American college football season
2015 FIU Panthers football Conference Conference USA Division East Division 2015 record 5–7 (3–5 C-USA) Head coach Offensive coordinator Steve Shankweiler (2nd as coordinator; 3rd overall season) Offensive scheme Pro set Defensive coordinator Matt House (1st season)Base defense 4–3 Home stadium FIU Stadium (Capacity: 20,000)Seasons
The 2015 FIU Panthers football team represented Florida International University (FIU) in the 2015 NCAA Division I FBS football season as members of the East Division of Conference USA . They were led by third-year head coach Ron Turner and played their home games at FIU Stadium in Miami, Florida . They finished the season 5–7, 3–5 in C-USA play to finish in a three way tie for fourth place in the East Division.
Schedule [ ]
Florida International announced their 2015 football schedule on February 2, 2015. The 2015 schedule consisted of five home and seven away games in the regular season. The Panthers hosted CUSA foes Charlotte , Old Dominion , UTEP , and Western Kentucky (WKU) , and traveled to Florida Atlantic , Louisiana Tech , Marshall , and Middle Tennessee .[1]
Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance 6:00 p.m. at UCF * CBSSN W 15–1439,184
September 12 8:00 p.m. at Indiana * BTN L 22–3641,509
September 19 6:00 p.m. North Carolina Central * W 39–1415,567
September 26 2:30 p.m. at Louisiana Tech FCS L 17–2720,010
October 3 3:00 p.m. at UMass * ESPN3 L 14–2413,525
October 10 12:00 p.m. UTEP ASN W 52–1213,799
October 17 12:00 p.m. at Middle Tennessee FSN L 34–4213,227
October 24 6:00 p.m. Old Dominion W 41–1217,961
October 31 3:30 p.m. at Florida Atlantic ASN L 17–3116,432
November 7 12:00 p.m. Charlotte ASN W 48–3114,200
November 14 3:30 p.m. at Marshall FSN L 0–5226,572
November 21 2:30 p.m. WKU FCS L 7–6314,380
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Game summaries [ ]
at UCF [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Panthers
3
0
6
6
15
Knights
7
7
0
0
14
at Indiana [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Panthers
7
7
0
8
22
Hoosiers
0
13
6
17
36
North Carolina Central [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Eagles
7
7
0
0
14
Panthers
12
14
13
0
39
at Louisiana Tech [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Panthers
0
3
7
7
17
Bulldogs
7
10
0
10
27
at Massachusetts [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Panthers
0
7
7
0
14
Minutemen
7
10
0
7
24
UTEP [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Miners
0
3
7
2
12
Panthers
21
21
3
7
52
at Middle Tennessee [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Panthers
9
7
3
15
34
Blue Raiders
7
21
7
7
42
Old Dominion [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Monarchs
0
6
6
0
12
Panthers
7
10
10
14
41
at Florida Atlantic [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Panthers
0
7
3
7
17
Owls
7
10
0
14
31
Charlotte [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
49ers
7
3
7
14
31
Panthers
14
20
7
7
48
at Marshall [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Panthers
0
0
0
0
0
Thudering Herd
21
17
7
7
52
Western Kentucky [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Hilltoppers
21
14
21
7
63
Panthers
0
0
0
7
7
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