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The 2015 Western Illinois Leathernecks football team represented Western Illinois University in the 2015 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by third year head coach Bob Nielson and played their home games at Hanson Field. They were a member of the Missouri Valley Football Conference. They finished the season 7–6, 5–3 in MVFC play to finish in a three way tie for third place. They received an at-large bid to the FCS playoffs where they defeated Dayton in the first round before losing in the second round to fellow MVFC member Illinois State.
2015 Western Illinois Leathernecks football | |
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Conference | Missouri Valley Football Conference |
Record | 7–6 (5–3 MVFC) |
Head coach |
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Offensive coordinator | A.J. Blazek |
Defensive coordinator | Brian Mohnsen |
Home stadium | Hanson Field |
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Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 1 North Dakota State +^ | 7 | – | 1 | 13 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 5 Illinois State +^ | 7 | – | 1 | 10 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 8 Northern Iowa ^ | 5 | – | 3 | 9 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 15 South Dakota State ^ | 5 | – | 3 | 8 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Western Illinois ^ | 5 | – | 3 | 7 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indiana State | 3 | – | 5 | 5 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Youngstown State | 3 | – | 5 | 5 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
South Dakota | 3 | – | 5 | 5 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Southern Illinois | 2 | – | 6 | 3 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Missouri State | 0 | – | 8 | 1 | – | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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On December 14, head coach Bob Nielson resigned to become the head coach at fellow MVFC member South Dakota.[1] He finished at Western Illinois with a three year record of 16–21.
Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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September 3 | 6:00 pm | Eastern Illinois* | WIUtv3, ESPN3 | W 33–5 | 5,985 | ||
September 12 | 11:00 am | at Illinois* | BTN | L 0–44 | 37,733 | ||
September 19 | 5:00 pm | at No. 2 Coastal Carolina* | BSN | L 27–34 | 10,311 | ||
October 3 | 3:00 pm | Southern Illinois |
| WIUtv3/ESPN3 | W 37–36 | 7,125 | |
October 10 | 3:00 pm | South Dakota |
| MVC TV, WIUtv3, ESPN3 | W 40–21 | 6,298 | |
October 17 | 4:00 pm | at No. 12 Northern Iowa | WIUtv3, ESPN3 | W 24–19 | 16,324 | ||
October 24 | 2:00 pm | at No. 3 Illinois State | No. 20 | ESPN3 | L 28–48 | 13,391 | |
October 31 | 1:00 pm | No. 25 Youngstown State | No. 23 |
| WIUtv3, ESPN3 | L 21–23 | 2,610 |
November 7 | 2:30 pm | at No. 6 North Dakota State | WIUtv3-TD, ESPN3 | L 7–59 | 18,251 | ||
November 14 | 12:05 pm | at Indiana State | WIUtv3-TD, ESPN3 | W 37–30 OT | 4,567 | ||
November 21 | 1:00 pm | No. 5 South Dakota State |
| WIUtv3, ESPN3 | W 30–24 2OT | 1,853 | |
November 28 | 11:00 am | at Dayton* | ESPN3 | W 24–7 | 997 | ||
December 5 | 1:00 pm | at No. 4 Illinois State* |
| ESPN3 | L 19–36 | 6,124 | |
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