2015 Indiana State Sycamores football team

The 2015 Indiana State Sycamores football team represented Indiana State University in the 2015 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by third-year head coach Mike Sanford and played their home games at Memorial Stadium. They were a member of the Missouri Valley Football Conference. They finished the season 5–6, 3–5 in MVFC play to finish in a three way tie for sixth place.

2015 Indiana State Sycamores football
ConferenceMissouri Valley Football Conference
Record5–6 (3–5 MVFC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorBrian Sheppard (3rd season)
Defensive coordinatorBrian Cabral (3rd season)
Home stadiumMemorial Stadium
Seasons
← 2014
2016 →
2015 Missouri Valley Football Conference standings
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

Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 53:05 pmButler*No. 21ESPN3W 52–173,941
September 1212:00 pmat Purdue*No. 21ESPNewsL 14–3841,158
September 193:05 pmSoutheast Missouri State*No. 23
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Terre Haute, IN
ESPN3W 29–286,786
October 33:00 pmat Missouri StateNo. 21ESPN3W 56–289,183
October 107:00 pmat No. 8 South Dakota StateNo. 19ESPN3L 7–249,347
October 173:05 pmSouthern Illinois No. 21
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Terre Haute, IN
ESPN3W 39–367,421
October 241:05 pmNo. 8 North Dakota StateNo. 18
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Terre Haute, IN
MVC TV/ESPN3L 14–286,524
October 311:00 pmat No. 3 Illinois StateNo. 21ESPN3L 24–277,498
November 77:00 pmat No. 17 Northern IowaNo. 23ESPN3L 13–5913,224
November 141:05 pmWestern Illinois
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Terre Haute, IN
ESPN3L 30–37 OT4,567
November 211:05 pmYoungstown State
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Terre Haute, IN
ESPN3W 27–241,121

Game summaries

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Butler

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1 2 3 4 Total
Bulldogs 0 10 7 0 17
#21 Sycamores 24 7 14 7 52

At Purdue

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1 2 3 4 Total
#21 Sycamores 0 7 7 0 14
Boilermakers 14 10 7 7 38

Southeast Missouri State

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1 2 3 4 Total
Redhawks 7 0 0 21 28
#23 Sycamores 0 0 21 8 29

At Missouri State

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1 2 3 4 Total
#21 Sycamores 7 14 14 21 56
Bears 7 7 7 7 28

At South Dakota State

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1 2 3 4 Total
#19 Sycamores 0 0 7 0 7
#8 Jackrabbits 0 14 0 10 24

Southern Illinois

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1 2 3 4 Total
Salukis 7 7 7 15 36
#21 Sycamores 7 10 10 12 39

North Dakota State

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1 2 3 4 Total
#8 Bison 7 7 14 0 28
#18 Sycamores 0 7 7 0 14

At Illinois State

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1 2 3 4 Total
#21 Sycamores 0 21 3 0 24
#3 Redbirds 2 7 7 11 27

At Northern Iowa

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1 2 3 4 Total
#23 Sycamores 0 0 13 0 13
#17 Panthers 10 28 7 14 59

Western Illinois

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1 2 3 4OT Total
Leathernecks 3 7 14 67 37
Sycamores 13 7 10 00 30

Youngstown State

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1 2 3 4 Total
Penguins 14 7 0 3 24
Sycamores 7 14 0 6 27

Ranking movements

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Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes
Week
PollPre123456789101112Final
STATS FCS21212322211921182123RVRV
Coaches202125232421RV2123RVRV

References

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