2015 Charleston Southern Buccaneers football team

2015 Charleston Southern Buccaneers football
Big South champion
FCS Playoffs Quarterfinal, L 38–58 vs. Jacksonville State
Conference	Big South Conference
Ranking
STATS	No. 6
FCS Coaches	No. 7
2015 record	10–3 (6–0 Big South)
Head coach	Jamey Chadwell (3rd year)
Offensive coordinator	Gabe Giardina
Defensive coordinator	Chad Staggs
Home stadium	Buccaneer Field (Capacity: 4,000)

2015 Big South football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
#6 Charleston Southern $^		6	–	0					10	–	3
#16 Coastal Carolina ^		4	–	2					9	–	3
Liberty		3	–	3					6	–	5
Monmouth		3	–	3					5	–	6
Kennesaw State		2	–	4					6	–	5
Gardner–Webb*		2	–	4					4	–	7
Presbyterian		1	–	5					2	–	9
$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant *Gardner-Webb ineligible for postseason due to APR violations Rankings from STATS FCS Poll

The 2015 Charleston Southern Buccaneers football team represented Charleston Southern University in the 2015 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by third-year head coach Jamey Chadwell and played their home games at Buccaneer Field. They were a member of the Big South Conference. They finished the season 10–3, 6–0 in Big South play to become Big South champions. They earned the conference's automatic bid to the FCS Playoffs where they defeated The Citadel in the second round to advance to the quarterfinals where they lost to Jacksonville State.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 3	7:00 PM	North Greenville*		Buccaneer Field • Charleston, SC	BSN	W 41–14	4,820
September 12	7:00 PM	at Troy*		Veterans Memorial Stadium • Troy, AL	ESPN3	L 16–44	17,517
September 17	7:00 PM	East Tennessee State*		Buccaneer Field • Charleston, SC	BSN	W 47–7	2,331
September 26	6:00 PM	at The Citadel*		Johnson Hagood Stadium • Charleston, SC	ESPN3	W 33–20	11,998
October 10	12:00 PM	Monmouth		Buccaneer Field • Charleston, SC	BSN	W 37–7	1,227
October 17	2:00 PM	at Presbyterian		Bailey Memorial Stadium • Clinton, SC	BSN	W 10–7	4,624
October 24	1:30 PM	at Gardner–Webb		Ernest W. Spangler Stadium • Boiling Springs, NC	BSN	W 34–0	3,159
October 31	2:00 PM	No. 2 Coastal Carolina	No. 24	Buccaneer Field • Charleston, SC	ASN	W 33–25	5,311
November 7	1:00 PM	at Kennesaw State	No. 15	Fifth Third Bank Stadium • Kennesaw, GA	BSN	W 28–14	8,670
November 14	2:00 PM	Liberty	No. 11	Buccaneer Field • Charleston, SC	ESPN3	W 31–24	4,781
November 21	4:00 PM	at No. 3 (FBS) Alabama*	No. 9	Bryant–Denny Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL	SECN	L 6–56	100,611
December 5	2:00 PM	No. 18 The Citadel*	No. 9	Buccaneer Field • Charleston, SC (FCS Playoffs Second Round)	ESPN3	W 14–6	8,451
December 11	8:00 PM	at No. 1 Jacksonville State*	No. 9	JSU Stadium • Jacksonville, AL (FCS Playoffs Quarterfinals)	ESPN2	L 38–58	22,279
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from STATS FCS Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

• Source: Schedule

Game summaries

North Greenville

	1	2	3	4	Total
Crusaders	0	7	7	0	14
Buccaneers	13	7	14	7	41

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
11–2	2013	CSU, 28–14

at Troy

	1	2	3	4	Total
Buccaneers	7	2	0	7	16
Trojans	14	7	6	17	44

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–3	1995	Troy, 66–13

East Tennessee State

	1	2	3	4	Total
ETSU Bucs	0	0	0	7	7
CSU Bucs	0	34	6	7	47

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–5	2001	ETSU, 26–0

at The Citadel

	1	2	3	4	Total
Buccaneers	0	6	10	17	33
Bulldogs	7	10	3	0	20

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
3–5	2014	CSU, 20–18

Monmouth

	1	2	3	4	Total
Hawks	0	0	0	7	7
Buccaneers	7	9	14	7	37

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–0	2014	CSU, 27–0

at Presbyterian

	1	2	3	4	Total
Buccaneers	3	0	0	7	10
Blue Hose	0	7	0	0	7

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
8–14	2014	Pres, 7–3

at Gardner–Webb

	1	2	3	4	Total
Buccaneers	7	14	13	0	34
Runnin' Bulldogs	0	0	0	0	0

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
5–10	2014	CSU, 44–14

Coastal Carolina

	1	2	3	4	Total
#2 Chanticleers	15	0	3	7	25
#24 Buccaneers	13	14	3	3	33

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
4–8	2014	CCU, 43–22

at Kennesaw State

	1	2	3	4	Total
#15 Buccaneers	7	14	7	0	28
Owls	6	0	0	8	14

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

Liberty

	1	2	3	4	Total
Flames	7	7	7	3	24
#11 Buccaneers	7	3	14	7	31

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
3–19	2014	CSU, 38–36

at Alabama

	1	2	3	4	Total
#9 Buccaneers	0	0	0	6	6
#3 (FBS) Crimson Tide	28	21	0	7	56

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

FCS Playoffs

Second Round–The Citadel

	1	2	3	4	Total
#18 Bulldogs	3	0	0	3	6
#9 Buccaneers	0	14	0	0	14

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
4–5	9/26/2015	CSU, 33–20

Quarterfinals–Jacksonville State

	1	2	3	4	Total
#9 Buccaneers	3	7	7	21	38
#1 Gamecocks	10	3	21	24	58

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

Ranking movements

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. ( ) = First place votes.

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
STATS FCS	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	24	15	11	9	9	6
Coaches	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	23	20	19	13	8	8	7	7

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