2015 Villanova Wildcats football team

The 2015 Villanova Wildcats football team represented Villanova University in the 2015 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by 31st-year head coach Andy Talley and played their home games at Villanova Stadium. They were a member of the Colonial Athletic Association. They finished the season 6–5, 5–3 in CAA play to finish in a three-way tie for fourth place.

2015 Villanova Wildcats football
Conference	Colonial Athletic Association
2015 record	6–5 (5–3 CAA)
Head coach	Andy Talley (31st season)
Offensive coordinator	Sam Venuto (17th season)
Defensive coordinator	Billy Crocker (4th season)
Home stadium	Villanova Stadium (Capacity: 12,500)

2015 Colonial Athletic Association football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 4 Richmond +^		6	–	2					10	–	4
No. 11 James Madison +^		6	–	2					9	–	3
No. 12 William & Mary +^		6	–	2					9	–	4
Towson		5	–	3					7	–	4
New Hampshire ^		5	–	3					7	–	5
Villanova		5	–	3					6	–	5
Stony Brook		3	–	5					5	–	5
Delaware		3	–	5					4	–	7
Elon		3	–	5					4	–	7
Maine		3	–	5					3	–	8
Albany		2	–	6					3	–	8
Rhode Island		1	–	7					1	–	10
+ – Conference co-champions ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from STATS Poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 3	7:30 pm	at UConn*	No. 4	Rentschler Field East Hartford, CT	SNY/ESPN3	L 15–20	26,113
September 12	6:00 pm	at No. 16 Fordham*	No. 6	Coffey Field Bronx, NY	PLL	W 14–7	6,586
September 19	12:00 pm	Delaware	No. 6	Villanova Stadium Villanova, PA (Battle of the Blue)	CSN	W 28–21	11,779
September 24	7:00 pm	Penn*	No. 5	Villanova Stadium Villanova, PA	NNAA	L 13–24	5,727
October 10	12:00 pm	William & Mary	No. 14	Villanova Stadium Villanova, PA	CSN	L 16–38	5,809
October 17	3:30 pm	at Albany	No. 25	Bob Ford Field Albany, NY	ASN	W 37–0	8,500
October 24	7:00 pm	at Towson	No. 23	Johnny Unitas Stadium Towson, MD	ASN	L 21–28	7,387
October 31	7:30 pm	Maine		Villanova Stadium Villanova, PA	NBCSN	W 13–3	4,309
November 7	12:30 pm	at Rhode Island		Meade Stadium Kingston, RI		W 24–3	6,122
November 14	3:30 pm	No. 9 Richmond		Villanova Stadium Villanova, PA	NNAA	W 21–20	6,211
November 21	12:00 pm	at No. 12 James Madison		Bridgeforth Stadium Harrisonburg, VA	CSN	L 29–38	17,028
*Non-conference game 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 UConn

	1	2	3	4	Total
#4 Wildcats	0	9	0	6	15
Huskies	6	0	7	7	20

at Fordham

	1	2	3	4	Total
#6 Wildcats	7	7	0	0	14
#16 Rams	0	7	0	0	7

Delaware

	1	2	3	4	Total
Fightin' Blue Hens	10	3	0	8	21
#6 Wildcats	7	7	0	14	28

Penn

	1	2	3	4	Total
Quakers	7	7	3	7	24
#5 Wildcats	0	0	7	6	13

William & Mary

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tribe	3	28	0	7	38
#14 Wildcats	10	0	0	6	16

at Albany

	1	2	3	4	Total
#25 Wildcats	10	0	14	13	37
Great Danes	0	0	0	0	0

at Towson

	1	2	3	4	Total
#23 Wildcats	0	7	7	7	21
Tigers	12	0	6	10	28

Maine

	1	2	3	4	Total
Black Bears	0	3	0	0	3
Wildcats	6	0	0	7	13

at Rhode Island

	1	2	3	4	Total
Wildcats	7	0	7	10	24
Rams	0	3	0	0	3

Richmond

	1	2	3	4	Total
#9 Spiders	0	7	7	6	20
Wildcats	0	7	7	7	21

at James Madison

	1	2	3	4	Total
Wildcats	7	0	7	15	29
#12 Dukes	14	7	3	14	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	4	6 (6)	6 (4)	5 (4)	14	14	25	23	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV
Coaches	3	2–T	3	4	17	16	24–T	22	RV	RV	RV	RV	NR

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