2015 Jacksonville State Gamecocks football team
The 2015 Jacksonville State Gamecocks football team represented Jacksonville State University in the 2015 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by second-year head coach John Grass and played their home games at Burgess-Snow Field at JSU Stadium. They were a member of the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC). Jacksonville State finished the season 13–2 overall with an 8–0 mark in OVC play to win the conference championship. They received the conference's automatic bid to the FCS playoffs, where they defeated Chattanooga, Charleston Southern, and Sam Houston State to advance to the National Championship Game, where they lost to North Dakota State.
| 2015 Jacksonville State Gamecocks football | |
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OVC champion | |
FCS Championship Game, L 10–37 vs. North Dakota State | |
| Conference | Ohio Valley Conference |
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| STATS | No. 2 |
| FCS Coaches | No. 2 |
| 2015 record | 13–2 (8–0 OVC) |
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| Co-defensive coordinator | David Blackwell (2nd season) |
| Co-defensive coordinator | Brandon Hall (2nd season) |
| Home stadium | JSU Stadium (Capacity: 24,000) |
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| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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| September 5 | 5:00 pm | at No. 8 Chattanooga* | No. 7 | SDN | W 23–20 | 15,812 | |
| September 12 | 11:00 am | at No. 6 (FBS) Auburn* | No. 5 | SECN | L 20–27 OT | 87,451 | |
| September 19 | 1:00 pm | Tennessee State | No. 1 | ESPN3 | W 48–13 | 23,413 | |
| September 26 | 2:00 pm | at Tennessee–Martin | No. 1 | ESPN3 | W 48–41 | 3,982 | |
| October 3 | 1:00 pm | Mississippi Valley State* | No. 1 |
| WJXS | W 49–7 | 13,889 |
| October 17 | 6:00 pm | at Tennessee Tech | No. 1 | OVCDN | W 42–13 | 5,575 | |
| October 24 | 4:00 pm | at Austin Peay | No. 1 | OVCDN | W 27–7 | 5,411 | |
| October 31 | 1:00 pm | No. 13 Eastern Kentucky | No. 1 |
| WJXS | W 34–0 | 21,988 |
| November 7 | 1:00 pm | at Eastern Illinois | No. 1 | OVCDN | W 24–3 | 4,221 | |
| November 14 | 1:00 pm | Southeast Missouri State | No. 1 |
| WJXS | W 56–28 | 18,995 |
| November 21 | 1:00 pm | Murray State | No. 1 |
| WJXS | W 42–20 | 18,555 |
| December 5 | 2:00 pm | No. 7 Chattanooga* | No. 1 |
| ESPN3 | W 41–35 OT | 21,452 |
| December 11 | 7:00 pm | No. 9 Charleston Southern* | No. 1 |
| ESPN2 | W 58–38 | 22,279 |
| December 19 | 3:00 pm | No. 6 Sam Houston State* | No. 1 |
| ESPNU | W 62–10 | 23,692 |
| January 9, 2016 | 11:00 am | vs. No. 2 North Dakota State* | No. 1 | ESPN2 | L 10–37 | 21,836 | |
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Game summaries
@ Chattanooga
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@ Auburn
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Tennessee State
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@ Tennessee–Martin
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Mississippi Valley State
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@ Tennessee Tech
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@ Austin Peay
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Eastern Kentucky
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@ Eastern Illinois
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Southeast Missouri State
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Murray State
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FCS Playoffs
Second Round–Chattanooga
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Quarterfinals–Charleston Southern
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Semifinals–Sam Houston State
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Championship–North Dakota State
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Ranking movements
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| Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final | |||||||
| STATS FCS | 7 | 5 (24) | 1 (39) | 1 (93) | 1 (89) | 1 (89) | 1 (89) | 1 (108) | 1 (107) | 1 (139) | 1 (149) | 1 (145) | 1 (135) | 2 | |||||||
| Coaches | 9 | 6 (1) | 4 (5) | 3 (3) | 3 (3) | 3 (4) | 3 (4) | 2 (5) | 2 (8) | 1 (23) | 1 (25) | 1 (24) | 1 (20) | 2 | |||||||
References
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