American college football season
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
Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance September 3 10:00 pm at San Jose State * No. 9 L 13–4315,198
September 12 6:00 pm at Colgate * No. 12 W 26–82,988
September 19 7:00 pm at Stony Brook No. 13 ASN L 6–317,072
September 26 6:00 pm Central Connecticut * No. 21 UNHTV W 57–146,215
October 3 3:30 pm Elon No. 20 ASN W 37–1416,713
October 17 12:00 pm at No. 24 William & Mary No. 19 CSN L 18–3410,180
October 24 3:30 pm at Delaware L 14–3119,924
October 31 1:00 pm Rhode Island UNHTV W 20–175,003
November 7 3:00 pm No. 5 Richmond NBCSN W 30–254,992
November 14 7:00 pm at Albany ASN W 24–143,814
November 21 1:00 pm Maine UNHTV W 22–67,594
November 28 3:30 pm Colgate* ESPN3 L 20–273,303
*Non-conference game HomecomingRankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time
Game summaries
At San Jose State
1
2
3
4
Total
#9 Wildcats
0
7
0
6
13
Spartans
20
6
10
7
43
At Colgate
1
2
3
4
Total
#12 Wildcats
7
13
3
3
26
Raiders
0
0
0
8
8
At Stony Brook
1
2
3
4
Total
#13 Wildcats
0
6
0
0
6
Seawolves
7
10
14
0
31
Central Connecticut
1
2
3
4
Total
Blue Devils
0
7
7
0
14
#21 Wildcats
25
21
8
3
57
Elon
1
2
3
4
Total
Phoenix
0
7
7
0
14
#20 Wildcats
20
14
3
0
37
At William & Mary
1
2
3
4
Total
#19 Wildcats
7
8
0
3
18
#24 Tribe
7
14
6
7
34
At Delaware
1
2
3
4
Total
Wildcats
7
7
0
0
14
Fightin' Blue Hens
6
0
18
7
31
Rhode Island
1
2
3
4
Total
Rams
3
14
0
0
17
Wildcats
0
0
14
6
20
Richmond
1
2
3
4
Total
#5 Spiders
7
0
15
3
25
Wildcats
14
7
6
3
30
At Albany
1
2
3
4
Total
Wildcats
10
0
7
7
24
Great Danes
0
0
7
7
14
Maine
1
2
3
4
Total
Black Bears
0
0
0
6
6
Wildcats
7
6
6
3
22
Colgate—NCAA Division I First Round
1
2
3
4
Total
Raiders
6
6
8
7
27
Wildcats
0
6
0
14
20
Ranking movements
Ranking movementsLegend: ██ 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
References
Venues
College Oval ( –1920)
Memorial Field (1921–1935)
Wildcat Stadium (1936–present)
Bowls & rivalries People Seasons