2015 Villanova Wildcats football team

The 2015 Villanova Wildcats football team represented Villanova University in the 2015 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by 31st-year head coach Andy Talley and played their home games at Villanova Stadium. They were a member of the Colonial Athletic Association. They finished the season 6–5, 5–3 in CAA play to finish in a three-way tie for fourth place.

2015 Villanova Wildcats football
ConferenceColonial Athletic Association
2015 record6–5 (5–3 CAA)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorSam Venuto (17th season)
Defensive coordinatorBilly Crocker (4th season)
Home stadiumVillanova Stadium
(Capacity: 12,500)
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

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 37:30 pmat UConn*No. 4SNY/ESPN3L 15–2026,113
September 126:00 pmat No. 16 Fordham*No. 6PLLW 14–76,586
September 1912:00 pmDelawareNo. 6CSNW 28–2111,779
September 247:00 pmPenn*No. 5
  • Villanova Stadium
  • Villanova, PA
NNAAL 13–245,727
October 1012:00 pmWilliam & MaryNo. 14
  • Villanova Stadium
  • Villanova, PA
CSNL 16–385,809
October 173:30 pmat AlbanyNo. 25ASNW 37–08,500
October 247:00 pmat TowsonNo. 23ASNL 21–287,387
October 317:30 pmMaine
  • Villanova Stadium
  • Villanova, PA
NBCSNW 13–34,309
November 712:30 pmat Rhode IslandW 24–36,122
November 143:30 pmNo. 9 Richmond
  • Villanova Stadium
  • Villanova, PA
NNAAW 21–206,211
November 2112:00 pmat No. 12 James MadisonCSNL 29–3817,028

Game summaries

at UConn

1 2 3 4 Total
#4 Wildcats 0 9 0 6 15
Huskies 6 0 7 7 20

at Fordham

1 2 3 4 Total
#6 Wildcats 7 7 0 0 14
#16 Rams 0 7 0 0 7

Delaware

1 2 3 4 Total
Fightin' Blue Hens 10 3 0 8 21
#6 Wildcats 7 7 0 14 28

Penn

1 2 3 4 Total
Quakers 7 7 3 7 24
#5 Wildcats 0 0 7 6 13

William & Mary

1 2 3 4 Total
Tribe 3 28 0 7 38
#14 Wildcats 10 0 0 6 16

at Albany

1 2 3 4 Total
#25 Wildcats 10 0 14 13 37
Great Danes 0 0 0 0 0

at Towson

1 2 3 4 Total
#23 Wildcats 0 7 7 7 21
Tigers 12 0 6 10 28

Maine

1 2 3 4 Total
Black Bears 0 3 0 0 3
Wildcats 6 0 0 7 13

at Rhode Island

1 2 3 4 Total
Wildcats 7 0 7 10 24
Rams 0 3 0 0 3

Richmond

1 2 3 4 Total
#9 Spiders 0 7 7 6 20
Wildcats 0 7 7 7 21

at James Madison

1 2 3 4 Total
Wildcats 7 0 7 15 29
#12 Dukes 14 7 3 14 38

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 4 6 (6) 6 (4) 5 (4) 14 14 25 23 RV RV RV RV RV  
Coaches 3 2–T 3 4 17 16 24–T 22 RV RV RV RV NR

References

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