2015 Charleston Southern Buccaneers football team

2015 Charleston Southern Buccaneers football
2015 Charleston Southern Buccaneers football
Big South champion
NCAA Division I Quarterfinal, L 38–58 vs. Jacksonville State
Conference	Big South Conference
Ranking
STATS	No. 6
FCS Coaches	No. 7
Record	10–3 (6–0 Big South)
Head coach	Jamey Chadwell (3rd season);
Offensive coordinator	Gabe Giardina (3rd season)
Defensive coordinator	Chad Staggs (3rd season)
Home stadium	Buccaneer Field
	Seasons ← 2014 2016 →

The 2015 Charleston Southern Buccaneers football team represented Charleston Southern University as a member of the Big South Conference during the 2015 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Led by third-year head coach Jamey Chadwell, the Buccaneers compiled an overall record of 10–3 with a mark of 6–0 in conference play, winning the Big South title. Charleston Southern earned the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Division I Football Championship playoffs. After a first-round bye, the Buccaneers defeated The Citadel in the second round before losing to the eventual national runner-up, Jacksonville State, in the quarterfinals. Charleston Southern played home games at Buccaneer Field in Charleston, South Carolina.

2015 Big South Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
No. 6 Charleston Southern $^	6	–	0	10	–	3
No. 16 Coastal Carolina ^	4	–	2	9	–	3
Liberty	3	–	3	6	–	5
Monmouth	3	–	3	5	–	6
Kennesaw State	2	–	4	6	–	5
Gardner–Webb *	2	–	4	4	–	7
Presbyterian	1	–	5	2	–	9

$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant * Gardner–Webb ineligible for postseason due to APR violations Rankings from STATS Poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 3	7:00 pm	North Greenville*		Buccaneer Field Charleston, SC	BSN	W 41–14	4,820
September 12	7:00 pm	at Troy*		Veterans Memorial Stadium Troy, AL	ESPN3	L 16–44	17,517
September 17	7:00 pm	East Tennessee State*		Buccaneer Field Charleston, SC	BSN	W 47–7	2,331
September 26	6:00 pm	at The Citadel*		Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, SC	ESPN3	W 33–20	11,998
October 10	12:00 pm	Monmouth		Buccaneer Field Charleston, SC	BSN	W 37–7	1,227
October 17	2:00 pm	at Presbyterian		Bailey Memorial Stadium Clinton, SC	BSN	W 10–7	4,624
October 24	1:30 pm	at Gardner–Webb		Ernest W. Spangler Stadium Boiling Springs, NC	BSN	W 34–0	3,159
October 31	2:00 pm	No. 2 Coastal Carolina	No. 24	Buccaneer Field Charleston, SC	ASN	W 33–25	5,311
November 7	1:00 pm	at Kennesaw State	No. 15	Fifth Third Bank Stadium Kennesaw, GA	BSN	W 28–14	8,670
November 14	2:00 pm	Liberty	No. 11	Buccaneer Field Charleston, SC	ESPN3	W 31–24	4,781
November 21	4:00 pm	at No. 3 (FBS) Alabama*	No. 9	Bryant–Denny Stadium Tuscaloosa, AL	SECN	L 6–56	100,611
December 5	2:00 pm	No. 18 The Citadel*	No. 9	Buccaneer Field Charleston, SC (NCAA Division I Second Round)	ESPN3	W 14–6	8,451
December 11	8:00 pm	at No. 1 Jacksonville State*	No. 9	JSU Stadium Jacksonville, AL (NCAA Division I Quarterfinal)	ESPN2	L 38–58	22,279
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

	1	2	3	4	Total
Crusaders	0	7	7	0	14
Buccaneers	13	7	14	7	41

	1	2	3	4	Total
Buccaneers	7	2	0	7	16
Trojans	14	7	6	17	44

	1	2	3	4	Total
ETSU Bucs	0	0	0	7	7
CSU Bucs	0	34	6	7	47

	1	2	3	4	Total
Buccaneers	0	6	10	17	33
Bulldogs	7	10	3	0	20

	1	2	3	4	Total
Hawks	0	0	0	7	7
Buccaneers	7	9	14	7	37

	1	2	3	4	Total
Buccaneers	3	0	0	7	10
Blue Hose	0	7	0	0	7

	1	2	3	4	Total
Buccaneers	7	14	13	0	34
Runnin' Bulldogs	0	0	0	0	0

	1	2	3	4	Total
#2 Chanticleers	15	0	3	7	25
#24 Buccaneers	13	14	3	3	33

	1	2	3	4	Total
#15 Buccaneers	7	14	7	0	28
Owls	6	0	0	8	14

	1	2	3	4	Total
Flames	7	7	7	3	24
#11 Buccaneers	7	3	14	7	31

	1	2	3	4	Total
#9 Buccaneers	0	0	0	6	6
#3 (FBS) Crimson Tide	28	21	0	7	56

	1	2	3	4	Total
#18 Bulldogs	3	0	0	3	6
#9 Buccaneers	0	14	0	0	14

	1	2	3	4	Total
#9 Buccaneers	3	7	7	21	38
#1 Gamecocks	10	3	21	24	58

^ "Charleston Southern Buccaneers Schedule 2015". ESPN. Retrieved December 17, 2022.
^ "2015 Football". Charleston Southern University Athletics. Retrieved December 17, 2022.