2015 Humboldt State Lumberjacks football team

2015 Humboldt State Lumberjacks football
GNAC champion
Division II First Round, W 45–31 vs. Augustana University Division II Second Round L 7–54 vs. Northwest Missouri State
Conference	Great Northwest Athletic Conference
Ranking
AFCA	No. 16
Record	10–2 (6–0 GNAC)
Head coach	Rob Smith (8th season)
Home stadium	Redwood Bowl
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2015 Great Northwest Athletic Conference football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 16 Humboldt State $^		6	–	0					10	–	2
Western Oregon		5	–	1					7	–	4
Azusa Pacific		3	–	3					6	–	4
Central Washington		3	–	3					5	–	5
South Dakota Mines		2	–	4					6	–	5
Dixie State		2	–	4					3	–	7
Simon Fraser		0	–	6					0	–	9
$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division II playoff participant Rankings from AFCA Poll

The 2015 Humboldt State Lumberjacks football team represented Humboldt State University during the 2015 NCAA Division II football season. Humboldt State competed in the Great Northwest Athletic Conference (GNAC).

The 2015 Lumberjacks were led by eighth-year head coach Rob Smith. They played home games at the Redwood Bowl in Arcata, California. Humboldt State finished the regular season ranked #11 in the Division II poll, as GNAC champion, with a record of nine wins and one loss (9–1, 6–0 GNAC).

Humboldt State was invited to play in the postseason for the first time since 1968. They played the first game of the Division II playoffs in their home stadium, defeating #24 Augustana University by a score of 45–31. In the second round, they were defeated by eventual champion, #1 Northwest Missouri State in Maryville, Missouri by a score of 7–54. This brought the team's final record to ten wins and two losses (10–2, 6–0 GNAC). The postseason ranking for the team was #16. The ten wins ties is one short of the team's all-time mark, set in 1960 with 11 victories. The Lumberjacks outscored their opponents 468–238 for the 2015 season, with an average score of 45–14 in their ten wins.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance
September 5	Western Oregon		Redwood Bowl Arcata, CA	W 29–20	6,491
September 12	at No. 17 Azusa Pacific *		Cougar Athletic Stadium Azusa, CA	W 62–41	5,582
September 19	Dixie State *	No. 25	Redwood Bowl Arcata, CA	W 66–7	5,803
October 3	at South Dakota Mines	No. 16	O'Harra Stadium Rapid City, SD	W 59–10	1,519
October 10	Azusa Pacific	No. 11	Redwood Bowl Arcata, CA	W 34–16	8,129
October 17	at No. 11 Midwestern State (TX) *	No. 10	Memorial Stadium Wichita Falls, TX	L 10–35	8,129
October 24	at Central Washington	No. 16	Tomlinson Stadium Ellensburg, WA	W 42–17	4,642
October 31	Simon Fraser	No. 15	Redwood Bowl Arcata, CA	W 57–0	5,102
November 7	at Dixie State	No. 13	Hansen Stadium St. George, UT	W 57–14	2,058
November 14	at Western Oregon*	No. 12	McArthur Field Monmouth, OR	W 29–13	2,323
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AFCA Poll released prior to the game

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References

1. "Humboldt State University 2015 Football Schedule" . Retrieved April 9, 2018.
2. "Humboldt State Jacks 2014 Football Media Guide". p. 100. Retrieved November 18, 2017.