2015 Indiana State Sycamores football team

2015 Indiana State Sycamores football
2015 Indiana State Sycamores football
Conference	Missouri Valley Football Conference
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
	Seasons ← 2014 2016 →

2015 Missouri Valley Football Conference standings
v t e
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

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.

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
— = Not ranked RV = Received 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	—	RV
Coaches	20	21	25	23	24	21	RV	21	23	RV	RV	—	—

v t e Indiana State Sycamores football
Venues	Memorial Stadium (1949–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Ball State: Blue Key Victory Bell
Culture & lore	Sycamore Sam "March On! (You Fighting Sycamores)" Pride of Indiana
People	Head coaches NFL draftees
Seasons	1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910–1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024