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2015 Southern Utah Thunderbirds football
2015 Southern Utah Thunderbirds football
Big Sky champion
FCS Playoffs First Round, L 39–42 vs. Sam Houston State
Conference	Big Sky Conference
Ranking
STATS	No. 18
FCS Coaches	No. 18
Record	8–4 (7–1 Big Sky)
Head coach	Ed Lamb (8th season);
Offensive coordinator	Gary Crowton (2nd season)
Defensive coordinator	Demario Warren (2nd season)
Home stadium	Eccles Coliseum
	Seasons ← 2014 2016 →

2015 Big Sky Conference football standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
No. 18 Southern Utah $^	7	–	1	8	–	4
No. 10 Portland State ^	6	–	2	9	–	3
No. 14 Montana ^	6	–	2	8	–	5
North Dakota	5	–	3	7	–	4
Northern Arizona	5	–	3	7	–	4
Eastern Washington	5	–	3	6	–	5
Weber State	5	–	3	6	–	5
Northern Colorado	3	–	5	6	–	5
Montana State	3	–	5	5	–	6
Cal Poly	3	–	5	4	–	7
UC Davis	2	–	6	2	–	9
Idaho State	1	–	7	2	–	9
Sacramento State	1	–	7	2	–	9

$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from STATS Poll

The 2015 Southern Utah Thunderbirds football team represented Southern Utah University in the 2015 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by eighth-year head coach Ed Lamb and played their home games at Eccles Coliseum. This was their fourth year as a member of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 8–4, 7–1 in Big Sky play to be crowned Big Sky champion for the first time. They received the Big Sky's automatic bid to the FCS playoffs where they lost in the first round to Sam Houston State.

On December 26, Lamb resigned to become the special teams coordinator and tight ends coach at BYU.^[1] He finished at Southern Utah with an eight year record of 45–47.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 3	7:00 pm	at Utah State*		Maverik Stadium Logan, UT		L 9–12	21,209
September 12	5:00 pm	at No. 9 South Dakota State*		Coughlin–Alumni Stadium Brookings, SD	ESPN3	L 10–55	13,423
September 19	6:00 pm	Northern Colorado		Eccles Coliseum Cedar City, UT	WBS	W 30–3	5,103
September 26	6:00 pm	Brevard*		Eccles Coliseum Cedar City, UT	WBS	W 55–7	5,789
October 2	6:00 pm	at Weber State		Stewart Stadium Ogden, UT	WBS	W 44–0	5,778
October 17	6:00 pm	Sacramento State		Eccles Coliseum Cedar City, UT	WBS	W 44–0	3,607
October 24	5:00 pm	at UC Davis		Aggie Stadium Davis, CA		W 34–6	4,640
October 31	3:00 pm	Cal Poly		Eccles Coliseum Cedar City, UT	WBS	W 54–37	4,506
November 7	1:00 pm	at Montana State	No. 20	Bobcat Stadium Bozeman, MT	RTUT	W 34–23	17,427
November 14	3:05 pm	at No. 15 Portland State	No. 18	Providence Park Portland, OR	WBS	L 23–24	6,122
November 21	3:00 pm	No. 24 Northern Arizona	No. 20	Eccles Coliseum Cedar City, UT (Grand Canyon Rivalry)	WBS	W 49–41	9,022
November 28	3:00 pm	at No. 6 Sam Houston State*	No. 17	Bowers Stadium Huntsville, TX (NCAA Division I First Round)	ESPN3	L 39–42	3,098
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Mountain time

Game summaries

At Utah State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Thunderbirds	6	3	0	0	9
Aggies	5	0	0	7	12

At South Dakota State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Thunderbirds	7	0	0	3	10
#9 Jackrabbits	3	24	7	21	55

Northern Colorado

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bears	3	0	0	0	3
Thunderbirds	17	6	7	0	30

Brevard

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tornados	0	0	0	7	7
Thunderbirds	7	20	14	14	55

At Weber State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Thunderbirds	7	10	14	13	44
Wildcats	0	0	0	0	0

Sacramento State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Hornets	0	0	0	0	0
Thunderbirds	21	0	16	7	44

At UC Davis

	1	2	3	4	Total
Thunderbirds	0	7	13	14	34
Aggies	3	3	0	0	6

Cal Poly

	1	2	3	4	Total
Mustangs	3	21	7	6	37
Thunderbirds	10	23	7	14	54

At Montana State

	1	2	3	4	Total
#20 Thunderbirds	0	7	19	8	34
Bobcats	7	3	7	6	23

At Portland State

	1	2	3	4	Total
#18 Thunderbirds	10	0	7	6	23
#15 Vikings	7	10	0	7	24

Northern Arizona

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

FCS Playoffs

First Round–at Sam Houston State

	1	2	3	4	Total
#17 Thunderbirds	6	26	7	0	39
#6 Bearkats	16	10	7	9	42

Ranking movements

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
STATS FCS	—	—	—	—	—	—	RV	RV	RV	20	18	20	17	18
Coaches	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	RV	24	18	15	18	16	18

References

^ "Ed Lamb resigns as Southern Utah Thunderbirds coach to join BYU Cougars staff". Espn.go.com. December 26, 2015. Retrieved September 21, 2016.

[1] "Ed Lamb resigns as Southern Utah Thunderbirds coach to join BYU Cougars staff". Espn.go.com. December 26, 2015. Retrieved September 21, 2016.

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2015 Southern Utah Thunderbirds football team

Schedule

Game summaries

At Utah State

At South Dakota State

Northern Colorado

Brevard

At Weber State

Sacramento State

At UC Davis

Cal Poly

At Montana State

At Portland State

Northern Arizona

FCS Playoffs

First Round–at Sam Houston State

Ranking movements

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