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2015 MEAC football season
League	NCAA Division I FCS (Football Championship Subdivision)
Sport	Football
Duration	September 3, 2015 – December 19, 2015
Number of teams	12
Season champions	North Carolina A&T Aggies Bethune-Cookman Wildcats North Carolina Central Eagles[Notes 1]
MEAC football seasons
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2015 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 21 North Carolina A&T +		7	–	1					10	–	2
Bethune–Cookman +		7	–	1					9	–	2
North Carolina Central +		7	–	1					8	–	3
South Carolina State		6	–	2					7	–	4
Hampton		5	–	3					6	–	5
Morgan State		4	–	4					4	–	6
Norfolk State		4	–	4					4	–	7
Savannah State *		1	–	7					1	–	9
Delaware State		1	–	7					1	–	10
Florida A&M *		1	–	7					1	–	10
Howard		1	–	7					1	–	10
+ – Conference co-champions Florida A&M and Savannah State ineligible for postseason due to APR violations Rankings from STATS Poll

The 2015 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference football season was the XXth season for MEAC Football, as part of the 2015 NCAA Division I FCS football season.

22nd ranked Bethune-Cookman, along with North Carolina A&T, South Carolina State, North Carolina Central & Morgan State finished the season in a five-way tie for the MEAC Championship. Due to the MEAC's tiebreaker system, Morgan State earned the conference's automatic bid to the FCS Playoffs marking the Bears's first time in the FCS playoffs.^[1] Morgan State lost to Richmond in the first round of the playoffs, eliminating the MEAC's lone representative in the postseason.

• Terry Sims, Bethune-Cookman – 1st year
• Kenny Carter, Delaware State– 1st year
• Alex Wood, Florida A&M – 1st year
• Connell Maynor, Hampton – 2nd year
• Gary Harrell, Howard – 4th year
• Lee Hull, Morgan State – 2nd year
• Latrell Scott, Norfolk State – 2nd year
• Rod Broadway, North Carolina A&T – 4th year
• Jerry Mack, North Carolina Central – 2nd year
• Earnest Wilson, Savannah State – 3rd year
• Oliver Pough, South Carolina State – 14th year

Legend

		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		Not ranked previous week

		Pre	Wk 1	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Wk 10	Wk 11	Wk 12	Final
Bethune-Cookman	STATS FCS	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV
	Coaches	RV	NV	NV	NV	NV	RV	RV	RV	RV	25	23
	Sheridan	5	5	3	4	4	4	4	6
	BoxtoRow	3	5	4	5	4	3	3 (1)	4	4
Delaware State	STATS FCS	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV
	Coaches	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV
	Sheridan	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV
	BoxtoRow	NV	RV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV
Florida A&M	STATS FCS
	Coaches
	Sheridan
	BoxtoRow
Hampton	STATS FCS
	Coaches
	Sheridan	NV	10	10	10	RV	RV	RV	RV
	BoxtoRow	RV	10	8	6	9	RV	RV	8	9
Howard	STATS FCS
	Coaches
	Sheridan
	BoxtoRow
Morgan State	STATS FCS
	Coaches
	Sheridan	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	9	RV	RV
	BoxtoRow	9	RV	RV	RV	RV	9	9	RV	RV
Norfolk State	STATS FCS
	Coaches
	Sheridan	NV	NV	RV	RV	10	7	RV	RV
	BoxtoRow	NV	RV	RV	NV	RV	T-10	RV	RV	RV
North Carolina A&T	STATS FCS	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	24	20	19	19	16	22
	Coaches	RV	NV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	24	20	19	14
	Sheridan	2 (7)	2 (10)	2 (11)	2 (10)	2 (10)	2 (10)	2 (10)	1 (19)					3
	BoxtoRow	2 (3)	1 (5)	T-2 (3)	2	2 (11)	2 (11)	2 (2)	1 (18)	1 (20)	1	1	1	5
North Carolina Central	STATS FCS
	Coaches
	Sheridan	9	7	8	8	8	10	7	8
	BoxtoRow	7	4 (1)	7	10	8	T-10	10	9	8
Savannah State	STATS FCS	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV
	Coaches	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV
	Sheridan	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV
	BoxtoRow	RV	RV	RV	NV	NV	RV	NV	NV	NV
South Carolina State	STATS FCS
	Coaches
	Sheridan	4	3	9	9	9	9	RV	9
	BoxtoRow	4	2 (5)	5	3	3	5	6	6	6

Index to colors and formatting
MEAC member won
MEAC member lost
MEAC teams in bold

All times Eastern time.

Rankings reflect that of the Sports Network poll for that week.

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Reference
September 5	6:00 pm	Bethune-Cookman	Miami (FL)	Sun Life Stadium • Miami Gardens, FL	ESPN3	0-45	43,467	[2]
September 5	7:00 pm	Delaware State	Liberty	Williams Stadium • Lynchburg, VA	LFSN	13–32	18,803	[2]
September 5	7:00 pm	Florida A&M	South Florida	Raymond James Stadium • Tampa, FL	ESPN3	3–51	30,434	[2]
September 5	6:00 pm	Kentucky State	Hampton	Armstrong Stadium • Hampton, VA		20-35	6,354	[2]
September 5	3:30 pm	Howard	Appalachian State	Kidd Brewer Stadium • Boone, NC	ESPN3	0-49	24,314	[2]
September 5	3:30 pm	Morgan State	Air Force	Falcon Stadium • Colorado Springs, CO	RTRM	7-63	33,734	[2]
September 5	12:00 pm	Norfolk State	Rutgers	High Point Solutions Stadium • Piscataway, NJ	ESPNews	13-63	47,453	[2]
September 5	6:00 pm	Shaw	North Carolina A&T	Aggie Stadium • Greensboro, NC	LTV	7-61	13,828	[3]
September 5	6:00 pm	Saint Augustine's	North Carolina Central	O'Kelly-Riddick Stadium • Durham, NC		0-72	6,111	[2]
September 5	4:00 pm	Savannah State	Colorado State	Hughes Stadium • Fort Collins, CO		13-65	24,571	[2]
September 6	12:00pm	South Carolina State	UAPB	Orlando Citrus Bowl • Orlando, FL (MEAC/SWAC Challenge)	ESPN	35-7	7,257	[2]

Players of the week:

Offensive		Defensive		Rookie		Special teams
Twarn Mixson	Hampton	Javon Hargrave	SC State	Nigel Macauley	NCCU	John Fleck Caleb Gabriel	Howard NC A&T

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Reference
September 12	1:00pm	Howard	Boston College	Alumni Stadium • Chestnut Hill, MA	ESPN3	0-76	26,132	[2]
September 12	2:00pm	Florida A&M	Samford	Seibert Stadium • Homewood, AL	ESPN3	21-58	4,714	[2]
September 12	5:00pm	Bethune-Cookman	Grambling State	Eddie Robinson Stadium • Grambling, LA		56-53	12,019	[4]
September 12	6:00pm	Delaware State	Kent State	Dix Stadium • Kent, OH	ESPN3	13–45	15,091	[2]
September 12	6:00pm	#22 Richmond	Hampton	Armstrong Stadium • Hampton, VA		31-28	3,515	[2]
September 12	6:00pm	North Carolina A&T	North Carolina	Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC	ESPN3	14-53	44,000	[2]
September 12	6:00pm	North Carolina Central	Duke	Wallace Wade Stadium • Durham, NC	ESPN3	0-55	33,941	[2]
September 12	6:00pm	#3 Coastal Carolina	South Carolina State	Oliver C. Dawson Stadium • Orangeburg, SC		41-14	12,023	[2]
September 12	6:30pm	Morgan State	Illinois State	Hancock Stadium • Normal, IL	ESPN2	14-67	13,391	[2]
September 12	7:00pm	Norfolk State	Old Dominion	Foreman Field • Norfolk, VA	ASN	10-24	20,118	[2]

Players of the week:

Offensive		Defensive		Rookie		Special teams
Jawill Davis	Bethune-Cookman	Terrick Colston	Delaware State	Devin Bowers	Florida A&M	Hadji Gaylord	Norfolk State

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Reference
September 19	12:00pm	Savannah State	Akron	InfoCision Stadium–Summa Field • Akron, OH	ESPN3	9-52	16,763	[2]
September 17	7:30pm	Florida A&M	South Carolina State	Oliver C. Dawson Stadium • Orangeburg, SC	ESPN3	0-36	14,987	[2]
September 18	7:30pm	Howard	Hampton	RFK Stadium • Washington, D.C. (Nation's Football Classic/Battle of the "Real" HU)	ESPNU	19-37	16,342	[2]
September 19	2:00pm	Chowan	Delaware State	Alumni Stadium • Dover, DE		31-30	1,995	[5]
September 19	6:00pm	Norfolk State	Marshall	Joan C. Edwards Stadium • Huntington, WV	ASN	7–45	24,114	[2]
September 19	6:00pm	Lane	Bethune-Cookamn	Municipal Stadium • Daytona Beach, FL		3-7	5,026	[2]
September 19	6:00pm	North Carolina A&T	Elon	Rhodes Stadium • Elon, NC		14-7	9,729	[2]
September 19	6:00pm	North Carolina Central	FIU	FIU Stadium • Miami, FL		14-39	16,567	[2]

Players of the week:

Offensive		Defensive		Rookie		Special teams
David Watford	Hampton	Darius Leonard	South Carolina State	Caleb York	South Carolina State	Juwuan Tolbert	Savannah State

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Reference
September 26	4:00pm	Howard	Morgan State	MetLife Stadium • East Rutherford, NJ (New York Urban League Classic)	ESPN3	13-21	65,500	[2]
September 26	4:00pm	Savannah State	Bethune-Cookman	Municipal Stadium • Daytona Beach, FL	ESPNU	12-42	5,975	[2]
September 26	4:00pm	Hampton	Norfolk State	William "Dick" Price Stadium • Norfolk, VA (Battle of the Bay)		14-24	6,549	[2]
September 26	6:00pm	Tennessee State	Florida A&M	Bragg Memorial Stadium • Tallahassee, FL		30-14	18,020	[2]

Players of the week:

Offensive		Defensive		Rookie		Special teams
Quentin Williams	Bethune-Cookman	Deon King Craig Johnson	Norfolk State Howard	Donnell Pleasant	Howard	Jonathan Cagle	Bethune-Cookman

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Reference
October 3	12:00pm	North Carolina A&T	Hampton	Armstrong Stadium • Hampton, VA		45-31	2,139	[6]
October 3	1:00pm	Norfolk State	Howard	William H. Greene Stadium • Washington, D.C.		15-12	6,088	[2]
October 3	2:00pm	Morgan State	Delaware State	Alumni Stadium • Dover, DE		26-6	1,528	[2]
October 3	4:00pm	Bethune-Cookman	North Carolina Central	O'Kelly-Riddick Stadium • Durham, NC		28-26	2,024	[2]
October 3	7:00pm	South Carolina State	Furman	Paladin Stadium • Greenville, SC		3-17	1,022	[2]
October 3	7:00pm	Florida A&M	Savannah State	Ted Wright Stadium • Savannah, GA		27-37	4,679	[2]

Players of the week:

Offensive		Defensive		Rookie		Special teams
Tarik Cohen	North Carolina A&T	C.J. Moore	North Carolina Central	Dorrell McClain	North Carolina Central	Khris Gardin	North Carolina A&T

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Reference
October 10	2:00pm	Delaware State	Hampton	Armstrong Stadium • Hampton, VA		7-21	7,010	[2]
October 10	2:00pm	North Carolina A&T	Norfolk State	Dick Price Stadium • Norfolk, VA		27-3	6,194	[2]
October 10	4:00pm	Savannah State	Morgan State	Hughes Stadium • Baltimore, MD		3-42	2,479	[2]
October 10	5:00pm	North Carolina Central	Florida A&M	Bragg Memorial Stadium • Tallahassee, FL		27-24	9,263	[2]

Players of the week:

Offensive		Defensive		Rookie		Special teams
Tarik Cohen	North Carolina A&T	Robert Way	Bethune-Cookamn	Oral Varcciann Julius Reynolds	Hampton North Carolina A&T	Peterson Janvier	Morgan State

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Reference
October 17	1:00pm	Hampton	Morgan State	Hughes Stadium • Baltimore, MD		20-10	7,749	[2]
October 17	1:00pm	Bethune-Cookman	North Carolina A&T	Aggie Stadium Stadium • Greensboro, NC		14-24	12,471	[2]
October 17	2:00pm	North Carolina Central	Savannah State	Ted Wright Stadium • Savannah, GA		39-22	5,649	[2]
October 17	2:00pm	Howard	South Carolina State	Oliver C. Dawson Stadium • Orangeburg, SC		10-49	16,033	[2]
October 17	3:00pm	Delaware State	Florida A&M	Bragg Memorial Stadium • Fallahassee, FL		13-41	22,678	[2]

Players of the week:

Offensive		Defensive		Rookie		Special teams
Carson Royal	Florida A&M	John Boston Chris Pauling	Florida A&M SC State	Darien Williams	Hampton	Lynard Jamison	SC State

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Reference
October 24	1:00pm	Howard	#24 North Carolina A&T	Aggie Stadium Stadium • Greensboro, NC	LTV	14-65	21,500	[2]
October 24	2:00pm	Delaware State	South Carolina State	Oliver C. Dawson Stadium • Orangeburg, SC		7-34	5,388	[2]
October 24	2:00pm	Morgan State	North Carolina Central	O'Kelly–Riddick Stadium • Durham, NC		17-20	4,336	[2]
October 24	3:30pm	Hampton	William & Mary	Zable Stadium • Williamsburg, VA		7-40	11,736	[2]
October 24	4:00pm	Norfolk State	Bethune-Cookman	Municipal Stadium • Daytona Beach, FL		49-59	9,875	[2]

Players of the week:

Offensive		Defensive		Rookie		Special teams
Quentin Williams	Bethune-Cookman	Javon Hargrave	South Carolina State	Dorrell McClain	NC Central	Tevin Richard	South Carolina State

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Reference
October 31	1:00pm	Savannah State	Howard	William H. Greene Stadium • Washington, D.C.		9-55	1,056	[2]
October 31	1:30pm	Hampton	South Carolina State	Oliver C. Dawson Stadium • Orangeburg, SC		20-34	19,821	[2]
October 31	2:00pm	Norfolk State	North Carolina Central	O'Kelly–Riddick Stadium • Durham, NC		16-24	11,965	[2]
October 31	2:00pm	Bethune-Cookman	Delaware State	Alumni Stadium • Dover, DE		49-21	1,283	[2]
October 31	5:00pm	#20 North Carolina A&T	Florida A&M	Bragg Memorial Stadium • Tallahassee, FL		28-10	10,279	[2]

Players of the week:

Offensive		Defensive		Rookie		Special teams
Kalen Johnson	Howard	Deon King	Norfolk State	Kalen Johnson	Howard	Antonio Hamilton	SC State

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Reference
November 7	1:00pm	Howard	Stony Brook	Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium • Stony Brook, NY		9-14	5,109	[2]
October 31	1:00pm	Florida A&M	Hampton	Armstrong Stadium • Hampton, VA		0-33	2,211	[2]
October 31	1:30pm	#19 North Carolina A&T	South Carolina State	Oliver C. Dawson Stadium • Orangeburg, SC (Rivalry Game)		9-6	15,283	[2]
October 31	2:00pm	Delaware State	North Carolina Central	O'Kelly–Riddick Stadium • Durham, NC		10-43	3,051	[2]
October 31	2:00pm	Savannah State	Norfolk State	Dick Price Stadium • Norfolk, VA		17-20	10,744	[2]
October 31	4:00pm	Morgan State	Bethune-Cookman	Municipal Stadium • Daytona Beach		14-38	7,461	[2]

Players of the week:

Offensive		Defensive		Rookie		Special teams
Quentin Williams	Bethune-Cookman	Darius Spruill	North Carolina Central	Dorrell McClain	North Carolina Central	Cameron Marouf	Norfolk State

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Reference
November 14	1:00pm	North Carolina Central	Howard	William H. Greene Stadium • Washington, D.C.		41-6	3,702	[2]
November 14	1:00pm	Florida A&M	Morgan State	Hughes Stadium • Baltimore, MD		7-21	1,167	[2]
November 14	1:00pm	South Carolina State	Norfolk State	Oliver C. Dawson Stadium • Orangeburg, SC		17-10	4,959	[2]
November 14	1:00pm	Delaware State	#19 North Carolina A&T	Aggie Stadium • Greensboro, NC	ESPN3	6-27	8,732	[2]
November 14	5:00pm	Hampton	Savannah State	Ted Wright Stadium • Savannah, GA		42-3	2,940	[2]

Players of the week:

Offensive		Defensive		Rookie		Special teams
David Watford	Hampton	Deon King	Norfolk State	Kylil Carter	North Carolina A&T	Nigel Macauley	North Carolina Central

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Reference
November 21	1:00pm	Norfolk State	Morgan State	Hughes Stadium • Baltimore, MD		10-17	1,007	[2]
November 21	1:00pm	North Carolina Central	#16 North Carolina A&T	Aggie Stadium • Greensboro, NC (Rivalry Game)	LTV	21-16	18,409	[2]
November 21	1:00pm	South Carolina State	Savannah State	Ted Wright Stadium • Savannah, GA		59-29	4,959	[2]
November 21	2:00pm	Howard	Delaware State	Alumni Stadium • Dover, DE		32-31	1,983	[2]
November 21	2:30pm	Florida A&M	Bethune-Cookman	Orlando Citrus Bowl • Orlando, FL (Florida Classic)	ESPN Classic ESPN3	35-14	45,728	[2]

Players of the week:

Offensive		Defensive		Rookie		Special teams
Dorrell McClain	North Carolina Central	Theo Livingston	North Carolina Central	Kobie Lain	Delaware State	Brycen Alleyne	Delaware State

Since 1996, the MEAC earned an automatic bid into the Football Championship Subdivision playoffs. As of the 2015 season, the conference champion will abstain from participating in the playoffs and compete against the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) in the newly created Celebration Bowl.^[7] Any other team from the MEAC is able to participate in the playoff if they earn an at-large bid.

Date	Game	Site	Television	Teams	Affiliations	Results
Dec. 19	Celebration Bowl	Georgia Dome Atlanta Georgia	ABC	#22 North Carolina A&T Alcorn State	MEAC SWAC	41-34

As the MEAC regular season came to an end, the conference post season awards were announced. North Carolina A&T running back Tarik Cohen and South Carolina State's Javon Hargrave were named Conference Offensive and Defensive Players of the year, both of which received the top honors the previous season. Rounding out the postseason player selections were North Carolina Central's Dorrel McClain, who earned Rookie of the Year, and North Carolina A&T's Brandon Parker, was selected as the Offensive Lineman of the Year.^[8]

First-year head coach Terry Sims of Bethune-Cookman was selected as the MEAC Coach of the Year. Sims led the Wildcats to a share of the conference title, including a 9–2 overall finish and 7–1 mark in conference play. Highlights of the Wildcat's season include a victory over rival Florida A&M in their final game of the season which secured their stake in the conference title and entering the STATS FCS Top 25 poll in the final ranking of the season (25th) and reaching the FCS Coaches Poll with a 21st spot.^[8]

The following players were named to the MEAC All Conference Teams:^[9]

^ indicates that there was a tie in the voting

Conference	Record
Big South	0–2
CAA	1–4
MVC	0–1
OVC	0–1
Patriot	0–0
SoCon	0–2
SWAC	3–0
Total	4–10

Conference	Record
ACC	0–4
American	0–1
Big Ten	0–1
Conference USA	2-4
MAC	0–2
MWC	0–2
Sun Belt	0–1
Total	2–15

Team	Stadium	Capacity	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5	Game 6	Total	Average	% of Capacity
Bethune-Cookman	Municipal Stadium	10,000	5,026	5,975	7,462	9,875	7,461		35,799	7,160	72%
Delaware State	Alumni Stadium	7,000	1,995	1,528	5,388	1,283	1,983		12,177	2,435	35%
Florida A&M	Bragg Memorial Stadium	25,500	18,020	9,263	22,678	10,279			60,240	15,060	59%
Hampton	Armstrong Stadium	17,000	6,354	3,515	2,139	7,010	2,211		21,229	4,246	25%
Howard	William H. Greene Stadium	10,000	6,088	1,056	3,072				10,216	3,405	61%
Morgan State	Hughes Stadium	10,000	3,763	2,479	7,749	1,167	1,007		16,165	3,233	32%
Norfolk State	William "Dick" Price Stadium	30,000	6,549	6,194	10,744	4,959			28,446	7,112	24%
North Carolina A&T	Aggie Stadium	21,500	13,828	12,471	21,500	9,732	18,409		59,380	11,876	55%
North Carolina Central	O'Kelly–Riddick Stadium	10,000	6,111	2,024	4,336	4,965	3,051		20,487	4,097	41%
Savannah State	Ted Wright Stadium	8,000	4,679	5,649	2,940	2,900			16,168	4,042	51%
South Carolina State	Oliver C. Dawson Stadium	22,000	12,023	14,987	16,033	19,821	15,283		78,147	15,629	71%