2015 North Carolina Central Eagles football team American college football season
The 2015 North Carolina Central Eagles football team represented North Carolina Central University as a member of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) during the 2015 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Led by second-year head coach Jerry Mack, the Eagles compiled an overall record of 8–3 with a mark of 7–1, placing in a three-way tie for the MEAC title with Bethune–Cookman and North Carolina A&T. 2015 was the first season in which the MEAC abstained from the NCAA Division I Football Championship playoffs. Due to a head-to-head loss to Bethune–Cookman and lack of FCS non-conference victories, the Eagles were not invited to the newly-formed Celebration Bowl. North Carolina Central played home games at O'Kelly–Riddick Stadium in Durham, North Carolina.
Schedule
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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September 5 | 6:00 pm | St. Augustine's* | | NSN | W 72–0 | 6,111 |
September 12 | 6:00 pm | at Duke* | | ESPN3 | L 0–55 | 33,941 |
September 19 | 6:00 pm | at FIU* | | | L 14–39 | 16,567 |
October 3 | 4:00 pm | Bethune–Cookman | - O'Kelly–Riddick Stadium
- Durham, NC
| ESPN3 | L 26–28 | 2,024 |
October 10 | 5:00 pm | at Florida A&M | | | W 27–24 | 9,263 |
October 17 | 2:00 pm | at Savannah State | | | W 39–22 | 5,649 |
October 24 | 2:00 pm | Morgan State | - O'Kelly–Riddick Stadium
- Durham, NC
| NSN | W 20–17 | 4,336 |
October 31 | 2:00 pm | Norfolk State | - O'Kelly–Riddick Stadium
- Durham, NC
| NSN | W 24–16 | 11,965 |
November 7 | 2:00 pm | Delaware State | - O'Kelly–Riddick Stadium
- Durham, NC
| NSN | W 43–10 | 3,051 |
November 14 | 1:00 pm | at Howard | | | W 41–6 | 3,072 |
November 21 | 1:00 pm | at No. 16 North Carolina A&T | | | W 21–16 | 18,409 |
- *Non-conference game
- Homecoming
- Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
- All times are in Eastern time
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References
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National championship seasons in bold |
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- Morgan State (1971)
- North Carolina Central (1972)
- North Carolina Central (1973)
- South Carolina State (1974)
- South Carolina State & North Carolina A&T (1975)
- Morgan State & South Carolina State (1976)
- South Carolina State (1977)
- South Carolina State (1978)
- Morgan State (1979)
- South Carolina State (1980)
- South Carolina State (1981)
- South Carolina State (1982)
- South Carolina State (1983)
- Bethune–Cookman (1984)
- Delaware State (1985)
- North Carolina A&T (1986)
- Delaware State (1987)
- Bethune–Cookman, Delaware State, & Florida A&M (1988)
- Delaware State (1989)
- Florida A&M (1990)
- Delaware State & North Carolina A&T (1991)
- North Carolina A&T (1992)
- Howard (1993)
- South Carolina State (1994)
- Florida A&M (1995)
- Florida A&M (1996)
- Hampton (1997)
- Hampton & Florida A&M (1998)
- North Carolina A&T (1999)
- Florida A&M (2000)
- Florida A&M (2001)
- Bethune–Cookman (2002)
- North Carolina A&T (2003)
- Hampton & South Carolina State (2004)
- Hampton (2005)
- Hampton (2006)
- Delaware State (2007)
- South Carolina State (2008)
- South Carolina State (2009)
- Bethune–Cookman†, Florida A&M, & South Carolina State (2010)
- Norfolk State (vacated) (2011)
- Bethune–Cookman (2012)
- Bethune–Cookman†, South Carolina State (2013)
- Bethune–Cookman, Morgan State†, North Carolina Central, North Carolina A&T, & South Carolina State (2014)
- North Carolina A&T†, North Carolina Central, & Bethune–Cookman (2015)
- North Carolina Central (2016)
- North Carolina A&T (2017)
- North Carolina A&T (2018)
- North Carolina A&T† & South Carolina State (2019)
- No champion (2020)
- South Carolina State (2021)
- Howard & North Carolina Central† (2022)
- Howard (2023)
- South Carolina State (2024)
| National championships in bold † Denotes postseason representative via conference tiebreaker |
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