2015 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers football team

2015 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers football

FCS Playoffs First Round, L 38–41 vs. The Citadel
Conference	Big South Conference
Ranking
STATS	No. 16
FCS Coaches	No. 17
2015 record	9–3 (4–2 Big South)
Head coach	Joe Moglia (4th year)
Offensive coordinator	Dave Patenaude
Defensive coordinator	Clayton Carlin
Home stadium	Brooks Stadium (Capacity: 9,214)

2015 Big South football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
#6 Charleston Southern $^		6	–	0		10	–	3
#16 Coastal Carolina ^		4	–	2		9	–	3
Liberty		3	–	3		6	–	5
Monmouth		3	–	3		5	–	6
Kennesaw State		2	–	4		6	–	5
Gardner–Webb*		2	–	4		4	–	7
Presbyterian		1	–	5		2	–	9

$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant *Gardner-Webb ineligible for postseason due to APR violations Rankings from STATS FCS Poll

The 2015 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers football team represented Coastal Carolina University in the 2015 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by fourth-year head coach Joe Moglia and played their home games at Brooks Stadium. They were in their final season as a member of the Big South Conference. They finished the season 9–3, 4–2 in Big South play to finish in second place. They received an at-large bid to the FCS Playoffs where they lost in the first round to The Citadel.

The Chanticleers joined the Sun Belt Conference in July 2016, initially as a full but non-football member. The football team will begin a transition to the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), joining Sun Belt football in 2017 and gaining full FBS membership and bowl eligibility in 2018.^[1]

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 5	7:00 PM	at Furman*	No. 5	Paladin Stadium • Greenville, SC	ESPN3	W 38–35	6,563
September 12	6:00 PM	at South Carolina State*	No. 3	Oliver C. Dawson Stadium • Orangeburg, SC		W 41–14	12,023
September 19	6:00 PM	Western Illinois*	No. 2	Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC	BSN	W 34–27	10,311
September 26	6:00 PM	Bryant*	No. 2	Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC	BSN	W 31–17	10,311
October 3	6:00 PM	Alabama A&M*	No. 2	Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC	BSN	W 55–0	9,093
October 10	2:00 PM	Presbyterian	No. 2	Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC	ESPN3	W 24–17	8,039
October 24	1:00 PM	at Monmouth	No. 2	Kessler Field • West Long Branch, NJ	ESPN3	W 23–20	4,591
October 31	2:00 PM	at No. 24 Charleston Southern	No. 2	Buccaneer Field • Charleston, SC	ASN	L 25–33	5,311
November 7	2:00 PM	Gardner–Webb	No. 8	Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC	ASN	W 46–0	8,422
November 14	2:00 PM	Kennesaw State	No. 4	Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC	BSN	W 45–13	8,802
November 19	7:00 PM	at Liberty	No. 4	Williams Stadium • Lynchburg, VA	ESPNews	L 21–24	18,955
November 28	2:00 PM	No. 18 The Citadel*	No. 10	Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC (FCS Playoffs First Round)	ESPN3	L 38–41	6,753
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from STATS FCS Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Source: Schedule

Game summaries

at Furman

	1	2	3	4	Total
#5 Chanticleers	15	6	7	10	38
Paladins	7	14	0	14	35

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
5–1	2013	CCU, 37–31

at South Carolina State

	1	2	3	4	Total
#3 Chanticleers	22	10	9	0	41
Bulldogs	0	0	7	7	14

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
4–0	2014	CCU, 30–3

Western Illinois

	1	2	3	4	Total
Leathernecks	0	7	14	6	27
#2 Chanticleers	3	7	10	14	34

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–1	2010 FCS Playoffs	WIU, 17–10

Bryant

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bulldogs	10	7	0	0	17
#2 Chanticleers	7	10	7	7	31

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

Alabama A&M

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bulldogs	0	0	0	0	0
#2 Chanticleers	6	32	14	3	55

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

Presbyterian

	1	2	3	4	Total
Blue Hose	3	0	7	7	17
#2 Chanticleers	0	12	5	7	24

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
7–1	2014	CCU, 40–28

at Monmouth

	1	2	3	4	Total
#2 Chanticleers	3	14	3	3	23
Hawks	7	6	7	0	20

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
3–0	2014	CCU, 52–21

at Charleston Southern

	1	2	3	4	Total
#2 Chanticleers	15	0	3	7	25
#24 Buccaneers	13	14	3	3	33

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
8–4	2014	CCU, 43–22

Gardner–Webb

	1	2	3	4	Total
Runnin' Bulldogs	0	0	0	0	0
#8 Chanticleers	15	14	14	3	46

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
10–2	2014	CCU, 38–14

Kennesaw State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Owls	6	0	7	0	13
#4 Chanticleers	13	18	7	7	45

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

at Liberty

	1	2	3	4	Total
#4 Chanticleers	0	14	0	7	21
Flames	7	0	7	10	24

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
6–6	2014	LU, 15–14

FCS Playoffs

First Round–The Citadel

	1	2	3	4	Total
#18 Bulldogs	14	0	14	13	41
#10 Chanticleers	7	14	7	10	38

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–0	2014	CCU, 31–16

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	5	3 (24)	2 (36)	2 (36)	2 (40)	2 (39)	3 (30)	2 (27)	2 (33)	8	4	4	10–T	16
Coaches	5	1 (4)	1 (14)	1 (18)	1 (17)	1 (16)	1 (15)	1 (15)	1 (15)	8	4	4	9	17

References

↑ "Coastal Carolina to Join Sun Belt Conference" (Press release). Sun Belt Conference. September 1, 2015. Retrieved October 12, 2015.

Coastal Carolina Chanticleers football

Venues	Brooks Stadium (2003–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games

Culture & lore	Chauncy "CCU Fight Song" Five-overtime game

People	Head coaches

Seasons	2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

2015 NCAA Division I FCS playoff participants

Charleston Southern Chattanooga The Citadel Coastal Carolina Colgate Dayton Duquesne Eastern Illinois Fordham Illinois State Jacksonville State James Madison McNeese State Montana New Hampshire North Dakota State Northern Iowa Portland State Richmond Sam Houston State South Dakota State Southern Utah Western Illinois William & Mary

Champion – North Dakota State

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