2015 Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles football team

2015 Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles football

Conference	Ohio Valley Conference
2015 record	4–7 (3–5 OVC)
Head coach	Watson Brown (9th year)
Offensive coordinator	Steven Brown
Defensive coordinator	Donn Landholm
Home stadium	Tucker Stadium (Capacity: 16,500)

2015 OVC football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
#2 Jacksonville State $^		8	–	0		13	–	2
#25 Eastern Illinois ^		7	–	1		7	–	5
Tennessee–Martin		6	–	2		7	–	4
Eastern Kentucky		5	–	3		6	–	5
SE Missouri State		3	–	4		4	–	7
Tennessee Tech		3	–	5		4	–	7
Murray State		2	–	6		3	–	8
Tennessee State		1	–	6		4	–	6
Austin Peay		0	–	8		0	–	11

$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from STATS FCS Poll

The 2015 Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles football team represented Tennessee Technological University in the 2015 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by ninth-year head coach Watson Brown and played their home games at Tucker Stadium. They were a member of the Ohio Valley Conference. They finished the season 4–7, 3–5 in OVC play to finish in sixth place.

The game against Eastern Kentucky originally scheduled for October 10 was played two days earlier at Toyota Stadium in Georgetown, Kentucky^[1] due to campus safety concerns in the wake of threatening graffiti in a campus restroom and other threats allegedly made over social media.^[2]

On December 2, head coach Watson Brown announced his retirement.^[3] He finished at Tennessee Tech with a nine-year record of 42–60.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 5	7:00 PM	at Houston*	TDECU Stadium • Houston, TX	ESPN3	L 24–52	30,479
September 12	6:00 PM	at Wofford*	Gibbs Stadium • Spartanburg, SC	SDN	L 14–34	6,834
September 19	6:00 PM	Mercer*	Tucker Stadium • Cookeville, TN	WCTE	W 29–22	9,028
September 26	6:00 PM	at Murray State	Roy Stewart Stadium • Murray, KY	ASN	W 31–29	10,620
October 3	6:00 PM	Tennessee–Martin	Tucker Stadium • Cookeville, TN (Sgt. York Trophy)	ESPN3	L 17–31	3,152
October 8	6:00 PM	vs. No. 17 Eastern Kentucky	Toyota Stadium • Georgetown, KY	OVCDN	L 17–48	3,700
October 17	6:00 PM	No. 1 Jacksonville State	Tucker Stadium • Cookeville, TN	WCTE	L 13–42	5,575
October 24	1:00 PM	at Eastern Illinois	O'Brien Stadium • Charleston, IL	OVCDN	L 20–51	6,713
October 31	1:00 PM	at Southeast Missouri State	Houck Stadium • Cape Girardeau, MO	OVCDN	L 17–38	2,985
November 14	1:30 PM	Austin Peay	Tucker Stadium • Cookeville, TN (Sgt. York Trophy)	OVCDN	W 42–24	11,100
November 21	2:30 PM	Tennessee State	Tucker Stadium • Cookeville, TN (Sgt. York Trophy)	ASN	W 30–24	3,924
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from STATS FCS Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time.

Source: Schedule

References

↑ "EKU Rides Strong First Half to 48-17 Win Over Tennessee Tech". Eastern Kentucky University Department of Athletics. October 8, 2015. Retrieved October 8, 2015.
↑ Moody, Sean (October 7, 2015). "EKU Cancels Classes for the Rest of the Week to Further Investigate Threat Found Sunday". WKYT. Lexington. Retrieved October 8, 2015.
↑ http://www.ovcsports.com/news/2015/12/2/FB_1202153400.aspx

Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles football

Venues	Tucker Stadium (1966–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Sgt. York Trophy (Austin Peay, Tennessee State, UT Martin)

People	Head coaches

Seasons	1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

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