American college football season
The 2015 Jacksonville State Gamecocks football team represented Jacksonville State University in the 2015 NCAA Division I FCS football season . They were led by second-year head coach John Grass and played their home games at Burgess-Snow Field at JSU Stadium . They were a member of the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC). Jacksonville State finished the season 13–2 overall with an 8–0 mark in OVC play to win the conference championship. They received the conference's automatic bid to the FCS playoffs, where they defeated Chattanooga , Charleston Southern , and Sam Houston State to advance to the National Championship Game, where they lost to North Dakota State .
Schedule [ ]
Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance September 5 5:00 pm at No. 8 Chattanooga * No. 7 SDN W 23–2015,812
September 12 11:00 am at No. 6 (FBS ) Auburn * No. 5 SECN L 20–27 OT 87,451
September 19 1:00 pm Tennessee State No. 1 ESPN3 W 48–1323,413
September 26 2:00 pm at Tennessee–Martin No. 1 ESPN3 W 48–413,982
October 3 1:00 pm Mississippi Valley State * No. 1 JSU Stadium Jacksonville, AL WJXS W 49–713,889
October 17 6:00 pm at Tennessee Tech No. 1 OVCDN W 42–135,575
October 24 4:00 pm at Austin Peay No. 1 OVCDN W 27–75,411
October 31 1:00 pm No. 13 Eastern Kentucky No. 1 JSU Stadium Jacksonville, AL WJXS W 34–021,988
November 7 1:00 pm at Eastern Illinois No. 1 OVCDN W 24–34,221
November 14 1:00 pm Southeast Missouri State No. 1 JSU Stadium Jacksonville, AL WJXS W 56–2818,995
November 21 1:00 pm Murray State No. 1 JSU Stadium Jacksonville, AL WJXS W 42–2018,555
December 5 2:00 pm No. 7 Chattanooga* No. 1 JSU Stadium Jacksonville, AL (FCS Playoffs Second Round ) ESPN3 W 41–35 OT 21,452
December 11 7:00 pm No. 9 Charleston Southern * No. 1 JSU Stadium Jacksonville, AL (FCS Playoffs Quarterfinals ) ESPN2 W 58–3822,279
December 19 3:00 pm No. 6 Sam Houston State * No. 1 JSU Stadium Jacksonville, AL (FCS Playoffs Semifinals ) ESPNU W 62–1023,692
January 9, 2016 11:00 am vs. No. 2 North Dakota State * No. 1 ESPN2 L 10–3721,836
*Non-conference game HomecomingRankings from STATS FCS Poll released prior to game Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time
Game summaries [ ]
@ Chattanooga [ ]
Jacksonville State @ Chattanooga
1
2 3 4 Total
• #7 Gamecocks
3
7 3 10
23
#8 Mocs
10
0 3 7
20
@ Auburn [ ]
Jacksonville State @ Auburn
1
2 3 4 OT Total
#5 Gamecocks
0
10 0 10 0
20
• #6 (FBS) Tigers
3
3 7 7 7
27
Tennessee State [ ]
Tennessee State @ Jacksonville State
1
2 3 4 Total
Tigers
0
0 13 0
13
• #1 Gamecocks
0
21 17 10
48
Date: September 19Location: JSU Stadium Jacksonville, AL Game start: 1:00 PM CDT Game attendance: 23,413Television network: ESPN3
@ Tennessee–Martin [ ]
Jacksonville State @ Tennessee–Martin
1
2 3 4 Total
• #1 Gamecocks
14
14 14 6
48
Skyhawks
6
7 7 21
41
Date: September 26Location: Graham Stadium Martin, TN Game start: 2:00 PM CDT Game attendance: 3,982Television network: ESPN3
Mississippi Valley State [ ]
Mississippi Valley State @ Jacksonville State
1
2 3 4 Total
Delta Devils
0
7 0 0
7
• #1 Gamecocks
14
21 14 0
49
Date: October 3Location: JSU Stadium Jacksonville, AL Game start: 1:00 PM CDT Game attendance: 13,889Television network: WJXS
@ Tennessee Tech [ ]
Jacksonville State @ Tennessee Tech
1
2 3 4 Total
• #1 Gamecocks
14
12 9 7
42
Golden Eagles
3
3 0 7
13
@ Austin Peay [ ]
Jacksonville State @ Austin Peay
1
2 3 4 Total
• #1 Gamecocks
10
17 0 0
27
Governors
0
0 7 0
7
Date: October 24Location: Governors Stadium Clarksville, TN Game start: 4:00 PM CDT Game attendance: 5,411Television network: OVCDN
Eastern Kentucky [ ]
Eastern Kentucky @ Jacksonville State
1
2 3 4 Total
#13 Colonels
0
0 0 0
0
• #1 Gamecocks
7
17 7 3
34
Date: October 31Location: JSU Stadium Jacksonville, AL Game start: 1:00 PM CDT Game attendance: 21,988Television network: WJXS
@ Eastern Illinois [ ]
Jacksonville State @ Eastern Illinois
1
2 3 4 Total
• #1 Gamecocks
0
3 7 14
24
Panthers
0
3 0 0
3
Southeast Missouri State [ ]
Southeast Missouri State @ Jacksonville State
1
2 3 4 Total
Redhawks
0
7 7 14
28
• #1 Gamecocks
7
14 21 14
56
Date: November 14Location: JSU Stadium Jacksonville, AL Game start: 1:00 PM CST Game attendance: 18,995Television network: WJXS
Murray State [ ]
Murray State @ Jacksonville State
1
2 3 4 Total
Racers
3
3 7 7
20
• #1 Gamecocks
14
7 14 7
42
Date: November 21Location: JSU Stadium Jacksonville, AL Game start: 1:00 PM CST Game attendance: 18,555Television network: WJXS
FCS Playoffs [ ]
Second Round–Chattanooga [ ]
Chattanooga @ Jacksonville State
1
2 3 4 OT Total
#7 Mocs
7
7 7 14 0
35
• #1 Gamecocks
0
21 7 7 6
41
Date: December 5Location: JSU Stadium Jacksonville, AL Game start: 2:00 PM CDT Game attendance: 21,452Television network: ESPN3
Quarterfinals–Charleston Southern [ ]
Charleston Southern @ Jacksonville State
1
2 3 4 Total
#9 Buccaneers
3
7 7 21
38
• #1 Gamecocks
10
3 21 24
58
Date: December 11Location: JSU Stadium Jacksonville, AL Game start: 7:00 PM CDT Game attendance: 22,279Television network: ESPN2
Semifinals–Sam Houston State [ ]
Sam Houston State @ Jacksonville State
1
2 3 4 Total
#6 Sam Houston State
0
10 0 0
10
• #1 Gamecocks
17
24 14 7
62
Date: December 19Location: JSU Stadium Jacksonville, AL Game start: 3:00 PM CDT Game attendance: 23,692Television network: ESPNU
Championship–North Dakota State [ ]
North Dakota State vs Jacksonville State
1
2 3 4 Total
• #2 North Dakota State
3
21 3 10
37
#1 Gamecocks
0
0 10 0
10
Ranking movements [ ]
Ranking movementsLegend: ██ 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
7
5 (24)
1 (39)
1 (93)
1 (89)
1 (89)
1 (89)
1 (108)
1 (107)
1 (139)
1 (149)
1 (145)
1 (135)
2
Coaches
9
6 (1)
4 (5)
3 (3)
3 (3)
3 (4)
3 (4)
2 (5)
2 (8)
1 (23)
1 (25)
1 (24)
1 (20)
2
References [ ]
Venues Bowls & rivalries Culture & lore People Seasons National championship seasons in bold
Pre-divisional NCAA College Division Division II I-AA/FCS National championships in bold † WKU claims a co-championship, while both the OVC and Tennessee Tech state it is not shared