2015 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers football team

The 2015 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers football team represented Coastal Carolina University in the 2015 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by fourth-year head coach Joe Moglia and played their home games at Brooks Stadium. They were in their final season as a member of the Big South Conference. They finished the season 9–3, 4–2 in Big South play to finish in second place. They received an at-large bid to the FCS Playoffs where they lost in the first round to The Citadel.

2015 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers football
FCS Playoffs First Round, L 38–41 vs. The Citadel
Conference	Big South Conference
Ranking
STATS	No. 16
FCS Coaches	No. 17
2015 record	9–3 (4–2 Big South)
Head coach	Joe Moglia (4th season)
Offensive coordinator	Dave Patenaude (4th season)
Defensive coordinator	Clayton Carlin
Home stadium	Brooks Stadium (Capacity: 9,214)

2015 Big South Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 6 Charleston Southern $^		6	–	0					10	–	3
No. 16 Coastal Carolina ^		4	–	2					9	–	3
Liberty		3	–	3					6	–	5
Monmouth		3	–	3					5	–	6
Kennesaw State		2	–	4					6	–	5
Gardner–Webb *		2	–	4					4	–	7
Presbyterian		1	–	5					2	–	9
$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant * Gardner–Webb ineligible for postseason due to APR violations Rankings from STATS Poll

The Chanticleers joined the Sun Belt Conference in July 2016, initially as a full but non-football member. The football team will begin a 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.[1]

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 5	7:00 pm	at Furman*	No. 5	Paladin Stadium Greenville, SC	ESPN3	W 38–35	6,563
September 12	6:00 pm	at South Carolina State*	No. 3	Oliver C. Dawson Stadium Orangeburg, SC		W 41–14	12,023
September 19	6:00 pm	Western Illinois*	No. 2	Brooks Stadium Conway, SC	BSN	W 34–27	10,311
September 26	6:00 pm	Bryant*	No. 2	Brooks Stadium Conway, SC	BSN	W 31–17	10,311
October 3	6:00 pm	Alabama A&M*	No. 2	Brooks Stadium Conway, SC	BSN	W 55–0	9,093
October 10	2:00 pm	Presbyterian	No. 2	Brooks Stadium Conway, SC	ESPN3	W 24–17	8,039
October 24	1:00 pm	at Monmouth	No. 2	Kessler Field West Long Branch, NJ	ESPN3	W 23–20	4,591
October 31	2:00 pm	at No. 24 Charleston Southern	No. 2	Buccaneer Field Charleston, SC	ASN	L 25–33	5,311
November 7	2:00 pm	Gardner–Webb	No. 8	Brooks Stadium Conway, SC	ASN	W 46–0	8,422
November 14	2:00 pm	Kennesaw State	No. 4	Brooks Stadium Conway, SC	BSN	W 45–13	8,802
November 19	7:00 pm	at Liberty	No. 4	Williams Stadium Lynchburg, VA	ESPNews	L 21–24	18,955
November 28	2:00 pm	No. 18 The Citadel*	No. 10	Brooks Stadium Conway, SC (FCS Playoffs First Round)	ESPN3	L 38–41	6,753
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from STATS FCS Poll released prior to game Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

• Source: Schedule

Game summaries

at Furman

	1	2	3	4	Total
#5 Chanticleers	15	6	7	10	38
Paladins	7	14	0	14	35

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
7–1	2016	CCU 41–21

at South Carolina State

	1	2	3	4	Total
#3 Chanticleers	22	10	9	0	41
Bulldogs	0	0	7	7	14

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
5–0	2015	CCU 41–14

Western Illinois

	1	2	3	4	Total
Leathernecks	0	7	14	6	27
#2 Chanticleers	3	7	10	14	34

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–2	2017	WIU 52–10

Bryant

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bulldogs	10	7	0	0	17
#2 Chanticleers	7	10	7	7	31

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
2-0	2016	CCU 31-21

Alabama A&M

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bulldogs	0	0	0	0	0
#2 Chanticleers	6	32	14	3	55

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1-0	2015	CCU 55-0

Presbyterian

	1	2	3	4	Total
Blue Hose	3	0	7	7	17
#2 Chanticleers	0	12	5	7	24

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
9–1	2016	CCU 48–17

at Monmouth

	1	2	3	4	Total
#2 Chanticleers	3	14	3	3	23
Hawks	7	6	7	0	20

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
5–0	2016	CCU 38–17

at Charleston Southern

	1	2	3	4	Total
#2 Chanticleers	15	0	3	7	25
#24 Buccaneers	13	14	3	3	33

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
8–6	2016	Charleston Southern 59–58

Gardner–Webb

	1	2	3	4	Total
Runnin' Bulldogs	0	0	0	0	0
#8 Chanticleers	15	14	14	3	46

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
12–2	2016	CCU 17–7

Kennesaw State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Owls	6	0	7	0	13
#4 Chanticleers	13	18	7	7	45

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1-0	2015	CCU 45-13

at Liberty

	1	2	3	4	Total
#4 Chanticleers	0	14	0	7	21
Flames	7	0	7	10	24

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
7–7	2016	CCU 42–7

FCS Playoffs

First Round–The Citadel

	1	2	3	4	Total
#18 Bulldogs	14	0	14	13	41
#10 Chanticleers	7	14	7	10	38

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–1	2015	Citadel 41–38

Ranking movements

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
STATS FCS	5	3 (24)	2 (36)	2 (36)	2 (40)	2 (39)	3 (30)	2 (27)	2 (33)	8	4	4	10–T	16
Coaches	5	1 (4)	1 (14)	1 (18)	1 (17)	1 (16)	1 (15)	1 (15)	1 (15)	8	4	4	9	17

References

1. "Coastal Carolina to Join Sun Belt Conference" (Press release). Sun Belt Conference. September 1, 2015. Retrieved October 12, 2015.