2015 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers football team

2015 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers football
Conference Big South Conference
Ranking
STATS #16
FCS Coaches #17
2015 record 9–3 (4–2 Big South)
Head coach Joe Moglia (4th year)
Offensive coordinator Dave Patenaude
Defensive coordinator Clayton Carlin
Home stadium Brooks Stadium
(Capacity: 9,214)
2015 Big South football standings
Conf     Overall
Team   W   L         W   L  
#6 Charleston Southern $^   6 – 0         10 – 3  
#16 Coastal Carolina ^   4 – 2         9 – 3  
Liberty   3 – 3         6 – 5  
Monmouth   3 – 3         5 – 6  
Kennesaw State   2 – 4         6 – 5  
Gardner–Webb*   2 – 4         4 – 7  
Presbyterian   1 – 5         2 – 9  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant
  • *Gardner-Webb ineligible for postseason due to APR violations
Rankings from STATS FCS Poll

The 2015 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers football team represented Coastal Carolina University in the 2015 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by fourth-year head coach Joe Moglia and played their home games at Brooks Stadium. They were in their final season as a member of the Big South Conference. They finished the season 9–3, 4–2 in Big South play to finish in second place. They received an at-large bid to the FCS Playoffs where they lost in the first round to The Citadel.

The Chanticleers will join the FBS Sun Belt Conference in July 2016, initially as a full but non-football member. At that time, the football team will begin a transition to FBS, joining Sun Belt football in 2017 and gaining full FBS membership and bowl eligibility in 2018.[1]

Schedule

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
September 5 7:00 PM at Furman* #5 Paladin Stadium • Greenville, SC W 38–35   6,563
September 12 6:00 PM at South Carolina State* #3 Oliver C. Dawson Stadium • Orangeburg, SC W 41–14   12,023
September 19 6:00 PM Western Illinois* #2 Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC BSN W 34–27   10,311
September 26 6:00 PM Bryant* #2 Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC BSN W 31–17   10,311
October 3 6:00 PM Alabama A&M*dagger #2 Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC BSN W 55–0   9,093
October 10 2:00 PM Presbyterian #2 Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC ESPN3 W 24–17   8,039
October 24 1:00 PM at Monmouth #2 Kessler Field • West Long Branch, NJ ESPN3 W 23–20   4,591
October 31 2:00 PM at #24 Charleston Southern #2 Buccaneer Field • Charleston, SC ASN L 25–33   5,311
November 7 2:00 PM Gardner–Webb #8 Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC ASN W 46–0   8,422
November 14 2:00 PM Kennesaw State #4 Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC BSN W 45–13   8,802
November 19 7:00 PM at Liberty #4 Williams Stadium • Lynchburg, VA ESPNews L 21–24   18,955
November 28 2:00 PM #18 The Citadel* #10 Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC (FCS Playoffs First Round) ESPN3 L 38–41   6,753
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from STATS FCS Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Game summaries

at Furman

1 2 3 4 Total
#5 Chanticleers 15 6 7 10 38
Paladins 7 14 0 14 35
Overall record Last meeting Result
5–1 2013 CCU, 37–31

at South Carolina State

1 2 3 4 Total
#3 Chanticleers 22 10 9 0 41
Bulldogs 0 0 7 7 14
Overall record Last meeting Result
4–0 2014 CCU, 30–3

Western Illinois

1 2 3 4 Total
Leathernecks 0 7 14 6 27
#2 Chanticleers 3 7 10 14 34
Overall record Last meeting Result
0–1 2010 FCS Playoffs WIU, 17–10

Bryant

1 2 3 4 Total
Bulldogs 10 7 0 0 17
#2 Chanticleers 7 10 7 7 31
Overall record Last meeting Result
First meeting

Alabama A&M

1 2 3 4 Total
Bulldogs 0 0 0 0 0
#2 Chanticleers 6 32 14 3 55
Overall record Last meeting Result
First meeting

Presbyterian

1 2 3 4 Total
Blue Hose 3 0 7 7 17
#2 Chanticleers 0 12 5 7 24
Overall record Last meeting Result
7–1 2014 CCU, 40–28

at Monmouth

1 2 3 4 Total
#2 Chanticleers 3 14 3 3 23
Hawks 7 6 7 0 20
Overall record Last meeting Result
3–0 2014 CCU, 52–21

at Charleston Southern

1 2 3 4 Total
#2 Chanticleers 15 0 3 7 25
#24 Buccaneers 13 14 3 3 33
Overall record Last meeting Result
8–4 2014 CCU, 43–22

Gardner–Webb

1 2 3 4 Total
Runnin' Bulldogs 0 0 0 0 0
#8 Chanticleers 15 14 14 3 46
Overall record Last meeting Result
10–2 2014 CCU, 38–14

Kennesaw State

1 2 3 4 Total
Owls 6 0 7 0 13
#4 Chanticleers 13 18 7 7 45
Overall record Last meeting Result
First meeting

at Liberty

1 2 3 4 Total
#4 Chanticleers 0 14 0 7 21
Flames 7 0 7 10 24
Overall record Last meeting Result
6–6 2014 LU, 15–14

FCS Playoffs

First Round–The Citadel

1 2 3 4 Total
#18 Bulldogs 14 0 14 13 41
#10 Chanticleers 7 14 7 10 38
Overall record Last meeting Result
1–0 2014 CCU, 31–16

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 5 3 (24) 2 (36) 2 (36) 2 (40) 2 (39) 3 (30) 2 (27) 2 (33) 8 4 4 10–T 16 
Coaches 5 1 (4) 1 (14) 1 (18) 1 (17) 1 (16) 1 (15) 1 (15) 1 (15) 8 4 4 9 17

References

  1. ↑ "Coastal Carolina to Join Sun Belt Conference" (Press release). Sun Belt Conference. September 1, 2015. Retrieved October 12, 2015.
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