2015 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football team

The 2015 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football team represented Northern Arizona University in the 2015 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by 18th-year head coach Jerome Souers and played their home games at the Walkup Skydome. They were a member of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 7–4, 5–3 in Big Sky play to finish in a four-way tie for fourth place.

2015 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football
ConferenceBig Sky Conference
2015 record7–4 (5–3 Big Sky)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorTim Plough (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorAndy Thompson (7th season)
Home stadiumWalkup Skydome
(Capacity: 10,000)
2015 Big Sky Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 18 Southern Utah $^  7 1     8 4  
No. 10 Portland State ^  6 2     9 3  
No. 14 Montana ^  6 2     8 5  
North Dakota  5 3     7 4  
Northern Arizona  5 3     7 4  
Eastern Washington  5 3     6 5  
Weber State  5 3     6 5  
Northern Colorado  3 5     6 5  
Montana State  3 5     5 6  
Cal Poly  3 5     4 7  
UC Davis  2 6     2 9  
Idaho State  1 7     2 9  
Sacramento State  1 7     2 9  
  • $ Conference champion
  • ^ FCS playoff participant
Rankings from STATS Poll

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 54:00 pmat No. 24 Stephen F. Austin*ESPN3W 34–288,473
September 124:00 pmNew Mexico Highlands*FSAZ+/FCSPW 41–59,681
September 198:00 pmat No. 20 (FBS) Arizona*No. 24P12NL 13–7751,494
September 261:00 pmat No. 14 MontanaRTNWL 14–2326,136
October 34:00 pmNo. 11 Montana State
  • Walkup Skydome
  • Flagstaff, AZ
FSAZ+W 49–419,431
October 104:00 pmat UC DavisWBSL 24–386,432
October 244:00 pmWeber State
  • Walkup Skydome
  • Flagstaff, AZ
FSAZ+W 52–368,367
October 312:00 pmNorthern Colorado
  • Walkup Skydome
  • Flagstaff, AZ
FSAZ+W 63–214,091
November 74:05 pmat No. 4 Eastern WashingtonFSAZ+W 52–309,214
November 142:00 pmSacramento State
  • Walkup Skydome
  • Flagstaff, AZ
FSAZ+W 49–355,937
November 213:00 pmat No. 20 Southern UtahNo. 24WBSL 41–499,022

Game summaries

at Stephen F. Austin

1 2 3 4 Total
NAU Lumberjacks 10 10 7 7 34
#24 SFA Lumberjacks 7 7 0 14 28

New Mexico Highlands

1 2 3 4 Total
Cowboys 0 0 3 2 5
Lumberjacks 17 14 0 10 41

at #20 (FBS) Arizona

1 2 3 4 Total
#24 Lumberjacks 6 7 0 0 13
#20 (FBS) Wildcats 7 35 14 21 77

at Montana

1 2 3 4 Total
Lumberjacks 0 0 14 0 14
#14 Grizzlies 10 6 0 7 23

Montana State

1 2 3 4 Total
#11 Bobcats 7 7 6 21 41
Lumberjacks 14 14 14 7 49

at UC Davis

1 2 3 4 Total
Lumberjacks 7 10 0 7 24
Aggies 14 3 14 7 38

Weber State

1 2 3 4 Total
Wildcats 0 9 14 13 36
Lumberjacks 21 14 7 10 52

Northern Colorado

1 2 3 4 Total
Bears 7 0 0 14 21
Lumberjacks 28 14 21 0 63

at Eastern Washington

1 2 3 4 Total
Lumberjacks 7 7 10 28 52
#4 Eagles 0 7 7 16 30

Sacramento State

1 2 3 4 Total
Hornets 14 0 0 21 35
Lumberjacks 14 21 7 7 49

at Southern Utah

1 2 3 4 Total
#24 Lumberjacks 3 21 7 10 41
#20 Thunderbirds 7 7 21 14 49

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 RV RV 24 RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV 24 RV RV 
Coaches RV RV 24 RV RV RV NR NR NR RV 25 20 23 RV

References

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