2015 South Dakota State Jackrabbits football team

2015 South Dakota State Jackrabbits football
Conference Missouri Valley Football Conference
Ranking
STATS No. 15
FCS Coaches No. 16
2015 record 8–4 (5–3 MVFC)
Head coach John Stiegelmeier (19th year)
Offensive coordinator Eric Eidsness
Defensive coordinator Clint Brown
Home stadium Coughlin–Alumni Stadium
(Capacity: 17,000)
2015 MVFC football standings
Conf     Overall
Team   W   L         W   L  
#1 North Dakota State +^   7 1         13 2  
#5 Illinois State +^   7 1         10 3  
#8 Northern Iowa ^   5 3         9 5  
#15 South Dakota State ^   5 3         8 4  
Western Illinois ^   5 3         7 6  
Indiana State   3 5         5 6  
Youngstown State   3 5         5 6  
South Dakota   3 5         5 6  
Southern Illinois   2 6         3 8  
Missouri State   0 8         1 10  
  • + Conference co-champions
  • ^ FCS playoff participant
Rankings from STATS FCS Poll

The 2015 South Dakota State Jackrabbits football team represented South Dakota State University in the 2015 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by 18th-year head coach John Stiegelmeier and played their home games at Coughlin–Alumni Stadium. They were a member of the Missouri Valley Football Conference. They finished the season 8–4, 5–3 in MVFC play to finish in a three way tie for third place. They received an at-large bid to the FCS playoffs where they lost in the first round to Montana.

Schedule

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
September 5 11:00 AM at Kansas* No. 16 Memorial StadiumLawrence, KS FSN W 41–38   30,144
September 12 6:00 PM Southern Utah* No. 9 Coughlin–Alumni StadiumBrookings, SD ESPN3 W 55–10   13,423
September 26 5:00 PM Robert Morris* No. 6 Coughlin–Alumni Stadium • Brookings, SD Midco/ESPN3 W 34–10   12,153
October 3 6:00 PM No. 3 North Dakota State No. 5 Coughlin–Alumni Stadium • Brookings, SD (Dakota Marker) Midco/ESPN3 L 7–28   17,348
October 10 6:00 PM No. 19 Indiana State No. 8 Coughlin–Alumni Stadium • Brookings, SD Midco/ESPN3 W 24–7   9,347
October 17 3:00 PM at No. 11 Youngstown State No. 7 Stambaugh StadiumYoungstown, OH MVC TV/ESPN3 W 38–8   14,974
October 24 2:00 PM No. 22 Northern Iowa No. 6 Coughlin–Alumni Stadium • Brookings, SD Midco/ESPN3 L 7–10   16,042
October 31 2:00 PM at Missouri State No. 14 Plaster Sports ComplexSpringfield, MO MVC TV/ESPN3 W 39–0   3,729
November 7 2:00 PM No. 2 Illinois State No. 11 Coughlin–Alumni Stadium • Brookings, SD Midco/ESPN3 W 25–20   9,081
November 14 2:00 PM at South Dakota No. 5 DakotaDomeVermillion, SD (South Dakota Showdown Series) Midco/ESPN3 W 30–23   10,345
November 21 1:00 PM at Western Illinois No. 5 Hanson FieldMacomb, IL ESPN3 L 24–30 2OT  1,853
November 28 2:00 PM at No. 16 Montana* No. 10 Washington–Grizzly StadiumMissoula, MT (FCS Playoffs First Round) ESPN3 L 17–24   14,575
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from STATS FCS Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time.

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Game summaries

@ Kansas

1 2 3 4 Total
#16 Jackrabbits 17 14 3 7 41
Jayhawks 7 7 14 10 38
Overall record Last meeting Result
0–2 2012 KU, 31–17

Southern Utah

1 2 3 4 Total
Thunderbirds 7 0 0 3 10
#9 Jackrabbits 3 24 7 21 55
Overall record Last meeting Result
5–1 2014 SDSU, 26–6

Robert Morris

1 2 3 4 Total
Colonials 0 10 0 0 10
#6 Jackrabbits 7 13 7 7 34
Overall record Last meeting Result
First Meeting

North Dakota State

1 2 3 4 Total
#3 Bison 7 14 7 0 28
#5 Jackrabbits 0 0 7 0 7
Overall record Last meeting Result
40–58–5 2014, FCS 2nd Round Playoffs NDSU, 27–24

Indiana State

1 2 3 4 Total
#19 Sycamores 0 0 7 0 7
#8 Jackrabbits 0 14 0 10 24
Overall record Last meeting Result
5–2 2014 SDSU, 32–17

@ Youngstown State

1 2 3 4 Total
#7 Jackrabbbits 7 10 7 14 38
#11 Penguins 2 3 3 0 8
Overall record Last meeting Result
10–6 2014 YSU, 30–27

Northern Iowa

1 2 3 4 Total
#22 Panthers 0 3 7 0 10
#6 Jackrabbits 0 0 7 0 7
Overall record Last meeting Result
19–28–2 2014 SDSU, 31–28

@ Missouri State

1 2 3 4 Total
#14 Jackrabbits 10 12 10 7 39
Bears 0 0 0 0 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
6–1 2014 SDSU, 32–28

Illinois State

1 2 3 4 Total
#2 Redbirds 7 0 7 6 20
#11 Jackrabbits 0 13 6 6 25
Overall record Last meeting Result
2–3 2014 ILST, 45–10

@ South Dakota

1 2 3 4 Total
#5 Jackrabbits 3 7 0 20 30
Coyotes 7 0 13 3 23
Overall record Last meeting Result
51–52–7 2014 SDSU, 37–14

@ Western Illinois

1 2 3 4OT2OT Total
#5 Jackrabbbits 0 10 0 770 24
Leathernecks 3 0 7 776 30
Overall record Last meeting Result
8–4 2014 SDSU, 59–24

FCS Playoffs

First Round–@ Montana

1 2 3 4 Total
#10 Jackrabbits 0 0 10 7 17
#16 Grizzlies 7 17 0 0 24
Overall record Last meeting Result
0–7 2009 FCS Playoffs MONT, 61–48

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 16 9 (8) 7 (8) 6 (6) 5 (6) 8 7 6 14 11 5 5 10–T 15 
Coaches 15 10 (1) 8 (2) 7 (1) 7 (1) 9 7 6 13 11 5 5 12 16

References

  1. "Schedule". South Dakota State University Department of Athletics. Retrieved April 23, 2015.
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