2015 New Hampshire Wildcats football team

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2015 Colonial Athletic Association football standings

	Conf							Overall
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 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

September 310:00 PMat San Jose State*No. 9

• Spartan Stadium
• San Jose, CA

L 13–43 15,198 September 126:00 PMat Colgate*No. 12

• Andy Kerr Stadium
• Hamilton, NY

W 26–8 2,988 September 197:00 PMat Stony BrookNo. 13

• Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium
• Stony Brook, NY

ASNL 6–31 7,072 September 266:00 PMCentral Connecticut*No. 21

• Cowell Stadium
• Durham, NH

UNHTVW 57–14 6,215 October 33:30 PMElonNo. 20

• Cowell Stadium
• Durham, NH

ASNW 37–14 16,713 October 1712:00 PMat No. 24 William & MaryNo. 19

• Zable Stadium
• Williamsburg, VA

CSNL 18–34 10,180 October 243:30 PMat Delaware

• Delaware Stadium
• Newark, DE

L 14–31 19,924 October 311:00 PMRhode Island

• Cowell Stadium
• Durham, NH

UNHTVW 20–17 5,003 November 73:00 PMNo. 5 Richmond

• Cowell Stadium
• Durham, NH

NBCSNW 30–25 4,992 November 147:00 PMat Albany

• Bob Ford Field
• Albany, NY

ASNW 24–14 3,814 November 211:00 PMMaine

• Cowell Stadium
• Durham, NH (Battle for the Brice-Cowell Musket)

UNHTVW 22–6 7,594 November 283:30 PMColgate*

• Cowell Stadium
• Durham, NH (FCS Playoffs First Round)

ESPN3L 20–27 3,303

• 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
— = Not ranked RV = Received 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	—	—	RV	RV	RV