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2015 Northern Colorado

6–⁠5 (3–⁠5 Big Sky).

Schedule and results

Northern Colorado in 2015, game by game: won vs. Western Colorado 42–34; won at Houston Christian 34–10; lost at Southern Utah 3–30; lost vs. Weber State 17–38; won at Sacramento State 27–20; won vs. UC Davis 56–27; lost vs. Eastern Washington 41–43; lost at Northern Arizona 21–63; won vs. Portland State 35–32; lost at North Dakota 14–45; won vs. Abilene Christian 40–36+29−42Won 42–34 vs. Western Colorado+8Western ColoradoWon 34–10 at Houston Christian+24Houston Christi…Lost 3–30 at Southern Utah-27Southern UtahLost 17–38 vs. Weber State-21Weber StateWon 27–20 at Sacramento State+7Sacramento StateWon 56–27 vs. UC Davis+29UC DavisLost 41–43 vs. Eastern Washington-2Eastern Washing…Lost 21–63 at Northern Arizona-42Northern ArizonaWon 35–32 vs. Portland State+3Portland StateLost 14–45 at North Dakota-31North DakotaWon 40–36 vs. Abilene Christian+4Abilene Christi…
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 5vsWestern ColoradoW 42–⁠3460%
Sep 12atHouston ChristianW 34–⁠1042%
Sep 19atSouthern UtahL 3–⁠3041%
Sep 26vsWeber StateL 17–⁠3854%
Oct 3atSacramento StateW 27–⁠2030%
Oct 17vsUC DavisW 56–⁠2757%
Oct 24vsEastern WashingtonL 41–⁠4325%
Oct 31atNorthern ArizonaL 21–⁠6329%
Nov 7vsPortland StateW 35–⁠3225%
Nov 14atNorth DakotaL 14–⁠4534%
Nov 21vsAbilene ChristianW 40–⁠3649%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Abilene Christian 40–⁠36; unranked in the final AP poll; 9th in the Big Sky.

In program history: The 19th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 56 on file).

Record
6–⁠5
Conference
3–⁠5 9th in Big Sky
AP final
Unranked
Points
330–⁠378
Coach
—
Elo
1219 +47 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−30.8 No. 74 of 125 in FCS
Recruiting class
No. 201
Offensive coordinator
Jon Boyer
Defensive coordinator
Larry Kerr
Offense
Spread
Defense
4–⁠3

Top recruits in the 2015 class

Johnnie Hankins RB★★★No. 1363

247Sports composite rankings via CollegeFootballData.com; national rank in the class.

The 2015 class by position

SignedStarsRating
Running backs13.00.833

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 Big Sky standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Southern Utah7–⁠18–⁠4
Portland State6–⁠29–⁠3
Montana6–⁠38–⁠5
Eastern Washington6–⁠36–⁠5
Weber State6–⁠36–⁠5
Northern Arizona5–⁠37–⁠4
North Dakota5–⁠37–⁠4
Cal Poly4–⁠54–⁠7
Northern Colorado3–⁠56–⁠5
Montana State3–⁠65–⁠6
UC Davis2–⁠62–⁠9
Idaho State1–⁠72–⁠9
Sacramento State1–⁠82–⁠9

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.