2015 Southern Illinois Salukis football team

The 2015 Southern Illinois Salukis football team represented Southern Illinois University in the 2015 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by eighth year head coach Dale Lennon and played their home games at Saluki Stadium. They were a member of the Missouri Valley Football Conference. They finished the season 3–8, 2–6 in MVFC play to finish in ninth place.

2015 Southern Illinois Salukis football
Conference	Missouri Valley Football Conference
2015 record	3–8 (2–6 MVFC)
Head coach	Dale Lennon (8th season)
Co-offensive coordinator	Bill O'Boyle
Co-offensive coordinator	Nick Hill
Defensive coordinator	David Elson
Home stadium	Saluki Stadium (Capacity: 15,000)

2015 Missouri Valley Football Conference standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 1 North Dakota State +^		7	–	1					13	–	2
No. 5 Illinois State +^		7	–	1					10	–	3
No. 8 Northern Iowa ^		5	–	3					9	–	5
No. 15 South Dakota State ^		5	–	3					8	–	4
Western Illinois ^		5	–	3					7	–	6
Indiana State		3	–	5					5	–	6
Youngstown State		3	–	5					5	–	6
South Dakota		3	–	5					5	–	6
Southern Illinois		2	–	6					3	–	8
Missouri State		0	–	8					1	–	10
+ – Conference co-champions ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from STATS Poll

On November 30, head coach Dale Lennon was fired.[1] He finished at Southern Illinois with an eight year record of 51–42.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 5	3:00 PM	at Indiana*	Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN	ESPNews	L 47–48	36,071
September 12	6:00 PM	at Southeast Missouri State*	Houck Stadium Cape Girardeau, MO		L 24–27	8,015
September 26	6:00 PM	No. 10 Liberty*	Saluki Stadium Carbondale, IL	ESPN3	W 34–13	11,886
October 3	3:00 PM	at Western Illinois	Hanson Field Macomb, IL	ESPN3	L 36–37	7,125
October 10	6:00 PM	Missouri State	Saluki Stadium Carbondale, IL	ESPN3	W 73–26	5,509
October 17	2:05 PM	at No. 21 Indiana State	Memorial Stadium Terre Haute, IN	ESPN3	L 36–39	7,421
October 24	6:00 PM	No. 16 Youngstown State	Saluki Stadium Carbondale, IL	ESPN3	W 38–31 ^OT	8,459
October 31	2:00 PM	No. 7 North Dakota State	Saluki Stadium Carbondale, IL	ESPN3	L 29–35	6,508
November 7	1:00 PM	at South Dakota	DakotaDome Vermillion, SD	ESPN3	L 31–34	8,012
November 14	2:00 PM	No. 6 Illinois State	Saluki Stadium Carbondale, IL	MVC TV/ESPN3	L 21–42	6,388
November 21	4:00 PM	at No. 15 Northern Iowa	UNI-Dome Cedar Falls, IA	MVC TV/ESPN3	L 28–49	9,915
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from STATS FCS Poll released prior to game Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

• Source: Schedule

Game summaries

at Indiana

	1	2	3	4	Total
Salukis	11	21	0	15	47
Hoosiers	7	14	17	10	48

See also: 2015 Indiana Hoosiers football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–0	2006	SIU, 35–28

at Southeast Missouri State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Salukis	7	14	3	0	24
Redhawks	17	7	0	3	27

See also: 2015 Southeast Missouri State Redhawks football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
36–37–8	2014	SIU, 50–23

Liberty

	1	2	3	4	Total
#10 Flames	3	3	0	7	13
Salukis	3	17	7	7	34

See also: 2015 Liberty Flames football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

at Western Illinois

	1	2	3	4	Total
Salukis	0	20	7	9	36
Leathernecks	7	7	14	9	37

See also: 2015 Western Illinois Leathernecks football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
22–34–4	2014	SIU, 34–17

Missouri State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bears	3	13	7	3	26
Salukis	21	17	21	14	73

See also: 2015 Missouri State Bears football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
19–18	2014	SIU, 32–22

at Indiana State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Salukis	7	7	7	15	36
#21 Sycamores	7	10	10	12	39

See also: 2015 Indiana State Sycamores football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
27–25	2014	ISU, 41–26

Youngstown State

	1	2	3	4	OT	Total
#16 Penguins	0	14	14	3	0	31
Salukis	0	7	13	11	7	38

See also: 2015 Youngstown State Penguins football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
11–14–1	2014	YSU, 26–14

North Dakota State

	1	2	3	4	Total
#7 Bison	7	7	7	14	35
Salukis	3	7	9	10	29

See also: 2015 North Dakota State Bison football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
3–6	2014	NDSU, 38–10

at South Dakota

	1	2	3	4	Total
Salukis	7	14	7	3	31
Coyotes	7	13	7	7	34

See also: 2015 South Dakota Coyotes football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–0	2014	SIU, 41–10

Illinois State

	1	2	3	4	Total
#6 Redbirds	0	14	21	7	42
Salukis	0	21	0	0	21

See also: 2015 Illinois State Redbirds football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
40–34–3	2014	ILST, 44–29

at Northern Iowa

	1	2	3	4	Total
Salukis	0	14	14	0	28
#15 Panthers	14	14	14	7	49

See also: 2015 Northern Iowa Panthers football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
16–17	2014	UNI, 40–21

References

1. http://www.siusalukis.com/news/2015/11/30/Saluki_Football_head_coach_Dale_Lennon_has_been_dismissed.aspx?path=football