2015 Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles football team

2015 Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles football
ConferenceOhio Valley Conference
Record4–7 (3–5 OVC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorSteven Brown (4th season)
Offensive schemeMultiple spread
Defensive coordinatorDonn Landholm (3rd season)
Base defenseMultiple 4–2–5
Home stadiumTucker Stadium
Seasons
← 2014
2016 →
2015 Ohio Valley Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 2 Jacksonville State $^   8 – 0     13 – 2  
No. 25 Eastern Illinois ^   7 – 1     7 – 5  
UT Martin   6 – 2     7 – 4  
Eastern Kentucky   5 – 3     6 – 5  
SE Missouri State   3 – 4     4 – 7  
Tennessee Tech   3 – 5     4 – 7  
Murray State   2 – 6     3 – 8  
Tennessee State   1 – 6     4 – 6  
Austin Peay   0 – 8     0 – 11  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant
Rankings from STATS Poll

The 2015 Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles football team represented Tennessee Technological University as a member of Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) during the 2015 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Led by Watson Brown in his ninth and final season as head coach, the Golden Eagles compiled an overall record of 4–7 overall with a mark of 3–5 in conference play, placing sixth in the OVC. Tennessee Tech played home games at Tucker Stadium in Cookeville, Tennessee.

The game against Eastern Kentucky originally scheduled for October 10 was played two days earlier at Toyota Stadium in Georgetown, Kentucky due to campus safety concerns in the wake of threatening graffiti in a campus restroom and other threats allegedly made over social media.[1][2]

On December 2, head coach Brown announced his retirement.[3] He his tenure at finished at Tennessee Tech with a nine-year record of 42–60.

Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 57:00 pmat Houston*
ESPN3L 24–5230,479
September 126:00 pmat Wofford*
SDNL 14–346,834
September 196:00 pmMercer*
WCTEW 29–229,028
September 266:00 pmat Murray State
ASNW 31–2910,620
October 36:00 pmUT Martin
ESPN3L 17–313,152
October 86:00 pmvs. No. 17 Eastern Kentucky
OVCDNL 17–483,700
October 176:00 pmNo. 1 Jacksonville State
  • Tucker Stadium
  • Cookeville, TN
WCTEL 13–425,575
October 241:00 pmat Eastern Illinois
OVCDNL 20–516,713
October 311:00 pmat Southeast Missouri State
OVCDNL 17–382,985
November 141:30 pmAustin Peay
  • Tucker Stadium
  • Cookeville, TN (Sgt. York Trophy)
OVCDNW 42–2411,100
November 212:30 pmTennessee State
  • Tucker Stadium
  • Cookeville, TN (Sgt. York Trophy)
ASNW 30–243,924

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References

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  1. ^ "EKU Rides Strong First Half to 48-17 Win Over Tennessee Tech". Eastern Kentucky University Department of Athletics. October 8, 2015. Retrieved October 8, 2015.
  2. ^ Moody, Sean (October 7, 2015). "EKU Cancels Classes for the Rest of the Week to Further Investigate Threat Found Sunday". WKYT. Lexington. Archived from the original on October 9, 2015. Retrieved October 8, 2015.
  3. ^ "Watson Brown Retires After 43 Seasons as Collegiate Coach, Last Nine at Tennessee Tech".
  4. ^ "2015 Golden Eagle Football Schedule". Tennessee Tech Athletics. Retrieved October 8, 2022.
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