2015 Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles football team

The 2015 Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles football team represented Tennessee Technological University in the 2015 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by ninth-year head coach Watson Brown and played their home games at Tucker Stadium. They were a member of the Ohio Valley Conference. They finished the season 4–7, 3–5 in OVC play to finish in sixth place.

2015 Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles football
ConferenceOhio Valley Conference
2015 record4–7 (3–5 OVC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorSteven Brown
Defensive coordinatorDonn Landholm
Home stadiumTucker Stadium
(Capacity: 16,500)
2015 Ohio Valley Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 2 Jacksonville State $^  8 –0   13 –2  
No. 25 Eastern Illinois ^  7 –1   7 –5  
UT Martin  6 –2   7 –4  
Eastern Kentucky  5 –3   6 –5  
SE Missouri State  3 –4   4 –7  
Tennessee Tech  3 –5   4 –7  
Murray State  2 –6   3 –8  
Tennessee State  1 –6   4 –6  
Austin Peay  0 –8   0 –11  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant
Rankings from STATS Poll

The game against Eastern Kentucky originally scheduled for October 10 was played two days earlier at Toyota Stadium in Georgetown, Kentucky[1] due to campus safety concerns in the wake of threatening graffiti in a campus restroom and other threats allegedly made over social media.[2]

On December 2, head coach Watson Brown announced his retirement.[3] He finished at Tennessee Tech with a nine-year record of 42–60.

Schedule
DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 57:00 pmat Houston*
ESPN3L 24–5230,479
September 126:00 pmat Wofford*
SDNL 14–346,834
September 196:00 pmMercer*
WCTEW 29–229,028
September 266:00 pmat Murray State
ASNW 31–2910,620
October 36:00 pmTennessee–Martin
ESPN3L 17–313,152
October 86:00 pmvs. No. 17 Eastern Kentucky
OVCDNL 17–483,700
October 176:00 pmNo. 1 Jacksonville State
  • Tucker Stadium
  • Cookeville, TN
WCTEL 13–425,575
October 241:00 pmat Eastern Illinois
OVCDNL 20–516,713
October 311:00 pmat Southeast Missouri State
OVCDNL 17–382,985
November 141:30 pmAustin Peay
  • Tucker Stadium
  • Cookeville, TN (Sgt. York Trophy)
OVCDNW 42–2411,100
November 212:30 pmTennessee State
  • Tucker Stadium
  • Cookeville, TN (Sgt. York Trophy)
ASNW 30–243,924

References
  1. "EKU Rides Strong First Half to 48-17 Win Over Tennessee Tech". Eastern Kentucky University Department of Athletics. October 8, 2015. Retrieved October 8, 2015.
  2. Moody, Sean (October 7, 2015). "EKU Cancels Classes for the Rest of the Week to Further Investigate Threat Found Sunday". WKYT. Lexington. Archived from the original on October 9, 2015. Retrieved October 8, 2015.
  3. "Watson Brown Retires After 43 Seasons as Collegiate Coach, Last Nine at Tennessee Tech".
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