# 2015 Indiana State Sycamores football team

The 2015 Indiana State Sycamores football team represented Indiana State University in the 2015 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by third-year head coach Mike Sanford and played their home games at Memorial Stadium. They were a member of the Missouri Valley Football Conference. They finished the season 5–6, 3–5 in MVFC play to finish in a three way tie for sixth place.

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| September 5 | 3:05 pm | Butler* | No. 21 | Memorial StadiumTerre Haute, IN | ESPN3 | W 52–17 | 3,941 |
| September 12 | 12:00 pm | at Purdue* | No. 21 | Ross–Ade StadiumWest Lafayette, IN | ESPNews | L 14–38 | 41,158 |
| September 19 | 3:05 pm | Southeast Missouri State* | No. 23 | Memorial StadiumTerre Haute, IN | ESPN3 | W 29–28 | 6,786 |
| October 3 | 3:00 pm | at Missouri State | No. 21 | Plaster Sports ComplexSpringfield, MO | ESPN3 | W 56–28 | 9,183 |
| October 10 | 7:00 pm | at No. 8 South Dakota State | No. 19 | Coughlin–Alumni StadiumBrookings, SD | ESPN3 | L 7–24 | 9,347 |
| October 17 | 3:05 pm | Southern Illinois | No. 21 | Memorial StadiumTerre Haute, IN | ESPN3 | W 39–36 | 7,421 |
| October 24 | 1:05 pm | No. 8 North Dakota State | No. 18 | Memorial StadiumTerre Haute, IN | MVC TV/ESPN3 | L 14–28 | 6,524 |
| October 31 | 1:00 pm | at No. 3 Illinois State | No. 21 | Hancock StadiumNormal, IL | ESPN3 | L 24–27 | 7,498 |
| November 7 | 7:00 pm | at No. 17 Northern Iowa | No. 23 | UNI-DomeCedar Falls, IA | ESPN3 | L 13–59 | 13,224 |
| November 14 | 1:05 pm | Western Illinois | | Memorial StadiumTerre Haute, IN | ESPN3 | L 30–37 $^{OT}$ | 4,567 |
| November 21 | 1:05 pm | Youngstown State | | Memorial StadiumTerre Haute, IN | ESPN3 | W 27–24 | 1,121 |
| *Non-conference gameHomecomingRankings from STATS FCS Poll released prior to game Poll released prior to the gameAll times are in Eastern time ||||||||
* Source: Schedule

## Game summaries
### Butler

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Bulldogs | 0 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 17 |
| #21 Sycamores | 24 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 52 |

### At Purdue

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| #21 Sycamores | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
| Boilermakers | 14 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 38 |

### Southeast Missouri State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Redhawks | 7 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 28 |
| #23 Sycamores | 0 | 0 | 21 | 8 | 29 |

### At Missouri State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| #21 Sycamores | 7 | 14 | 14 | 21 | 56 |
| Bears | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 28 |

### At South Dakota State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| #19 Sycamores | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| #8 Jackrabbits | 0 | 14 | 0 | 10 | 24 |

### Southern Illinois

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

### North Dakota State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| #8 Bison | 7 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 28 |
| #18 Sycamores | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 |

### At Illinois State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| #21 Sycamores | 0 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 24 |
| #3 Redbirds | 2 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 27 |

### At Northern Iowa

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| #23 Sycamores | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 13 |
| #17 Panthers | 10 | 28 | 7 | 14 | 59 |

### Western Illinois

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | Total |
| Leathernecks | 3 | 7 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 37 |
| Sycamores | 13 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 30 |

### Youngstown State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Penguins | 14 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 24 |
| Sycamores | 7 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 27 |

## 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 | 21 | 21 | 23 | 22 | 21 | 19 | 21 | 18 | 21 | 23 | RV | — | RV | |
| Coaches | 20 | 21 | 25 | 23 | 24 | 21 | RV | 21 | 23 | RV | RV | — | — | |