American college football season
2015 New Hampshire Wildcats football |
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Conference | Colonial Athletic Association |
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Record | 7–5 (5–3 CAA) |
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Head coach | - Sean McDonnell (17th season)
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Offensive coordinator | Ryan Carty (8th season) |
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Defensive coordinator | John Lyons (4th season) |
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Home stadium | Cowell Stadium |
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The 2015 New Hampshire Wildcats football team represented the University of New Hampshire in the 2015 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by 17th-year head coach Sean McDonnell and played their home games at Cowell Stadium. They were a member of the Colonial Athletic Association. They finished the season 7–5, 5–3 in CAA play to finish in a three-way tie for fourth place. They received an at-large bid to the FCS Playoffs where they lost in the first round to Colgate.
Schedule
Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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September 3 | 10:00 pm | at San Jose State* | No. 9 | | | L 13–43 | 15,198 |
September 12 | 6:00 pm | at Colgate* | No. 12 | | | W 26–8 | 2,988 |
September 19 | 7:00 pm | at Stony Brook | No. 13 | | ASN | L 6–31 | 7,072 |
September 26 | 6:00 pm | Central Connecticut* | No. 21 | | UNHTV | W 57–14 | 6,215 |
October 3 | 3:30 pm | Elon![dagger](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/37/Dagger-14-plain.png) | No. 20 | | ASN | W 37–14 | 16,713 |
October 17 | 12:00 pm | at No. 24 William & Mary | No. 19 | | CSN | L 18–34 | 10,180 |
October 24 | 3:30 pm | at Delaware | | | | L 14–31 | 19,924 |
October 31 | 1:00 pm | Rhode Island | | | UNHTV | W 20–17 | 5,003 |
November 7 | 3:00 pm | No. 5 Richmond | | | NBCSN | W 30–25 | 4,992 |
November 14 | 7:00 pm | at Albany | | | ASN | W 24–14 | 3,814 |
November 21 | 1:00 pm | Maine | | | UNHTV | W 22–6 | 7,594 |
November 28 | 3:30 pm | Colgate* | | | ESPN3 | L 20–27 | 3,303 |
- *Non-conference game
Homecoming- Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
- All times are in Eastern time
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Game summaries
At San Jose State
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
#9 Wildcats | 0 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 13 |
Spartans | 20 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 43 |
At Colgate
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
#12 Wildcats | 7 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 26 |
Raiders | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 8 |
At Stony Brook
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
#13 Wildcats | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
Seawolves | 7 | 10 | 14 | 0 | 31 |
Central Connecticut
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Blue Devils | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
#21 Wildcats | 25 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 57 |
Elon
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Phoenix | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
#20 Wildcats | 20 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 37 |
At William & Mary
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
#19 Wildcats | 7 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 18 |
#24 Tribe | 7 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 34 |
At Delaware
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Wildcats | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
Fightin' Blue Hens | 6 | 0 | 18 | 7 | 31 |
Rhode Island
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Rams | 3 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
Wildcats | 0 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 20 |
Richmond
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
#5 Spiders | 7 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 25 |
Wildcats | 14 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 30 |
At Albany
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Wildcats | 10 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 24 |
Great Danes | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 14 |
Maine
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Black Bears | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
Wildcats | 7 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 22 |
Colgate—NCAA Division I First Round
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Raiders | 6 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 27 |
Wildcats | 0 | 6 | 0 | 14 | 20 |
Ranking movements
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes | Week |
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Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
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STATS FCS | 9 | 12 | 13 | 21 | 20 | 21 | 19 | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV |
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Coaches | 7 | 15 | 13 | 24 | 23 | 22 | 20 | RV | RV | — | — | RV | RV | RV |
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References
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Venues | - College Oval ( –1920)
- Memorial Field (1921–1935)
- Wildcat Stadium (1936–present)
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Bowls & rivalries | |
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People | |
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Seasons | |
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2015 NCAA Division I FCS playoff participants |
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Champion – North Dakota State |