# 2015 Villanova Wildcats football team

The 2015 Villanova Wildcats football team represented Villanova University in the 2015 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by 31st-year head coach Andy Talley and played their home games at Villanova Stadium. They were a member of the Colonial Athletic Association. They finished the season 6–5, 5–3 in CAA play to finish in a three-way tie for fourth place.

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| September 3 | 7:30 pm | at UConn* | No. 4 | Rentschler FieldEast Hartford, CT | SNY/ESPN3 | L 15–20 | 26,113 |
| September 12 | 6:00 pm | at No. 16 Fordham* | No. 6 | Coffey FieldBronx, NY | PLL | W 14–7 | 6,586 |
| September 19 | 12:00 pm | Delaware | No. 6 | Villanova StadiumVillanova, PA (Battle of the Blue) | CSN | W 28–21 | 11,779 |
| September 24 | 7:00 pm | Penn* | No. 5 | Villanova StadiumVillanova, PA | NNAA | L 13–24 | 5,727 |
| October 10 | 12:00 pm | William & Mary | No. 14 | Villanova StadiumVillanova, PA | CSN | L 16–38 | 5,809 |
| October 17 | 3:30 pm | at Albany | No. 25 | Bob Ford Field at Tom & Mary Casey StadiumAlbany, NY | ASN | W 37–0 | 8,500 |
| October 24 | 7:00 pm | at Towson | No. 23 | Johnny Unitas StadiumTowson, MD | ASN | L 21–28 | 7,387 |
| October 31 | 7:30 pm | Maine | | Villanova StadiumVillanova, PA | NBCSN | W 13–3 | 4,309 |
| November 7 | 12:30 pm | at Rhode Island | | Meade StadiumKingston, RI | | W 24–3 | 6,122 |
| November 14 | 3:30 pm | No. 9 Richmond | | Villanova StadiumVillanova, PA | NNAA | W 21–20 | 6,211 |
| November 21 | 12:00 pm | at No. 12 James Madison | | Bridgeforth StadiumHarrisonburg, VA | CSN | L 29–38 | 17,028 |
| *Non-conference gameRankings from STATS Poll released prior to the gameAll times are in Eastern time ||||||||

## Game summaries
### At UConn

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| #4 Wildcats | 0 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 15 |
| Huskies | 6 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 20 |

### At Fordham

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| #6 Wildcats | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| #16 Rams | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |

### Delaware

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Fightin' Blue Hens | 10 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 21 |
| #6 Wildcats | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 28 |

### Penn

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Quakers | 7 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 24 |
| #5 Wildcats | 0 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 13 |

### William & Mary

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Tribe | 3 | 28 | 0 | 7 | 38 |
| #14 Wildcats | 10 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 16 |

### At Albany

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| #25 Wildcats | 10 | 0 | 14 | 13 | 37 |
| Great Danes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### At Towson

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| #23 Wildcats | 0 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 |
| Tigers | 12 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 28 |

### Maine

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Black Bears | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Wildcats | 6 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 13 |

### At Rhode Island

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Wildcats | 7 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 24 |
| Rams | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |

### Richmond

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| #9 Spiders | 0 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 20 |
| Wildcats | 0 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 |

### At James Madison

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Wildcats | 7 | 0 | 7 | 15 | 29 |
| #12 Dukes | 14 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 38 |

## Ranking movements

Ranking movements Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking — = Not ranked RV = Received votes т = Tied with team above or below ( ) = First-place 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 | 4 | 6 (6) | 6 (4) | 5 (4) | 14 | 14 | 25 | 23 | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | |
| Coaches | 3 | 2–T | 3 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 24–T | 22 | RV | RV | RV | RV | — | |