2015 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football team

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2015 Big Sky Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 18 Southern Utah $^		7	–	1					8	–	4
No. 10 Portland State ^		6	–	2					9	–	3
No. 14 Montana ^		6	–	2					8	–	5
North Dakota		5	–	3					7	–	4
Northern Arizona		5	–	3					7	–	4
Eastern Washington		5	–	3					6	–	5
Weber State		5	–	3					6	–	5
Northern Colorado		3	–	5					6	–	5
Montana State		3	–	5					5	–	6
Cal Poly		3	–	5					4	–	7
UC Davis		2	–	6					2	–	9
Idaho State		1	–	7					2	–	9
Sacramento State		1	–	7					2	–	9
$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from STATS Poll

The 2015 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football team represented Northern Arizona University in the 2015 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by 18th-year head coach Jerome Souers and played their home games at the Walkup Skydome. They were a member of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 7–4, 5–3 in Big Sky play to finish in a four way tie for fourth place.

Schedule

September 54:00 PMat No. 24 Stephen F. Austin*

• Homer Bryce Stadium
• Nacogdoches, TX

ESPN3W 34–28 8,473 September 124:00 PMNew Mexico Highlands*

• Walkup Skydome
• Flagstaff, AZ

FSAZ+/FCSPW 41–5 9,681 September 198:00 PMat No. 20 (FBS) Arizona*No. 24

• Arizona Stadium
• Tucson, AZ

P12NL 13–77 51,494 September 261:00 PMat No. 14 Montana

• Washington–Grizzly Stadium
• Missoula, MT

RTNWL 14–23 26,136 October 34:00 PMNo. 11 Montana State

• Walkup Skydome
• Flagstaff, AZ

FSAZ+W 49–41 9,431 October 104:00 PMat UC Davis

• Aggie Stadium
• Davis, CA

WBSL 24–38 6,432 October 244:00 PMWeber State

• Walkup Skydome
• Flagstaff, AZ

FSAZ+W 52–36 8,367 October 312:00 PMNorthern Colorado

• Walkup Skydome
• Flagstaff, AZ

FSAZ+W 63–21 4,091 November 74:05 PMat No. 4 Eastern Washington

• Roos Field
• Cheney, WA

FSAZ+W 52–30 9,214 November 142:00 PMSacramento State

• Walkup Skydome
• Flagstaff, AZ

FSAZ+W 49–35 5,937 November 213:00 PMat No. 20 Southern UtahNo. 24

• Eccles Coliseum
• Cedar City, UT (HintonBurdick Grand Canyon Trophy Game)

WBSL 41–49 9,022

• Source: Official Schedule

Game summaries

at Stephen F. Austin

	1	2	3	4	Total
NAU Lumberjacks	10	10	7	7	34
#24 SFA Lumberjacks	7	7	0	14	28

See also: 2015 Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–1	2004	SFA, 24–17

New Mexico Highlands

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cowboys	0	0	3	2	5
Lumberjacks	17	14	0	10	41

See also: New Mexico Highlands Cowboys and Cowgirls

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
16–5–2	2014	NAU, 62–23

at #20 (FBS) Arizona

	1	2	3	4	Total
#24 Lumberjacks	6	7	0	0	13
#20 (FBS) Wildcats	7	35	14	21	77

See also: 2015 Arizona Wildcats football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–12	2013	ARIZ, 35–0

at Montana

	1	2	3	4	Total
Lumberjacks	0	0	14	0	14
#14 Grizzlies	10	6	0	7	23

See also: 2015 Montana Grizzlies football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
13–34	2014	NAU, 34–16

Montana State

	1	2	3	4	Total
#11 Bobcats	7	7	6	21	41
Lumberjacks	14	14	14	7	49

See also: 2015 Montana State Bobcats football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
25–22	2013	MSU, 36–7

at UC Davis

	1	2	3	4	Total
Lumberjacks	7	10	0	7	24
Aggies	14	3	14	7	38

See also: 2015 UC Davis Aggies football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
3–0	2014	NAU, 23–21

Weber State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Wildcats	0	9	14	13	36
Lumberjacks	21	14	7	10	52

See also: 2015 Weber State Wildcats football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
23–26	2014	NAU, 29–22

Northern Colorado

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bears	7	0	0	14	21
Lumberjacks	28	14	21	0	63

See also: 2015 Northern Colorado Bears football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
12–3	2014	UNC, 24–17

at Eastern Washington

	1	2	3	4	Total
Lumberjacks	7	7	10	28	52
#4 Eagles	0	7	7	16	30

See also: 2015 Eastern Washington Eagles football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
11–19	2014	NAU, 28–27

Sacramento State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Hornets	14	0	0	21	35
Lumberjacks	14	21	7	7	49

See also: 2015 Sacramento State Hornets football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
10–7	2013	NAU, 39–38

at Southern Utah

	1	2	3	4	Total
#24 Lumberjacks	3	21	7	10	41
#20 Thunderbirds	7	7	21	14	49

See also: 2015 Southern Utah Thunderbirds football team and Northern Arizona–Southern Utah football rivalry

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
12–6	2014	SUU, 22–14

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	RV	RV	24	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	24	RV	RV
Coaches	RV	RV	24	RV	RV	RV	—	—	—	RV	25	20	23	RV