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.

2015 New Hampshire Wildcats football
FCS Playoffs First Round vs. Colgate, L 20–27
Conference	Colonial Athletic Association
2015 record	7–5 (5–3 CAA)
Head coach	Sean McDonnell (17th season)
Offensive coordinator	Ryan Carty (8th season)
Defensive coordinator	John Lyons (4th season)
Home stadium	Cowell Stadium (Capacity: 6,500)

2015 Colonial Athletic Association football standings
	Conf							Overall
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
+ – Conference co-champions ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from STATS Poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 3	10:00 PM	at San Jose State*	No. 9	Spartan Stadium San Jose, CA		L 13–43	15,198
September 12	6:00 PM	at Colgate*	No. 12	Andy Kerr Stadium Hamilton, NY		W 26–8	2,988
September 19	7:00 PM	at Stony Brook	No. 13	Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium Stony Brook, NY	ASN	L 6–31	7,072
September 26	6:00 PM	Central Connecticut*	No. 21	Cowell Stadium Durham, NH	UNHTV	W 57–14	6,215
October 3	3:30 PM	Elon	No. 20	Cowell Stadium Durham, NH	ASN	W 37–14	16,713
October 17	12:00 PM	at No. 24 William & Mary	No. 19	Zable Stadium Williamsburg, VA	CSN	L 18–34	10,180
October 24	3:30 PM	at Delaware		Delaware Stadium Newark, DE		L 14–31	19,924
October 31	1:00 PM	Rhode Island		Cowell Stadium Durham, NH	UNHTV	W 20–17	5,003
November 7	3:00 PM	No. 5 Richmond		Cowell Stadium Durham, NH	NBCSN	W 30–25	4,992
November 14	7:00 PM	at Albany		Bob Ford Field Albany, NY	ASN	W 24–14	3,814
November 21	1:00 PM	Maine		Cowell Stadium Durham, NH (Battle for the Brice-Cowell Musket)	UNHTV	W 22–6	7,594
November 28	3:30 PM	Colgate*		Cowell Stadium Durham, NH (FCS Playoffs First Round)	ESPN3	L 20–27	3,303
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from STATS FCS Poll released prior to game Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

• Source: Schedule

Game summaries

at San Jose State

	1	2	3	4	Total
#9 Wildcats	0	7	0	6	13
Spartans	20	6	10	7	43

See also: 2015 San Jose State Spartans football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

at Colgate

	1	2	3	4	Total
#12 Wildcats	7	13	3	3	26
Raiders	0	0	0	8	8

See also: 2015 Colgate Raiders football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
5–1	2013	W 53–23

at Stony Brook

	1	2	3	4	Total
#13 Wildcats	0	6	0	0	6
Seawolves	7	10	14	0	31

See also: 2015 Stony Brook Seawolves football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
3–0	2014	W 28–20

Central Connecticut

	1	2	3	4	Total
Blue Devils	0	7	7	0	14
#21 Wildcats	25	21	8	3	57

See also: 2015 Central Connecticut Blue Devils football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
7–0	2012	W 43–10

Elon

	1	2	3	4	Total
Phoenix	0	7	7	0	14
#20 Wildcats	20	14	3	0	37

See also: 2015 Elon Phoenix football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–0	2014	W 48–14

at William & Mary

	1	2	3	4	Total
#19 Wildcats	7	8	0	3	18
#24 Tribe	7	14	6	7	34

See also: 2015 William & Mary Tribe football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
4–14	2014	W 32–3

at Delaware

	1	2	3	4	Total
Wildcats	7	7	0	0	14
Fightin' Blue Hens	6	0	18	7	31

See also: 2015 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
12–20	2014	W 43–14

Rhode Island

	1	2	3	4	Total
Rams	3	14	0	0	17
Wildcats	0	0	14	6	20

See also: 2015 Rhode Island Rams football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
56–28–5	2014	W 41–14

Richmond

	1	2	3	4	Total
#5 Spiders	7	0	15	3	25
Wildcats	14	7	6	3	30

See also: 2015 Richmond Spiders football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
12–10	2014	W 29–26

at Albany

	1	2	3	4	Total
Wildcats	10	0	7	7	24
Great Danes	0	0	7	7	14

See also: 2015 Albany Great Danes football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
3–0	2014	W 49–24

Maine

	1	2	3	4	Total
Black Bears	0	0	0	6	6
Wildcats	7	6	6	3	22

See also: 2015 Maine Black Bears football team and Battle for the Brice-Cowell Musket

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
53–44–8	2014	W 20–12

FCS Playoffs

First Round–Colgate

	1	2	3	4	Total
Raiders	6	6	8	7	27
Wildcats	0	6	0	14	20

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
6–1	9/12/2015	W 26–8

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	9	12	13	21	20	21	19	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV
Coaches	7	15	13	24	23	22	20	RV	RV	NR	NR	RV	RV	RV

References