# 2015 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football team

The 2015 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football team represented Louisiana Tech University in the 2015 NCAA Division I FBS football season as members of the West Division of Conference USA. They were led by third-year head coach Skip Holtz and played their home games at Joe Aillet Stadium in Ruston, Louisiana. They finished the season 9–4, 6–2 in C-USA play to finish in second place in the West Division. They were invited to the New Orleans Bowl where they defeated Arkansas State.

## Schedule

Louisiana Tech announced their 2015 football schedule on February 2, 2015. The 2015 schedule consist of six home and away games in the regular season. The Bulldogs will host CUSA foes Florida International (FIU), North Texas, Middle Tennessee, and Southern Miss, and will travel to Rice, UTEP, UTSA, and Western Kentucky (WKU).
| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| September 5 | 6:00 pm | Southern* | Joe Aillet StadiumRuston, LA | ASN | W 62–15 | 27,905 |
| September 10 | 7:00 pm | at Western Kentucky | Houchens Industries–L. T. Smith StadiumBowling Green, KY | FS1 | L 38–41 | 17,515 |
| September 19 | 2:00 pm | at Kansas State* | Bill Snyder Family Football StadiumManhattan, KS | FSN | L 33–39 $^{3OT}$ | 53,540 |
| September 26 | 1:30 pm | FIU | Joe Aillet StadiumRuston, LA | FCS | W 27–17 | 20,010 |
| October 3 | 6:00 pm | Louisiana–Lafayette* | Joe Aillet StadiumRuston, LA | ASN | W 43–14 | 26,910 |
| October 10 | 6:00 pm | at UTSA | AlamodomeSan Antonio, TX | ASN | W 34–31 | 24,392 |
| October 17 | 11:00 am | at Mississippi State* | Davis Wade StadiumStarkville, MS | SECN | L 20–45 | 61,651 |
| October 24 | 2:30 pm | Middle Tennessee | Joe Aillet StadiumRuston, LA | FSN | W 45–16 | 15,024 |
| October 30 | 7:00 pm | at Rice | Rice StadiumHouston, TX | FS1 | W 42–17 | 18,010 |
| November 7 | 2:30 pm | North Texas | Joe Aillet StadiumRuston, LA | FCS | W 56–13 | 16,986 |
| November 21 | 2:30 pm | at UTEP | Sun BowlEl Paso, TX | FSN | W 17–15 | 22,286 |
| November 28 | 11:00 am | Southern Miss | Joe Aillet StadiumRuston, LA (Rivalry in Dixie) | FSN | L 24–58 | 19,028 |
| December 19 | 8:00 pm | vs. Arkansas State* | Mercedes-Benz SuperdomeNew Orleans, LA (New Orleans Bowl) | ESPN | W 47–28 | 32,847 |
| *Non-conference gameHomecomingAll times are in Central time |||||||

## Game summaries
### Southern

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Jaguars | 8 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 15 |
| Bulldogs | 24 | 28 | 7 | 3 | 62 |

### At Western Kentucky

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Bulldogs | 0 | 17 | 7 | 14 | 38 |
| Hilltoppers | 14 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 41 |

### At Kansas State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | Total |
| Bulldogs | 0 | 10 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 33 |
| Wildcats | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 16 | 39 |

### FIU

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Panthers | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 17 |
| Bulldogs | 7 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 27 |

### Louisiana–Lafayette

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Ragin' Cajuns | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
| Bulldogs | 7 | 22 | 7 | 7 | 43 |

### At UTSA

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Bulldogs | 10 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 34 |
| Roadrunners | 3 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 31 |

### At Mississippi State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| LT Bulldogs | 14 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 20 |
| MSU Bulldogs | 7 | 17 | 14 | 7 | 45 |

### Middle Tennessee

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Blue Raiders | 7 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 16 |
| Bulldogs | 14 | 21 | 0 | 10 | 45 |

### At Rice

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Bulldogs | 14 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 42 |
| Owls | 7 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 17 |

### North Texas

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Mean Green | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 13 |
| Bulldogs | 21 | 7 | 14 | 14 | 56 |

### At Texas–El Paso

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Bulldogs | 3 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 17 |
| Miners | 0 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 15 |

### Southern Miss

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Golden Eagles | 7 | 17 | 7 | 27 | 58 |
| Bulldogs | 3 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 24 |

### Arkansas State–New Orleans Bowl

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Red Wolves | 3 | 14 | 3 | 8 | 28 |
| Bulldogs | 10 | 7 | 17 | 13 | 47 |

## NFL Draft

| Rnd. | Pick No. | NFL team | Player | Pos. | College | Conf. |
| 1 | 30 | Carolina Panthers | Vernon Butler | DT | Louisiana Tech | C-USA |
| 4 | 134 | Baltimore Ravens | Kenneth Dixon | RB | Louisiana Tech | C-USA |
| 6 | 207 | San Francisco 49ers | Jeff Driskel | QB | Louisiana Tech | C-USA |