2015 Southern Illinois Salukis football team

2015 Southern Illinois Salukis football

Conference	Missouri Valley Football Conference
2015 record	3–8 (2–6 MVFC)
Head coach	Dale Lennon (8th year)
Co-offensive coordinator	Bill O'Boyle
Co-offensive coordinator	Nick Hill
Defensive coordinator	David Elson
Home stadium	Saluki Stadium (Capacity: 15,000)

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 Southern Illinois Salukis football team represented Southern Illinois University in the 2015 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by eighth year head coach Dale Lennon and played their home games at Saluki Stadium. They were a member of the Missouri Valley Football Conference. They finished the season 3–8, 2–6 in MVFC play to finish in ninth place.

On November 30, head coach Dale Lennon was fired.^[1] He finished at Southern Illinois with an eight year record of 51–42.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 5	3:00 PM	at Indiana*	Memorial Stadium • Bloomington, IN	ESPNews	L 47–48	36,071
September 12	6:00 PM	at Southeast Missouri State*	Houck Stadium • Cape Girardau, MO		L 24–27	8,015
September 26	6:00 PM	No. 10 Liberty*	Saluki Stadium • Carbondale, IL	ESPN3	W 34–13	11,886
October 3	3:00 PM	at Western Illinois	Hanson Field • Macomb, IL	ESPN3	L 36–37	7,125
October 10	6:00 PM	Missouri State	Saluki Stadium • Carbondale, IL	ESPN3	W 73–26	5,509
October 17	2:05 PM	at No. 21 Indiana State	Memorial Stadium • Terre Haute, IN	ESPN3	L 36–39	7,421
October 24	6:00 PM	No. 16 Youngstown State	Saluki Stadium • Carbondale, IL	ESPN3	W 38–31 ^OT	8,459
October 31	2:00 PM	No. 7 North Dakota State	Saluki Stadium • Carbondale, IL	ESPN3	L 29–35	6,508
November 7	1:00 PM	at South Dakota	DakotaDome • Vermillion, SD	ESPN3	L 31–34	8,012
November 14	2:00 PM	No. 6 Illinois State	Saluki Stadium • Carbondale, IL	MVC TV/ESPN3	L 21–42	6,388
November 21	4:00 PM	at No. 15 Northern Iowa	UNI-Dome • Cedar Falls, IA	MVC TV/ESPN3	L 28–49	9,915
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from STATS FCS Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time.

	1	2	3	4	Total
Salukis	11	21	0	15	47
Hoosiers	7	14	17	10	48

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–0	2006	SIU, 35–28

	1	2	3	4	Total
Salukis	7	14	3	0	24
Redhawks	17	7	0	3	27

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
36–37–8	2014	SIU, 50–23

	1	2	3	4	Total
#10 Flames	3	3	0	7	13
Salukis	3	17	7	7	34

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

	1	2	3	4	Total
Salukis	0	20	7	9	36
Leathernecks	7	7	14	9	37

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
22–34–4	2014	SIU, 34–17

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bears	3	13	7	3	26
Salukis	21	17	21	14	73

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
19–18	2014	SIU, 32–22

	1	2	3	4	Total
Salukis	7	7	7	15	36
#21 Sycamores	7	10	10	12	39

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
27–25	2014	ISU, 41–26

	1	2	3	4	OT	Total
#16 Penguins	0	14	14	3	0	31
Salukis	0	7	13	11	7	38

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
11–14–1	2014	YSU, 26–14

	1	2	3	4	Total
#7 Bison	7	7	7	14	35
Salukis	3	7	9	10	29

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
3–6	2014	NDSU, 38–10

	1	2	3	4	Total
Salukis	7	14	7	3	31
Coyotes	7	13	7	7	34

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–0	2014	SIU, 41–10

	1	2	3	4	Total
#6 Redbirds	0	14	21	7	42
Salukis	0	21	0	0	21

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
40–34–3	2014	ILST, 44–29

	1	2	3	4	Total
Salukis	0	14	14	0	28
#15 Panthers	14	14	14	7	49

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
16–17	2014	UNI, 40–21

Southern Illinois Salukis football

Venues	McAndrew Stadium (1938–2009) Saluki Stadium (2010–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games

Culture & lore	"Go Southern Go!" Saluki Sports Network

People	Head coaches

Seasons	1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 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

National championship seasons in bold

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