2015 Indiana State Sycamores football team

The 2015 Indiana State Sycamores football team represented Indiana State University in the 2015 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by third-year head coach Mike Sanford and played their home games at Memorial Stadium. They were a member of the Missouri Valley Football Conference. They finished the season 5–6, 3–5 in MVFC play to finish in a three way tie for sixth place.

2015 Indiana State Sycamores football
Conference	Missouri Valley Football Conference
2015 record	5–6 (3–5 MVFC)
Head coach	Mike Sanford (3rd season)
Offensive coordinator	Brian Sheppard (3rd season)
Defensive coordinator	Brian Cabral (3rd season)
Home stadium	Memorial Stadium (Capacity: 12,764)

2015 Missouri Valley Football Conference standings
	Conf							Overall
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
+ – Conference co-champions ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from STATS Poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 5	3:05 pm	Butler*	No. 21	Memorial Stadium Terre Haute, IN	ESPN3	W 52–17	3,941
September 12	12:00 pm	at Purdue*	No. 21	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN	ESPNews	L 14–38	41,158
September 19	3:05 pm	Southeast Missouri State*	No. 23	Memorial Stadium Terre Haute, IN	ESPN3	W 29–28	6,786
October 3	3:00 pm	at Missouri State	No. 21	Plaster Sports Complex Springfield, MO	ESPN3	W 56–28	9,183
October 10	7:00 pm	at No. 8 South Dakota State	No. 19	Coughlin–Alumni Stadium Brookings, SD	ESPN3	L 7–24	9,347
October 17	3:05 pm	Southern Illinois	No. 21	Memorial Stadium Terre Haute, IN	ESPN3	W 39–36	7,421
October 24	1:05 pm	No. 8 North Dakota State	No. 18	Memorial Stadium Terre Haute, IN	MVC TV/ESPN3	L 14–28	6,524
October 31	1:00 pm	at No. 3 Illinois State	No. 21	Hancock Stadium Normal, IL	ESPN3	L 24–27	7,498
November 7	7:00 pm	at No. 17 Northern Iowa	No. 23	UNI-Dome Cedar Falls, IA	ESPN3	L 13–59	13,224
November 14	1:05 pm	Western Illinois		Memorial Stadium Terre Haute, IN	ESPN3	L 30–37 ^OT	4,567
November 21	1:05 pm	Youngstown State		Memorial Stadium Terre Haute, IN	ESPN3	W 27–24	1,121
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from STATS FCS Poll released prior to game Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

• Source: Schedule

Game summaries

Butler

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bulldogs	0	10	7	0	17
#21 Sycamores	24	7	14	7	52

at Purdue

	1	2	3	4	Total
#21 Sycamores	0	7	7	0	14
Boilermakers	14	10	7	7	38

Southeast Missouri State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Redhawks	7	0	0	21	28
#23 Sycamores	0	0	21	8	29

at Missouri State

	1	2	3	4	Total
#21 Sycamores	7	14	14	21	56
Bears	7	7	7	7	28

at South Dakota State

	1	2	3	4	Total
#19 Sycamores	0	0	7	0	7
#8 Jackrabbits	0	14	0	10	24

Southern Illinois

	1	2	3	4	Total
Salukis	7	7	7	15	36
#21 Sycamores	7	10	10	12	39

North Dakota State

	1	2	3	4	Total
#8 Bison	7	7	14	0	28
#18 Sycamores	0	7	7	0	14

at Illinois State

	1	2	3	4	Total
#21 Sycamores	0	21	3	0	24
#3 Redbirds	2	7	7	11	27

at Northern Iowa

	1	2	3	4	Total
#23 Sycamores	0	0	13	0	13
#17 Panthers	10	28	7	14	59

Western Illinois

	1	2	3	4	OT	Total
Leathernecks	3	7	14	6	7	37
Sycamores	13	7	10	0	0	30

Youngstown State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Penguins	14	7	0	3	24
Sycamores	7	14	0	6	27

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	21	21	23	22	21	19	21	18	21	23	RV	NR	RV
Coaches	20	21	25	23	24	21	RV	21	23	RV	RV	NR	NR

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