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.
^"Ed Lamb resigns as Southern Utah Thunderbirds coach to join BYU Cougars staff". Espn.go.com. December 26, 2015. Retrieved September 21, 2016.
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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 2015 Southern Utah Thunderbirds footballBig Sky championFCS Playoffs First Round L 39 42 vs Sam Houston StateConferenceBig Sky ConferenceRankingSTATSNo 18FCS CoachesNo 18Record8 4 7 1 Big Sky Head coachEd Lamb 8th season Offensive coordinatorGary Crowton 2nd season Defensive coordinatorDemario Warren 2nd season Home stadiumEccles ColiseumSeasons 20142016 2015 Big Sky Conference football standings vte Conf OverallTeam W L W L No 18 Southern Utah 7 1 8 4 No 10 Portland State 6 2 9 3 No 14 Montana 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 participantRankings from STATS PollOn 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 Contents 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 ReferencesSchedule editDateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSeptember 37 00 pmat Utah State Maverik StadiumLogan UTL 9 1221 209September 125 00 pmat No 9 South Dakota State Coughlin Alumni StadiumBrookings SDESPN3L 10 5513 423September 196 00 pmNorthern ColoradoEccles ColiseumCedar City UTWBSW 30 35 103September 266 00 pmBrevard nbsp Eccles ColiseumCedar City UTWBSW 55 75 789October 26 00 pmat Weber StateStewart StadiumOgden UTWBSW 44 05 778October 176 00 pmSacramento StateEccles ColiseumCedar City UTWBSW 44 03 607October 245 00 pmat UC DavisAggie StadiumDavis CAW 34 64 640October 313 00 pmCal PolyEccles ColiseumCedar City UTWBSW 54 374 506November 71 00 pmat Montana StateNo 20Bobcat StadiumBozeman MTRTUTW 34 2317 427November 143 05 pmat No 15 Portland StateNo 18Providence ParkPortland ORWBSL 23 246 122November 213 00 pmNo 24 Northern ArizonaNo 20Eccles ColiseumCedar City UT Grand Canyon Rivalry WBSW 49 419 022November 283 00 pmat No 6 Sam Houston State No 17Bowers StadiumHuntsville TX NCAA Division I First Round ESPN3L 39 423 098 Non conference game nbsp HomecomingRankings from STATS Poll released prior to the gameAll times are in Mountain timeGame summaries editAt Utah State edit 1 2 3 4 TotalThunderbirds 6 3 0 0 9Aggies 5 0 0 7 12See also 2015 Utah State Aggies football team At South Dakota State edit 1 2 3 4 TotalThunderbirds 7 0 0 3 10 9 Jackrabbits 3 24 7 21 55See also 2015 South Dakota State Jackrabbits football team Northern Colorado edit 1 2 3 4 TotalBears 3 0 0 0 3Thunderbirds 17 6 7 0 30See also 2015 Northern Colorado Bears football team Brevard edit 1 2 3 4 TotalTornados 0 0 0 7 7Thunderbirds 7 20 14 14 55 At Weber State edit 1 2 3 4 TotalThunderbirds 7 10 14 13 44Wildcats 0 0 0 0 0See also 2015 Weber State Wildcats football team Sacramento State edit 1 2 3 4 TotalHornets 0 0 0 0 0Thunderbirds 21 0 16 7 44See also 2015 Sacramento State Hornets football team At UC Davis edit 1 2 3 4 TotalThunderbirds 0 7 13 14 34Aggies 3 3 0 0 6See also 2015 UC Davis Aggies football team Cal Poly edit 1 2 3 4 TotalMustangs 3 21 7 6 37Thunderbirds 10 23 7 14 54See also 2015 Cal Poly Mustangs football team At Montana State edit 1 2 3 4 Total 20 Thunderbirds 0 7 19 8 34Bobcats 7 3 7 6 23See also 2015 Montana State Bobcats football team At Portland State edit 1 2 3 4 Total 18 Thunderbirds 10 0 7 6 23 15 Vikings 7 10 0 7 24See also 2015 Portland State Vikings football team Northern Arizona edit 1 2 3 4 Total 24 Lumberjacks 3 21 7 10 41 20 Thunderbirds 7 7 21 14 49See also 2015 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football team and Northern Arizona Southern Utah football rivalryFCS Playoffs editFirst Round at Sam Houston State edit 1 2 3 4 Total 17 Thunderbirds 6 26 7 0 39 6 Bearkats 16 10 7 9 42See also 2015 Sam Houston State Bearkats football teamRanking movements editMain article 2015 NCAA Division I FCS football rankings Ranking movementsLegend Increase in ranking Decrease in ranking Not ranked RV Received votesWeekPollPre123456789101112FinalSTATS FCS RVRVRV2018201718Coaches RV241815181618References edit Ed Lamb resigns as Southern Utah Thunderbirds coach to join BYU Cougars staff Espn go com December 26 2015 Retrieved September 21 2016 Retrieved 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