2015 New Hampshire Wildcats football team

2015 New Hampshire Wildcats football

FCS Playoffs First Round vs. Colgate, L 20–27
Conference	Colonial Athletic Association
2015 record	7–5 (5–3 CAA)
Head coach	Sean McDonnell (17th year)
Offensive coordinator	Ryan Carty (8th year)
Defensive coordinator	John Lyons (4th year)
Home stadium	Cowell Stadium (Capacity: 6,500)

2015 CAA football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
#4 Richmond +^		6	–	2		10	–	4
#11 James Madison +^		6	–	2		9	–	3
#12 William & Mary +^		6	–	2		9	–	4
Towson		5	–	3		7	–	4
New Hampshire ^		5	–	3		7	–	5
Villanova		5	–	3		6	–	5
Stony Brook		3	–	5		5	–	5
Delaware		3	–	5		4	–	7
Elon		3	–	5		4	–	7
Maine		3	–	5		3	–	8
Albany		2	–	6		3	–	8
Rhode Island		1	–	7		1	–	10

+ – Conference co-champions ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from STATS FCS Poll

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
September 3	10:00 PM	at San Jose State*	#9	Spartan Stadium • San Jose, CA		L 13–43	15,198
September 12	6:00 PM	at Colgate*	#12	Andy Kerr Stadium • Hamilton, NY		W 26–8	2,988
September 19	7:00 PM	at Stony Brook	#13	Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium • Stony Brook, NY	ASN	L 6–31	7,072
September 26	6:00 PM	Central Connecticut*	#21	Cowell Stadium • Durham, NH	UNHTV	W 57–14	6,215
October 3	3:30 PM	Elon	#20	Cowell Stadium • Durham, NH	ASN	W 37–14	16,713
October 17	12:00 PM	at #24 William & Mary	#19	Zable Stadium • Williamsburg, VA	CSN	L 18–34	10,180
October 24	3:30 PM	at Delaware		Delaware Stadium • Newark, DE		L 14–31	19,924
October 31	1:00 PM	Rhode Island		Cowell Stadium • Durham, NH	UNHTV	W 20–17	5,003
November 7	3:00 PM	#5 Richmond		Cowell Stadium • Durham, NH	NBCSN	W 30–25	4,992
November 14	7:00 PM	at Albany		Bob Ford Field • Albany, NY	ASN	W 24–14	3,814
November 21	1:00 PM	Maine		Cowell Stadium • Durham, NH (Battle for the Brice-Cowell Musket)	UNHTV	W 22–6	7,594
November 28	3:30 PM	Colgate*		Cowell Stadium • Durham, NH (FCS Playoffs First Round)	ESPN3	L 20–27	3,303
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from STATS FCS Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Source: Schedule

Game notes

at San Jose State

	1	2	3	4	Total
#9 Wildcats	0	7	0	6	13
Spartans	20	6	10	7	43

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

at Colgate

	1	2	3	4	Total
#12 Wildcats	7	13	3	3	26
Raiders	0	0	0	8	8

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
5–1	2013	W 53–23

at Stony Brook

	1	2	3	4	Total
#13 Wildcats	0	6	0	0	6
Seawolves	7	10	14	0	31

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
3–0	2014	W 28–20

Central Connecticut

	1	2	3	4	Total
Blue Devils	0	7	7	0	14
#21 Wildcats	25	21	8	3	57

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
7–0	2012	W 43–10

Elon

	1	2	3	4	Total
Phoenix	0	7	7	0	14
#20 Wildcats	20	14	3	0	37

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–0	2014	W 48–14

at William & Mary

	1	2	3	4	Total
#19 Wildcats	7	8	0	3	18
#24 Tribe	7	14	6	7	34

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
4–14	2014	W 32–3

at Delaware

	1	2	3	4	Total
Wildcats	7	7	0	0	14
Fightin' Blue Hens	6	0	18	7	31

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
12–20	2014	W 43–14

Rhode Island

	1	2	3	4	Total
Rams	3	14	0	0	17
Wildcats	0	0	14	6	20

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
56–28–5	2014	W 41–14

Richmond

	1	2	3	4	Total
#5 Spiders	7	0	15	3	25
Wildcats	14	7	6	3	30

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
12–10	2014	W 29–26

at Albany

	1	2	3	4	Total
Wildcats	10	0	7	7	24
Great Danes	0	0	7	7	14

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
3–0	2014	W 49–24

Maine

	1	2	3	4	Total
Black Bears	0	0	0	6	6
Wildcats	7	6	6	3	22

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
53–44–8	2014	W 20–12

FCS Playoffs

First Round–Colgate

	1	2	3	4	Total
Raiders	6	6	8	7	27
Wildcats	0	6	0	14	20

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
6–1	9/12/2015	W 26–8

Ranking movements

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. ( ) = First place votes.
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
STATS FCS	9	12	13	21	20	21	19	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV
Coaches	7	15	13	24	23	22	20	RV	RV	NR	NR	RV	RV	RV

References

New Hampshire Wildcats football

Venues	Cowell Stadium (1936–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Dartmouth Colonial Clash (UMass, Bill Knight Trophy) Battle for the Brice-Cowell Musket (Maine)

People	Head coaches

Seasons	1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

2015 NCAA Division I FCS playoff participants

Charleston Southern Chattanooga Citadel Coastal Carolina Colgate Dayton Duquesne Eastern Illinois Fordham Illinois State Jacksonville State James Madison McNeese State Montana New Hampshire North Dakota State Northern Iowa Portland State Richmond Sam Houston State South Dakota State Southern Utah Western Illinois William & Mary

Champion – North Dakota State

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