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had the postseason ban lifted in early June due to the NCAA's miscalculation of the football program's APR based on outdated information the NCAA had used to determine the football program's APR.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 StadiumNashville, TN (John Merritt Classic) OVCDN W 24–14   20,055
September 12 6:00 PM vs. Jackson State* Liberty Bowl Memorial StadiumMemphis, TN (Southern Heritage Classic) SportSouth W 35–25   48,385
September 19 1:00 PM at #1 Jacksonville State JSU StadiumJacksonville, AL ESPN3 L 13–48   23,413
September 26 3:00 PM at Florida A&M* Bragg Memorial StadiumTallahassee, FL W 30–14   18,020
October 10 2:30 PM at Tennessee–Martin Graham StadiumMartin, TN (Sgt. York Trophy) ASN L 14–28   7,123
October 17 6:00 PM Eastern Illinoisdagger Nissan Stadium • Nashville, TN ASN L 22–25 OT  22,144
October 24 2:00 PM at #13 Eastern Kentucky Roy Kidd StadiumRichmond, 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 StadiumCookeville, TN (Sgt. York Trophy) ASN L 24–30   3,924
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from STATS FCS Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time.

References

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