,128)
Seasons
« 2014 2016 »
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 Western Illinois Leathernecks football team represented Western Illinois University in the 2015 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by third year head coach Bob Nielson and played their home games at Hanson Field. They were a member of the Missouri Valley Football Conference. They finished the season 7–6, 5–3 in MVFC play to finish in a three way tie for third place. They received an at-large bid to the FCS playoffs where they defeated Dayton in the first round before losing in the second round to fellow MVFC member Illinois State.

Schedule

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
September 3 6:00 PM Eastern Illinois* Hanson Field • Macomb, IL WIUtv3/ESPN3 W 33–5   5,985
September 12 11:00 AM at Illinois* Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL BTN L 0–44   37,733
September 19 5:00 PM at #2 Coastal Carolina* Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC BSN L 27–34   10,311
October 3 3:00 PM Southern Illinoisdagger Hanson Field • Macomb, IL WIUtv3/ESPN3 W 37–36   7,125
October 10 3:00 PM South Dakota Hanson Field • Macomb, IL MVC TV/WIUtv3/ESPN3 W 40–21   6,298
October 17 4:00 PM at #12 Northern Iowa UNI-Dome • Cedar Falls, IA WIUtv3/ESPN3 W 24–19   16,324
October 24 2:00 PM at #3 Illinois State #20 Hancock Stadium • Normal, IL ESPN3 L 28–48   13,391
October 31 1:00 PM #25 Youngstown State #23 Hanson Field • Macomb, IL WIUtv3/ESPN3 L 21–23   2,610
November 7 2:30 PM at #6 North Dakota State Fargodome • Fargo, ND WIUtv3-TD/ESPN3 L 7–59   18,251
November 14 12:05 PM at Indiana State Memorial Stadium • Terre Haute, IN WIUtv3-TD/ESPN3 W 37–30 OT  4,567
November 21 1:00 PM #5 South Dakota State Hanson Field • Macomb, IL WIUtv3/ESPN3 W 30–24 2OT  1,853
November 28 11:00 AM at Dayton* Welcome Stadium • Dayton, OH (FCS Playoffs First Round) ESPN3 W 24–7   997
December 5 1:00 PM at #4 Illinois State* Hancock Stadium • Normal, IL (FCS Playoffs Second Round) ESPN3 L 19–36   6,124
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from STATS FCS Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time.

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 RV RV RV RV RV RV RV 20 23 RV RV RV RV 22 
Coaches NR RV RV RV RV RV RV 23 RV RV NR RV RV 22


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