2015 Butler
5–5 (4–4 Pioneer Football League). The season’s Wikipedia article records 6–5, over 11 games to the 10 on file here. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat Davidson 38–7Oct 17
By 31 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 5 | at Indiana State | L 17–52 | 30% |
| Sep 12 | vsFranklin | W 41–14 | 63% |
| Sep 26 | vs Campbell | W 25–24 | 62% |
| Oct 10 | at Morehead State | L 21–34 | 53% |
| Oct 17 | vs Davidson | W 38–7 | 81% |
| Oct 24 | at Dayton | L 24–27 | 22% |
| Oct 31 | at Marist | L 14–35 | 40% |
| Nov 7 | vs Valparaiso | W 42–21 | 76% |
| Nov 14 | vs Drake | W 20–13 | 52% |
| Nov 21 | at San Diego | L 27–28 | 21% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Lost to San Diego 28–27; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 5th in the Pioneer Football League.
In program history: The 10th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 54 on file).
Games missing from our records
Wikipedia’s season article lists one game of Butler’s 2015 season that CollegeFootballData.com, where this site’s results come from, doesn’t have. It doesn’t count in the record, Elo ratings or series totals here.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 19 | atTaylor | W 41–10 | Butler’s article |
- Record
- 5–5
- Conference
- 4–4 tied for 5th in Pioneer Football League
- AP final
- Unranked
- Points
- 269–255
- Coach
- —
- Elo
- 1240 −7 this season
- SP+ rating
- —
- SRS
- −36.8 No. 99 of 125 in FCS
- Recruiting class
- No. 230
- Defensive coordinators
- Joe Cheshire and Tim Cooper
Top recruits in the 2015 class
| Pace Temple WR | ★★ | No. 2838 |
247Sports composite rankings via CollegeFootballData.com; national rank in the class.
The 2015 class by position
| Signed | Stars | Rating | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Receivers | 1 | 2.0 | 0.767 |
High-school signees by position group, with their average stars and 247Sports composite rating (out of 1), via CollegeFootballData.com. Athletes are signees with no set position.
2015 Pioneer Football League standings
Conference page| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dayton | 7–1 | 10–2 | |
| San Diego | 7–1 | 9–2 | |
| Jacksonville | 6–2 | 9–2 | |
| Morehead State | 6–2 | 6–4 | |
 Butler | 4–4 | 5–5 | |
| Drake | 4–4 | 5–6 | |
| Marist | 4–4 | 5–6 | |
| Campbell | 3–5 | 5–6 | |
 Stetson | 1–7 | 3–8 | |
| Davidson | 1–7 | 2–9 | |
| Valparaiso | 1–7 | 1–9 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.