2015_Southern_Illinois_Salukis_football_team

2015 Southern Illinois Salukis football
2015 Southern Illinois Salukis football
Conference	Missouri Valley Football Conference
Record	3–8 (2–6 MVFC)
Head coach	Dale Lennon (8th season);
Co-offensive coordinator	Nick Hill (2nd season)
Co-offensive coordinator	Bill O'Boyle (2nd season)
Defensive coordinator	David Elson (1st season)
Home stadium	Saluki Stadium
	Seasons ← 2014 2016 →

2015 Southern Illinois Salukis football team

American college football season

The 2015 Southern Illinois Salukis football team represented Southern Illinois University Carbondale as a member of the Missouri Valley Football Conference (MVFC) during the 2015 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Led by Dale Lennon in his eighth and final season as head coach, the Salukis compiled an overall record of 3–8 with a mark of 2–6 in conference play, placing ninth in the MVFC. Southern Illinois played home games at Saluki Stadium in Carbondale, Illinois.

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On November 30, head coach Lennon was fired.^[1] He finished his tenure at Southern Illinois with an eight-year record of 51–42.

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Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 5	3:00 pm	at Indiana*	Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN	ESPNews	L 47–48	36,071
September 12	6:00 pm	at Southeast Missouri State*	Houck Stadium Cape Girardeau, MO		L 24–27	8,015
September 26	6:00 pm	No. 10 Liberty*	Saluki Stadium Carbondale, IL	ESPN3	W 34–13	11,886
October 3	3:00 pm	at Western Illinois	Hanson Field Macomb, IL	ESPN3	L 36–37	7,125
October 10	6:00 pm	Missouri State	Saluki Stadium Carbondale, IL	ESPN3	W 73–26	5,509
October 17	2:05 pm	at No. 21 Indiana State	Memorial Stadium Terre Haute, IN	ESPN3	L 36–39	7,421
October 24	6:00 pm	No. 16 Youngstown State	Saluki Stadium Carbondale, IL	ESPN3	W 38–31 ^OT	8,459
October 31	2:00 pm	No. 7 North Dakota State	Saluki Stadium Carbondale, IL	ESPN3	L 29–35	6,508
November 7	1:00 pm	at South Dakota	DakotaDome Vermillion, SD	ESPN3	L 31–34	8,012
November 14	2:00 pm	No. 6 Illinois State	Saluki Stadium Carbondale, IL	MVC TV/ESPN3	L 21–42	6,388
November 21	4:00 pm	at No. 15 Northern Iowa	UNI-Dome Cedar Falls, IA	MVC TV/ESPN3	L 28–49	9,915
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

	1	2	3	4	Total
Salukis	11	21	0	15	47
Hoosiers	7	14	17	10	48

	1	2	3	4	Total
Salukis	7	14	3	0	24
Redhawks	17	7	0	3	27

	1	2	3	4	Total
#10 Flames	3	3	0	7	13
Salukis	3	17	7	7	34

	1	2	3	4	Total
Salukis	0	20	7	9	36
Leathernecks	7	7	14	9	37

2015 Southern Illinois Salukis football team

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Team	W		L	W		L
No. 1 North Dakota State +^	7	–	1	13	–	2
No. 5 Illinois State +^	7	–	1	10	–	3
No. 8 Northern Iowa ^	5	–	3	9	–	5
No. 15 South Dakota State ^	5	–	3	8	–	4
Western Illinois ^	5	–	3	7	–	6
Indiana State	3	–	5	5	–	6
Youngstown State	3	–	5	5	–	6
South Dakota	3	–	5	5	–	6
Southern Illinois	2	–	6	3	–	8
Missouri State	0	–	8	1	–	10

+ – Conference co-champions ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from STATS Poll

	1	2	3	4	Total
Salukis	7	7	7	15	36
#21 Sycamores	7	10	10	12	39

	1	2	3	4	OT	Total
#16 Penguins	0	14	14	3	0	31
Salukis	0	7	13	11	7	38

	1	2	3	4	Total
#7 Bison	7	7	7	14	35
Salukis	3	7	9	10	29

	1	2	3	4	Total
#6 Redbirds	0	14	21	7	42
Salukis	0	21	0	0	21