2015 Southern Utah Thunderbirds football team

2015 Southern Utah Thunderbirds football
Big Sky Conference Champions
FCS Playoffs First Round vs. Sam Houston State, L 39–42
Conference	Big Sky Conference
Ranking
STATS	#18
FCS Coaches	#18
2015 record	8–4 (7–1 Big Sky)
Head coach	Ed Lamb (8th year)
Offensive coordinator	Gary Crowton
Defensive coordinator	Demario Warren (2nd year)
Home stadium	Eccles Coliseum (Capacity: 8,500)

2015 Big Sky football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
#18 Southern Utah $^		7	–	1					8	–	4
#10 Portland State ^		6	–	2					9	–	3
#14 Montana ^		6	–	2					8	–	5
North Dakota		5	–	3					7	–	4
Northern Arizona		5	–	3					7	–	4
Eastern Washington		5	–	3					6	–	5
Weber State		5	–	3					6	–	5
Northern Colorado		3	–	5					6	–	5
Montana State		3	–	5					5	–	6
Cal Poly		3	–	5					4	–	7
UC Davis		2	–	6					2	–	9
Idaho State		1	–	7					2	–	9
Sacramento State		1	–	7					2	–	9
$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from STATS FCS Poll

The 2015 Southern Utah Thunderbirds football team represented Southern Utah University in the 2015 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by eighth year head coach Ed Lamb and played their home games at Eccles Coliseum. This was their fourth year as a member of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 8–4, 7–1 in Big Sky play to be crowned Big Sky Champions for the first time. They received the Big Sky's automatic bid to the FCS Playoffs where they lost in the first round to Sam Houston State.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 3	7:00 PM	at Utah State*		Maverik Stadium • Logan, UT		L 9–12	21,209
September 12	5:00 PM	at #9 South Dakota State*		Coughlin–Alumni Stadium • Brookings, SD	ESPN3	L 10–55	13,423
September 19	6:00 PM	Northern Colorado		Eccles Coliseum • Cedar City, UT	WBS	W 30–3	5,103
September 26	6:00 PM	Brevard*		Eccles Coliseum • Cedar City, UT	WBS	W 55–7	5,789
October 2	6:00 PM	at Weber State		Stewart Stadium • Ogden, UT	WBS	W 44–0	5,778
October 17	6:00 PM	Sacramento State		Eccles Coliseum • Cedar City, UT	WBS	W 44–0	3,607
October 24	5:00 PM	at UC Davis		Aggie Stadium • Davis, CA		W 34–6	4,640
October 31	3:00 PM	Cal Poly		Eccles Coliseum • Cedar City, UT	WBS	W 54–37	4,506
November 7	1:00 PM	at Montana State	#20	Bobcat Stadium • Bozeman, MT	RTUT	W 34–23	17,427
November 14	3:05 PM	at #15 Portland State	#18	Providence Park • Portland, OR	WBS	L 23–24	6,122
November 21	3:00 PM	#24 Northern Arizona	#20	Eccles Coliseum • Cedar City, UT (HintonBurdick Grand Canyon Trophy Game)	WBS	W 49–41	9,022
November 28	3:00 PM	at #6 Sam Houston State*	#17	Bowers Stadium • Huntsville, TX (FCS Playoffs First Round)	ESPN3	L 39–42	3,098
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from STATS FCS Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time.

• Source: Schedule

Game notes

at Utah State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Thunderbirds	6	3	0	0	9
Aggies	5	0	0	7	12

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–3	2012	USU, 34–3

at South Dakota State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Thunderbirds	7	0	0	3	10
#9 Jackrabbits	3	24	7	21	55

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–5	2014	SDSU, 26–6

Northern Colorado

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bears	3	0	0	0	3
Thunderbirds	17	6	7	0	30

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
3–1	2013	SUU, 27–21

Brevard

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tornados	0	0	0	7	7
Thunderbirds	7	20	14	14	55

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

at Weber State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Thunderbirds	7	10	14	13	44
Wildcats	0	0	0	0	0

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
6–15	2014	SUU, 31–28

Sacramento State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Hornets	0	0	0	0	0
Thunderbirds	21	0	16	7	44

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
7–8	2014	SAC, 42–21

at UC Davis

	1	2	3	4	Total
Thunderbirds	0	7	13	14	34
Aggies	3	3	0	0	6

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
6–11	2013	UCD, 21–3

Cal Poly

	1	2	3	4	Total
Mustangs	3	21	7	6	37
Thunderbirds	10	23	7	14	54

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
3–16	2014	POLY, 42–39

at Montana State

	1	2	3	4	Total
#20 Thunderbirds	0	7	19	8	34
Bobcats	7	3	7	6	23

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–3	2013	SUU, 22–14

at Portland State

	1	2	3	4	Total
#18 Thunderbirds	10	0	7	6	23
#15 Vikings	7	10	0	7	24

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
3–8	2013	SUU, 17–7

Northern Arizona

	1	2	3	4	Total
#24 Lumberjacks	3	21	7	10	41
#20 Thunderbirds	7	7	21	14	49

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
6–12	2014	SUU, 22–14

FCS Playoffs

First Round–at Sam Houston State

	1	2	3	4	Total
#17 Thunderbirds	6	26	7	0	39
#6 Bearkats	16	10	7	9	42

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–1	2013 FCS Playoffs	SHSU, 51–20

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	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	RV	RV	RV	20	18	20	17	18
Coaches	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	RV	24	18	15	18	16	18

References