2015 Olivet Comets football team

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2015 Olivet Comets football
MIAA co-champion
Conference Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record9–1 (5–1 MIAA)
Head coach
Offensive coordinator Dan Musielewicz (4th season)
Defensive coordinator Warren Maloney (3rd season)
Home stadium Cutler Athletic Complex
Seasons
←  2014
2016  →
2015 Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Olivet +  5 –1   9 –1  
Albion +^  5 –1   9 –2  
Adrian  4 –2   7 –3  
Trine  4 –2   6 –4  
Alma  2 –4   5 –5  
Kalamazoo  1 –5   3 –7  
Hope  0 –6   2 –8  
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant

The 2015 Olivet Comets football team, sometimes known as Team 115 in reference to the 115th season the Olivet football program had fielded a team, was an American football team that represented Olivet College during the 2015 NCAA Division III football season. The Comets play in the MIAA and played their home games at the Cutler Athletic Complex in Olivet, Michigan. Olivet was led by Dan Pifer, who was in his fourth season.

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Season synopsis

The Comets won a share of the MIAA conference title for the first time since 2007 and for the eleventh time in school history. The nine wins in the season set a new single season record.

Broadcasting

For another season, broadcasting for the Comets was done by 89.1 The One WOCR FM with play-by-play done by station manager Travis Oberlin and color analysis by Daniel Neugent. The games could be heard on the radio and on wocrfm.com.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 51:00 p.m. Earlham *
Radio:
WOCR 		W 74–131,500
September 122:00 p.m.at Carthage *
Radio:
WOCR 		W 42–321,500
September 191:00 p.m. Aurora *
  • Cutler Athletic Complex
  • Olivet, MI
Radio:
WOCR 		W 44–141,050
October 32:00 p.m. Adrian Dagger-14-plain.png
  • Cutler Athletic Complex
  • Olivet, MI
Radio:
WOCR 		W 35–73,647
October 101:00 p.m.at Trine
Radio:
WOCR 		W 49–245,344
October 171:00 p.m. Hope
  • Cutler Athletic Complex
  • Olivet, MI
Radio:
WOCR 		W 31–271,845
October 242:00 p.m.at Kalamazoo
Radio:
WOCR 		W 55–211,350
October 311:00 p.m. Albion
  • Cutler Athletic Complex
  • Olivet, MI
Radio:
WOCR 		L 49–214,025
November 712:00 p.m.at Concordia (Wis.) *
Radio:
WOCR 		W 56–421,206
November 141:00 p.m.at Alma
Radio:
WOCR 		W 47–291,541
  • *Non-conference game
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming
  • All times are in Eastern time

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References

  1. ↑ "2015 Olivet College Football Schedule" . Retrieved December 22, 2016.


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