2015 Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles football team

2015 Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles football
Conference	Ohio Valley Conference
Record	4–7 (3–5 OVC)
Head coach	Watson Brown (9th season)
Offensive coordinator	Steven Brown (4th season)
Offensive scheme	Multiple spread
Defensive coordinator	Donn Landholm (3rd season)
Base defense	Multiple 4–2
Home stadium	Tucker Stadium
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2015 Ohio Valley Conference football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 2 Jacksonville State $^		8	–	0					13	–	2
No. 25 Eastern Illinois ^		7	–	1					7	–	5
UT Martin		6	–	2					7	–	4
Eastern Kentucky		5	–	3					6	–	5
SE Missouri State		3	–	4					4	–	7
Tennessee Tech		3	–	5					4	–	7
Murray State		2	–	6					3	–	8
Tennessee State		1	–	6					4	–	6
Austin Peay		0	–	8					0	–	11
$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from STATS Poll

The 2015 Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles football team represented Tennessee Technological University as a member of Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) during the 2015 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Led by Watson Brown in his ninth and final season as head coach, the Golden Eagles compiled an overall record of 4–7 overall with a mark of 3–5 in conference play, placing sixth in the OVC. Tennessee Tech played home games at Tucker Stadium in Cookeville, Tennessee.

The game against Eastern Kentucky originally scheduled for October 10 was played two days earlier at Toyota Stadium in Georgetown, Kentucky due to campus safety concerns in the wake of threatening graffiti in a campus restroom and other threats allegedly made over social media. ^{[1] [2]}

On December 2, head coach Brown announced his retirement. ^[3] He his tenure at finished at Tennessee Tech with a nine-year record of 42–60.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 5	7:00 pm	at Houston *	TDECU Stadium Houston, TX	ESPN3	L 24–52	30,479
September 12	6:00 pm	at Wofford *	Gibbs Stadium Spartanburg, SC	SDN	L 14–34	6,834
September 19	6:00 pm	Mercer *	Tucker Stadium Cookeville, TN	WCTE	W 29–22	9,028
September 26	6:00 pm	at Murray State	Roy Stewart Stadium Murray, KY	ASN	W 31–29	10,620
October 3	6:00 pm	UT Martin	Tucker Stadium Cookeville, TN (Sgt. York Trophy)	ESPN3	L 17–31	3,152
October 8	6:00 pm	vs. No. 17 Eastern Kentucky	Toyota Stadium Georgetown, KY	OVCDN	L 17–48	3,700
October 17	6:00 pm	No. 1 Jacksonville State	Tucker Stadium Cookeville, TN	WCTE	L 13–42	5,575
October 24	1:00 pm	at Eastern Illinois	O'Brien Field Charleston, IL	OVCDN	L 20–51	6,713
October 31	1:00 pm	at Southeast Missouri State	Houck Stadium Cape Girardeau, MO	OVCDN	L 17–38	2,985
November 14	1:30 pm	Austin Peay	Tucker Stadium Cookeville, TN (Sgt. York Trophy)	OVCDN	W 42–24	11,100
November 21	2:30 pm	Tennessee State	Tucker Stadium Cookeville, TN (Sgt. York Trophy)	ASN	W 30–24	3,924
*Non-conference game Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

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References

1. "EKU Rides Strong First Half to 48-17 Win Over Tennessee Tech". Eastern Kentucky University Department of Athletics. October 8, 2015. Retrieved October 8, 2015.
2. Moody, Sean (October 7, 2015). "EKU Cancels Classes for the Rest of the Week to Further Investigate Threat Found Sunday". WKYT . Lexington. Archived from the original on October 9, 2015. Retrieved October 8, 2015.
3. "Watson Brown Retires After 43 Seasons as Collegiate Coach, Last Nine at Tennessee Tech".
4. "2015 Golden Eagle Football Schedule". Tennessee Tech Athletics. Retrieved October 8, 2022.