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 .
Schedule
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
[ 2]
Game summaries
Howard
1
2
3
4
Total
Bison
0
0
0
0
0
Mountaineers
7
21
21
0
49
At Clemson
1
2
3
4
Total
Mountaineers
0
0
3
7
10
#12 Tigers
3
28
7
3
41
At Old Dominion
1
2
3
4
Total
Mountaineers
7
28
14
0
49
Monarchs
0
0
0
0
0
Wyoming
1
2
3
4
Total
Cowboys
0
7
0
6
13
Mountaineers
14
7
7
3
31
At Georgia State
1
2
3
4
Total
Mountaineers
17
3
10
7
37
Panthers
0
3
0
0
3
At Louisiana–Monroe
1
2
3
4
Total
Mountaineers
10
14
21
14
59
Warhawks
7
7
0
0
14
Georgia Southern
1
2
3
4
Total
Eagles
7
0
0
6
13
Mountaineers
3
14
7
7
31
Troy
1
2
3
4 OT
Total
Trojans
7
3
14
7 10
41
Mountaineers
14
3
14
0 13
44
Arkansas State
1
2
3
4
Total
Red Wolves
14
3
17
6
40
Mountaineers
14
7
0
6
27
At Idaho
1
2
3
4
Total
Mountaineers
7
14
14
12
47
Vandals
7
6
0
7
20
Louisiana–Lafayette
1
2
3
4
Total
Ragin' Cajuns
0
0
0
7
7
Mountaineers
7
7
7
7
28
At South Alabama
1
2
3
4
Total
Mountaineers
14
10
0
10
34
Jaguars
7
0
10
10
27
Ohio–Camellia Bowl
1
2
3
4
Total
Bobcats
0
17
7
5
29
Mountaineers
7
0
0
24
31
References
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