2015 Tennessee State Tigers football team

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.

2015 Tennessee State Tigers football
ConferenceOhio Valley Conference
2015 record4–6 (1–6 OVC)
Head coach
Co-defensive coordinatorOsita Alaribe
Home stadiumNissan Stadium
(Capacity: 69,143)
Hale Stadium
(Capacity: 10,000)
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

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had the postseason ban lifted in early June due to the NCAA's miscalculation of the football program's APR based on outdated information the NCAA had used to determine the football program's APR.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
DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 66:00 pmAlabama State*
OVCDNW 24–1420,055
September 126:00 pmvs. Jackson State*
SportSouthW 35–2548,385
September 191:00 pmat No. 1 Jacksonville State
ESPN3L 13–4823,413
September 263:00 pmat Florida A&M*
W 30–1418,020
October 102:30 pmat Tennessee–Martin
ASNL 14–287,123
October 176:00 pmEastern Illinois
  • Nissan Stadium
  • Nashville, TN
ASNL 22–25 OT22,144
October 242:00 pmat No. 13 Eastern Kentucky
OVCDNL 21–459,400
October 312:00 pmAustin Peay
OVCDNW 20–65,985
November 72:30 pmMurray State
  • Hale Stadium
  • Nashville, TN
ASNL 43–46 OT7,897
November 212:30 pmat Tennessee Tech
ASNL 24–303,924

References
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