American college football season
The 2015 Southern Utah Thunderbirds football team represented Southern Utah University in the 2015 NCAA Division I FCS football season . They were led by eighth-year head coach Ed Lamb and played their home games at Eccles Coliseum . This was their fourth year as a member of the Big Sky Conference . They finished the season 8–4, 7–1 in Big Sky play to be crowned Big Sky champion for the first time. They received the Big Sky's automatic bid to the FCS playoffs where they lost in the first round to Sam Houston State .
On December 26, Lamb resigned to become the special teams coordinator and tight ends coach at BYU .[1] He finished at Southern Utah with an eight year record of 45–47.
Schedule [ ]
Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance 7:00 pm at Utah State * L 9–1221,209
September 12 5:00 pm at No. 9 South Dakota State * ESPN3 L 10–5513,423
September 19 6:00 pm Northern Colorado WBS W 30���35,103
September 26 6:00 pm Brevard * Eccles Coliseum Cedar City, UT WBS W 55–75,789
6:00 pm at Weber State WBS W 44–05,778
October 17 6:00 pm Sacramento State Eccles Coliseum Cedar City, UT WBS W 44–03,607
October 24 5:00 pm at UC Davis W 34–64,640
October 31 3:00 pm Cal Poly Eccles Coliseum Cedar City, UT WBS W 54–374,506
November 7 1:00 pm at Montana State No. 20 RTUT W 34–2317,427
November 14 3:05 pm at No. 15 Portland State No. 18 WBS L 23–246,122
November 21 3:00 pm No. 24 Northern Arizona No. 20 WBS W 49–419,022
November 28 3:00 pm at No. 6 Sam Houston State * No. 17 ESPN3 L 39–423,098
*Non-conference game HomecomingRankings from STATS FCS Poll released prior to game Poll released prior to the game All times are in Mountain time
Game summaries [ ]
at Utah State [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Thunderbirds
6
3
0
0
9
Aggies
5
0
0
7
12
at South Dakota State [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Thunderbirds
7
0
0
3
10
#9 Jackrabbits
3
24
7
21
55
Northern Colorado [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Bears
3
0
0
0
3
Thunderbirds
17
6
7
0
30
Brevard [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Tornados
0
0
0
7
7
Thunderbirds
7
20
14
14
55
at Weber State [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Thunderbirds
7
10
14
13
44
Wildcats
0
0
0
0
0
Sacramento State [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Hornets
0
0
0
0
0
Thunderbirds
21
0
16
7
44
at UC Davis [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Thunderbirds
0
7
13
14
34
Aggies
3
3
0
0
6
Cal Poly [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Mustangs
3
21
7
6
37
Thunderbirds
10
23
7
14
54
at Montana State [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
#20 Thunderbirds
0
7
19
8
34
Bobcats
7
3
7
6
23
at Portland State [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
#18 Thunderbirds
10
0
7
6
23
#15 Vikings
7
10
0
7
24
Northern Arizona [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
#24 Lumberjacks
3
21
7
10
41
#20 Thunderbirds
7
7
21
14
49
FCS Playoffs [ ]
First Round–at Sam Houston State [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
#17 Thunderbirds
6
26
7
0
39
#6 Bearkats
16
10
7
9
42
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
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
RV
RV
RV
20
18
20
17
18
Coaches
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
RV
24
18
15
18
16
18
References [ ]
Venues Bowls & rivalries People
College Division / Division II I-AA/FCS
Northern Arizona (1978)
Montana State (1979)
Boise State (1980)
Idaho State (1981)
Montana , Idaho , & Montana State (1982)
Nevada (1983)
Montana State (1984)
Idaho (1985)
Nevada (1986)
Idaho (1987)
Idaho (1988)
Idaho (1989)
Nevada (1990)
Nevada (1991)
Idaho & Eastern Washington (1992)
Montana (1993)
Boise State (1994)
Montana (1995)
Montana (1996)
Eastern Washington (1997)
Montana (1998)
Montana (1999)
Montana (2000)
Montana (2001)
Montana , Montana State , & Idaho State (2002)
Montana State , Montana , & Northern Arizona (2003)
Montana & Eastern Washington (2004)
Eastern Washington , Montana State , & Montana (2005)
Montana (2006)
Montana (2007)
Weber State & Montana (2008)
Montana (2009)
Montana State & Eastern Washington (2010)
Montana State & Montana (2011)
Eastern Washington , Montana State , & Cal Poly (2012)
Eastern Washington (2013)
Eastern Washington (2014)
Southern Utah (2015)
Eastern Washington & North Dakota (2016)
Southern Utah & Weber State (2017)
Eastern Washington , UC Davis , & Weber State (2018)
Sacramento State & Weber State (2019)
Weber State (2020)
Sacramento State (2021)
National championships in bold