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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 [ ]
Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance September 5 11:00 am at Kansas * No. 16 FSN W 41–3830,144
September 12 6:00 pm Southern Utah * No. 9 ESPN3 W 55–1013,423
September 26 5:00 pm Robert Morris * No. 6 Coughlin–Alumni Stadium Brookings, SD Midco /ESPN3W 34–1012,153
October 3 6:00 pm No. 3 North Dakota State No. 5 Midco/ESPN3 L 7–2817,348
October 10 6:00 pm No. 19 Indiana State No. 8 Coughlin–Alumni Stadium Brookings, SD Midco/ESPN3 W 24–79,347
October 17 3:00 pm at No. 11 Youngstown State No. 7 MVC TV/ESPN3 W 38–814,974
October 24 2:00 pm No. 22 Northern Iowa No. 6 Coughlin–Alumni Stadium Brookings, SD Midco/ESPN3 L 7–1016,042
October 31 2:00 pm at Missouri State No. 14 MVC TV/ESPN3 W 39–03,729
November 7 2:00 pm No. 2 Illinois State No. 11 Coughlin–Alumni Stadium Brookings, SD Midco/ESPN3 W 25–209,081
November 14 2:00 pm at South Dakota No. 5 Midco/ESPN3 W 30–2310,345
November 21 1:00 pm at Western Illinois No. 5 ESPN3 L 24–30 2OT 1,853
November 28 2:00 pm at No. 16 Montana * No. 10 ESPN3 L 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
4 OT 2OT
Total
#5 Jackrabbbits
0
10
0
7 7 0
24
Leathernecks
3
0
7
7 7 6
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 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
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 [ ]
^ "Schedule" . South Dakota State University Department of Athletics. Archived from the original on 2015-09-17. Retrieved April 23, 2015 .
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