2015 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers football team

{{Infobox college sports team season

| year = 2015

| team = Coastal Carolina Chanticleers

| sport = football

| image = Coastal Carolina Chanticleers wordmark.svg

| image_size = 200

| conference = Big South Conference

| short_conf = Big South

| STATSRank = 16

| FCSCoachRank = 17

| record = 9–3

| conf_record = 4–2

| head_coach = Joe Moglia

| hc_year = 4th

| off_coach = Dave Patenaude

| oc_year = 4th

| off_scheme = Pro spread

| def_coach = Clayton Carlin

| dc_year = 4th

| def_scheme = 4–2–5

| captain =

| stadium = Brooks Stadium

| champion = Big South co-champion

| bowl = NCAA Division I First Round

| bowl_result = L 38–41 vs. The Citadel

}}

The 2015 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers football team represented Coastal Carolina University as a member of the Big South Conference during the 2015 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Led by fourth-year head coach Joe Moglia, the Chanticleers compiled an overall record of 9–3 with a mark of 4–2 in conference play, placing second in the Big South. Coastal Carolina received an at-large bid NCAA Division I Football Championship playoffs, where the Chanticleers lost in the first round to The Citadel. Coastal Carolina played home games at Brooks Stadium in Conway, South Carolina.

The Chanticleers joined the Sun Belt Conference in July 2016, initially as a full but non-football member. The football program began transition to the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), joining Sun Belt football in 2017 and gaining full FBS membership and bowl eligibility in 2018.{{cite press release|url=http://sunbeltsports.org/news/2015/9/1/GENERAL_0901151041.aspx |title=Coastal Carolina to Join Sun Belt Conference |publisher=Sun Belt Conference |date=September 1, 2015 |accessdate=October 12, 2015}}

Schedule

{{CFB schedule

| rankyear = 2015

| rankdivision = NCAA Division I FCS

| poll = STATS

| timezone = Eastern

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = September 5

| time = 7:00 pm

| w/l = w

| nonconf = y

| away = y

| rank = 5

| opponent = Furman

| site_stadium = Paladin Stadium

| site_cityst = Greenville, SC

| tv = ESPN3

| score = 38–35

| attend = 6,563

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = September 12

| time = 6:00 pm

| w/l = w

| nonconf = y

| away = y

| rank = 3

| opponent = South Carolina State

| site_stadium = Oliver C. Dawson Stadium

| site_cityst = Orangeburg, SC

| tv =

| score = 41–14

| attend = 12,023

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = September 19

| time = 6:00 pm

| w/l = w

| nonconf = y

| rank = 2

| opponent = Western Illinois

| site_stadium = Brooks Stadium

| site_cityst = Conway, SC

| tv = BSN

| score = 34–27

| attend = 10,311

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = September 26

| time = 6:00 pm

| w/l = w

| nonconf = y

| rank = 2

| opponent = Bryant

| site_stadium = Brooks Stadium

| site_cityst = Conway, SC

| tv = BSN

| score = 31–17

| attend = 10,311

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 3

| time = 6:00 pm

| w/l = w

| nonconf = y

| homecoming = y

| rank = 2

| opponent = Alabama A&M

| site_stadium = Brooks Stadium

| site_cityst = Conway, SC

| tv = BSN

| score = 55–0

| attend = 9,093

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 10

| time = 2:00 pm

| w/l = w

| rank = 2

| opponent = Presbyterian

| site_stadium = Brooks Stadium

| site_cityst = Conway, SC

| tv = ESPN3

| score = 24–17

| attend = 8,039

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 24

| time = 1:00 pm

| w/l = w

| away = y

| rank = 2

| opponent = Monmouth

| site_stadium = Kessler Field

| site_cityst = West Long Branch, NJ

| tv = ESPN3

| score = 23–20

| attend = 4,591

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 31

| time = 2:00 pm

| w/l = l

| away = y

| rank = 2

| opponent = Charleston Southern

| opprank = 24

| site_stadium = Buccaneer Field

| site_cityst = Charleston, SC

| tv = ASN

| score = 25–33

| attend = 5,311

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 7

| time = 2:00 pm

| w/l = w

| rank = 8

| opponent = Gardner–Webb

| site_stadium = Brooks Stadium

| site_cityst = Conway, SC

| tv = ASN

| score = 46–0

| attend = 8,422

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 14

| time = 2:00 pm

| w/l = w

| rank = 4

| opponent = Kennesaw State

| site_stadium = Brooks Stadium

| site_cityst = Conway, SC

| tv = BSN

| score = 45–13

| attend = 8,802

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 19

| time = 7:00 pm

| w/l = l

| away = y

| rank = 4

| opponent = Liberty

| site_stadium = Williams Stadium

| site_cityst = Lynchburg, VA

| gamename = rivalry

| tv = ESPNews

| score = 21–24

| attend = 18,955

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 28

| time = 2:00 pm

| w/l = l

| nonconf = y

{{Ranking movements

| poll1title = STATS FCS

| poll1firstweek = 0

| poll1lastweek = 13

| poll1_0=5

| poll1_1=3 (24)

| poll1_2=2 (36)

| poll1_3=2 (36)

| poll1_4=2 (40)

| poll1_5=2 (39)

| poll1_6=3 (30)

| poll1_7=2 (27)

| poll1_8=2 (33)

| poll1_9=8

| poll1_10=4

| poll1_11=4

| poll1_12=10–T

| poll1_13=16

| poll1_14=

| poll2title = Coaches

| poll2firstweek = 0

| poll2lastweek = 13

| poll2_0=5

| poll2_1=1 (4)

| poll2_2=1 (14)

| poll2_3=1 (18)

| poll2_4=1 (17)

| poll2_5=1 (16)

| poll2_6=1 (15)

| poll2_7=1 (15)

| poll2_8=1 (15)

| poll2_9=8

| poll2_10=4

| poll2_11=4

| poll2_12=9

| poll2_13=17

| poll2_14=

}}

References

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