2015 Western Illinois Leathernecks football team

2015 Western Illinois Leathernecks football
ConferenceMissouri Valley Football Conference
Record7–6 (5–3 MVFC)
Head coach
Defensive coordinatorBrian Mohnsen (1st season)
Home stadiumHanson Field
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 Western Illinois Leathernecks football team represented Western Illinois University as a member of the Missouri Valley Football Conference (MVFC) during the 2015 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Led by Bob Nielson in his third and final season as head coach, the Leathernecks compiled an overall record of 7–6 overall with mark of 5–3 in conference play, placing in a three-way tie for third in the MVFC. Western Illinois received an at-large bid to NCAA Division I Football Championship playoffs, where the Leathernecks defeated Dayton in the first round before losing to fellow MVFC member Illinois State in the second round. The team played home games at Hanson Field in Macomb, Illinois.

On December 14, Nielson resigned to become the head coach at fellow MVFC member South Dakota.[1] He finished his three-year tenure at Western Illinois with a record of 16–21.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 36:00 pmEastern Illinois*
WIUtv3, ESPN3W 33–55,985
September 1211:00 amat Illinois*
BTNL 0–4437,733
September 195:00 pmat No. 2 Coastal Carolina*
BSNL 27–3410,311
October 33:00 pmSouthern Illinois
  • Hanson Field
  • Macomb, IL
WIUtv3/ESPN3W 37–367,125
October 103:00 pmSouth Dakota
  • Hanson Field
  • Macomb, IL
MVC TV, WIUtv3, ESPN3W 40–216,298
October 174:00 pmat No. 12 Northern Iowa
WIUtv3, ESPN3W 24–1916,324
October 242:00 pmat No. 3 Illinois StateNo. 20
ESPN3L 28–4813,391
October 311:00 pmNo. 25 Youngstown StateNo. 23
  • Hanson Field
  • Macomb, IL
WIUtv3, ESPN3L 21–232,610
November 72:30 pmat No. 6 North Dakota State
WIUtv3-TD, ESPN3L 7–5918,251
November 1412:05 pmat Indiana State
WIUtv3-TD, ESPN3W 37–30 OT4,567
November 211:00 pmNo. 5 South Dakota State
  • Hanson Field
  • Macomb, IL
WIUtv3, ESPN3W 30–24 2OT1,853
November 2811:00 amat Dayton*
ESPN3W 24–7997
December 51:00 pmat No. 4 Illinois State*
  • Hancock Stadium
  • Normal, IL (NCAA Division I Second Round)
ESPN3L 19–366,124
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

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Ranking

Ranking movements
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— = Not ranked RV = Received votes
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References

  1. ^ "Texas High School Football Hall of Fame to enshrine Kenneth West".
  2. ^ "Western Illinois Schedule 2015". ESPN. Retrieved March 15, 2026.
  3. ^ "2015 Football Schedule". Western Illinois University. Retrieved March 15, 2026.
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