2015 WPI Engineers football team

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2015 WPI Engineers football
WPI wordmark.png
Conference Liberty League
Record7–4 (4–3 Liberty)
Head coach
  • Chris Robertson (6th season)
Offensive coordinatorNeil Hitchen (2nd season)
Defensive coordinatorDan Mulrooney (2nd season)
CaptainJake Brown
Eric Lacroix
Sean Murphy
Brandon Eccher
Brian Murtagh
Home stadiumAlumni Stadium
Seasons
 2014
2016  
2015 Liberty League football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
RPI +  6 1   9 2  
St. Lawrence +^  6 1   8 3  
Hobart  5 2   7 3  
WPI  4 3   7 4  
Rochester (NY)  3 4   5 4  
Springfield  2 5   4 6  
Merchant Marine  2 5   3 6  
Union (NY)  0 7   0 10  
  • + Conference co-champions
  • ^ NCAA Division III playoff participant

The 2015 WPI Engineers football team represented Worcester Polytechnic Institute in the 2015 NCAA Division III football season. [1] [2] It marked the Engineers' 126th overall season and the team played its home games at Alumni Stadium in Worcester, Massachusetts. They were led by sixth year head coach Chris Robertson. They were a member of the Liberty League.

The Engineers finished the season with a winning record of 7-4.

Schedule

The 2015 schedule was officially released on June 22, 2015. WPI will face all seven Liberty League opponents: RPI, Hobart, Union, Merchant Marine, St. Lawrence, Rochester, and Springfield. They are also scheduled to play four non-conference games: MIT of the New England Football Conference (NEFC), Worcester State of the Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference (MSCAC), and Norwich of the NEFC.

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 47:00 p.m. MIT *W 31-283,403
September 117:00 p.m.at Worcester State *
W 27-131,489
September 191:00 p.m. Norwich *
  • Alumni Stadium
  • Worcester, Massachusetts
Charter TV3 W 27-102,235
September 261:00 p.m. RPI Dagger-14-plain.png
  • Alumni Stadium
  • Worcester, Massachusetts (Transit Trophy Game)
L 21-282,889
October 31:00 p.m.at No. 25 Hobart
L 7-37
October 101:30 p.m.at Union
W 29-212,103
October 237:00 p.m. Merchant Marine
  • Alumni Stadium
  • Worcester, Massachusetts
W 38-8900
October 311:00 p.m.at St. Lawrence
L 21-42800
November 712:00 p.m. Rochester
  • Alumni Stadium
  • Worcester, Massachusetts
W 35-341,294
November 1412:00 p.m.at Springfield W 19-171,020
November 278:10 p.m.vs. Kean
L 6-24850

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References

  1. "WPI football schedule and results".
  2. "2015 WPI Football Schedule - WPI Athletics - WPI Athletics".