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2015 South Dakota State Jackrabbits football
Conference Missouri Valley Football Conference
Ranking
STATSNo. 15
FCS CoachesNo. 16
Record8–4 (5–3 MVFC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinator Eric Eidsness (10th season)
Defensive coordinatorClint Brown (7th season)
Home stadium Coughlin–Alumni Stadium
Seasons
←  2014
2016 →
2015 Missouri Valley Football Conference standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 1 North Dakota State +^   7 1     13 2  
No. 5 Illinois State +^   7 1     10 3  
No. 8 Northern Iowa ^   5 3     9 5  
No. 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 Poll

The 2015 South Dakota State Jackrabbits football team represented South Dakota State University as a member of the Missouri Valley Football Conference (MVFC) during the 2015 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Led by 19th-year head coach John Stiegelmeier, the Jackrabbits compiled an overall record of 8–4 with a mark of 5–3 in conference play, placing in a three-way tie for third in the MVFC. South Dakota State received an at–large bid to the NCAA Division I Football Championship playoffs, where the Jackrabbits lost to Montana in the first round. The team played home games at Coughlin–Alumni Stadium in Brookings, South Dakota.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 511:00 amat Kansas*No. 16 FSNW 41–3830,144
September 126:00 pm Southern Utah*No. 9 ESPN3W 55–1013,423
September 265:00 pm Robert Morris*No. 6
  • Coughlin–Alumni Stadium
  • Brookings, SD
Midco/ESPN3W 34–1012,153
October 36:00 pmNo. 3 North Dakota StateNo. 5
Midco/ESPN3L 7–2817,348
October 106:00 pmNo. 19 Indiana StateNo. 8
  • Coughlin–Alumni Stadium
  • Brookings, SD
Midco/ESPN3W 24–79,347
October 173:00 pmat No. 11 Youngstown StateNo. 7MVC TV/ESPN3W 38–814,974
October 242:00 pmNo. 22 Northern IowaNo. 6
  • Coughlin–Alumni Stadium
  • Brookings, SD
Midco/ESPN3L 7–1016,042
October 312:00 pmat Missouri StateNo. 14MVC TV/ESPN3W 39–03,729
November 72:00 pmNo. 2 Illinois StateNo. 11
  • Coughlin–Alumni Stadium
  • Brookings, SD
Midco/ESPN3W 25–209,081
November 142:00 pmat South DakotaNo. 5Midco/ESPN3W 30–2310,345
November 211:00 pmat Western IllinoisNo. 5ESPN3L 24–30 2OT1,853
November 282:00 pmat No. 16 Montana*No. 10 ESPN3L 17–2414,575

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Game summaries

At Kansas

1 2 3 4 Total
#16 Jackrabbits 17 14 3 7 41
Jayhawks 7 7 14 10 38

Southern Utah

1 2 3 4 Total
Thunderbirds 7 0 0 3 10
#9 Jackrabbits 3 24 7 21 55

Robert Morris

1 2 3 4 Total
Colonials 0 10 0 0 10
#6 Jackrabbits 7 13 7 7 34

North Dakota State

1 2 3 4 Total
#3 Bison 7 14 7 0 28
#5 Jackrabbits 0 0 7 0 7

Indiana State

1 2 3 4 Total
#19 Sycamores 0 0 7 0 7
#8 Jackrabbits 0 14 0 10 24

At Youngstown State

1 2 3 4 Total
#7 Jackrabbbits 7 10 7 14 38
#11 Penguins 2 3 3 0 8

Northern Iowa

1 2 3 4 Total
#22 Panthers 0 3 7 0 10
#6 Jackrabbits 0 0 7 0 7

At Missouri State

1 2 3 4 Total
#14 Jackrabbits 10 12 10 7 39
Bears 0 0 0 0 0

Illinois State

1 2 3 4 Total
#2 Redbirds 7 0 7 6 20
#11 Jackrabbits 0 13 6 6 25

At South Dakota

1 2 3 4 Total
#5 Jackrabbits 3 7 0 20 30
Coyotes 7 0 13 3 23

At Western Illinois

1 2 3 4OT2OT Total
#5 Jackrabbbits 0 10 0 770 24
Leathernecks 3 0 7 776 30

FCS playoffs

First round – at Montana

1 2 3 4 Total
#10 Jackrabbits 0 0 10 7 17
#16 Grizzlies 7 17 0 0 24

Ranking movements

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
т = Tied with team above or below ( ) = First-place votes
Week
PollPre123456789101112Final
STATS FCS169 (8)7 (8)6 (6)5 (6)87614115510–T15
Coaches1510 (1)8 (2)7 (1)7 (1)9761311551216

References

  1. ^ "South Dakota State Jackrabbits Schedule 2015". ESPN. Retrieved January 17, 2024.
  2. ^ "2015 Football Schedule". South Dakota State University Athletics. Retrieved January 17, 2024.