2015 New Hampshire Wildcats football team

2015 New Hampshire Wildcats football
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FCS Playoffs First Round vs. Colgate, L 20–27
Conference	Colonial Athletic Association
2015 record	7–5 (5–3 CAA)
Head coach	Sean McDonnell (17th year)
Offensive coordinator	Ryan Carty (8th year)
Defensive coordinator	John Lyons (4th year)
Home stadium	Cowell Stadium (Capacity: 6,500)

2015 CAA football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
#4 Richmond +^		6	–	2					10	–	4
#11 James Madison +^		6	–	2					9	–	3
#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 FCS Poll

The 2015 New Hampshire Wildcats football team represented the University of New Hampshire in the 2015 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by 17th-year head coach Sean McDonnell and played their home games at Cowell Stadium. They were a member of the Colonial Athletic Association. They finished the season 7–5, 5–3 in CAA play to finish in a three way tie for fourth place. They received an at-large bid to the FCS Playoffs where they lost in the first round to Colgate.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent#	Rank#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 3	10:00 PM	at San Jose State*	#9	Spartan Stadium • San Jose, CA		L 13–43	15,198
September 12	6:00 PM	at Colgate*	#12	Andy Kerr Stadium • Hamilton, NY		W 26–8	2,988
September 19	7:00 PM	at Stony Brook	#13	Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium • Stony Brook, NY	ASN	L 6–31	7,072
September 26	6:00 PM	Central Connecticut*	#21	Cowell Stadium • Durham, NH	UNHTV	W 57–14	6,215
October 3	3:30 PM	Elon	#20	Cowell Stadium • Durham, NH	ASN	W 37–14	16,713
October 17	12:00 PM	at #24 William & Mary	#19	Zable Stadium • Williamsburg, VA	CSN	L 18–34	10,180
October 24	3:30 PM	at Delaware		Delaware Stadium • Newark, DE		L 14–31	19,924
October 31	1:00 PM	Rhode Island		Cowell Stadium • Durham, NH	UNHTV	W 20–17	5,003
November 7	3:00 PM	#5 Richmond		Cowell Stadium • Durham, NH	NBCSN	W 30–25	4,992
November 14	7:00 PM	at Albany		Bob Ford Field • Albany, NY	ASN	W 24–14	3,814
November 21	1:00 PM	Maine		Cowell Stadium • Durham, NH (Battle for the Brice-Cowell Musket)	UNHTV	W 22–6	7,594
November 28	3:30 PM	Colgate*		Cowell Stadium • Durham, NH (FCS Playoffs First Round)	ESPN3	L 20–27	3,303
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. #Rankings from STATS FCS Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

• Source: Schedule

Game notes

at San Jose State

	1	2	3	4	Total
#9 Wildcats	0	7	0	6	13
Spartans	20	6	10	7	43

See also: 2015 San Jose State Spartans football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

at Colgate

	1	2	3	4	Total
#12 Wildcats	7	13	3	3	26
Raiders	0	0	0	8	8

See also: 2015 Colgate Raiders football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
5–1	2013	W 53–23

at Stony Brook

	1	2	3	4	Total
#13 Wildcats	0	6	0	0	6
Seawolves	7	10	14	0	31

See also: 2015 Stony Brook Seawolves football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
3–0	2014	W 28–20

Central Connecticut

	1	2	3	4	Total
Blue Devils	0	7	7	0	14
#21 Wildcats	25	21	8	3	57

See also: 2015 Central Connecticut Blue Devils football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
7–0	2012	W 43–10

Elon

	1	2	3	4	Total
Phoenix	0	7	7	0	14
#20 Wildcats	20	14	3	0	37

See also: 2015 Elon Phoenix football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–0	2014	W 48–14

at William & Mary

	1	2	3	4	Total
#19 Wildcats	7	8	0	3	18
#24 Tribe	7	14	6	7	34

See also: 2015 William & Mary Tribe football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
4–14	2014	W 32–3

at Delaware

	1	2	3	4	Total
Wildcats	7	7	0	0	14
Fightin' Blue Hens	6	0	18	7	31

See also: 2015 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
12–20	2014	W 43–14

Rhode Island

	1	2	3	4	Total
Rams	3	14	0	0	17
Wildcats	0	0	14	6	20

See also: 2015 Rhode Island Rams football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
56–28–5	2014	W 41–14

Richmond

	1	2	3	4	Total
#5 Spiders	7	0	15	3	25
Wildcats	14	7	6	3	30

See also: 2015 Richmond Spiders football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
12–10	2014	W 29–26

at Albany

	1	2	3	4	Total
Wildcats	10	0	7	7	24
Great Danes	0	0	7	7	14

See also: 2015 Albany Great Danes football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
3–0	2014	W 49–24

Maine

	1	2	3	4	Total
Black Bears	0	0	0	6	6
Wildcats	7	6	6	3	22

See also: 2015 Maine Black Bears football team and Battle for the Brice-Cowell Musket

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
53–44–8	2014	W 20–12

FCS Playoffs

First Round–Colgate

	1	2	3	4	Total
Raiders	6	6	8	7	27
Wildcats	0	6	0	14	20

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
6–1	9/12/2015	W 26–8

Ranking movements

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. ( ) = First place votes.

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
STATS FCS	9	12	13	21	20	21	19	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV
Coaches	7	15	13	24	23	22	20	RV	RV	NR	NR	RV	RV	RV