Mode: | football |
Year: | 2015 |
Team: | Georgia Southern Eagles |
Conference: | Sun Belt Conference |
Short Conf: | Sun Belt |
Record: | 9–4 |
Conf Record: | 6–2 |
Head Coach: | Willie Fritz |
Hc Year: | 2nd |
Hc Games: | regular season |
Head Coach2: | Dell McGee |
Hc Games2: | interim; bowl game |
Off Coach: | Doug Ruse |
Oc Year: | 2nd |
Off Scheme: | Spread option |
Def Coach: | Jack Curtis |
Dc Year: | 5th |
Def Scheme: | 4–3 |
Stadium: | Paulson Stadium |
Champion: | GoDaddy Bowl champion |
Bowl: | GoDaddy Bowl |
Bowl Result: | W 58–27 vs. Bowling Green |
The 2015 Georgia Southern Eagles football team represented Georgia Southern University in the 2015 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They were led by second-year head coach Willie Fritz and played their home games at Paulson Stadium in Statesboro, Georgia. This season was the Eagles second season in the Sun Belt Conference and the first season for full bowl eligibility. The Eagles finished the regular season 8–4, 6–2 in Sun Belt play to finish in third place. In the Eagles' first ever bowl appearance, the Eagles defeated Bowling Green, 58–27, in the GoDaddy Bowl.
On December 12, head coach Willie Fritz resigned to become the head coach at Tulane.[1] The Eagles were led by assistant head coach and running backs coach Dell McGee in the GoDaddy Bowl.[2]
Georgia Southern announced their 2015 football schedule on February 27, 2015. The 2015 schedule consists of six home and away games in the regular season. The Eagles hosted Sun Belt foes Georgia State, New Mexico State, Texas State, and South Alabama, and traveled to Appalachian State, Idaho, Louisiana–Monroe, and Troy.[3]
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See also: 2015 West Virginia Mountaineers football team.
See also: 2015 Western Michigan Broncos football team.
See also: 2015 The Citadel Bulldogs football team.
See also: 2015 Idaho Vandals football team.
See also: 2015 Louisiana–Monroe Warhawks football team.
In their fifth game of the season, the Eagles won, 51–31 over the Louisiana–Monroe Warhawks.[5] [6]
See also: 2015 New Mexico State Aggies football team.
See also: 2015 Appalachian State Mountaineers football team.
See also: 2015 Texas State Bobcats football team.
See also: 2015 Troy Trojans football team.
See also: 2015 Georgia Bulldogs football team.
See also: 2015 South Alabama Jaguars football team.
See also: 2015 Georgia State Panthers football team.
See also: 2015 Bowling Green Falcons football team and 2015 GoDaddy Bowl (December).