2015 Tennessee State Tigers football team

2015 Tennessee State Tigers football

Conference	Ohio Valley Conference
2015 record	4–6 (1–6 OVC)
Head coach	Rod Reed (6th year)
Co-defensive coordinator	Osita Alaribe
Home stadium	Nissan Stadium (Capacity: 69,143) Hale Stadium (Capacity: 10,000)

2015 OVC football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
#2 Jacksonville State $^		8	–	0		13	–	2
#25 Eastern Illinois ^		7	–	1		7	–	5
Tennessee–Martin		6	–	2		7	–	4
Eastern Kentucky		5	–	3		6	–	5
SE Missouri State		3	–	4		4	–	7
Tennessee Tech		3	–	5		4	–	7
Murray State		2	–	6		3	–	8
Tennessee State		1	–	6		4	–	6
Austin Peay		0	–	8		0	–	11

$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from STATS FCS Poll

The 2015 Tennessee State Tigers football team represented Tennessee State University in the 2015 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by sixth year head coach Rod Reed and played their home games at Nissan Stadium and Hale Stadium. They were a member of the Ohio Valley Conference. They finished the season 4–6, 1–6 in OVC play to finish in eighth place.

The Tigers were initially ineligible to participate in post season play for the 2015 FCS season to due APR violations, but an appeal was issued by TSU Athletic Director Teresa Phillips, and the Tigers had the postseason ban lifted in early June due to the NCAA's miscalculation of the football program's APR based on outdated information the NCAA had used to determine the football program's APR. However, they failed to qualify for the FCS playoffs.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 6	6:00 PM	Alabama State*	Nissan Stadium • Nashville, TN (John Merritt Classic)	OVCDN	W 24–14	20,055
September 12	6:00 PM	vs. Jackson State*	Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium • Memphis, TN (Southern Heritage Classic)	SportSouth	W 35–25	48,385
September 19	1:00 PM	at #1 Jacksonville State	JSU Stadium • Jacksonville, AL	ESPN3	L 13–48	23,413
September 26	3:00 PM	at Florida A&M*	Bragg Memorial Stadium • Tallahassee, FL		W 30–14	18,020
October 10	2:30 PM	at Tennessee–Martin	Graham Stadium • Martin, TN (Sgt. York Trophy)	ASN	L 14–28	7,123
October 17	6:00 PM	Eastern Illinois	Nissan Stadium • Nashville, TN	ASN	L 22–25 ^OT	22,144
October 24	2:00 PM	at #13 Eastern Kentucky	Roy Kidd Stadium • Richmond, KY	OVCDN	L 21–45	9,400
October 31	2:00 PM	Austin Peay	Hale Stadium • Nashville, TN (Sgt. York Trophy)	OVCDN	W 20–6	5,985
November 7	2:30 PM	Murray State	Hale Stadium • Nashville, TN	ASN	L 43–46 ^OT	7,897
November 21	2:30 PM	at Tennessee Tech	Tucker Stadium • Cookeville, TN (Sgt. York Trophy)	ASN	L 24–30	3,924
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from STATS FCS Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time.

Source: Schedule

References

Tennessee State Tigers football

Venues	Hale Stadium (1953–1998, 2012–present) Nissan Stadium (1999–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Southern Heritage Classic (Jackson State) Sgt. York Trophy (Austin Peay, Tennessee Tech, Tennessee–Martin)

Culture & lore	Tigre

People	Head coaches NFL draftees

Seasons	1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

National championship seasons in bold

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