2015 Charleston Southern Buccaneers football team

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2015 Charleston Southern Buccaneers football
Charleston Southern Wordmark.png
Big South champion
FCS Playoffs Quarterfinal, L 38–58 vs. Jacksonville State
ConferenceBig South Conference
Ranking
STATSNo. 6
FCS CoachesNo. 7
2015 record10–3 (6–0 Big South)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorGabe Giardina
Defensive coordinatorChad Staggs
Home stadiumBuccaneer Field
(Capacity: 4,000)
Seasons
← 2014
2016 →
2015 Big South Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 6 Charleston Southern $^   6 0     10 3  
No. 16 Coastal Carolina ^   4 2     9 3  
Liberty   3 3     6 5  
Monmouth   3 3     5 6  
Kennesaw State   2 4     6 5  
Gardner–Webb *   2 4     4 7  
Presbyterian   1 5     2 9  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant
  • * Gardner–Webb ineligible for postseason due to APR violations
Rankings from STATS Poll

The 2015 Charleston Southern Buccaneers football team represented Charleston Southern University in the 2015 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by third-year head coach Jamey Chadwell and played their home games at Buccaneer Field. They were a member of the Big South Conference. They finished the season 10–3, 6–0 in Big South play to become Big South champions. They earned the conference's automatic bid to the FCS Playoffs where they defeated The Citadel in the second round to advance to the quarterfinals where they lost to Jacksonville State.

Schedule[]

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 37:00 pmNorth Greenville*BSNW 41–144,820
September 127:00 pmat Troy*ESPN3L 16–4417,517
September 177:00 pmEast Tennessee State*
  • Buccaneer Field
  • Charleston, SC
BSNW 47–72,331
September 266:00 pmat The Citadel*ESPN3W 33–2011,998
October 1012:00 pmMonmouth
  • Buccaneer Field
  • Charleston, SC
BSNW 37–71,227
October 172:00 pmat PresbyterianBSNW 10–74,624
October 241:30 pmat Gardner–WebbBSNW 34–03,159
October 312:00 pmNo. 2 Coastal CarolinaNo. 24
  • Buccaneer Field
  • Charleston, SC
ASNW 33–255,311
November 71:00 pmat Kennesaw StateNo. 15BSNW 28–148,670
November 142:00 pmLibertydaggerNo. 11
  • Buccaneer Field
  • Charleston, SC
ESPN3W 31–244,781
November 214:00 pmat No. 3 (FBS) Alabama*No. 9SECNL 6–56100,611
December 52:00 pmNo. 18 The Citadel*No. 9
  • Buccaneer Field
  • Charleston, SC (FCS Playoffs Second Round)
ESPN3W 14–68,451
December 118:00 pmat No. 1 Jacksonville State*No. 9
ESPN2L 38–5822,279
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from STATS FCS Poll released prior to game Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

Game summaries[]

North Greenville[]

1 2 3 4 Total
Crusaders 0 7 7 0 14
Buccaneers 13 7 14 7 41

at Troy[]

1 2 3 4 Total
Buccaneers 7 2 0 7 16
Trojans 14 7 6 17 44

East Tennessee State[]

1 2 3 4 Total
ETSU Bucs 0 0 0 7 7
CSU Bucs 0 34 6 7 47

at The Citadel[]

1 2 3 4 Total
Buccaneers 0 6 10 17 33
Bulldogs 7 10 3 0 20

Monmouth[]

1 2 3 4 Total
Hawks 0 0 0 7 7
Buccaneers 7 9 14 7 37

at Presbyterian[]

1 2 3 4 Total
Buccaneers 3 0 0 7 10
Blue Hose 0 7 0 0 7

at Gardner–Webb[]

1 2 3 4 Total
Buccaneers 7 14 13 0 34
Runnin' Bulldogs 0 0 0 0 0

Coastal Carolina[]

1 2 3 4 Total
#2 Chanticleers 15 0 3 7 25
#24 Buccaneers 13 14 3 3 33

at Kennesaw State[]

1 2 3 4 Total
#15 Buccaneers 7 14 7 0 28
Owls 6 0 0 8 14

Liberty[]

1 2 3 4 Total
Flames 7 7 7 3 24
#11 Buccaneers 7 3 14 7 31

at Alabama[]

1 2 3 4 Total
#9 Buccaneers 0 0 0 6 6
#3 (FBS) Crimson Tide 28 21 0 7 56

FCS Playoffs[]

Second Round–The Citadel[]

1 2 3 4 Total
#18 Bulldogs 3 0 0 3 6
#9 Buccaneers 0 14 0 0 14

Quarterfinals–Jacksonville State[]

1 2 3 4 Total
#9 Buccaneers 3 7 7 21 38
#1 Gamecocks 10 3 21 24 58

Ranking movements[]

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final 
STATS FCS RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV 24 15 11 9 9 6 
Coaches RV RV RV RV RV RV 23 20 19 13 8 8 7 7

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