2015 Western Illinois Leathernecks football team
The 2015 Western Illinois Leathernecks football team represented Western Illinois University in the 2015 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by third year head coach Bob Nielson and played their home games at Hanson Field. They were a member of the Missouri Valley Football Conference. They finished the season 7–6, 5–3 in MVFC play to finish in a three way tie for third place. They received an at-large bid to the FCS playoffs where they defeated Dayton in the first round before losing in the second round to fellow MVFC member Illinois State.
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| Conference | Missouri Valley Football Conference |
| 2015 record | 7–6 (5–3 MVFC) |
| Head coach | Bob Nielson (3rd season) |
| Offensive coordinator | A.J. Blazek |
| Defensive coordinator | Brian Mohnsen |
| Home stadium | Hanson Field (Capacity: 17,128) |
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| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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On December 14, head coach Bob Nielson resigned to become the head coach at fellow MVFC member South Dakota.[1] He finished at Western Illinois with a three year record of 16–21.
Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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| September 3 | 6:00 PM | Eastern Illinois* | WIUtv3/ESPN3 | W 33–5 | 5,985 | ||
| September 12 | 11:00 AM | at Illinois* | BTN | L 0–44 | 37,733 | ||
| September 19 | 5:00 PM | at No. 2 Coastal Carolina* | BSN | L 27–34 | 10,311 | ||
| October 3 | 3:00 PM | Southern Illinois |
| WIUtv3/ESPN3 | W 37–36 | 7,125 | |
| October 10 | 3:00 PM | South Dakota |
| MVC TV/WIUtv3/ESPN3 | W 40–21 | 6,298 | |
| October 17 | 4:00 PM | at No. 12 Northern Iowa | WIUtv3/ESPN3 | W 24–19 | 16,324 | ||
| October 24 | 2:00 PM | at No. 3 Illinois State | No. 20 | ESPN3 | L 28–48 | 13,391 | |
| October 31 | 1:00 PM | No. 25 Youngstown State | No. 23 |
| WIUtv3/ESPN3 | L 21–23 | 2,610 |
| November 7 | 2:30 PM | at No. 6 North Dakota State | WIUtv3-TD/ESPN3 | L 7–59 | 18,251 | ||
| November 14 | 12:05 PM | at Indiana State | WIUtv3-TD/ESPN3 | W 37–30 OT | 4,567 | ||
| November 21 | 1:00 PM | No. 5 South Dakota State |
| WIUtv3/ESPN3 | W 30–24 2OT | 1,853 | |
| November 28 | 11:00 AM | at Dayton* | ESPN3 | W 24–7 | 997 | ||
| December 5 | 1:00 PM | at No. 4 Illinois State* |
| ESPN3 | L 19–36 | 6,124 | |
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Ranking movements
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| Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final | |||||||
| STATS FCS | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | 20 | 23 | RV | RV | RV | RV | 22 | |||||||
| Coaches | NR | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | 23 | RV | RV | NR | RV | RV | 22 | |||||||
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