2015 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference football season

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2015 MEAC football season
League NCAA Division I FCS (Football Championship Subdivision)
Sport Football
DurationSeptember 3, 2015 – December 19, 2015
Number of teams12
Season champions North Carolina A&T Aggies
Bethune-Cookman Wildcats
North Carolina Central Eagles [Notes 1]
MEAC football seasons
 2014
2016 
2015 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 21 North Carolina A&T +  7 1   10 2  
Bethune–Cookman +  7 1   9 2  
North Carolina Central +  7 1   8 3  
South Carolina State  6 2   7 4  
Hampton  5 3   6 5  
Morgan State  4 4   4 6  
Norfolk State  4 4   4 7  
Savannah State *  1 7   1 9  
Delaware State  1 7   1 10  
Florida A&M *  1 7   1 10  
Howard  1 7   1 10  
  • + Conference co-champions
  • Florida A&M and Savannah State ineligible for postseason due to APR violations
Rankings from STATS Poll

The 2015 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference football season was the XXth season for MEAC Football, as part of the 2015 NCAA Division I FCS football season.

Contents

Previous season

22nd ranked Bethune-Cookman, along with North Carolina A&T, South Carolina State, North Carolina Central & Morgan State finished the season in a five-way tie for the MEAC Championship. Due to the MEAC's tiebreaker system, Morgan State earned the conference's automatic bid to the FCS Playoffs marking the Bears's first time in the FCS playoffs. [1] Morgan State lost to Richmond in the first round of the playoffs, eliminating the MEAC's lone representative in the postseason.

Head coaches

Rankings

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Regular season

Index to colors and formatting
MEAC member won
MEAC member lost
MEAC teams in bold

All times Eastern time.

Rankings reflect that of the Sports Network poll for that week.

Week One

DateTimeVisiting teamHome teamSiteTVResultAttendanceReference
September 56:00 pmBethune-Cookman Miami (FL) Sun Life StadiumMiami Gardens, FL ESPN3 0-4543,467 [2]
September 57:00 pmDelaware State Liberty Williams StadiumLynchburg, VA LFSN 13–3218,803 [2]
September 57:00 pmFlorida A&M South Florida Raymond James StadiumTampa, FL ESPN3 3–5130,434 [2]
September 56:00 pm Kentucky State Hampton Armstrong StadiumHampton, VA 20-356,354 [2]
September 53:30 pmHoward Appalachian State Kidd Brewer StadiumBoone, NC ESPN3 0-4924,314 [2]
September 53:30 pmMorgan State Air Force Falcon StadiumColorado Springs, CO RTRM 7-6333,734 [2]
September 512:00 pmNorfolk State Rutgers High Point Solutions StadiumPiscataway, NJ ESPNews 13-6347,453 [2]
September 56:00 pm Shaw North Carolina A&T Aggie StadiumGreensboro, NC LTV7-6113,828 [3]
September 56:00 pm Saint Augustine's North Carolina Central O'Kelly-Riddick StadiumDurham, NC 0-726,111 [2]
September 54:00 pmSavannah State Colorado State Hughes StadiumFort Collins, CO 13-6524,571 [2]
September 612:00pmSouth Carolina State UAPB Orlando Citrus BowlOrlando, FL
(MEAC/SWAC Challenge)
ESPN 35-77,257 [2]

Players of the week:

OffensiveDefensiveRookieSpecial teams
Twarn MixsonHamptonJavon HargraveSC StateNigel MacauleyNCCUJohn Fleck
Caleb Gabriel
Howard
NC A&T

Week Two

DateTimeVisiting teamHome teamSiteTVResultAttendanceReference
September 121:00pmHoward Boston College Alumni StadiumChestnut Hill, MA ESPN3 0-7626,132 [2]
September 122:00pmFlorida A&M Samford Seibert StadiumHomewood, AL ESPN321-584,714 [2]
September 125:00pmBethune-Cookman Grambling State Eddie Robinson StadiumGrambling, LA 56-5312,019 [4]
September 126:00pmDelaware State Kent State Dix StadiumKent, OH ESPN313–4515,091 [2]
September 126:00pm#22 Richmond Hampton Armstrong StadiumHampton, VA 31-283,515 [2]
September 126:00pmNorth Carolina A&T North Carolina Kenan Memorial StadiumChapel Hill, NC ESPN314-5344,000 [2]
September 126:00pmNorth Carolina Central Duke Wallace Wade Stadium • Durham, NCESPN30-5533,941 [2]
September 126:00pm#3 Coastal Carolina South Carolina State Oliver C. Dawson StadiumOrangeburg, SC 41-1412,023 [2]
September 126:30pmMorgan State Illinois State Hancock StadiumNormal, IL ESPN214-6713,391 [2]
September 127:00pmNorfolk State Old Dominion Foreman FieldNorfolk, VA ASN 10-2420,118 [2]

Players of the week:

OffensiveDefensiveRookieSpecial teams
Jawill Davis Bethune-CookmanTerrick ColstonDelaware StateDevin BowersFlorida A&MHadji GaylordNorfolk State

Week Three

DateTimeVisiting teamHome teamSiteTVResultAttendanceReference
September 1912:00pmSavannah State Akron InfoCision Stadium–Summa FieldAkron, OH ESPN39-5216,763 [2]
September 177:30pmFlorida A&MSouth Carolina State Oliver C. Dawson StadiumOrangeburg, SC ESPN30-3614,987 [2]
September 187:30pmHowardHampton RFK StadiumWashington, D.C.
(Nation's Football Classic/Battle of the "Real" HU)
ESPNU19-3716,342 [2]
September 192:00pm Chowan Delaware State Alumni StadiumDover, DE 31-301,995 [5]
September 196:00pmNorfolk State Marshall Joan C. Edwards StadiumHuntington, WV ASN7–4524,114 [2]
September 196:00pm Lane Bethune-Cookamn Municipal StadiumDaytona Beach, FL 3-75,026 [2]
September 196:00pmNorth Carolina A&T Elon Rhodes StadiumElon, NC 14-79,729 [2]
September 196:00pmNorth Carolina Central FIU FIU StadiumMiami, FL 14-3916,567 [2]

Players of the week:

OffensiveDefensiveRookieSpecial teams
David Watford Hampton Darius Leonard South Carolina StateCaleb YorkSouth Carolina StateJuwuan TolbertSavannah State

Week Four

DateTimeVisiting teamHome teamSiteTVResultAttendanceReference
September 264:00pmHowardMorgan State MetLife StadiumEast Rutherford, NJ
(New York Urban League Classic)
ESPN313-2165,500 [2]
September 264:00pmSavannah StateBethune-Cookman Municipal StadiumDaytona Beach, FL ESPNU12-425,975 [2]
September 264:00pmHamptonNorfolk State William "Dick" Price StadiumNorfolk, VA
(Battle of the Bay)
14-246,549 [2]
September 266:00pm Tennessee State Florida A&M Bragg Memorial StadiumTallahassee, FL 30-1418,020 [2]

Players of the week:

OffensiveDefensiveRookieSpecial teams
Quentin WilliamsBethune-Cookman Deon King
Craig Johnson
Norfolk State
Howard
Donnell PleasantHowardJonathan CagleBethune-Cookman

Week Five

DateTimeVisiting teamHome teamSiteTVResultAttendanceReference
October 312:00pmNorth Carolina A&THampton Armstrong StadiumHampton, VA 45-312,139 [6]
October 31:00pmNorfolk StateHoward William H. Greene StadiumWashington, D.C. 15-126,088 [2]
October 32:00pmMorgan StateDelaware State Alumni StadiumDover, DE 26-61,528 [2]
October 34:00pmBethune-CookmanNorth Carolina Central O'Kelly-Riddick StadiumDurham, NC 28-262,024 [2]
October 37:00pmSouth Carolina State Furman Paladin StadiumGreenville, SC 3-171,022 [2]
October 37:00pmFlorida A&MSavannah State Ted Wright StadiumSavannah, GA 27-374,679 [2]

Players of the week:

OffensiveDefensiveRookieSpecial teams
Tarik CohenNorth Carolina A&TC.J. MooreNorth Carolina CentralDorrell McClainNorth Carolina CentralKhris GardinNorth Carolina A&T

Week Six

DateTimeVisiting teamHome teamSiteTVResultAttendanceReference
October 102:00pmDelaware StateHampton Armstrong StadiumHampton, VA 7-217,010 [2]
October 102:00pmNorth Carolina A&TNorfolk State Dick Price StadiumNorfolk, VA 27-36,194 [2]
October 104:00pmSavannah StateMorgan State Hughes StadiumBaltimore, MD 3-422,479 [2]
October 105:00pmNorth Carolina CentralFlorida A&M Bragg Memorial StadiumTallahassee, FL 27-249,263 [2]

Players of the week:

OffensiveDefensiveRookieSpecial teams
Tarik CohenNorth Carolina A&TRobert WayBethune-CookamnOral Varcciann
Julius Reynolds
Hampton
North Carolina A&T
Peterson JanvierMorgan State

Week Seven

DateTimeVisiting teamHome teamSiteTVResultAttendanceReference
October 171:00pmHamptonMorgan State Hughes StadiumBaltimore, MD 20-107,749 [2]
October 171:00pmBethune-CookmanNorth Carolina A&T Aggie Stadium StadiumGreensboro, NC 14-2412,471 [2]
October 172:00pmNorth Carolina CentralSavannah State Ted Wright StadiumSavannah, GA 39-225,649 [2]
October 172:00pmHowardSouth Carolina State Oliver C. Dawson StadiumOrangeburg, SC 10-4916,033 [2]
October 173:00pmDelaware StateFlorida A&M Bragg Memorial StadiumFallahassee, FL 13-4122,678 [2]

Players of the week:

OffensiveDefensiveRookieSpecial teams
Carson RoyalFlorida A&MJohn Boston
Chris Pauling
Florida A&M
SC State
Darien WilliamsHamptonLynard JamisonSC State

Week Eight

DateTimeVisiting teamHome teamSiteTVResultAttendanceReference
October 241:00pmHoward#24 North Carolina A&T Aggie Stadium StadiumGreensboro, NC LTV14-6521,500 [2]
October 242:00pmDelaware StateSouth Carolina State Oliver C. Dawson StadiumOrangeburg, SC 7-345,388 [2]
October 242:00pmMorgan StateNorth Carolina Central O'Kelly–Riddick StadiumDurham, NC 17-204,336 [2]
October 243:30pmHampton William & Mary Zable StadiumWilliamsburg, VA 7-4011,736 [2]
October 244:00pmNorfolk StateBethune-Cookman Municipal StadiumDaytona Beach, FL 49-599,875 [2]

Players of the week:

OffensiveDefensiveRookieSpecial teams
Quentin WilliamsBethune-CookmanJavon HargraveSouth Carolina StateDorrell McClainNC CentralTevin RichardSouth Carolina State

Week Nine

DateTimeVisiting teamHome teamSiteTVResultAttendanceReference
October 311:00pmSavannah StateHoward William H. Greene StadiumWashington, D.C. 9-551,056 [2]
October 311:30pmHamptonSouth Carolina State Oliver C. Dawson StadiumOrangeburg, SC 20-3419,821 [2]
October 312:00pmNorfolk StateNorth Carolina Central O'Kelly–Riddick StadiumDurham, NC 16-2411,965 [2]
October 312:00pmBethune-CookmanDelaware State Alumni StadiumDover, DE 49-211,283 [2]
October 315:00pm#20 North Carolina A&TFlorida A&M Bragg Memorial StadiumTallahassee, FL 28-1010,279 [2]

Players of the week:

OffensiveDefensiveRookieSpecial teams
Kalen JohnsonHowardDeon KingNorfolk StateKalen JohnsonHowardAntonio HamiltonSC State

Week Ten

DateTimeVisiting teamHome teamSiteTVResultAttendanceReference
November 71:00pmHoward Stony Brook Kenneth P. LaValle StadiumStony Brook, NY 9-145,109 [2]
October 311:00pmFlorida A&MHampton Armstrong StadiumHampton, VA 0-332,211 [2]
October 311:30pm#19 North Carolina A&TSouth Carolina State Oliver C. Dawson StadiumOrangeburg, SC
(Rivalry Game)
9-615,283 [2]
October 312:00pmDelaware StateNorth Carolina Central O'Kelly–Riddick StadiumDurham, NC 10-433,051 [2]
October 312:00pmSavannah StateNorfolk State Dick Price StadiumNorfolk, VA 17-2010,744 [2]
October 314:00pmMorgan StateBethune-Cookman Municipal StadiumDaytona Beach 14-387,461 [2]

Players of the week:

OffensiveDefensiveRookieSpecial teams
Quentin WilliamsBethune-CookmanDarius SpruillNorth Carolina CentralDorrell McClainNorth Carolina CentralCameron MaroufNorfolk State

Week Eleven

DateTimeVisiting teamHome teamSiteTVResultAttendanceReference
November 141:00pmNorth Carolina CentralHoward William H. Greene StadiumWashington, D.C. 41-63,702 [2]
November 141:00pmFlorida A&MMorgan State Hughes StadiumBaltimore, MD 7-211,167 [2]
November 141:00pmSouth Carolina StateNorfolk State Oliver C. Dawson StadiumOrangeburg, SC 17-104,959 [2]
November 141:00pmDelaware State#19 North Carolina A&T Aggie StadiumGreensboro, NC ESPN3 6-278,732 [2]
November 145:00pmHamptonSavannah State Ted Wright StadiumSavannah, GA 42-32,940 [2]

Players of the week:

OffensiveDefensiveRookieSpecial teams
David WatfordHamptonDeon KingNorfolk StateKylil CarterNorth Carolina A&TNigel MacauleyNorth Carolina Central

Week Twelve

DateTimeVisiting teamHome teamSiteTVResultAttendanceReference
November 211:00pmNorfolk StateMorgan State Hughes StadiumBaltimore, MD 10-171,007 [2]
November 211:00pmNorth Carolina Central#16 North Carolina A&T Aggie StadiumGreensboro, NC
(Rivalry Game)
LTV21-1618,409 [2]
November 211:00pmSouth Carolina StateSavannah State Ted Wright StadiumSavannah, GA 59-294,959 [2]
November 212:00pmHowardDelaware State Alumni StadiumDover, DE 32-311,983 [2]
November 212:30pmFlorida A&MBethune-Cookman Orlando Citrus BowlOrlando, FL
(Florida Classic)
ESPN Classic
ESPN3
35-1445,728 [2]

Players of the week:

OffensiveDefensiveRookieSpecial teams
Dorrell McClainNorth Carolina CentralTheo LivingstonNorth Carolina CentralKobie LainDelaware StateBrycen AlleyneDelaware State

Postseason

Since 1996, the MEAC earned an automatic bid into the Football Championship Subdivision playoffs. As of the 2015 season, the conference champion will abstain from participating in the playoffs and compete against the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) in the newly created Celebration Bowl. [7] Any other team from the MEAC is able to participate in the playoff if they earn an at-large bid.

Bowl Games

DateGameSiteTelevisionTeamsAffiliationsResults
Dec. 19 Celebration Bowl Georgia Dome
Atlanta Georgia
ABC #22 North Carolina A&T
Alcorn State
MEAC
SWAC
41-34

Post Season Awards

2015 Postseason Honors
  • Offensive Player of the Year— Tarik Cohen, North Carolina A&T
  • Defensive Player of the Year— Javon Hargrave, South Carolina State
  • Offensive Lineman of the YearBrandon Parker, North Carolina A&T
  • Rookie of the Year— Dorrel McClain, North Carolina Central
  • Coach of the Year— Terry Sims, Bethune-Cookman
Source: .

As the MEAC regular season came to an end, the conference post season awards were announced. North Carolina A&T running back Tarik Cohen and South Carolina State's Javon Hargrave were named Conference Offensive and Defensive Players of the year, both of which received the top honors the previous season. Rounding out the postseason player selections were North Carolina Central's Dorrel McClain, who earned Rookie of the Year, and North Carolina A&T's Brandon Parker, was selected as the Offensive Lineman of the Year. [8]

First-year head coach Terry Sims of Bethune-Cookman was selected as the MEAC Coach of the Year. Sims led the Wildcats to a share of the conference title, including a 9–2 overall finish and 7–1 mark in conference play. Highlights of the Wildcat's season include a victory over rival Florida A&M in their final game of the season which secured their stake in the conference title and entering the STATS FCS Top 25 poll in the final ranking of the season (25th) and reaching the FCS Coaches Poll with a 21st spot. [8]

All Conference Teams

The following players were named to the MEAC All Conference Teams: [9]

^ indicates that there was a tie in the voting

Records against other conferences

MEAC vs. FCS conferences

ConferenceRecord
Big South 0–2
CAA 1–4
MVC 0–1
OVC 0–1
Patriot 0–0
SoCon 0–2
SWAC 3–0
Total4–10

MEAC vs. FBS conferences

ConferenceRecord
ACC 0–4
American 0–1
Big Ten 0–1
Conference USA 2-4
MAC 0–2
MWC 0–2
Sun Belt 0–1
Total2–15

Attendance

TeamStadiumCapacityGame 1Game 2Game 3Game 4Game 5Game 6TotalAverage% of Capacity
Bethune-Cookman Municipal Stadium 10,0005,0265,9757,4629,8757,46135,7997,160
Delaware State Alumni Stadium 7,0001,9951,5285,3881,2831,98312,1772,435
Florida A&M Bragg Memorial Stadium 25,50018,0209,26322,67810,27960,24015,060
Hampton Armstrong Stadium 17,0006,3543,5152,1397,0102,21121,2294,246
Howard William H. Greene Stadium 10,0006,0881,0563,07210,2163,405
Morgan State Hughes Stadium 10,0003,7632,4797,7491,1671,00716,1653,233
Norfolk State William "Dick" Price Stadium 30,0006,5496,19410,7444,95928,4467,112
North Carolina A&T Aggie Stadium 21,50013,82812,47121,5009,73218,40959,38011,876
North Carolina Central O'Kelly–Riddick Stadium 10,0006,1112,0244,3364,9653,05120,4874,097
Savannah State Ted Wright Stadium 8,0004,6795,6492,9402,90016,1684,042
South Carolina State Oliver C. Dawson Stadium 22,00012,02314,98716,03319,82115,28378,14715,629

Notes

  1. North Carolina A&T, Bethune-Cookman & North Carolina Central each finished the season tied for first place. As a result of the MEAC tiebreaker, North Carolina A&T was invited to the 2015 Celebration Bowl

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The 2019 Bethune–Cookman Wildcats football team represented Bethune–Cookman University in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by fifth-year head coach Terry Sims and played their home games at Daytona Stadium. They were a member of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC). They finished the season 7–4, 5–3 in MEAC play to finish in fourth place.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2010 Florida A&M Rattlers football team</span> American college football season

The 2010 Florida A&M Rattlers football team represented Florida A&M University as a member of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) during the 2010 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Rattlers were led by third-year head coach Joe Taylor and played their home games at Bragg Memorial Stadium. They finished the season 8–3 overall and 8–1 in conference play to share the MEAC title with Bethune–Cookman and South Carolina State. However, all of Florida A&M's wins from the 2010 season were later vacated by the NCAA for fielding ineligible students. This was the Rattlers last conference championship before leaving the MEAC in 2020.

The 2022 Celebration Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 17, 2022, at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia. The seventh annual Celebration Bowl, the game featured the Jackson State Tigers, champions of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) and the North Carolina Central Eagles, champions of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC). The SWAC and MEAC are the two prominent NCAA Division I conferences of historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs).

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