2015 Western Illinois Leathernecks football team

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2015 Western Illinois Leathernecks football
Western Illinois Leathernecks wordmark.svg
FCS Playoffs Second Round
vs Illinois State, L 19–36
ConferenceMissouri Valley Football Conference
2015 record7–6 (5–3 MVFC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorA.J. Blazek
Defensive coordinatorBrian Mohnsen
Home stadiumHanson Field
(Capacity: 17,128)
Seasons
← 2014
2016 →
2015 Missouri Valley Football Conference standings
  • v
  • t
 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 Western Illinois Leathernecks football team represented Western Illinois University in the 2015 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by third year head coach Bob Nielson and played their home games at Hanson Field. They were a member of the Missouri Valley Football Conference. They finished the season 7–6, 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 defeated Dayton in the first round before losing in the second round to fellow MVFC member Illinois State.

On December 14, head coach Bob Nielson resigned to become the head coach at fellow MVFC member South Dakota.[1] He finished at Western Illinois with a three year record of 16–21.

Schedule[]

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 36:00 pmEastern Illinois*
WIUtv3/ESPN3W 33–55,985
September 1211:00 amat Illinois*
BTNL 0–4437,733
September 195:00 pmat No. 2 Coastal Carolina*
BSNL 27–3410,311
October 33:00 pmSouthern Illinoisdagger
  • Hanson Field
  • Macomb, IL
WIUtv3/ESPN3W 37–367,125
October 103:00 pmSouth Dakota
  • Hanson Field
  • Macomb, IL
MVC TV/WIUtv3/ESPN3W 40–216,298
October 174:00 pmat No. 12 Northern Iowa
WIUtv3/ESPN3W 24–1916,324
October 242:00 pmat No. 3 Illinois StateNo. 20
ESPN3L 28–4813,391
October 311:00 pmNo. 25 Youngstown StateNo. 23
  • Hanson Field
  • Macomb, IL
WIUtv3/ESPN3L 21–232,610
November 72:30 pmat No. 6 North Dakota State
WIUtv3-TD/ESPN3L 7–5918,251
November 1412:05 pmat Indiana State
WIUtv3-TD/ESPN3W 37–30 OT4,567
November 211:00 pmNo. 5 South Dakota State
  • Hanson Field
  • Macomb, IL
WIUtv3/ESPN3W 30–24 2OT1,853
November 2811:00 amat Dayton*
ESPN3W 24–7997
December 51:00 pmat No. 4 Illinois State*
  • Hancock Stadium
  • Normal, IL (FCS Playoffs Second Round)
ESPN3L 19–366,124
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from STATS FCS Poll released prior to game Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

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 RV RV RV RV RV RV RV 20 23 RV RV RV RV 22 
Coaches NR RV RV RV RV RV RV 23 RV RV NR RV RV 22

References[]

  1. ^ http://www.pjstar.com/article/20151214/SPORTS/151219733
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