2015 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football team
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
Date |
Time |
Opponent# |
Rank# |
Site |
TV |
Result |
Attendance |
September 5 |
4:00 PM |
at No. 24 Stephen F. Austin* |
|
Homer Bryce Stadium • Nacogdoches, TX |
ESPN3 |
W 34–28 |
8,473 |
September 12 |
4:00 PM |
New Mexico Highlands* |
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Walkup Skydome • Flagstaff, AZ |
FSAZ+/FCSP |
W 41–5 |
9,681 |
September 19 |
8:00 PM |
at No. 20 (FBS) Arizona* |
No. 24 |
Arizona Stadium • Tucson, AZ |
P12N |
L 13–77 |
51,494 |
September 26 |
1:00 PM |
at No. 14 Montana |
|
Washington–Grizzly Stadium • Missoula, MT |
RTNW |
L 14–23 |
26,136 |
October 3 |
4:00 PM |
No. 11 Montana State |
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Walkup Skydome • Flagstaff, AZ |
FSAZ+ |
W 49–41 |
9,431 |
October 10 |
4:00 PM |
at UC Davis |
|
Aggie Stadium • Davis, CA |
WBS |
L 24–38 |
6,432 |
October 24 |
4:00 PM |
Weber State |
|
Walkup Skydome • Flagstaff, AZ |
FSAZ+ |
W 52–36 |
8,367 |
October 31 |
2:00 PM |
Northern Colorado |
|
Walkup Skydome • Flagstaff, AZ |
FSAZ+ |
W 63–21 |
4,091 |
November 7 |
4:05 PM |
at No. 4 Eastern Washington |
|
Roos Field • Cheney, WA |
FSAZ+ |
W 52–30 |
9,214 |
November 14 |
2:00 PM |
Sacramento State |
|
Walkup Skydome • Flagstaff, AZ |
FSAZ+ |
W 49–35 |
5,937 |
November 21 |
3:00 PM |
at No. 20 Southern Utah |
No. 24 |
Eccles Coliseum • Cedar City, UT (HintonBurdick Grand Canyon Trophy Game) |
WBS |
L 41–49 |
9,022 |
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. #Rankings from STATS FCS Poll released prior to game. All times are in Arizona Time. |
Game notes
at Stephen F. Austin
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
NAU Lumberjacks |
10 |
10 |
7 |
7 |
34 |
#24 SFA Lumberjacks |
7 |
7 |
0 |
14 |
28 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
Overall record |
Last meeting |
Result |
12–6 |
2014 |
SUU, 22–14 |
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 |
24 |
RV |
RV |
RV |
RV |
RV |
RV |
RV |
RV |
24 |
RV |
RV |
Coaches |
RV |
RV |
24 |
RV |
RV |
RV |
NR |
NR |
NR |
RV |
25 |
20 |
23 |
RV |
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