# 2015 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football team

The 2015 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football team represented Northern Arizona University in the 2015 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by 18th-year head coach Jerome Souers and played their home games at the Walkup Skydome. They were a member of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 7–4, 5–3 in Big Sky play to finish in a four-way tie for fourth place.

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| September 5 | 4:00 pm | at No. 24 Stephen F. Austin* | | Homer Bryce StadiumNacogdoches, TX | ESPN3 | W 34–28 | 8,473 |
| September 12 | 4:00 pm | New Mexico Highlands* | | Walkup SkydomeFlagstaff, AZ | FSAZ+, FCSP | W 41–5 | 9,681 |
| September 19 | 8:00 pm | at No. 20 (FBS) Arizona* | No. 24 | Arizona StadiumTucson, AZ | P12N | L 13–77 | 51,494 |
| September 26 | 1:00 pm | at No. 14 Montana | | Washington–Grizzly StadiumMissoula, MT | RTNW | L 14–23 | 26,136 |
| October 3 | 4:00 pm | No. 11 Montana State | | Walkup SkydomeFlagstaff, AZ | FSAZ+ | W 49–41 | 9,431 |
| October 10 | 4:00 pm | at UC Davis | | Aggie StadiumDavis, CA | WBS | L 24–38 | 6,432 |
| October 24 | 4:00 pm | Weber State | | Walkup SkydomeFlagstaff, AZ | FSAZ+ | W 52–36 | 8,367 |
| October 31 | 2:00 pm | Northern Colorado | | Walkup SkydomeFlagstaff, AZ | FSAZ+ | W 63–21 | 4,091 |
| November 7 | 4:05 pm | at No. 4 Eastern Washington | | Roos FieldCheney, WA | FSAZ+ | W 52–30 | 9,214 |
| November 14 | 2:00 pm | Sacramento State | | Walkup SkydomeFlagstaff, AZ | FSAZ+ | W 49–35 | 5,937 |
| November 21 | 3:00 pm | at No. 20 Southern Utah | No. 24 | Eccles ColiseumCedar City, UT (Grand Canyon Rivalry) | WBS | L 41–49 | 9,022 |
| *Non-conference gameHomecomingRankings from STATS Poll released prior to the gameAll times are in Mountain time ||||||||

## Game summaries
### At Stephen F. Austin

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| NAU Lumberjacks | 10 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 34 |
| #24 SFA Lumberjacks | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 28 |

### New Mexico Highlands

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Cowboys | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| Lumberjacks | 17 | 14 | 0 | 10 | 41 |

### At #20 (FBS) Arizona

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| #24 Lumberjacks | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| #20 (FBS) Wildcats | 7 | 35 | 14 | 21 | 77 |

### At Montana

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Lumberjacks | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 14 |
| #14 Grizzlies | 10 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 23 |

### Montana State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| #11 Bobcats | 7 | 7 | 6 | 21 | 41 |
| Lumberjacks | 14 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 49 |

### At UC Davis

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Lumberjacks | 7 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 24 |
| Aggies | 14 | 3 | 14 | 7 | 38 |

### Weber State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Wildcats | 0 | 9 | 14 | 13 | 36 |
| Lumberjacks | 21 | 14 | 7 | 10 | 52 |

### Northern Colorado

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Bears | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 21 |
| Lumberjacks | 28 | 14 | 21 | 0 | 63 |

### At Eastern Washington

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Lumberjacks | 7 | 7 | 10 | 28 | 52 |
| #4 Eagles | 0 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 30 |

### Sacramento State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Hornets | 14 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 35 |
| Lumberjacks | 14 | 21 | 7 | 7 | 49 |

### At Southern Utah

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| #24 Lumberjacks | 3 | 21 | 7 | 10 | 41 |
| #20 Thunderbirds | 7 | 7 | 21 | 14 | 49 |

## 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 | RV | RV | 24 | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | 24 | RV | RV |
| Coaches | RV | RV | 24 | RV | RV | RV | — | — | — | RV | 25 | 20 | 23 | RV |