2015 Texas Southern Tigers football team

{{short description|American college football season}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}

{{Infobox college sports team season

| year = 2015

| team = Texas Southern Tigers

| sport = football

| image= Texas Southern University box logo.png

| image_size= 250

| conference = Southwestern Athletic Conference

| division = West Division

| short_conf = SWAC

| record = 3–7

| conf_record = 2–7

| head_coach= Darrell Asberry

| hc_year = 4th

| off_coach= John Shannon

| oc_year = 1st

| off_scheme =

| def_coach = Heishma Northern

| dc_year = 1st

| def_scheme =

| captain =

| stadium = BBVA Compass Stadium

}}

{{2015 Southwestern Athletic Conference football standings}}

The 2015 Texas Southern Tigers football team represented Texas Southern University a member of the West Division of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) during the 2015 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Led by Darrell Asberry in his fourth and final season as head coach, the Tigers compiled an overall record of 3–7 with a mark of 2–7 in conference play, placing fourth in the SWAC's West Division. Texas Southern played home games at BBVA Compass Stadium in Houston.

On November 29, Ashberry resigned. He finished his four-year tenure at Texas Southern with a record of 12–31.

Schedule

{{CFB schedule

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = September 5

| time = 8:00 pm

| w/l = l

| opponent = Prairie View A&M

| site_stadium = BBVA Compass Stadium

| site_cityst = Houston, TX

| gamename = Labor Day Classic

| tv = RTSW+

| score = 11–38

| attend = 19,075

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = {{tooltip|September 11|Friday}}

| time = 7:00 pm

| w/l = w

| nonconf = y

| opponent = {{cfb link|year=2015|team=Bacone Warriors|title=Bacone}}

| site_stadium = BBVA Compass Stadium

| site_cityst = Houston, TX

| tv = RTSW+

| score = 63–0

| attend = 1,202

| source = {{cite web|url=http://tsuball.com/boxscore.aspx?path=football&id=1551|title=Bacone vs Texas Southern Game Summary|publisher=tsuball.com|date=September 11, 2015|accessdate=September 15, 2015|archive-date=September 15, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150915034826/http://www.tsuball.com/boxscore.aspx?id=1551&path=football|url-status=dead}}

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = September 19

| time = 6:00 pm

| w/l = w

| away = y

| opponent = Arkansas–Pine Bluff

| site_stadium = Golden Lion Stadium

| site_cityst = Pine Bluff, AR

| tv = UAPBtv

| score = 24–20

| attend = 6,460

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = September 26

| time = 6:00 pm

| w/l = l

| away = y

| opponent = Jackson State

| site_stadium = Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium

| site_cityst = Jackson, MS

| tv = JSUtv

| score = 30–34

| attend = 8,517

| source = {{cite web|url=http://tsuball.com/boxscore.aspx?path=football&id=1553|title=Texas Southern vs Jackson State Game Summary|publisher=tsuball.com|date=September 26, 2015|accessdate=October 1, 2015}}

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = {{tooltip|October 1|Thursday}}

| time = 6:30 pm

| w/l = l

| opponent = Alabama State

| site_stadium = BBVA Compass Stadium

| site_cityst = Houston, TX

| tv = ESPNU

| score = 23–41

| attend = 2,827

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 17

| time = 2:00 pm

| w/l = w

| away = y

| opponent = Mississippi Valley State

| site_stadium = Rice–Totten Field

| site_cityst = Itta Bena, MS

| tv =

| score = 49–21

| attend = 4,297

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 24

| time = 2:00 pm

| w/l = l

| homecoming = y

| opponent = Southern

| site_stadium = BBVA Compass Stadium

| site_cityst = Houston, TX

| tv = RTSW

| score = 21–40

| attend = 10,127

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 7

| time = 2:00 pm

| w/l = l

| homecoming = n

| opponent = Grambling State

| site_stadium = Eddie Robinson Stadium

| site_cityst = Grambling, LA

| tv =

| score = 15–41

| attend = 9,868

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 14

| time = 2:00 pm

| w/l = l

| homecoming = n

| opponent = Alcorn State

| site_stadium = BBVA Compass Stadium

| site_cityst = Houston, TX

| tv =

| score = 13–65

| attend = 9,868

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 28

| time = 2:00 pm

| w/l = l

| homecoming = n

| opponent = Alabama A&M

| site_stadium = Louis Crews Stadium

| site_cityst = Huntsville, AL

| tv =

| score = 7–38

| attend = 1,200

}}

}}

{{cite web |author= |title=Texas Southern Tigers Schedule 2015 |url=https://www.espn.com/college-football/team/schedule/_/id/2640/season/2015 |publisher=ESPN |access-date=June 14, 2023 }}{{cite web |author= |title=2015 Football Schedule |url=https://tsusports.com/sports/football/schedule/2015 |publisher=Texas Southern University Athletics |access-date=June 14, 2023 }}

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