2015 South Florida Bulls football team

The 2015 South Florida Bulls football team represented the University of South Florida (USF) in the 2015 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The 2015 college football season was the 19th season for the Bulls, and their third as a member of the American Athletic Conference (The American), this season joining the newly formed East Division. They played their home games at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, FL. They were led by Head Coach Willie Taggart, who was in his third year. They finished the season 8–5, 6–2 in American Athletic play to finish in second place in the East Division. They were invited to the Miami Beach Bowl where they lost to WKU.

2015 South Florida Bulls football
Miami Beach Bowl vs #25 WKU, L 35–45
Conference	American Athletic Conference
Division	East Division
2015 record	8–5 (6–2 The American)
Head coach	Willie Taggart (3rd season)
Co-offensive coordinator	Danny Hope (1st season)
Co-offensive coordinator	David Reaves (1st season)
Offensive scheme	"Gulf Coast Offense"
Defensive coordinator	Tom Allen (1st season)
Base defense	4–2–5
Home stadium	Raymond James Stadium (Capacity: 65,890, grass)

2015 American Athletic Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
East Division
Temple x		7	–	1					10	–	4
South Florida		6	–	2					8	–	5
Cincinnati		4	–	4					7	–	6
UConn		4	–	4					6	–	7
East Carolina		3	–	5					5	–	7
UCF		0	–	8					0	–	12
West Division
No. 8 Houston xy$		7	–	1					13	–	1
No. 18 Navy x		7	–	1					11	–	2
Memphis		5	–	3					9	–	4
Tulsa		3	–	5					6	–	7
Tulane		1	–	7					3	–	9
SMU		1	–	7					2	–	10
Championship: Houston 24, Temple 13
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant As of December 31, 2015; Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 5	7:00 p.m.	Florida A&M*	Raymond James Stadium Tampa, FL	ESPN3	W 51–3	30,434
September 12	11:30 a.m.	at No. 11 Florida State*	Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, FL	ESPN	L 14–34	72,811
September 19	12:00 p.m.	at Maryland*	Byrd Stadium College Park, MD	ESPNU	L 17–35	36,827
October 2	7:00 p.m.	Memphis	Raymond James Stadium Tampa, FL	ESPN2	L 17–24	22,546
October 10	3:30 p.m.	Syracuse*	Raymond James Stadium Tampa, FL	CBSSN	W 45–24	27,235
October 17	12:00 p.m.	at UConn	Rentschler Field East Hartford, CT	ESPNU	W 28–20	31,719
October 24	4:00 p.m.	SMU	Raymond James Stadium Tampa, FL	ESPNews	W 38–14	24,338
October 31	12:00 p.m.	at Navy	Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium Annapolis, MD	CBSSN	L 17–29	26,766
November 7	7:30 p.m.	at East Carolina	Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium Greenville, NC	CBSSN	W 22–17	45,194
November 14	7:00 p.m.	No. 21 Temple	Raymond James Stadium Tampa, FL	CBSSN	W 44–23	28,393
November 20	8:00 p.m.	Cincinnati	Raymond James Stadium Tampa, FL	CBSSN	W 65–27	26,522
November 26	7:30 p.m.	at UCF	Bright House Networks Stadium Orlando, FL (War on I–4)	ESPN	W 44–3	25,967
December 21	2:30 p.m.	vs. No. 25 WKU*	Marlins Park Miami, FL (Miami Beach Bowl)	ESPN	L 35–45	21,712
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Source:[1]

Game summaries

Florida A&M

	1	2	3	4	Total
Rattlers	0	0	3	0	3
Bulls	3	13	14	21	51

See also: 2015 Florida A&M Rattlers football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
2–0	2011	USF, 70–17

at Florida State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bulls	0	7	0	7	14
#11 Seminoles	7	0	17	10	34

See also: 2015 Florida State Seminoles football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–1	2012	FSU, 30–17

at Maryland

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bulls	7	3	7	0	17
Terrapins	14	7	7	7	35

See also: 2015 Maryland Terrapins football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–1	2014	MD, 24–17

Memphis

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tigers	0	7	10	7	24
Bulls	7	3	0	7	17

See also: 2015 Memphis Tigers football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
3–4	2014	MEM, 31–20

Syracuse

	1	2	3	4	Total
Orange	0	3	14	7	24
Bulls	0	10	21	14	45

See also: 2015 Syracuse Orange football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
6–2	2012	SYR, 37–36

at UConn

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bulls	0	7	14	7	28
Huskies	0	3	10	7	20

See also: 2015 UConn Huskies football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
7–5	2014	USF, 17–14

SMU

	1	2	3	4	Total
Mustangs	7	0	0	7	14
Bulls	3	14	7	14	38

See also: 2015 SMU Mustangs football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–1	2014	USF, 14–13

at Navy

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bulls	10	0	7	0	17
Midshipmen	3	10	3	13	29

See also: 2015 Navy Midshipmen football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

at East Carolina

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bulls	2	10	0	10	22
Pirates	0	7	7	3	17

See also: 2015 East Carolina Pirates football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
4–1	2014	ECU, 28–17

Temple

	1	2	3	4	Total
#21 Owls	7	3	10	3	23
Bulls	7	24	3	10	44

See also: 2015 Temple Owls football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–1	2012	TEM, 38–27

Cincinnati

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bearcats	0	3	17	7	27
Bulls	27	24	7	7	65

See also: 2015 Cincinnati Bearcats football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
4–8	2014	CIN, 34–17

at UCF

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bulls	7	17	14	6	44
Knights	3	0	0	0	3

See also: 2015 UCF Knights football team and South Florida–UCF football rivalry

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
4–2	2014	UCF, 16–0

WKU (Miami Beach Bowl)

	1	2	3	4	Total
#25 Hilltoppers	0	10	28	7	45
Bulls	7	7	7	14	35

See also: 2015 WKU Hilltoppers football team and 2015 Miami Beach Bowl

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
4–2	2010	USF, 24–12

References

1. "2015 USF Bulls Football Schedule". FB Schedules. Retrieved April 2, 2015.