2015 Ohio Bobcats football team

The 2015 Ohio Bobcats football team represented Ohio University in the 2015 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They were led by 11th year head coach Frank Solich and played their home games at Peden Stadium. They were members of the East Division of the Mid-American Conference. They finished the season 8–5, 5–3 on MAC play to finish in a tie for second place in the East Division. They were invited to the Camellia Bowl where they lost to Appalachian State.

2015 Ohio Bobcats football
Camellia Bowl, L 29–31 vs. Appalachian State
Conference	Mid-American Conference
Division	East Division
2015 record	8–5 (5–3 MAC)
Head coach	Frank Solich (11th season)
Offensive coordinator	Tim Albin (11th season)
Defensive coordinator	Jim Burrow (11th season)
Home stadium	Peden Stadium (Capacity: 24,000)

2015 Mid-American Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
East Division
Bowling Green x$		7	–	1					10	–	4
Ohio		5	–	3					8	–	5
Akron		5	–	3					8	–	5
Buffalo		3	–	5					5	–	7
Kent State		2	–	6					3	–	9
Miami		2	–	6					3	–	9
UMass		2	–	6					3	–	9
West Division
Northern Illinois xy		6	–	2					8	–	6
Western Michigan x		6	–	2					8	–	5
Toledo x		6	–	2					10	–	2
Central Michigan x		6	–	2					7	–	6
Ball State		2	–	6					3	–	9
Eastern Michigan		0	–	8					1	–	11
Championship: Bowling Green 34, Northern Illinois 14
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 3	9:00 p.m.	at Idaho*	Kibbie Dome Moscow, ID	ESPN3	W 45–28	11,587
September 12	7:00 p.m.	Marshall*	Peden Stadium Athens, OH (Battle for the Bell)	ESPN3	W 21–10	25,210
September 19	2:00 p.m.	No. 20 (FCS) Southeastern Louisiana*	Peden Stadium Athens, OH	ESPN3	W 35–14	22,985
September 26	3:30 p.m.	at Minnesota*	TCF Bank Stadium Minneapolis, MN	BTN	L 24–27	53,917
October 3	2:00 p.m.	at Akron	InfoCision Stadium Akron, OH	ESPN3	W 14–12	17,301
October 10	2:00 p.m.	Miami (OH)	Peden Stadium Athens, OH (Battle of the Bricks)	BCSN	W 34–3	25,086
October 17	12:00 p.m.	Western Michigan	Peden Stadium Athens, OH	ASN	L 14–49	22,825
October 24	3:30 p.m.	at Buffalo	UB Stadium Amherst, NY	ASN/ESPN3	L 17–41	17,128
November 4	8:00 p.m.	at Bowling Green	Doyt Perry Stadium Bowling Green, OH	ESPN2	L 24–62	16,233
November 10	8:00 p.m.	Kent State	Peden Stadium Athens, OH	ESPNU	W 27–0	15,654
November 17	7:00 p.m.	Ball State	Peden Stadium Athens, OH	ESPNU	W 48–31	16,148
November 24	7:30 p.m.	at Northern Illinois	Huskie Stadium Dekalb, IL	ESPNU	W 26–21	9,755
December 19	5:30 p.m.	vs. Appalachian State*	Cramton Bowl Montgomery, AL (Camellia Bowl)	ESPN	L 29–31	19,621
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game All times are in Eastern time

Schedule Source:[1][2]

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Game summaries

at Idaho

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bobcats	21	7	3	14	45
Vandals	3	10	0	15	28

See also: 2015 Idaho Vandals football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
2–1	2014	OHIO, 36–24

Marshall

	1	2	3	4	Total
Thundering Herd	0	7	3	0	10
Bobcats	7	7	0	7	21

See also: 2015 Marshall Thundering Herd football team and Battle for the Bell

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
32–20–6	2014	MARSH, 44–14

Southeastern Louisiana

	1	2	3	4	Total
Lions	0	0	7	7	14
Bobcats	7	14	0	14	35

See also: 2015 Southeastern Louisiana Lions football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

at Minnesota

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bobcats	7	7	0	10	24
Golden Gophers	0	14	3	10	27

See also: 2015 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–8–1	2003	MINN, 42–20

at Akron

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bobcats	7	7	0	0	14
Zips	3	3	3	3	12

See also: 2015 Akron Zips football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
18–12–1	2014	OHIO, 23–20

Miami (OH)

	1	2	3	4	Total
RedHawks	0	3	0	0	3
Bobcats	7	10	10	7	34

See also: 2015 Miami RedHawks football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
37–52–2	2014	OHIO, 24–21

Western Michigan

	1	2	3	4	Total
Broncos	0	14	21	14	49
Bobcats	0	7	0	7	14

See also: 2015 Western Michigan Broncos football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
28–31–1	2014	WMU, 42–21

at Buffalo

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bobcats	7	3	7	0	17
Bulls	14	17	0	10	41

See also: 2015 Buffalo Bulls football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
13–8	2014	OHIO, 37–14

at Bowling Green

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bobcats	7	7	3	7	24
Falcons	14	13	21	14	62

See also: 2015 Bowling Green Falcons football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
25–39–2	2014	BGSU, 31–13

Kent State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Golden Flashes	0	0	0	0	0
Bobcats	7	3	10	7	27

See also: 2015 Kent State Golden Flashes football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
40–25–2	2014	OHIO, 17–14

Ball State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cardinals	3	7	14	7	31
Bobcats	14	14	13	7	48

See also: 2015 Ball State Cardinals football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
8–15	2012	BALL, 52–27

at Northern Illinois

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bobcats	7	13	0	6	26
Huskies	7	0	7	7	21

See also: 2015 Northern Illinois Huskies football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
9–11	2014	NIU, 21–14

Appalachian State–Camellia Bowl

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bobcats	0	17	7	5	29
Mountaineers	7	0	0	24	31

See also: 2015 Appalachian State Mountaineers football team and 2015 Camellia Bowl

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

References

1. "2015 Ohio Bobcats Football Schedule". FB Schedules. Retrieved April 10, 2015.
2. "Football Schedule". Ohio University Department of Athletics. Archived from the original on August 2, 2009. Retrieved August 4, 2015.