# 2015 New Hampshire Wildcats football team

The 2015 New Hampshire Wildcats football team represented the University of New Hampshire in the 2015 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by 17th-year head coach Sean McDonnell and played their home games at Cowell Stadium. They were a member of the Colonial Athletic Association. They finished the season 7–5, 5–3 in CAA play to finish in a three-way tie for fourth place. They received an at-large bid to the FCS Playoffs where they lost in the first round to Colgate.

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| September 3 | 10:00 pm | at San Jose State* | No. 9 | Spartan StadiumSan Jose, CA | | L 13–43 | 15,198 |
| September 12 | 6:00 pm | at Colgate* | No. 12 | Crown Field at Andy Kerr StadiumHamilton, NY | | W 26–8 | 2,988 |
| September 19 | 7:00 pm | at Stony Brook | No. 13 | Kenneth P. LaValle StadiumStony Brook, NY | ASN | L 6–31 | 7,072 |
| September 26 | 6:00 pm | Central Connecticut* | No. 21 | Cowell StadiumDurham, NH | UNHTV | W 57–14 | 6,215 |
| October 3 | 3:30 pm | Elon | No. 20 | Cowell StadiumDurham, NH | ASN | W 37–14 | 16,713 |
| October 17 | 12:00 pm | at No. 24 William & Mary | No. 19 | Zable StadiumWilliamsburg, VA | CSN | L 18–34 | 10,180 |
| October 24 | 3:30 pm | at Delaware | | Delaware StadiumNewark, DE | | L 14–31 | 19,924 |
| October 31 | 1:00 pm | Rhode Island | | Cowell StadiumDurham, NH | UNHTV | W 20–17 | 5,003 |
| November 7 | 3:00 pm | No. 5 Richmond | | Cowell StadiumDurham, NH | NBCSN | W 30–25 | 4,992 |
| November 14 | 7:00 pm | at Albany | | Bob Ford Field at Tom & Mary Casey StadiumAlbany, NY | ASN | W 24–14 | 3,814 |
| November 21 | 1:00 pm | Maine | | Cowell StadiumDurham, NH (Battle for the Brice–Cowell Musket) | UNHTV | W 22–6 | 7,594 |
| November 28 | 3:30 pm | Colgate* | | Cowell StadiumDurham, NH (NCAA Division I First Round) | ESPN3 | L 20–27 | 3,303 |
| *Non-conference gameHomecomingRankings from STATS Poll released prior to the gameAll times are in Eastern time ||||||||

## Game summaries
### At San Jose State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| #9 Wildcats | 0 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 13 |
| Spartans | 20 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 43 |

### At Colgate

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| #12 Wildcats | 7 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 26 |
| Raiders | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 8 |

### At Stony Brook

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| #13 Wildcats | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Seawolves | 7 | 10 | 14 | 0 | 31 |

### Central Connecticut

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Blue Devils | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
| #21 Wildcats | 25 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 57 |

### Elon

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Phoenix | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
| #20 Wildcats | 20 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 37 |

### At William & Mary

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| #19 Wildcats | 7 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 18 |
| #24 Tribe | 7 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 34 |

### At Delaware

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Wildcats | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| Fightin' Blue Hens | 6 | 0 | 18 | 7 | 31 |

### Rhode Island

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Rams | 3 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| Wildcats | 0 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 20 |

### Richmond

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| #5 Spiders | 7 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 25 |
| Wildcats | 14 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 30 |

### At Albany

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Wildcats | 10 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 24 |
| Great Danes | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 14 |

### Maine

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Black Bears | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| Wildcats | 7 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 22 |

### Colgate—NCAA Division I First Round

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Raiders | 6 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 27 |
| Wildcats | 0 | 6 | 0 | 14 | 20 |

## 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 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 21 | 20 | 21 | 19 | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV |
| Coaches | 7 | 15 | 13 | 24 | 23 | 22 | 20 | RV | RV | — | — | RV | RV | RV |