American college football season
The 2015 Appalachian State Mountaineers football team represented Appalachian State University in the 2015 NCAA Division I FBS football season . They were led by third-year head coach Scott Satterfield and played their home games at Kidd Brewer Stadium in Boone, North Carolina . This season was the Mountaineers second season in the Sun Belt Conference , and their first as a full, bowl-eligible member of the Football Bowl Subdivision .[ 1] They finished the season 11–2, 7–1 in Sun Belt play to finish in second place. They were invited to their first ever bowl game, the Camellia Bowl , where they defeated Ohio .
Appalachian State announced their 2015 football schedule on February 27, 2015. The 2015 schedule consisted of six home and away games in the regular season. The Mountaineers hosted Sun Belt foes Arkansas State , Georgia Southern , Louisiana–Lafayette , and Troy , and travelled to Georgia State , Idaho , Louisiana–Monroe , and South Alabama .[ 1]
Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance September 5 3:30 p.m. Howard * App State TV, ESPN3 W 49–024,314 September 12 12:30 p.m. at No. 12 Clemson * ESPN3 L 10–4181,467 September 26 3:30 p.m. at Old Dominion * ASN W 49–020,118 October 3 3:30 p.m. Wyoming * Kidd Brewer Stadium Boone, NC ESPN3 W 31–1319,345 October 10 3:30 p.m. at Georgia State ESPN3 W 37–310,101 October 17 7:00 p.m. at Louisiana–Monroe ESPN3 W 59–1411,767 October 22 7:30 p.m. Georgia Southern Kidd Brewer Stadium Boone, NC (rivalry ) ESPNU W 31–1324,121 October 31 3:30 p.m. Troy Kidd Brewer Stadium Boone, NC ESPN3 W 44–41 3OT 26,130 November 5 7:30 p.m. Arkansas State Kidd Brewer Stadium Boone, NC ESPNU L 27–4018,721 November 14 5:00 p.m. at Idaho ESPN3 W 47–2010,113 November 28 2:00 p.m. Louisiana–Lafayette Kidd Brewer Stadium Boone, NC ESPN3 W 28–716,124 December 5 7:30 p.m. at South Alabama ESPN3 W 34–2712,346 December 19 5:30 p.m. vs. Ohio * ESPN W 31–2919,621 *Non-conference game HomecomingRankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time
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1 2 3 4 Total Bison 0 0 0 0 0 Mountaineers 7 21 21 0 49
1 2 3 4 Total Mountaineers 0 0 3 7 10 #12 Tigers 3 28 7 3 41
1 2 3 4 Total Mountaineers 7 28 14 0 49 Monarchs 0 0 0 0 0
1 2 3 4 Total Cowboys 0 7 0 6 13 Mountaineers 14 7 7 3 31
1 2 3 4 Total Mountaineers 17 3 10 7 37 Panthers 0 3 0 0 3
At Louisiana–Monroe[ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Mountaineers 10 14 21 14 59 Warhawks 7 7 0 0 14
1 2 3 4 Total Eagles 7 0 0 6 13 Mountaineers 3 14 7 7 31
1 2 3 4 OT Total Trojans 7 3 14 7 10 41 Mountaineers 14 3 14 0 13 44
1 2 3 4 Total Red Wolves 14 3 17 6 40 Mountaineers 14 7 0 6 27
1 2 3 4 Total Mountaineers 7 14 14 12 47 Vandals 7 6 0 7 20
Louisiana–Lafayette[ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Ragin' Cajuns 0 0 0 7 7 Mountaineers 7 7 7 7 28
1 2 3 4 Total Mountaineers 14 10 0 10 34 Jaguars 7 0 10 10 27
1 2 3 4 Total Bobcats 0 17 7 5 29 Mountaineers 7 0 0 24 31
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