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(Top) 1 Schedule 2 Game summaries 2.1 At Utah State 2.2 At South Dakota State 2.3 Northern Colorado 2.4 Brevard 2.5 At Weber State 2.6 Sacramento State 2.7 At UC Davis 2.8 Cal Poly 2.9 At Montana State 2.10 At Portland State 2.11 Northern Arizona 3 FCS Playoffs 3.1 First Round–at Sam Houston State 4 Ranking movements 5 References

2015 Southern Utah Thunderbirds football team

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2015 Southern Utah Thunderbirds football

Big Sky champion
FCS Playoffs First Round, L 39–42 vs. Sam Houston State
Conference	Big Sky Conference
Ranking
STATS	No. 18
FCS Coaches	No. 18
Record	8–4 (7–1 Big Sky)
Head coach	Ed Lamb (8th season)
Offensive coordinator	Gary Crowton (2nd season)
Defensive coordinator	Demario Warren (2nd season)
Home stadium	Eccles Coliseum
Seasons ← 2014 2016 →

2015 Big Sky Conference football standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
No.18Southern Utah $^	7	–	1	8	–	4
No.10Portland State ^	6	–	2	9	–	3
No.14Montana ^	6	–	2	8	–	5
North Dakota	5	–	3	7	–	4
Northern Arizona	5	–	3	7	–	4
Eastern Washington	5	–	3	6	–	5
Weber State	5	–	3	6	–	5
Northern Colorado	3	–	5	6	–	5
Montana State	3	–	5	5	–	6
Cal Poly	3	–	5	4	–	7
UC Davis	2	–	6	2	–	9
Idaho State	1	–	7	2	–	9
Sacramento State	1	–	7	2	–	9

$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from STATS Poll

The 2015 Southern Utah Thunderbirds football team represented Southern Utah University in the 2015 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by eighth-year head coach Ed Lamb and played their home games at Eccles Coliseum. This was their fourth year as a member of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 8–4, 7–1 in Big Sky play to be crowned Big Sky champion for the first time. They received the Big Sky's automatic bid to the FCS playoffs where they lost in the first round to Sam Houston State.

On December 26, Lamb resigned to become the special teams coordinator and tight ends coach at BYU.^[1] He finished at Southern Utah with an eight year record of 45–47.

Schedule[edit]

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 3	7:00 pm	atUtah State*		Maverik Stadium Logan, UT		L 9–12	21,209
September 12	5:00 pm	at No. 9South Dakota State*		Coughlin–Alumni Stadium Brookings, SD	ESPN3	L 10–55	13,423
September 19	6:00 pm	Northern Colorado		Eccles Coliseum Cedar City, UT	WBS	W 30–3	5,103
September 26	6:00 pm	Brevard*		Eccles Coliseum Cedar City, UT	WBS	W 55–7	5,789
October 2	6:00 pm	atWeber State		Stewart Stadium Ogden, UT	WBS	W 44–0	5,778
October 17	6:00 pm	Sacramento State		Eccles Coliseum Cedar City, UT	WBS	W 44–0	3,607
October 24	5:00 pm	atUC Davis		Aggie Stadium Davis, CA		W 34–6	4,640
October 31	3:00 pm	Cal Poly		Eccles Coliseum Cedar City, UT	WBS	W 54–37	4,506
November 7	1:00 pm	atMontana State	No. 20	Bobcat Stadium Bozeman, MT	RTUT	W 34–23	17,427
November 14	3:05 pm	at No. 15Portland State	No. 18	Providence Park Portland, OR	WBS	L 23–24	6,122
November 21	3:00 pm	No. 24Northern Arizona	No. 20	Eccles Coliseum Cedar City, UT (Grand Canyon Rivalry)	WBS	W 49–41	9,022
November 28	3:00 pm	at No. 6Sam Houston State*	No. 17	Bowers Stadium Huntsville, TX (NCAA Division I First Round)	ESPN3	L 39–42	3,098
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Mountain time

Game summaries[edit]

At Utah State[edit]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Thunderbirds	6	3	0	0	9
Aggies	5	0	0	7	12

At South Dakota State[edit]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Thunderbirds	7	0	0	3	10
#9 Jackrabbits	3	24	7	21	55

Northern Colorado[edit]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bears	3	0	0	0	3
Thunderbirds	17	6	7	0	30

Brevard[edit]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tornados	0	0	0	7	7
Thunderbirds	7	20	14	14	55

At Weber State[edit]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Thunderbirds	7	10	14	13	44
Wildcats	0	0	0	0	0

Sacramento State[edit]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Hornets	0	0	0	0	0
Thunderbirds	21	0	16	7	44

At UC Davis[edit]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Thunderbirds	0	7	13	14	34
Aggies	3	3	0	0	6

Cal Poly[edit]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Mustangs	3	21	7	6	37
Thunderbirds	10	23	7	14	54

At Montana State[edit]

	1	2	3	4	Total
#20 Thunderbirds	0	7	19	8	34
Bobcats	7	3	7	6	23

At Portland State[edit]

	1	2	3	4	Total
#18 Thunderbirds	10	0	7	6	23
#15 Vikings	7	10	0	7	24

Northern Arizona[edit]

	1	2	3	4	Total
#24 Lumberjacks	3	21	7	10	41
#20 Thunderbirds	7	7	21	14	49

FCS Playoffs[edit]

First Round–at Sam Houston State[edit]

	1	2	3	4	Total
#17 Thunderbirds	6	26	7	0	39
#6 Bearkats	16	10	7	9	42

Ranking movements[edit]

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
STATS FCS	—	—	—	—	—	—	RV	RV	RV	20	18	20	17	18
Coaches	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	RV	24	18	15	18	16	18

References[edit]

^ "Ed Lamb resigns as Southern Utah Thunderbirds coach to join BYU Cougars staff". Espn.go.com. December 26, 2015. Retrieved September 21, 2016.

v t e Southern Utah Thunderbirds football
Venues	Eccles Coliseum (1967–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Northern Arizona: Grand Canyon Rivalry Weber State: Beehive Bowl
People	Head coaches NFL draftees
Seasons	1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024

Big Sky Conference football champions

College Division / Division II

Idaho State (1963)
Montana State (1964)
Weber State & Idaho (1965)
Montana State (1966)
Montana State (1967)
Idaho, Montana State, & Weber State (1968)
Montana (1969)
Montana (1970)
Idaho (1971)
Montana State (1972)
Boise State (1973)
Boise State (1974)
Boise State (1975)
Montana State (1976)
Boise State (1977)

I-AA/FCS

Northern Arizona (1978)
Montana State (1979)
Boise State (1980)
Idaho State (1981)
Montana, Idaho, & Montana State (1982)
Nevada (1983)
Montana State (1984)
Idaho (1985)
Nevada (1986)
Idaho (1987)
Idaho (1988)
Idaho (1989)
Nevada (1990)
Nevada (1991)
Idaho & Eastern Washington (1992)
Montana (1993)
Boise State (1994)
Montana (1995)
Montana (1996)
Eastern Washington (1997)
Montana (1998)
Montana (1999)
Montana (2000)
Montana (2001)
Montana, Montana State, & Idaho State (2002)
Montana State, Montana, & Northern Arizona (2003)
Montana & Eastern Washington (2004)
Eastern Washington, Montana State, & Montana (2005)
Montana (2006)
Montana (2007)
Weber State & Montana (2008)
Montana (2009)
Montana State & Eastern Washington (2010)
Montana State & Montana (2011)
Eastern Washington, Montana State, & Cal Poly (2012)
Eastern Washington (2013)
Eastern Washington (2014)
Southern Utah (2015)
Eastern Washington & North Dakota (2016)
Southern Utah & Weber State (2017)
Eastern Washington, UC Davis, & Weber State (2018)
Sacramento State & Weber State (2019)
Weber State (2020)
Sacramento State (2021)
Montana State & Sacramento State (2022)
Montana (2023)

National championships in bold

2015 NCAA Division I FCS playoff participants

Champion – North Dakota State

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