American college football season
The 2015 Southern Illinois Salukis football team represented Southern Illinois University Carbondale as a member of the Missouri Valley Football Conference (MVFC) during the 2015 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Led by Dale Lennon in his eighth and final season as head coach, the Salukis compiled an overall record of 3–8 with a mark of 2–6 in conference play, placing ninth in the MVFC. Southern Illinois played home games at Saluki Stadium in Carbondale, Illinois.
On November 30, head coach Lennon was fired.[1] He finished his tenure at Southern Illinois with an eight-year record of 51–42.
Schedule
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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September 5 | 3:00 pm | at Indiana* | | ESPNews | L 47–48 | 36,071 |
September 12 | 6:00 pm | at Southeast Missouri State* | | | L 24–27 | 8,015 |
September 26 | 6:00 pm | No. 10 Liberty* | | ESPN3 | W 34–13 | 11,886 |
October 3 | 3:00 pm | at Western Illinois | | ESPN3 | L 36–37 | 7,125 |
October 10 | 6:00 pm | Missouri State | - Saluki Stadium
- Carbondale, IL
| ESPN3 | W 73–26 | 5,509 |
October 17 | 2:05 pm | at No. 21 Indiana State | | ESPN3 | L 36–39 | 7,421 |
October 24 | 6:00 pm | No. 16 Youngstown State![dagger](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/37/Dagger-14-plain.png) | - Saluki Stadium
- Carbondale, IL
| ESPN3 | W 38–31 OT | 8,459 |
October 31 | 2:00 pm | No. 7 North Dakota State | - Saluki Stadium
- Carbondale, IL
| ESPN3 | L 29–35 | 6,508 |
November 7 | 1:00 pm | at South Dakota | | ESPN3 | L 31–34 | 8,012 |
November 14 | 2:00 pm | No. 6 Illinois State | - Saluki Stadium
- Carbondale, IL
| MVC TV/ESPN3 | L 21–42 | 6,388 |
November 21 | 4:00 pm | at No. 15 Northern Iowa | | MVC TV/ESPN3 | L 28–49 | 9,915 |
- *Non-conference game
Homecoming- Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
- All times are in Central time
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Game summaries
At Indiana
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Salukis | 11 | 21 | 0 | 15 | 47 |
Hoosiers | 7 | 14 | 17 | 10 | 48 |
At Southeast Missouri State
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Salukis | 7 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 24 |
Redhawks | 17 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 27 |
Liberty
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
#10 Flames | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 13 |
Salukis | 3 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 34 |
At Western Illinois
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Salukis | 0 | 20 | 7 | 9 | 36 |
Leathernecks | 7 | 7 | 14 | 9 | 37 |
Missouri State
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Bears | 3 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 26 |
Salukis | 21 | 17 | 21 | 14 | 73 |
At Indiana State
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Salukis | 7 | 7 | 7 | 15 | 36 |
#21 Sycamores | 7 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 39 |
Youngstown State
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | Total |
#16 Penguins | 0 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 31 |
Salukis | 0 | 7 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 38 |
North Dakota State
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
#7 Bison | 7 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 35 |
Salukis | 3 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 29 |
At South Dakota
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Salukis | 7 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 31 |
Coyotes | 7 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 34 |
Illinois State
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
#6 Redbirds | 0 | 14 | 21 | 7 | 42 |
Salukis | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
At Northern Iowa
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Salukis | 0 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 28 |
#15 Panthers | 14 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 49 |
References
- ^ "Saluki Football head coach Dale Lennon has been dismissed".
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- Southeast Missouri State
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