2015 McNeese State Cowboys football team


The 2015 McNeese State Cowboys football team represented McNeese State University in the 2015 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Cowboys were led by tenth-year head coach Matt Viator and played their home games at Cowboy Stadium. They were a member of the Southland Conference. They finished the season 10–1, 9–0 in Southland play to win the Southland Conference title. They went undefeated 10–0 in the regular season. They received the Southland's automatic bid to the FCS Playoffs where they lost in the second round to fellow Southland member Sam Houston State.

Previous season

The Cowboys finished the 2014 season with a 6–5 overall record and were 4–4 in conference play. They were ranked in both FCS polls from the preseason polls through the twelfth week. Their highest ranking was Number 5 in the Sports Network poll and Number 4 in the Coaches poll in weeks four through six. The Cowboys dropped out of both polls following a season ending loss to the Lamar Cardinals.

Schedule

Game summaries

@ LSU

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Overall recordLast meetingResult
0–12010L 10–32

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Incarnate Word

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Overall recordLast meetingResult
1–02014W 41–21

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@ Stephen F. Austin

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Overall recordLast meetingResult
18–142014L 16–31

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Mississippi College

See also:
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Overall recordLast meetingResult
2–01989W 28–21

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@ Nicholls

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Overall recordLast meetingResult
28–112014W 45–3

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Southeastern Louisiana

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Overall recordLast meetingResult
22–172013L 7–41

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@ Central Arkansas

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Overall recordLast meetingResult
4–42013W 59–28

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Northwestern State (Homecoming)

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Overall recordLast meetingResult
43–20–12014W 35–28

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@ Abilene Christian

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Overall recordLast meetingResult
2–02014W 31–20

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Sam Houston State

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Overall recordLast meetingResult
25–10–12014L 22–38

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@ Lamar

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Overall recordLast meetingResult
21–8–12014L 24–27

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FCS Playoffs

Second Round–Sam Houston State

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Overall recordLast meetingResult
26–10–111/7/2015W 27–10

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Ranking movements