# 2015 South Florida Bulls football team

The 2015 South Florida Bulls football team represented the University of South Florida (USF) in the 2015 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The 2015 college football season was the 19th season for the Bulls, and their third as a member of the American Athletic Conference (The American), this season joining the newly formed East Division. They played their home games at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, FL. They were led by Head Coach Willie Taggart, who was in his third year. They finished the season 8–5, 6–2 in American Athletic play to finish in second place in the East Division. They were invited to the Miami Beach Bowl where they lost to Western Kentucky.

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| September 5 | 7:00 p.m. | Florida A&M* | Raymond James StadiumTampa, FL | ESPN3 | W 51–3 | 30,434 |
| September 12 | 11:30 a.m. | at No. 11 Florida State* | Doak Campbell StadiumTallahassee, FL | ESPN | L 14–34 | 72,811 |
| September 19 | 12:00 p.m. | at Maryland* | Byrd StadiumCollege Park, MD | ESPNU | L 17–35 | 36,827 |
| October 2 | 7:00 p.m. | Memphis | Raymond James StadiumTampa, FL | ESPN2 | L 17–24 | 22,546 |
| October 10 | 3:30 p.m. | Syracuse* | Raymond James StadiumTampa, FL | CBSSN | W 45–24 | 27,235 |
| October 17 | 12:00 p.m. | at UConn | Rentschler FieldEast Hartford, CT | ESPNU | W 28–20 | 31,719 |
| October 24 | 4:00 p.m. | SMU | Raymond James StadiumTampa, FL | ESPNews | W 38–14 | 24,338 |
| October 31 | 12:00 p.m. | at Navy | Navy–Marine Corps Memorial StadiumAnnapolis, MD | CBSSN | L 17–29 | 26,766 |
| November 7 | 7:30 p.m. | at East Carolina | Dowdy–Ficklen StadiumGreenville, NC | CBSSN | W 22–17 | 45,194 |
| November 14 | 7:00 p.m. | No. 21 Temple | Raymond James StadiumTampa, FL | CBSSN | W 44–23 | 28,393 |
| November 20 | 8:00 p.m. | Cincinnati | Raymond James StadiumTampa, FL | CBSSN | W 65–27 | 26,522 |
| November 26 | 7:30 p.m. | at UCF | Bright House Networks StadiumOrlando, FL (rivalry) | ESPN | W 44–3 | 25,967 |
| December 21 | 2:30 p.m. | vs. No. 25 Western Kentucky* | Marlins ParkMiami, FL (Miami Beach Bowl) | ESPN | L 35–45 | 21,712 |
| *Non-conference gameHomecomingRankings from AP Poll released prior to the gameAll times are in Eastern time |||||||

## Game summaries
### Florida A&M

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Rattlers | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Bulls | 3 | 13 | 14 | 21 | 51 |

### At Florida State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Bulls | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 14 |
| #11 Seminoles | 7 | 0 | 17 | 10 | 34 |

### At Maryland

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Bulls | 7 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 17 |
| Terrapins | 14 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 35 |

### Memphis

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Tigers | 0 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 24 |
| Bulls | 7 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 17 |

### Syracuse

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Orange | 0 | 3 | 14 | 7 | 24 |
| Bulls | 0 | 10 | 21 | 14 | 45 |

### At UConn

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Bulls | 0 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 28 |
| Huskies | 0 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 20 |

### SMU

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Mustangs | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14 |
| Bulls | 3 | 14 | 7 | 14 | 38 |

### At Navy

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Bulls | 10 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 17 |
| Midshipmen | 3 | 10 | 3 | 13 | 29 |

### At East Carolina

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Bulls | 2 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 22 |
| Pirates | 0 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 17 |

### Temple

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| #21 Owls | 7 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 23 |
| Bulls | 7 | 24 | 3 | 10 | 44 |

### Cincinnati

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Bearcats | 0 | 3 | 17 | 7 | 27 |
| Bulls | 27 | 24 | 7 | 7 | 65 |

### At UCF

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Bulls | 7 | 17 | 14 | 6 | 44 |
| Knights | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |

### WKU (Miami Beach Bowl)

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| #25 Hilltoppers | 0 | 10 | 28 | 7 | 45 |
| Bulls | 7 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 35 |