2015 Western Illinois Leathernecks football team

2015 Western Illinois Leathernecks football

FCS Playoffs Second Round vs Illinois State, L 19–36
Conference	Missouri Valley Football Conference
2015 record	7–6 (5–3 MVFC)
Head coach	Bob Nielson (3rd year)
Offensive coordinator	A.J. Blazek
Defensive coordinator	Brian Mohnsen
Home stadium	Hanson Field (Capacity: 17,128)

2015 MVFC football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
#1 North Dakota State +^		7	–	1		13	–	2
#5 Illinois State +^		7	–	1		10	–	3
#8 Northern Iowa ^		5	–	3		9	–	5
#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 FCS Poll

The 2015 Western Illinois Leathernecks football team represented Western Illinois University in the 2015 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by third year head coach Bob Nielson and played their home games at Hanson Field. They were a member of the Missouri Valley Football Conference. They finished the season 7–6, 5–3 in MVFC play to finish in a three way tie for third place. They received an at-large bid to the FCS playoffs where they defeated Dayton in the first round before losing in the second round to fellow MVFC member Illinois State.

On December 14, head coach Bob Nielson resigned to become the head coach at fellow MVFC member South Dakota.^[1] He finished at Western Illinois with a three year record of 16–21.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 3	6:00 PM	Eastern Illinois*		Hanson Field • Macomb, IL	WIUtv3/ESPN3	W 33–5	5,985
September 12	11:00 AM	at Illinois*		Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL	BTN	L 0–44	37,733
September 19	5:00 PM	at No. 2 Coastal Carolina*		Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC	BSN	L 27–34	10,311
October 3	3:00 PM	Southern Illinois		Hanson Field • Macomb, IL	WIUtv3/ESPN3	W 37–36	7,125
October 10	3:00 PM	South Dakota		Hanson Field • Macomb, IL	MVC TV/WIUtv3/ESPN3	W 40–21	6,298
October 17	4:00 PM	at No. 12 Northern Iowa		UNI-Dome • Cedar Falls, IA	WIUtv3/ESPN3	W 24–19	16,324
October 24	2:00 PM	at No. 3 Illinois State	No. 20	Hancock Stadium • Normal, IL	ESPN3	L 28–48	13,391
October 31	1:00 PM	No. 25 Youngstown State	No. 23	Hanson Field • Macomb, IL	WIUtv3/ESPN3	L 21–23	2,610
November 7	2:30 PM	at No. 6 North Dakota State		Fargodome • Fargo, ND	WIUtv3-TD/ESPN3	L 7–59	18,251
November 14	12:05 PM	at Indiana State		Memorial Stadium • Terre Haute, IN	WIUtv3-TD/ESPN3	W 37–30 ^OT	4,567
November 21	1:00 PM	No. 5 South Dakota State		Hanson Field • Macomb, IL	WIUtv3/ESPN3	W 30–24 ^2OT	1,853
November 28	11:00 AM	at Dayton*		Welcome Stadium • Dayton, OH (FCS Playoffs First Round)	ESPN3	W 24–7	997
December 5	1:00 PM	at No. 4 Illinois State*		Hancock Stadium • Normal, IL (FCS Playoffs Second Round)	ESPN3	L 19–36	6,124
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from STATS FCS Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time.

Source: Schedule

Ranking movements

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. ( ) = First place votes.
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
STATS FCS	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	20	23	RV	RV	RV	RV	22
Coaches	NR	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	23	RV	RV	NR	RV	RV	22

References

↑ http://www.pjstar.com/article/20151214/SPORTS/151219733

Western Illinois Leathernecks football

Venues	Hanson Field (1950–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games

Culture & lore	Colonel Rock Rocky "We're Marching On" WIU Marching Leathernecks

People	Head coaches NFL draftees

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2015 NCAA Division I FCS playoff participants

Charleston Southern Chattanooga The Citadel Coastal Carolina Colgate Dayton Duquesne Eastern Illinois Fordham Illinois State Jacksonville State James Madison McNeese State Montana New Hampshire North Dakota State Northern Iowa Portland State Richmond Sam Houston State South Dakota State Southern Utah Western Illinois William & Mary

Champion – North Dakota State

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