# 2015 Southern Utah Thunderbirds football team

The 2015 Southern Utah Thunderbirds football team represented Southern Utah University in the 2015 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by eighth-year head coach Ed Lamb and played their home games at Eccles Coliseum. This was their fourth year as a member of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 8–4, 7–1 in Big Sky play to be crowned Big Sky champion for the first time. They received the Big Sky's automatic bid to the FCS playoffs where they lost in the first round to Sam Houston State.
On December 26, Lamb resigned to become the special teams coordinator and tight ends coach at BYU. He finished at Southern Utah with an eight year record of 45–47.

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| September 3 | 7:00 pm | at Utah State* | | Maverik StadiumLogan, UT | | L 9–12 | 21,209 |
| September 12 | 5:00 pm | at No. 9 South Dakota State* | | Coughlin–Alumni StadiumBrookings, SD | ESPN3 | L 10–55 | 13,423 |
| September 19 | 6:00 pm | Northern Colorado | | Eccles ColiseumCedar City, UT | WBS | W 30–3 | 5,103 |
| September 26 | 6:00 pm | Brevard* | | Eccles ColiseumCedar City, UT | WBS | W 55–7 | 5,789 |
| October 2 | 6:00 pm | at Weber State | | Stewart StadiumOgden, UT | WBS | W 44–0 | 5,778 |
| October 17 | 6:00 pm | Sacramento State | | Eccles ColiseumCedar City, UT | WBS | W 44–0 | 3,607 |
| October 24 | 5:00 pm | at UC Davis | | Aggie StadiumDavis, CA | | W 34–6 | 4,640 |
| October 31 | 3:00 pm | Cal Poly | | Eccles ColiseumCedar City, UT | WBS | W 54–37 | 4,506 |
| November 7 | 1:00 pm | at Montana State | No. 20 | Bobcat StadiumBozeman, MT | RTUT | W 34–23 | 17,427 |
| November 14 | 3:05 pm | at No. 15 Portland State | No. 18 | Providence ParkPortland, OR | WBS | L 23–24 | 6,122 |
| November 21 | 3:00 pm | No. 24 Northern Arizona | No. 20 | Eccles ColiseumCedar City, UT (Grand Canyon Rivalry) | WBS | W 49–41 | 9,022 |
| November 28 | 3:00 pm | at No. 6 Sam Houston State* | No. 17 | Bowers StadiumHuntsville, TX (NCAA Division I First Round) | ESPN3 | L 39–42 | 3,098 |
| *Non-conference gameHomecomingRankings from STATS Poll released prior to the gameAll times are in Mountain time ||||||||

## Game summaries
### At Utah State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Thunderbirds | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Aggies | 5 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 12 |

### At South Dakota State

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

### Northern Colorado

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Bears | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Thunderbirds | 17 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 30 |

### Brevard

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Tornados | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| Thunderbirds | 7 | 20 | 14 | 14 | 55 |

### At Weber State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Thunderbirds | 7 | 10 | 14 | 13 | 44 |
| Wildcats | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Sacramento State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Hornets | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Thunderbirds | 21 | 0 | 16 | 7 | 44 |

### At UC Davis

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Thunderbirds | 0 | 7 | 13 | 14 | 34 |
| Aggies | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 |

### Cal Poly

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Mustangs | 3 | 21 | 7 | 6 | 37 |
| Thunderbirds | 10 | 23 | 7 | 14 | 54 |

### At Montana State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| #20 Thunderbirds | 0 | 7 | 19 | 8 | 34 |
| Bobcats | 7 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 23 |

### At Portland State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| #18 Thunderbirds | 10 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 23 |
| #15 Vikings | 7 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 24 |

### Northern Arizona

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| #24 Lumberjacks | 3 | 21 | 7 | 10 | 41 |
| #20 Thunderbirds | 7 | 7 | 21 | 14 | 49 |

## FCS Playoffs
### First Round–at Sam Houston State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| #17 Thunderbirds | 6 | 26 | 7 | 0 | 39 |
| #6 Bearkats | 16 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 42 |

## Ranking movements

Ranking movements Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking — = Not ranked RV = Received votes :
| | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week |
| Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
| STATS FCS | — | — | — | — | — | — | RV | RV | RV | 20 | 18 | 20 | 17 | 18 |
| Coaches | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | RV | 24 | 18 | 15 | 18 | 16 | 18 |