2015 New Hampshire Wildcats football team

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2015 New Hampshire Wildcats football
UNH Wildcats.png
Conference Colonial Athletic Association
Record7–5 (5–3 CAA)
Head coach
Offensive coordinator Ryan Carty (8th season)
Defensive coordinator John Lyons (4th season)
Home stadium Cowell Stadium
Seasons
  2014
2016  
2015 Colonial Athletic Association football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 4 Richmond +^  6 2   10 4  
No. 11 James Madison +^  6 2   9 3  
No. 12 William & Mary +^  6 2   9 4  
Towson  5 3   7 4  
New Hampshire ^  5 3   7 5  
Villanova  5 3   6 5  
Stony Brook  3 5   5 5  
Delaware  3 5   4 7  
Elon  3 5   4 7  
Maine  3 5   3 8  
Albany  2 6   3 8  
Rhode Island  1 7   1 10  
  • + Conference co-champions
  • ^ FCS playoff participant
Rankings from STATS Poll

The 2015 New Hampshire Wildcats football team represented the University of New Hampshire in the 2015 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by 17th-year head coach Sean McDonnell and played their home games at Cowell Stadium. They were a member of the Colonial Athletic Association. They finished the season 7–5, 5–3 in CAA play to finish in a three-way tie for fourth place. They received an at-large bid to the FCS Playoffs where they lost in the first round to Colgate.

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Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 310:00 pmat San Jose State *No. 9L 13–4315,198
September 126:00 pmat Colgate *No. 12W 26–82,988
September 197:00 pmat Stony Brook No. 13 ASN L 6–317,072
September 266:00 pm Central Connecticut *No. 21UNHTVW 57–146,215
October 33:30 pm Elon Dagger-14-plain.pngNo. 20
  • Cowell Stadium
  • Durham, NH
ASNW 37–1416,713
October 1712:00 pmat No. 24 William & Mary No. 19 CSN L 18–3410,180
October 243:30 pmat Delaware L 14–3119,924
October 311:00 pm Rhode Island
  • Cowell Stadium
  • Durham, NH
UNHTVW 20–175,003
November 73:00 pmNo. 5 Richmond
  • Cowell Stadium
  • Durham, NH
NBCSN W 30–254,992
November 147:00 pmat Albany ASNW 24–143,814
November 211:00 pm Maine
UNHTVW 22–67,594
November 283:30 pmColgate*
ESPN3 L 20–273,303
  • *Non-conference game
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming
  • Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

Game summaries

At San Jose State

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#9 Wildcats070613
Spartans20610743

At Colgate

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#12 Wildcats7133326
Raiders00088

At Stony Brook

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#13 Wildcats06006
Seawolves71014031

Central Connecticut

1234Total
Blue Devils077014
#21 Wildcats25218357

Elon

1234Total
Phoenix077014
#20 Wildcats20143037

At William & Mary

1234Total
#19 Wildcats780318
#24 Tribe7146734

At Delaware

1234Total
Wildcats770014
Fightin' Blue Hens6018731

Rhode Island

1234Total
Rams3140017
Wildcats0014620

Richmond

1234Total
#5 Spiders7015325
Wildcats1476330

At Albany

1234Total
Wildcats1007724
Great Danes007714

Maine

1234Total
Black Bears00066
Wildcats766322

Colgate—NCAA Division I First Round

1234Total
Raiders668727
Wildcats0601420

Ranking movements

Ranking movements
Legend:██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
— = Not ranked. RV = Received votes.
Week
PollPre123456789101112Final
STATS FCS 9121321202119RVRVRVRVRVRVRV
Coaches 7151324232220RVRVRVRVRV

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