2015 Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles football team
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| Conference | Ohio Valley Conference |
| Record | 4–7 (3–5 OVC) |
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| Offensive coordinator | Steven Brown (4th season) |
| Offensive scheme | Multiple spread |
| Defensive coordinator | Donn Landholm (3rd season) |
| Base defense | Multiple 4–2–5 |
| Home stadium | Tucker Stadium |
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| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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
| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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| September 5 | 7:00 pm | at Houston* | ESPN3 | L 24–52 | 30,479 | |
| September 12 | 6:00 pm | at Wofford* | SDN | L 14–34 | 6,834 | |
| September 19 | 6:00 pm | Mercer* | WCTE | W 29–22 | 9,028 | |
| September 26 | 6:00 pm | at Murray State | ASN | W 31–29 | 10,620 | |
| October 3 | 6:00 pm | UT Martin |
| ESPN3 | L 17–31 | 3,152 |
| October 8 | 6:00 pm | vs. No. 17 Eastern Kentucky | OVCDN | L 17–48 | 3,700 | |
| October 17 | 6:00 pm | No. 1 Jacksonville State |
| WCTE | L 13–42 | 5,575 |
| October 24 | 1:00 pm | at Eastern Illinois | OVCDN | L 20–51 | 6,713 | |
| October 31 | 1:00 pm | at Southeast Missouri State | OVCDN | L 17–38 | 2,985 | |
| November 14 | 1:30 pm | Austin Peay |
| OVCDN | W 42–24 | 11,100 |
| November 21 | 2:30 pm | Tennessee State |
| ASN | W 30–24 | 3,924 |
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References
- ^ "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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Watson Brown Retires After 43 Seasons as Collegiate Coach, Last Nine at Tennessee Tech".
- ^ "2015 Golden Eagle Football Schedule". Tennessee Tech Athletics. Retrieved October 8, 2022.