2015 Southern Illinois Salukis football team

2015 Southern Illinois Salukis football
Conference	Missouri Valley Football Conference
2015 record	3–8 (2–6 MVFC)
Head coach	Dale Lennon (8th year)
Co-offensive coordinator	Bill O'Boyle
Co-offensive coordinator	Nick Hill
Defensive coordinator	David Elson
Home stadium	Saluki Stadium (Capacity: 15,000)

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 Southern Illinois Salukis football team represented Southern Illinois University in the 2015 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by eighth year head coach Dale Lennon and played their home games at Saluki Stadium. They were a member of the Missouri Valley Football Conference. They finished the season 3–8, 2–6 in MVFC play to finish in ninth place.

Schedule

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 Girardau, MO		L 24–27	8,015
September 26	6:00 PM	#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 #21 Indiana State	Memorial Stadium • Terre Haute, IN	ESPN3	L 36–39	7,421
October 24	6:00 PM	#16 Youngstown State	Saluki Stadium • Carbondale, IL	ESPN3	W 38–31 ^OT	8,459
October 31	2:00 PM	#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	#6 Illinois State	Saluki Stadium • Carbondale, IL	MVC TV/ESPN3	L 21–42	6,388
November 21	4:00 PM	at #15 Northern Iowa	UNI-Dome • Cedar Falls, IA	MVC TV/ESPN3	L 28–49	9,915
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from STATS FCS Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time.

• Source: Schedule

Game notes

at Indiana

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

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–0	2006	SIU, 35–28

at Southeast Missouri State

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

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
36–37–8	2014	SIU, 50–23

Liberty

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

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

at Western Illinois

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

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
22–34–4	2014	SIU, 34–17

Missouri State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bears	3	13	7	3	26
Salukis	21	17	21	14	73

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
19–18	2014	SIU, 32–22

at Indiana State

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

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
27–25	2014	ISU, 41–26

Youngstown State

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

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
11–14–1	2014	YSU, 26–14

North Dakota State

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

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
3–6	2014	NDSU, 38–10

at South Dakota

	1	2	3	4	Total
Salukis	7	14	7	3	31
Coyotes	7	13	7	7	34

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–0	2014	SIU, 41–10

Illinois State

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

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
40–34–3	2014	ILST, 44–29

at Northern Iowa

	1	2	3	4	Total
Salukis	0	14	14	0	28
#15 Panthers	14	14	14	7	49

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
16–17	2014	UNI, 40–21

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