2015 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football team

2015 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football
Conference Big Sky Conference
2015 record 7–4 (5–3 Big Sky)
Head coach Jerome Souers (18th year)
Offensive coordinator Tim Plough (1st year)
Defensive coordinator Andy Thompson (7th year)
Home stadium Walkup Skydome
(Capacity: 10,000)
2015 Big Sky football standings
Conf     Overall
Team   W   L         W   L  
#18 Southern Utah $^   7 1         8 4  
#10 Portland State ^   6 2         9 3  
#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 FCS 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

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
September 5 4:00 PM at No. 24 Stephen F. Austin* Homer Bryce StadiumNacogdoches, TX ESPN3 W 34–28   8,473
September 12 4:00 PM New Mexico Highlands* Walkup SkydomeFlagstaff, AZ FSAZ+/FCSP W 41–5   9,681
September 19 8:00 PM at No. 20 (FBS) Arizona* No. 24 Arizona StadiumTucson, AZ P12N L 13–77   51,494
September 26 1:00 PM at No. 14 Montana Washington–Grizzly StadiumMissoula, MT RTNW L 14–23   26,136
October 3 4:00 PM No. 11 Montana State Walkup Skydome • Flagstaff, AZ FSAZ+ W 49–41   9,431
October 10 4:00 PM at UC Davis Aggie StadiumDavis, CA WBS L 24–38   6,432
October 24 4:00 PM Weber Statedagger 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 FieldCheney, 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 ColiseumCedar City, UT (HintonBurdick Grand Canyon Trophy Game) WBS L 41–49   9,022
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #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

References

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