2015 Maine Black Bears football team

2015 Colonial Athletic Association football standings
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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

The 2015 Maine Black Bears football team represented the University of Maine in the 2015 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by 23rd year head coach Jack Cosgrove and played their home games at Alfond Stadium. They were a member of the Colonial Athletic Association. They finished the season 3–8, 3–5 in CAA play to finish in a fourth way tie for seventh place.

On November 24th, head coach Jack Cosgrove resigned to become the Senior Associate Director of Athletics at Maine.^[1] He finished his coaching career at Maine with a record of 129–135 in 23 seasons.

Schedule

September 51:00 PMat Boston College*

ESPN3L 3–24 29,626 September 198:00 PMat Tulane*

ESPN3L 7–38 21,114 September 263:30 PMRhode Island

ASNW 27–17 7,535 October 33:30 PMat No. 19 Richmond

WVIIL 17–48 7,228 October 103:30 PMat Albany

W 39–7 8,500 October 173:30 PMYale*

Alfond Stadium
Orono, ME

BBTVL 10–21 7,351 October 2412:30 PMStony Brook

Alfond Stadium
Orono, ME

BBTVW 23–10 4,144 October 317:30 PMat Villanova

NBCSNL 3–13 4,309 November 77:00 PMTowson

Alfond Stadium
Orono, ME

ASNL 7–10 3,196 November 1412:30 PMElon

Alfond Stadium
Orono, ME

BBTVL 22–27 3,131 November 211:00 PMat New Hampshire

L 6–22 7,594

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Source: ^[2]

Game notes

Boston College

	1	2	3	4	Total
Black Bears	3	0	0	0	3
Eagles	0	10	0	14	24

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
3–5	2014	L 10–40

Tulane

	1	2	3	4	Total
Black Bears	7	0	0	0	7
Green Wave	3	21	14	0	38

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

Rhode Island

	1	2	3	4	Total
Rams	3	0	7	7	17
Black Bears	14	3	7	3	27

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
56–34–3	2014	W 20–14

Richmond

	1	2	3	4	Total
Black Bears	7	3	7	0	17
#19 Spiders	14	6	14	14	48

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
13–12	2014	W 33–20

Albany

	1	2	3	4	Total
Black Bears	20	3	9	7	39
Great Danes	0	7	0	0	7

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
3–5	2014	L 7–20

Yale

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bulldogs	0	3	6	12	21
Black Bears	0	7	3	0	10

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–7–1	1937	L 0–26

Stony Brook

	1	2	3	4	Total
Seawolves	0	10	0	0	10
Black Bears	3	0	7	13	23

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
2–2	2014	L 7–19

Villanova

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

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
9–9	2014	L 20–41

Towson

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tigers	0	3	7	0	10
Black Bears	0	0	0	7	7

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
7–5	2014	W 27–24

Elon

	1	2	3	4	Total
Phoenix	7	10	0	10	27
Black Bears	0	0	3	19	22

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–0	2014	W 24–17

New Hampshire

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

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

2016 NFL draftees

Player	Round	Pick	Position	NFL Club
Trevor Bates	7	239	Linebacker	Indianapolis Colts

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References

^ http://www.goblackbears.com/sports/m-footbl/2015-16/releases/20151124hdciwp
^ "2015 Maine Football Schedule".
^ "2016 NFL Draft". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 28, 2016. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

[1] ttp://www.goblackbears.com/sports/m-footbl/2015-16/releases/20151124hdciwp

[2] "2015 Maine Football Schedule".

[3] "2016 NFL Draft". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 28, 2016. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

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