# 2015 Down county football team season

The following is a summary of Down county football team's 2015 season. It was the first and last season for newly appointed Down manager Jim McCorry in charge.

## Kits

McKenna Cup and National League Kits
| Home | Away |

## Competitions

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed/Cancelled

### Dr McKenna Cup

The draw for the 2015 Dr McKenna Cup took place on 5 November 2014.

#### Fixtures

| Date | Round | Home | Score | Away | Ground |
| 4 Jan | Group | Down | 1-09 v 2-11 | Cavan | Páirc Esler, Newry |
| 11 Jan | Group | Monaghan | 0-11 v 1-12 | Down | St. Tiernach's Park, Clones |
| 14 Jan | Group | Down | 1-13 v 1-07 | UUJ | Páirc Esler, Newry |

#### Table

Qualification for next round
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | F | A | Diff | Pts |
| Cavan | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3-34 | 2-30 | 7 | 4 |
| Down | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3-34 | 3-29 | 5 | 4 |
| Monaghan | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0-44 | 4-35 | -3 | 2 |
| UUJ | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4-25 | 1-43 | -9 | 2 |

#### Results
### National Football League Division 2

Down played in Division Two of the National Football League in 2015. The fixtures were announced on 18 September 2014.

#### Fixtures

| Date | Round | Home | Score | Away | Ground |
| 1 Feb | Group | Kildare | 1-15 v 3-13 | Down | St. Conleth's Park, Newbridge |
| 7 Feb | Group | Down | 1-11 v 1-15 | Roscommon | Páirc Esler, Newry |
| 28 Feb | Group | Cavan | 0-08 v 1-09 | Down | Kingspan Breffni Park, Cavan |
| 8 Mar | Group | Down | 1-17 v 1-16 | Galway | Páirc Esler, Newry |
| 15 Mar | Group | Westmeath | 0-10 v 2-17 | Down | Cusack Park, Mullingar |
| 28 Mar | Group | Down | 0-10 v 2-11 | Meath | Páirc Esler, Newry |
| 5 Apr | Group | Down | 3-18 v 1-15 | Laois | Páirc Esler, Newry |
| 26 Apr | Final | Down | 0-15 v 1-17 | Roscommon | Croke Park, Dublin |

#### Table

Compete in Division 2 final and automatic promotion to Division 1  Automatic relegation to Division 3
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | F | A | Diff | Pts |
| Down | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 11-89 | 6-90 | 14 | 10 |
| Roscommon | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7-99 | 6-94 | 8 | 9 |
| Meath | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7-87 | 4-80 | 16 | 9 |
| Galway | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 9-88 | 8-85 | 6 | 8 |
| Cavan | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1-85 | 7-66 | 1 | 7 |
| Laois | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8-80 | 5-92 | -3 | 5 |
| Westmeath | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4-75 | 11-83 | -29 | 4 |
| Kildare | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7-87 | 7-100 | -13 | 4 |
$^1$Roscommon are placed ahead of Meath because they won the head-to-head game between the teams (2-10 to 0-14).
$^2$Westmeath are placed ahead of Kildare because they won the head-to-head game between the teams (0-15 to 0-12).

#### Results
### Ulster Senior Football Championship

The draw for the 2015 Ulster Senior Football Championship took place on 9 October 2014.

#### Fixtures

| Date | Round | Team 1 | Score | Team 2 | Ground |
| 7 June 2015 | Quarter Final | Derry | 0-12 v 0-11 | Down | Celtic Park, Derry |

#### Bracket

| Preliminary round | Preliminary round | Preliminary round | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final | Final |
| | | | Cavan | Cavan | 0-15 | | | | | | |
| | | | Monaghan | Monaghan | 0-16 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Monaghan | Monaghan | 1-20 | | | |
| | | | | | | Fermanagh | Fermanagh | 0-13 | | | |
| | | | Fermanagh | Fermanagh | 1-13 | | | | | | |
| | | | Antrim | Antrim | 0-08 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | Monaghan | Monaghan | 0-11 |
| | | | | | | | | | Donegal | Donegal | 0-10 |
| | | | Derry | Derry | 0-12 | | | | | | |
| | | | Down | Down | 0-11 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Derry | Derry | 0-10 | | | |
| | | | | | | Donegal | Donegal | 1-09 | | | |
| | | | Armagh | Armagh | 0-08 | | | | | | |
| Donegal | Donegal | 1-13 | Donegal | Donegal | 2-11 | | | | | | |
| Tyrone | Tyrone | 1-10 | | | | | | | | | |

#### Results
### All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

Following defeat to Derry in the Ulster Championship quarter-finals, Down entered the All-Ireland in Round 1 of the qualifiers.

#### Fixtures

| Date | Round | Team 1 | Score | Team 2 | Ground |
| 27 June 2015 | Round 1B | Wexford | 2-16 v 2-11 | Down | Wexford Park, Wexford |

## Notable events

* On Saturday 19 September 2014, Kilcoo manager Jim McCorry was named as the new Down boss on a three-year deal.
* On Monday 24 November 2014, former Down All Star Benny Coulter retired from inter-county football following a 15-year career.
* On 20 August 2015, Jim McCorry resigned as Down manager.