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
ConferenceMissouri Valley Football Conference
2015 record3–8 (2–6 MVFC)
Head coachDale Lennon (8th season)
Co-offensive coordinatorBill O'Boyle
Co-offensive coordinatorNick Hill
Defensive coordinatorDavid Elson
Home stadiumSaluki 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
DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 53:00 PMat Indiana*
ESPNewsL 47–4836,071
September 126:00 PMat Southeast Missouri State*
L 24–278,015
September 266:00 PMNo. 10 Liberty*
ESPN3W 34–1311,886
October 33:00 PMat Western Illinois
ESPN3L 36–377,125
October 106:00 PMMissouri State
  • Saluki Stadium
  • Carbondale, IL
ESPN3W 73–265,509
October 172:05 PMat No. 21 Indiana State
ESPN3L 36–397,421
October 246:00 PMNo. 16 Youngstown State
  • Saluki Stadium
  • Carbondale, IL
ESPN3W 38–31 OT8,459
October 312:00 PMNo. 7 North Dakota State
  • Saluki Stadium
  • Carbondale, IL
ESPN3L 29–356,508
November 71:00 PMat South Dakota
ESPN3L 31–348,012
November 142:00 PMNo. 6 Illinois State
  • Saluki Stadium
  • Carbondale, IL
MVC TV/ESPN3L 21–426,388
November 214:00 PMat No. 15 Northern Iowa
MVC TV/ESPN3L 28–499,915

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 4OT Total
#16 Penguins 0 14 14 30 31
Salukis 0 7 13 117 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
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References
  1. http://www.siusalukis.com/news/2015/11/30/Saluki_Football_head_coach_Dale_Lennon_has_been_dismissed.aspx?path=football
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