2015 Southern Utah Thunderbirds football team

The 2015 Southern Utah Thunderbirds football team represented Southern Utah University in the 2015 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by eighth-year head coach Ed Lamb and played their home games at Eccles Coliseum. This was their fourth year as a member of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 8–4, 7–1 in Big Sky play to be crowned Big Sky champion for the first time. They received the Big Sky's automatic bid to the FCS playoffs where they lost in the first round to Sam Houston State.

2015 Southern Utah Thunderbirds football
Big Sky champion
ConferenceBig Sky Conference
Ranking
STATSNo. 18
FCS CoachesNo. 18
Record8–4 (7–1 Big Sky)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorGary Crowton (2nd season)
Defensive coordinatorDemario Warren (2nd season)
Home stadiumEccles Coliseum
Seasons
← 2014
2016 →
2015 Big Sky Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 18 Southern Utah $^   7 1     8 4  
No. 10 Portland State ^   6 2     9 3  
No. 14 Montana ^   6 2     8 5  
North Dakota   5 3     7 4  
Northern Arizona   5 3     7 4  
Eastern Washington   5 3     6 5  
Weber State   5 3     6 5  
Northern Colorado   3 5     6 5  
Montana State   3 5     5 6  
Cal Poly   3 5     4 7  
UC Davis   2 6     2 9  
Idaho State   1 7     2 9  
Sacramento State   1 7     2 9  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant
Rankings from STATS Poll

On December 26, Lamb resigned to become the special teams coordinator and tight ends coach at BYU.[1] He finished at Southern Utah with an eight year record of 45–47.

Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 37:00 pmat Utah State*L 9–1221,209
September 125:00 pmat No. 9 South Dakota State*ESPN3L 10–5513,423
September 196:00 pmNorthern ColoradoWBSW 30–35,103
September 266:00 pmBrevard* 
  • Eccles Coliseum
  • Cedar City, UT
WBSW 55–75,789
October 26:00 pmat Weber StateWBSW 44–05,778
October 176:00 pmSacramento State
  • Eccles Coliseum
  • Cedar City, UT
WBSW 44–03,607
October 245:00 pmat UC DavisW 34–64,640
October 313:00 pmCal Poly
  • Eccles Coliseum
  • Cedar City, UT
WBSW 54–374,506
November 71:00 pmat Montana StateNo. 20RTUTW 34–2317,427
November 143:05 pmat No. 15 Portland StateNo. 18WBSL 23–246,122
November 213:00 pmNo. 24 Northern ArizonaNo. 20
WBSW 49–419,022
November 283:00 pmat No. 6 Sam Houston State*No. 17ESPN3L 39–423,098

Game summaries

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At Utah State

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1 2 3 4 Total
Thunderbirds 6 3 0 0 9
Aggies 5 0 0 7 12

At South Dakota State

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1 2 3 4 Total
Thunderbirds 7 0 0 3 10
#9 Jackrabbits 3 24 7 21 55

Northern Colorado

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1 2 3 4 Total
Bears 3 0 0 0 3
Thunderbirds 17 6 7 0 30

Brevard

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1 2 3 4 Total
Tornados 0 0 0 7 7
Thunderbirds 7 20 14 14 55

At Weber State

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1 2 3 4 Total
Thunderbirds 7 10 14 13 44
Wildcats 0 0 0 0 0

Sacramento State

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1 2 3 4 Total
Hornets 0 0 0 0 0
Thunderbirds 21 0 16 7 44

At UC Davis

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1 2 3 4 Total
Thunderbirds 0 7 13 14 34
Aggies 3 3 0 0 6

Cal Poly

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1 2 3 4 Total
Mustangs 3 21 7 6 37
Thunderbirds 10 23 7 14 54

At Montana State

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1 2 3 4 Total
#20 Thunderbirds 0 7 19 8 34
Bobcats 7 3 7 6 23

At Portland State

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1 2 3 4 Total
#18 Thunderbirds 10 0 7 6 23
#15 Vikings 7 10 0 7 24

Northern Arizona

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1 2 3 4 Total
#24 Lumberjacks 3 21 7 10 41
#20 Thunderbirds 7 7 21 14 49

FCS Playoffs

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First Round–at Sam Houston State

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1 2 3 4 Total
#17 Thunderbirds 6 26 7 0 39
#6 Bearkats 16 10 7 9 42

Ranking movements

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Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes
Week
PollPre123456789101112Final
STATS FCSRVRVRV2018201718
CoachesRV241815181618

References

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  1. ^ "Ed Lamb resigns as Southern Utah Thunderbirds coach to join BYU Cougars staff". Espn.go.com. December 26, 2015. Retrieved September 21, 2016.