2015 Eastern Kentucky Colonels football team

The 2015 Eastern Kentucky Colonels football team represented Eastern Kentucky University during the 2015 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by eighth-year head coach Dean Hood and played their home games at Roy Kidd Stadium. The Colonels were a member of the Ohio Valley Conference. They finished the season 6–5, 5–3 in OVC play to finish in fourth place.

2015 Eastern Kentucky Colonels football
ConferenceOhio Valley Conference
2015 record6–5 (5–3 OVC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorDane Damron (5th season)
Home stadiumRoy Kidd Stadium
(Capacity: 20,000)
2015 Ohio Valley Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 2 Jacksonville State $^  8 0     13 2  
No. 25 Eastern Illinois ^  7 1     7 5  
UT 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 Poll

Their game against Tennessee Tech originally scheduled for October 10 was played two days earlier at Toyota Stadium in Georgetown, Kentucky[1] due to campus safety concerns in the wake of threatening graffiti in a campus restroom and other threats allegedly made over social media.[2]

On November 23, Hood was fired.[3] He finished at Eastern Kentucky with an eight-year record of 55–38.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 37:00 pmValparaiso*No. 17OVCDNW 52–1012,800
September 126:00 pmat NC State*No. 19ESPN3L 0–3557,600
September 266:00 pmAustin PeayNo. 18
  • Roy Kidd Stadium
  • Richmond, KY
OVCDNW 51–1311,400
October 37:30 pmat Kentucky*No. 17SECN Alt.L 27–34 OT63,380
October 87:00 pmvs. Tennessee TechNo. 17OVCDNW 48–173,700
October 172:00 pmat Southeast Missouri StateNo. 14OVCDNW 27–107,589
October 243:00 pmTennessee StateNo. 13
  • Roy Kidd Stadium
  • Richmond, KY
OVCDNW 45–219,400
October 312:00 pmat No. 1 Jacksonville StateNo. 13OVCDNL 0–3421,988
November 71:00 pmTennessee–MartinNo. 18
  • Roy Kidd Stadium
  • Richmond, KY
OVCDNL 35–427,800
November 142:00 pmat Murray StateNo. 24OVCDNW 41–34 2OT2,457
November 212:00 pmat Eastern IllinoisNo. 23OVCDNL 7–211,438
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

Ranking movements

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final 
STATS FCS 17 19 21 18 17 17 14 13 13 18 24 23 RV NR 
Coaches 17 19 22 21 21 20 15 14 14 19 RV RV RV NR

References

  1. "EKU Rides Strong First Half to 48-17 Win Over Tennessee Tech". Eastern Kentucky University Department of Athletics. October 8, 2015. Retrieved October 8, 2015.
  2. Moody, Sean (October 7, 2015). "EKU Cancels Classes for the Rest of the Week to Further Investigate Threat Found Sunday". WKYT. Lexington. Retrieved October 8, 2015.
  3. http://www.foxsports.com/college-football/story/hood-out-as-eastern-kentucky-coach-112315


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