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2015 New Hampshire Wildcats football team

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2015 New Hampshire Wildcats football
ConferenceColonial Athletic Association
Record7–5 (5–3 CAA)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorRyan Carty (8th season)
Defensive coordinatorJohn Lyons (4th season)
Home stadiumCowell Stadium
Seasons
← 2014
2016 →
2015 Colonial Athletic Association football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 4 Richmond +^   6 2     10 4  
No. 11 James Madison +^   6 2     9 3  
No. 12 William & Mary +^   6 2     9 4  
Towson   5 3     7 4  
New Hampshire ^   5 3     7 5  
Villanova   5 3     6 5  
Stony Brook   3 5     5 5  
Delaware   3 5     4 7  
Elon   3 5     4 7  
Maine   3 5     3 8  
Albany   2 6     3 8  
Rhode Island   1 7     1 10  
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant
Rankings from STATS Poll

The 2015 New Hampshire Wildcats football team represented the University of New Hampshire in the 2015 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by 17th-year head coach Sean McDonnell and played their home games at Cowell Stadium. They were a member of the Colonial Athletic Association. They finished the season 7–5, 5–3 in CAA play to finish in a three-way tie for fourth place. They received an at-large bid to the FCS Playoffs where they lost in the first round to Colgate.

Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 310:00 pmat San Jose State*No. 9L 13–4315,198
September 126:00 pmat Colgate*No. 12W 26–82,988
September 197:00 pmat Stony BrookNo. 13ASNL 6–317,072
September 266:00 pmCentral Connecticut*No. 21UNHTVW 57–146,215
October 33:30 pmElondaggerNo. 20
  • Cowell Stadium
  • Durham, NH
ASNW 37–1416,713
October 1712:00 pmat No. 24 William & MaryNo. 19CSNL 18–3410,180
October 243:30 pmat DelawareL 14–3119,924
October 311:00 pmRhode Island
  • Cowell Stadium
  • Durham, NH
UNHTVW 20–175,003
November 73:00 pmNo. 5 Richmond
  • Cowell Stadium
  • Durham, NH
NBCSNW 30–254,992
November 147:00 pmat AlbanyASNW 24–143,814
November 211:00 pmMaine
UNHTVW 22–67,594
November 283:30 pmColgate*
ESPN3L 20–273,303
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

Game summaries

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At San Jose State

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1 2 3 4 Total
#9 Wildcats 0 7 0 6 13
Spartans 20 6 10 7 43

At Colgate

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1 2 3 4 Total
#12 Wildcats 7 13 3 3 26
Raiders 0 0 0 8 8

At Stony Brook

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1 2 3 4 Total
#13 Wildcats 0 6 0 0 6
Seawolves 7 10 14 0 31

Central Connecticut

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1 2 3 4 Total
Blue Devils 0 7 7 0 14
#21 Wildcats 25 21 8 3 57

Elon

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1 2 3 4 Total
Phoenix 0 7 7 0 14
#20 Wildcats 20 14 3 0 37

At William & Mary

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1 2 3 4 Total
#19 Wildcats 7 8 0 3 18
#24 Tribe 7 14 6 7 34

At Delaware

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1 2 3 4 Total
Wildcats 7 7 0 0 14
Fightin' Blue Hens 6 0 18 7 31

Rhode Island

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1 2 3 4 Total
Rams 3 14 0 0 17
Wildcats 0 0 14 6 20

Richmond

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1 2 3 4 Total
#5 Spiders 7 0 15 3 25
Wildcats 14 7 6 3 30

At Albany

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1 2 3 4 Total
Wildcats 10 0 7 7 24
Great Danes 0 0 7 7 14

Maine

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1 2 3 4 Total
Black Bears 0 0 0 6 6
Wildcats 7 6 6 3 22

Colgate—NCAA Division I First Round

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1 2 3 4 Total
Raiders 6 6 8 7 27
Wildcats 0 6 0 14 20

Ranking movements

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Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes
Week
PollPre123456789101112Final
STATS FCS9121321202119RVRVRVRVRVRVRV
Coaches7151324232220RVRVRVRVRV

References

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