2015 New Hampshire Wildcats football team

2015 New Hampshire Wildcats football
FCS Playoffs First Round vs. Colgate, L 20–27
Conference	Colonial Athletic Association
Record	7–5 (5–3 CAA)
Head coach	Sean McDonnell (17th season)
Offensive coordinator	Ryan Carty (8th season)
Defensive coordinator	John Lyons (4th season)
Home stadium	Cowell Stadium

2015 Colonial Athletic Association football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 4 Richmond +^		6	–	2					10	–	4
No. 11 James Madison +^		6	–	2					9	–	3
No. 12 William & Mary +^		6	–	2					9	–	4
Towson		5	–	3					7	–	4
New Hampshire ^		5	–	3					7	–	5
Villanova		5	–	3					6	–	5
Stony Brook		3	–	5					5	–	5
Delaware		3	–	5					4	–	7
Elon		3	–	5					4	–	7
Maine		3	–	5					3	–	8
Albany		2	–	6					3	–	8
Rhode Island		1	–	7					1	–	10
+ – Conference co-champions ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from STATS Poll

The 2015 New Hampshire Wildcats football team represented the University of New Hampshire in the 2015 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by 17th-year head coach Sean McDonnell and played their home games at Cowell Stadium. They were a member of the Colonial Athletic Association. They finished the season 7–5, 5–3 in CAA play to finish in a three-way tie for fourth place. They received an at-large bid to the FCS Playoffs where they lost in the first round to Colgate.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 3	10:00 pm	at San Jose State*	No. 9	Spartan Stadium San Jose, CA		L 13–43	15,198
September 12	6:00 pm	at Colgate*	No. 12	Crown Field at Andy Kerr Stadium Hamilton, NY		W 26–8	2,988
September 19	7:00 pm	at Stony Brook	No. 13	Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium Stony Brook, NY	ASN	L 6–31	7,072
September 26	6:00 pm	Central Connecticut*	No. 21	Cowell Stadium Durham, NH	UNHTV	W 57–14	6,215
October 3	3:30 pm	Elon	No. 20	Cowell Stadium Durham, NH	ASN	W 37–14	16,713
October 17	12:00 pm	at No. 24 William & Mary	No. 19	Zable Stadium Williamsburg, VA	CSN	L 18–34	10,180
October 24	3:30 pm	at Delaware		Delaware Stadium Newark, DE		L 14–31	19,924
October 31	1:00 pm	Rhode Island		Cowell Stadium Durham, NH	UNHTV	W 20–17	5,003
November 7	3:00 pm	No. 5 Richmond		Cowell Stadium Durham, NH	NBCSN	W 30–25	4,992
November 14	7:00 pm	at Albany		Bob Ford Field at Tom & Mary Casey Stadium Albany, NY	ASN	W 24–14	3,814
November 21	1:00 pm	Maine		Cowell Stadium Durham, NH (Battle for the Brice–Cowell Musket)	UNHTV	W 22–6	7,594
November 28	3:30 pm	Colgate*		Cowell Stadium Durham, NH (NCAA Division I First Round)	ESPN3	L 20–27	3,303
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Game summaries

At San Jose State

	1	2	3	4	Total
#9 Wildcats	0	7	0	6	13
Spartans	20	6	10	7	43

See also: 2015 San Jose State Spartans football team

At Colgate

	1	2	3	4	Total
#12 Wildcats	7	13	3	3	26
Raiders	0	0	0	8	8

See also: 2015 Colgate Raiders football team

At Stony Brook

	1	2	3	4	Total
#13 Wildcats	0	6	0	0	6
Seawolves	7	10	14	0	31

See also: 2015 Stony Brook Seawolves football team

Central Connecticut

	1	2	3	4	Total
Blue Devils	0	7	7	0	14
#21 Wildcats	25	21	8	3	57

See also: 2015 Central Connecticut Blue Devils football team

Elon

	1	2	3	4	Total
Phoenix	0	7	7	0	14
#20 Wildcats	20	14	3	0	37

See also: 2015 Elon Phoenix football team

At William & Mary

	1	2	3	4	Total
#19 Wildcats	7	8	0	3	18
#24 Tribe	7	14	6	7	34

See also: 2015 William & Mary Tribe football team

At Delaware

	1	2	3	4	Total
Wildcats	7	7	0	0	14
Fightin' Blue Hens	6	0	18	7	31

See also: 2015 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football team

Rhode Island

	1	2	3	4	Total
Rams	3	14	0	0	17
Wildcats	0	0	14	6	20

See also: 2015 Rhode Island Rams football team

Richmond

	1	2	3	4	Total
#5 Spiders	7	0	15	3	25
Wildcats	14	7	6	3	30

See also: 2015 Richmond Spiders football team

At Albany

	1	2	3	4	Total
Wildcats	10	0	7	7	24
Great Danes	0	0	7	7	14

See also: 2015 Albany Great Danes football team

Maine

	1	2	3	4	Total
Black Bears	0	0	0	6	6
Wildcats	7	6	6	3	22

See also: 2015 Maine Black Bears football team and Battle for the Brice-Cowell Musket

Colgate—NCAA Division I First Round

	1	2	3	4	Total
Raiders	6	6	8	7	27
Wildcats	0	6	0	14	20

Ranking movements

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
STATS FCS	9	12	13	21	20	21	19	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV
Coaches	7	15	13	24	23	22	20	RV	RV	—	—	RV	RV	RV