2015 Eastern Kentucky Colonels football team

The 2015 Eastern Kentucky Colonels football team represented Eastern Kentucky University during the 2015 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by eighth-year head coach Dean Hood and played their home games at Roy Kidd Stadium. The Colonels were a member of the Ohio Valley Conference. They finished the season 6–5, 5–3 in OVC play to finish in fourth place.

2015 Eastern Kentucky Colonels football
Conference	Ohio Valley Conference
2015 record	6–5 (5–3 OVC)
Head coach	Dean Hood (8th season)
Offensive coordinator	Dane Damron (5th season)
Home stadium	Roy Kidd Stadium (Capacity: 20,000)

2015 Ohio Valley Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
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
$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from STATS Poll

Their game against Tennessee Tech 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 November 23, Hood was fired.[3] He finished at Eastern Kentucky with an eight-year record of 55–38.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 3	7:00 PM	Valparaiso*	No. 17	Roy Kidd Stadium Richmond, KY	OVCDN	W 52–10	12,800
September 12	6:00 PM	at NC State*	No. 19	Carter–Finley Stadium Raleigh, NC	ESPN3	L 0–35	57,600
September 26	6:00 PM	Austin Peay	No. 18	Roy Kidd Stadium Richmond, KY	OVCDN	W 51–13	11,400
October 3	7:30 PM	at Kentucky*	No. 17	Commonwealth Stadium Lexington, KY	SECN Alt.	L 27–34 ^OT	63,380
October 8	7:00 PM	vs. Tennessee Tech	No. 17	Toyota Stadium Georgetown, KY	OVCDN	W 48–17	3,700
October 17	2:00 PM	at Southeast Missouri State	No. 14	Houck Stadium Cape Girardeau, MO	OVCDN	W 27–10	7,589
October 24	3:00 PM	Tennessee State	No. 13	Roy Kidd Stadium Richmond, KY	OVCDN	W 45–21	9,400
October 31	2:00 PM	at No. 1 Jacksonville State	No. 13	JSU Stadium Jacksonville, AL	OVCDN	L 0–34	21,988
November 7	1:00 PM	Tennessee–Martin	No. 18	Roy Kidd Stadium Richmond, KY	OVCDN	L 35–42	7,800
November 14	2:00 PM	at Murray State	No. 24	Roy Stewart Stadium Murray, KY	OVCDN	W 41–34 ^2OT	2,457
November 21	2:00 PM	at Eastern Illinois	No. 23	O'Brien Stadium Charleston, IL	OVCDN	L 7–21	1,438
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

• Source: Schedule

Ranking movements

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
STATS FCS	17	19	21	18	17	17	14	13	13	18	24	23	RV	NR
Coaches	17	19	22	21	21	20	15	14	14	19	RV	RV	RV	NR

References

1. "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.
2. 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.
3. http://www.foxsports.com/college-football/story/hood-out-as-eastern-kentucky-coach-112315