American college football season
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.
Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance 7:00 pm at Utah State * L 9–1221,209 September 12 5:00 pm at No. 9 South Dakota State * ESPN3 L 10–5513,423 September 19 6:00 pm Northern Colorado WBS W 30–35,103 September 26 6:00 pm Brevard * Eccles Coliseum Cedar City, UT WBS W 55–75,789 6:00 pm at Weber State WBS W 44–05,778 October 17 6:00 pm Sacramento State Eccles Coliseum Cedar City, UT WBS W 44–03,607 October 24 5:00 pm at UC Davis W 34–64,640 October 31 3:00 pm Cal Poly Eccles Coliseum Cedar City, UT WBS W 54–374,506 November 7 1:00 pm at Montana State No. 20 RTUT W 34–2317,427 November 14 3:05 pm at No. 15 Portland State No. 18 WBS L 23–246,122 November 21 3:00 pm No. 24 Northern Arizona No. 20 WBS W 49–419,022 November 28 3:00 pm at No. 6 Sam Houston State * No. 17 ESPN3 L 39–423,098
1 2 3 4 Total Thunderbirds 6 3 0 0 9 Aggies 5 0 0 7 12
At South Dakota State [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Thunderbirds 7 0 0 3 10 #9 Jackrabbits 3 24 7 21 55
1 2 3 4 Total Bears 3 0 0 0 3 Thunderbirds 17 6 7 0 30
1 2 3 4 Total Tornados 0 0 0 7 7 Thunderbirds 7 20 14 14 55
1 2 3 4 Total Thunderbirds 7 10 14 13 44 Wildcats 0 0 0 0 0
1 2 3 4 Total Hornets 0 0 0 0 0 Thunderbirds 21 0 16 7 44
1 2 3 4 Total Thunderbirds 0 7 13 14 34 Aggies 3 3 0 0 6
1 2 3 4 Total Mustangs 3 21 7 6 37 Thunderbirds 10 23 7 14 54
1 2 3 4 Total #20 Thunderbirds 0 7 19 8 34 Bobcats 7 3 7 6 23
1 2 3 4 Total #18 Thunderbirds 10 0 7 6 23 #15 Vikings 7 10 0 7 24
1 2 3 4 Total #24 Lumberjacks 3 21 7 10 41 #20 Thunderbirds 7 7 21 14 49
First Round–at Sam Houston State[ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total #17 Thunderbirds 6 26 7 0 39 #6 Bearkats 16 10 7 9 42
Ranking movementsLegend: ██ 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
Venues Bowls & rivalries People Seasons
College Division / Division II I-AA/FCS Northern Arizona (1978) Montana State (1979) Boise State (1980) Idaho State (1981) Montana , Idaho , & Montana State (1982) Nevada (1983) Montana State (1984) Idaho (1985) Nevada (1986) Idaho (1987) Idaho (1988) Idaho (1989) Nevada (1990) Nevada (1991) Idaho & Eastern Washington (1992) Montana (1993) Boise State (1994) Montana (1995) Montana (1996) Eastern Washington (1997) Montana (1998) Montana (1999) Montana (2000) Montana (2001) Montana , Montana State , & Idaho State (2002) Montana State , Montana , & Northern Arizona (2003) Montana & Eastern Washington (2004) Eastern Washington , Montana State , & Montana (2005) Montana (2006) Montana (2007) Weber State & Montana (2008) Montana (2009) Montana State & Eastern Washington (2010) Montana State & Montana (2011) Eastern Washington , Montana State , & Cal Poly (2012) Eastern Washington (2013) Eastern Washington (2014) Southern Utah (2015) Eastern Washington & North Dakota (2016) Southern Utah & Weber State (2017) Eastern Washington , UC Davis , & Weber State (2018) Sacramento State & Weber State (2019) Weber State (2020) Sacramento State (2021) Montana State & Sacramento State (2022) Montana (2023) National championships in bold