2015 Texas State Bobcats football team

The 2015 Texas State Bobcats football team represented Texas State University in the 2015 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They were led by fifth-year head coach Dennis Franchione and played their home games at Bobcat Stadium in San Marcos, Texas. The Bobcats were members of the Sun Belt Conference. They finished the season 3–9, 2–6 in Sun Belt play to finish in tenth place.

2015 Texas State Bobcats football
Conference	Sun Belt Conference
2015 record	3–9 (2–6 Sun Belt)
Head coach	Dennis Franchione (5th season)
Co-offensive coordinator	Mike Schultz (5th season)
Co-offensive coordinator	Jeff Conway (4th season)
Defensive coordinator	John Thompson (2nd season)
Home stadium	Bobcat Stadium (Capacity: 30,000)

2015 Sun Belt Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
Arkansas State $		8	–	0					9	–	4
Appalachian State		7	–	1					11	–	2
Georgia Southern		6	–	2					9	–	4
Georgia State		5	–	3					6	–	7
South Alabama		3	–	5					5	–	7
Idaho		3	–	5					4	–	8
Troy		3	–	5					4	–	8
Louisiana–Lafayette		3	–	5					4	–	8
New Mexico State		3	–	5					3	–	9
Texas State		2	–	6					3	–	9
Louisiana–Monroe		1	–	7					2	–	11
$ – Conference champion As of December 23, 2015; Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Texas State announced their 2015 football schedule on February 27, 2015. The 2015 schedule consist of six home and away games in the regular season. The Bobcats will host Sun Belt foes Georgia State, New Mexico State, Louisiana–Monroe, and South Alabama, and will travel to Arkansas State, Georgia Southern, Idaho, and Louisiana–Lafayette.[1]

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 5	7:00 PM	at No. 10 Florida State*	Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, FL	ESPNews	L 16–59	80,917
September 12	6:00 PM	Prairie View A&M*	Bobcat Stadium San Marcos, TX	ESPN3	W 63–24	24,561
September 19	6:00 PM	Southern Miss*	Bobcat Stadium San Marcos, TX	ESPN3	L 50–56	27,252
September 26	7:00 PM	at Houston*	TDECU Stadium Houston, TX	ESPN3	L 14–59	35,257
October 10	6:00 PM	at Louisiana–Lafayette	Cajun Field Lafayette, LA	ESPN3	L 27–49	21,377
October 24	6:00 PM	South Alabama	Bobcat Stadium San Marcos, TX	TWCS	W 36–18	14,523
October 29	6:30 PM	at Georgia Southern	Paulson Stadium Statesboro, GA	ESPNU	L 13–37	14,212
November 7	3:00 PM	New Mexico State	Bobcat Stadium San Marcos, TX	ESPN3	L 21–31	15,421
November 14	3:00 PM	Georgia State	Bobcat Stadium San Marcos, TX	TWCS	L 19–41	13,328
November 19	8:30 PM	Louisiana–Monroe	Bobcat Stadium San Marcos, TX	ESPNU	W 16–3	14,003
November 28	4:00 PM	at Idaho	Kibbie Dome Moscow, ID	ESPN3	L 31–38	8,893
December 5	2:00 PM	at Arkansas State	Centennial Bank Stadium Jonesboro, AR	ESPN3	L 17–55	20,143
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game All times are in Central time

Schedule source:[2]

Game summaries

at Florida State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bobcats	0	10	0	6	16
#10 Seminoles	14	7	14	24	59

See also: 2015 Florida State Seminoles football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

Prairie View A&M

	1	2	3	4	Total
Panthers	3	14	0	7	24
Bobcats	35	21	7	0	63

See also: 2015 Prairie View A&M Panthers football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
11–2	2013	Texas State, 28–3

Southern Miss

	1	2	3	4	Total
Golden Eagles	14	7	21	14	56
Bobcats	3	22	3	22	50

See also: 2015 Southern Miss Golden Eagles football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–0	2013	Texas State, 22–15

at Houston

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bobcats	7	0	0	7	14
Cougars	14	28	10	7	59

See also: 2015 Houston Cougars football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
4–1	2012	Texas State, 30–13

at Louisiana–Lafayette

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bobcats	7	7	7	6	27
Ragin' Cajuns	7	7	28	7	49

See also: 2015 Louisiana–Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–2	2014	Louisiana–Lafayette, 34–10

South Alabama

	1	2	3	4	Total
Jaguars	3	0	7	8	18
Texas State	0	19	7	10	36

See also: 2015 South Alabama Jaguars football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–1	2014	South Alabama, 24–20

at Georgia Southern

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bobcats	0	6	7	0	13
Eagles	7	7	10	13	37

See also: 2015 Georgia Southern Eagles football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–1	2014	Georgia Southern, 28–25

New Mexico State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Aggies	7	3	7	14	31
Bobcats	0	14	0	7	21

See also: 2015 New Mexico State Aggies football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
2–0	2014	Texas State, 37–29

Georgia State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Panthers	14	17	7	3	41
Bobcats	6	6	0	7	19

See also: 2015 Georgia State Panthers football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
2–0	2014	Texas State, 54–31

Louisiana–Monroe

	1	2	3	4	Total
Warhawks	3	0	0	0	3
Bobcats	3	7	0	6	16

See also: 2015 Louisiana–Monroe Warhawks football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
3–8	2014	Texas State, 22–18

at Idaho

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bobcats	3	14	7	7	31
Vandals	7	17	0	14	38

See also: 2015 Idaho Vandals football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
4–3	2014	Texas State, 35–30

at Arkansas State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bobcats	0	7	3	7	17
Red Wolves	14	13	14	14	55

See also: 2015 Arkansas State Red Wolves football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–1	2014	Texas State, 45–27

References

1. "Football Releases Complete 2015 Schedule" (Press release). Texas State University Department of Athletics. February 27, 2015. Retrieved April 1, 2015.
2. "2015 Texas State Bobcats Football Schedule". FB Schedules. Retrieved April 1, 2015.