# 2015 Southern Illinois Salukis football team

The 2015 Southern Illinois Salukis football team represented Southern Illinois University Carbondale as a member of the Missouri Valley Football Conference (MVFC) during the 2015 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Led by Dale Lennon in his eighth and final season as head coach, the Salukis compiled an overall record of 3–8 with a mark of 2–6 in conference play, placing ninth in the MVFC. Southern Illinois played home games at Saluki Stadium in Carbondale, Illinois.
On November 30, head coach Lennon was fired. He finished his tenure at Southern Illinois with an eight-year record of 51–42.

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| September 5 | 3:00 pm | at Indiana* | Memorial StadiumBloomington, IN | ESPNews | L 47–48 | 36,071 |
| September 12 | 6:00 pm | at Southeast Missouri State* | Houck StadiumCape Girardeau, MO | | L 24–27 | 8,015 |
| September 26 | 6:00 pm | No. 10 Liberty* | Saluki StadiumCarbondale, IL | ESPN3 | W 34–13 | 11,886 |
| October 3 | 3:00 pm | at Western Illinois | Hanson FieldMacomb, IL | ESPN3 | L 36–37 | 7,125 |
| October 10 | 6:00 pm | Missouri State | Saluki StadiumCarbondale, IL | ESPN3 | W 73–26 | 5,509 |
| October 17 | 2:05 pm | at No. 21 Indiana State | Memorial StadiumTerre Haute, IN | ESPN3 | L 36–39 | 7,421 |
| October 24 | 6:00 pm | No. 16 Youngstown State | Saluki StadiumCarbondale, IL | ESPN3 | W 38–31 $^{OT}$ | 8,459 |
| October 31 | 2:00 pm | No. 7 North Dakota State | Saluki StadiumCarbondale, IL | ESPN3 | L 29–35 | 6,508 |
| November 7 | 1:00 pm | at South Dakota | DakotaDomeVermillion, SD | ESPN3 | L 31–34 | 8,012 |
| November 14 | 2:00 pm | No. 6 Illinois State | Saluki StadiumCarbondale, IL | MVC TV/ESPN3 | L 21–42 | 6,388 |
| November 21 | 4:00 pm | at No. 15 Northern Iowa | UNI-DomeCedar Falls, IA | MVC TV/ESPN3 | L 28–49 | 9,915 |
| *Non-conference gameHomecomingRankings from STATS Poll released prior to the gameAll times are in Central time |||||||

## Game summaries
### At Indiana

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Salukis | 11 | 21 | 0 | 15 | 47 |
| Hoosiers | 7 | 14 | 17 | 10 | 48 |

### At Southeast Missouri State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Salukis | 7 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 24 |
| Redhawks | 17 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 27 |

### Liberty

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| #10 Flames | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 13 |
| Salukis | 3 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 34 |

### At Western Illinois

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Salukis | 0 | 20 | 7 | 9 | 36 |
| Leathernecks | 7 | 7 | 14 | 9 | 37 |

### Missouri State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Bears | 3 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 26 |
| Salukis | 21 | 17 | 21 | 14 | 73 |

### At Indiana State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Salukis | 7 | 7 | 7 | 15 | 36 |
| #21 Sycamores | 7 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 39 |

### Youngstown State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | Total |
| #16 Penguins | 0 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 31 |
| Salukis | 0 | 7 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 38 |

### North Dakota State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| #7 Bison | 7 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 35 |
| Salukis | 3 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 29 |

### At South Dakota

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Salukis | 7 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 31 |
| Coyotes | 7 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 34 |

### Illinois State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| #6 Redbirds | 0 | 14 | 21 | 7 | 42 |
| Salukis | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 21 |

### At Northern Iowa

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Salukis | 0 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 28 |
| #15 Panthers | 14 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 49 |