2015 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football team

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2015 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football
Northern Arizona Athletics wordmark.svg
Conference Big Sky Conference
Record7–4 (5–3 Big Sky)
Head coach
Offensive coordinator Tim Plough (1st season)
Defensive coordinator Andy Thompson (7th season)
Home stadium Walkup Skydome
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

The 2015 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football team represented Northern Arizona University in the 2015 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by 18th-year head coach Jerome Souers and played their home games at the Walkup Skydome. They were a member of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 7–4, 5–3 in Big Sky play to finish in a four-way tie for fourth place.

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Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 54:00 pmat No. 24 Stephen F. Austin * ESPN3 W 34–288,473
September 124:00 pm New Mexico Highlands * FSAZ+, FCSP W 41–59,681
September 198:00 pmat No. 20 (FBS) Arizona *No. 24 P12N L 13–7751,494
September 261:00 pmat No. 14 Montana RTNW L 14–2326,136
October 34:00 pmNo. 11 Montana State
  • Walkup Skydome
  • Flagstaff, AZ
FSAZ+W 49–419,431
October 104:00 pmat UC Davis WBSL 24–386,432
October 244:00 pm Weber State Dagger-14-plain.png
  • Walkup Skydome
  • Flagstaff, AZ
FSAZ+W 52–368,367
October 312:00 pm Northern Colorado
  • Walkup Skydome
  • Flagstaff, AZ
FSAZ+W 63–214,091
November 74:05 pmat No. 4 Eastern Washington FSAZ+W 52–309,214
November 142:00 pm Sacramento State
  • Walkup Skydome
  • Flagstaff, AZ
FSAZ+W 49–355,937
November 213:00 pmat No. 20 Southern Utah No. 24WBSL 41–499,022

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Game summaries

At Stephen F. Austin

1234Total
NAU Lumberjacks10107734
#24 SFA Lumberjacks7701428

New Mexico Highlands

1234Total
Cowboys00325
Lumberjacks171401041

At #20 (FBS) Arizona

1234Total
#24 Lumberjacks670013
#20 (FBS) Wildcats735142177

At Montana

1234Total
Lumberjacks0014014
#14 Grizzlies1060723

Montana State

1234Total
#11 Bobcats7762141
Lumberjacks141414749

At UC Davis

1234Total
Lumberjacks7100724
Aggies14314738

Weber State

1234Total
Wildcats09141336
Lumberjacks211471052

Northern Colorado

1234Total
Bears7001421
Lumberjacks281421063

At Eastern Washington

1234Total
Lumberjacks77102852
#4 Eagles0771630

Sacramento State

1234Total
Hornets14002135
Lumberjacks14217749

At Southern Utah

1234Total
#24 Lumberjacks32171041
#20 Thunderbirds77211449

Ranking movements

Ranking movements
Legend:██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes
Week
PollPre123456789101112Final
STATS FCS RVRV24RVRVRVRVRVRVRVRV24RVRV
Coaches RVRV24RVRVRVRV252023RV

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