2015 New Hampshire Wildcats football team
The 2015 New Hampshire Wildcats football team represented the University of New Hampshire in the 2015 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by 17th-year head coach Sean McDonnell and played their home games at Cowell Stadium. They were a member of the Colonial Athletic Association. They finished the season 7–5, 5–3 in CAA play to finish in a three-way tie for fourth place. They received an at-large bid to the FCS Playoffs where they lost in the first round to Colgate.
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Conference | Colonial Athletic Association |
Record | 7–5 (5–3 CAA) |
Head coach |
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Offensive coordinator | Ryan Carty (8th season) |
Defensive coordinator | John Lyons (4th season) |
Home stadium | Cowell Stadium (Capacity: 6,500) |
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Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 4 Richmond +^ | 6 | – | 2 | 10 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 11 James Madison +^ | 6 | – | 2 | 9 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 12 William & Mary +^ | 6 | – | 2 | 9 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Towson | 5 | – | 3 | 7 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
New Hampshire ^ | 5 | – | 3 | 7 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Villanova | 5 | – | 3 | 6 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stony Brook | 3 | – | 5 | 5 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Delaware | 3 | – | 5 | 4 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Elon | 3 | – | 5 | 4 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Maine | 3 | – | 5 | 3 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albany | 2 | – | 6 | 3 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rhode Island | 1 | – | 7 | 1 | – | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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September 3 | 10:00 pm | at San Jose State* | No. 9 | L 13–43 | 15,198 | ||
September 12 | 6:00 pm | at Colgate* | No. 12 | W 26–8 | 2,988 | ||
September 19 | 7:00 pm | at Stony Brook | No. 13 | ASN | L 6–31 | 7,072 | |
September 26 | 6:00 pm | Central Connecticut* | No. 21 | UNHTV | W 57–14 | 6,215 | |
October 3 | 3:30 pm | Elon | No. 20 |
| ASN | W 37–14 | 16,713 |
October 17 | 12:00 pm | at No. 24 William & Mary | No. 19 | CSN | L 18–34 | 10,180 | |
October 24 | 3:30 pm | at Delaware | L 14–31 | 19,924 | |||
October 31 | 1:00 pm | Rhode Island |
| UNHTV | W 20–17 | 5,003 | |
November 7 | 3:00 pm | No. 5 Richmond |
| NBCSN | W 30–25 | 4,992 | |
November 14 | 7:00 pm | at Albany | ASN | W 24–14 | 3,814 | ||
November 21 | 1:00 pm | Maine |
| UNHTV | W 22–6 | 7,594 | |
November 28 | 3:30 pm | Colgate* |
| ESPN3 | L 20–27 | 3,303 | |
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Game summaries
At San Jose State
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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#9 Wildcats | 0 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 13 |
Spartans | 20 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 43 |
At Colgate
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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#12 Wildcats | 7 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 26 |
Raiders | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 8 |
At Stony Brook
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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#13 Wildcats | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
Seawolves | 7 | 10 | 14 | 0 | 31 |
Central Connecticut
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Blue Devils | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
#21 Wildcats | 25 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 57 |
Elon
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Phoenix | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
#20 Wildcats | 20 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 37 |
At William & Mary
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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#19 Wildcats | 7 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 18 |
#24 Tribe | 7 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 34 |
At Delaware
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Wildcats | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
Fightin' Blue Hens | 6 | 0 | 18 | 7 | 31 |
Rhode Island
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Rams | 3 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
Wildcats | 0 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 20 |
Richmond
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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#5 Spiders | 7 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 25 |
Wildcats | 14 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 30 |
At Albany
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Wildcats | 10 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 24 |
Great Danes | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 14 |
Maine
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Black Bears | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
Wildcats | 7 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 22 |
Colgate—NCAA Division I First Round
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Raiders | 6 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 27 |
Wildcats | 0 | 6 | 0 | 14 | 20 |
Ranking movements
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Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
STATS FCS | 9 | 12 | 13 | 21 | 20 | 21 | 19 | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV |
Coaches | 7 | 15 | 13 | 24 | 23 | 22 | 20 | RV | RV | — | — | RV | RV | RV |
References
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