2015 South Dakota State Jackrabbits football team

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2015 South Dakota State Jackrabbits football
South Dakota State University logo.svg
FCS Playoffs First Round, L 17–24 vs. Montana
ConferenceMissouri Valley Football Conference
Ranking
STATSNo. 15
FCS CoachesNo. 16
2015 record8–4 (5–3 MVFC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorEric Eidsness
Defensive coordinatorClint Brown
Home stadiumCoughlin–Alumni Stadium
(Capacity: 17,000)
Seasons
← 2014
2016 →
2015 Missouri Valley Football Conference standings
Conf Overall
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  
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant
Rankings from STATS Poll

The 2015 South Dakota State Jackrabbits football team represented South Dakota State University in the 2015 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by 18th-year head coach John Stiegelmeier and played their home games at Coughlin–Alumni Stadium. They were a member of the Missouri Valley Football Conference. They finished the season 8–4, 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 lost in the first round to Montana.

Schedule[]

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 511:00 amat Kansas*No. 16
FSNW 41–3830,144
September 126:00 pmSouthern Utah*No. 9ESPN3W 55–1013,423
September 265:00 pmRobert Morris*No. 6
  • Coughlin–Alumni Stadium
  • Brookings, SD
Midco/ESPN3W 34–1012,153
October 36:00 pmNo. 3 North Dakota StateNo. 5
Midco/ESPN3L 7–2817,348
October 106:00 pmNo. 19 Indiana StateNo. 8
  • Coughlin–Alumni Stadium
  • Brookings, SD
Midco/ESPN3W 24–79,347
October 173:00 pmat No. 11 Youngstown StateNo. 7MVC TV/ESPN3W 38–814,974
October 242:00 pmNo. 22 Northern IowaNo. 6
  • Coughlin–Alumni Stadium
  • Brookings, SD
Midco/ESPN3L 7–1016,042
October 312:00 pmat Missouri StateNo. 14
MVC TV/ESPN3W 39–03,729
November 72:00 pmNo. 2 Illinois StateNo. 11
  • Coughlin–Alumni Stadium
  • Brookings, SD
Midco/ESPN3W 25–209,081
November 142:00 pmat South DakotaNo. 5Midco/ESPN3W 30–2310,345
November 211:00 pmat Western IllinoisNo. 5ESPN3L 24–30 2OT1,853
November 282:00 pmat No. 16 Montana*No. 10
ESPN3L 17–2414,575
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from STATS FCS Poll released prior to game Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

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Game summaries[]

@ Kansas[]

1 2 3 4 Total
#16 Jackrabbits 17 14 3 7 41
Jayhawks 7 7 14 10 38

Southern Utah[]

1 2 3 4 Total
Thunderbirds 7 0 0 3 10
#9 Jackrabbits 3 24 7 21 55

Robert Morris[]

1 2 3 4 Total
Colonials 0 10 0 0 10
#6 Jackrabbits 7 13 7 7 34

North Dakota State[]

1 2 3 4 Total
#3 Bison 7 14 7 0 28
#5 Jackrabbits 0 0 7 0 7

Indiana State[]

1 2 3 4 Total
#19 Sycamores 0 0 7 0 7
#8 Jackrabbits 0 14 0 10 24

@ Youngstown State[]

1 2 3 4 Total
#7 Jackrabbbits 7 10 7 14 38
#11 Penguins 2 3 3 0 8

Northern Iowa[]

1 2 3 4 Total
#22 Panthers 0 3 7 0 10
#6 Jackrabbits 0 0 7 0 7

@ Missouri State[]

1 2 3 4 Total
#14 Jackrabbits 10 12 10 7 39
Bears 0 0 0 0 0

Illinois State[]

1 2 3 4 Total
#2 Redbirds 7 0 7 6 20
#11 Jackrabbits 0 13 6 6 25

@ South Dakota[]

1 2 3 4 Total
#5 Jackrabbits 3 7 0 20 30
Coyotes 7 0 13 3 23

@ Western Illinois[]

1 2 3 4OT2OT Total
#5 Jackrabbbits 0 10 0 770 24
Leathernecks 3 0 7 776 30

FCS Playoffs[]

First Round–@ Montana[]

1 2 3 4 Total
#10 Jackrabbits 0 0 10 7 17
#16 Grizzlies 7 17 0 0 24

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 16 9 (8) 7 (8) 6 (6) 5 (6) 8 7 6 14 11 5 5 10–T 15 
Coaches 15 10 (1) 8 (2) 7 (1) 7 (1) 9 7 6 13 11 5 5 12 16

References[]

  1. ^ "Schedule". South Dakota State University Department of Athletics. Archived from the original on 2015-09-17. Retrieved April 23, 2015.
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