2015 Chicago Maroons football team

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2015 Chicago Maroons football
Chicago Maroons logo.svg
Conference Southern Athletic Association
2015 record6–4 (5–3 SAA)
Head coach Chris Wilkerson (3rd season)
Home stadium Stagg Field
(Capacity: 1,650)
Seasons
  2014
2016  
2015 Southern Athletic Association football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
Hendrix $^ 71    83 
Centre  62    82 
Berry  62    73 
Chicago  53    64 
Washington (MO)  53    64 
Birmingham–Southern  35    55 
Rhodes  26    46 
Millsaps  26    37 
Sewanee  08    19 
  • $ Conference champion
  • ^ – Division III playoff participant

The 2015 Chicago Maroons football team represented the University of Chicago in the 2015 NCAA Division III football season. The Maroons played in the Southern Athletic Association, their first season in the conference after having been in the University Athletic Association for the previous 24 seasons. They were led by third-year head coach Chris Wilkerson and played their home games at the 1,650 seat Stagg Field, located on the west end of campus.

University of Chicago Private research university in Chicago, Illinois, United States

The University of Chicago is a private research university in Chicago, Illinois. Founded in 1890, the school is located on a 217-acre campus in Chicago's Hyde Park neighborhood, near Lake Michigan. The University of Chicago holds top-ten positions in various national and international rankings.

The 2015 NCAA Division III football season, part of the college football season organized by the NCAA at the Division III level in the United States, began on September 5, 2015 and concluded with the NCAA Division III Football Championship, also known as the Stagg Bowl, on December 18, 2015 at Salem Football Stadium in Salem, Virginia. Mount Union, which made its 11th consecutive appearance in the title game, defeated St. Thomas (Minnesota) 49–35 to claim its 19th national title.

Southern Athletic Association NCAA Division III collegiate division

The Southern Athletic Association (SAA) is a college athletic conference in NCAA Division III that began play in the 2012–13 school year. It was formed in 2011 by seven former members of the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference and independent Berry College.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendance
September 512:00 PM Case Western Reserve *W 31–30588 [1]
September 191:00 PMat Millsaps W 31–271,741 [2]
September 261:00 PM Centre
  • Stagg Field
  • Chicago, IL
W 49–301,030 [3]
October 31:00 PMat Birmingham–Southern W 28–14885 [4]
October 1012:00 PM Berry
  • Stagg Field
  • Chicago, IL
L 17–24 OT722 [5]
October 171:00 PMat Rhodes W 21–71,133 [6]
October 241:25 PM Hendrix
  • Stagg Field
  • Chicago, IL
L 21-271,675 [7]
October 3112:00 PM Sewanee
  • Stagg Field
  • Chicago, IL
W 31-0302 [8]
November 711:00 AM Carnegie Mellon *L 7-521,087 [9]
November 1412:00 PMat Washington University L 23-371,304 [10]
  • *Non-conference game
  • All times are in CST time

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