The 2015 East Tennessee State Buccaneers football team represented East Tennessee State University in the 2015 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by first-year head coach Carl Torbush. The 2015 season was their first season since 2003, when the program was discontinued. They played their home games at Kermit Tipton Stadium, located on the campus of Science Hill High School. For the 2015 season, the Buccaneers were classified as an FCS independent school, meaning they had no athletic conference affiliation in football for the season. However, they will become football members of the Southern Conference in 2016, a league that ETSU rejoined for non-football sports in 2014 after a nine-year absence. They finished the season 2–9 with wins over Warner and Kentucky Wesleyan.
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Conference | Independent |
Record | 2–9 |
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Offensive coordinator | Mike O'Cain (1st season) |
Defensive coordinator | Billy Taylor (1st season) |
Home stadium | Kermit Tipton Stadium |
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Schedule
editDate | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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September 3 | 7:30 pm | Kennesaw State | L 16–56 | 8,217 | ||
September 10 | 7:30 pm | Maryville |
| L 21–28 | 7,357 | |
September 17 | 7:00 pm | at Charleston Southern | L 7–47 | 2,331 | ||
September 26 | 1:30 pm | Emory & Henry |
| L 24–27 | 8,413 | |
October 3 | 1:00 pm | Saint Francis (PA) |
| L 9–58 | 6,000 | |
October 17 | 4:00 pm | at Mercer | ESPN3 | L 0–52 | 10,200 | |
October 24 | 4:35 pm | at No. 21 Montana State | L 7–63 | 18,617 | ||
October 31 | 1:00 pm | Warner |
| W 42–9 | 6,480 | |
November 7 | 12:00 pm | at Robert Morris | L 9–21 | 1,174 | ||
November 14 | 1:30 pm | at Gardner–Webb | L 3–28 | 3,945 | ||
November 21 | 1:00 pm | Kentucky Wesleyan |
| W 42–27 | 6,302 | |
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Game summaries
editKennesaw State
edit1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Owls | 7 | 14 | 21 | 14 | 56 |
Buccaneers | 3 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 16 |
Maryville College
edit1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Scots | 7 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 28 |
Buccaneers | 14 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
At Charleston Southern
edit1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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ETSU Buccaneers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
CSU Buccaneers | 0 | 34 | 6 | 7 | 47 |
Emory & Henry
edit1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Wasps | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 27 |
Buccaneers | 14 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 24 |
Saint Francis
edit1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Red Flash | 17 | 21 | 6 | 14 | 58 |
Buccaneers | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 9 |
At Mercer
edit1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Buccaneers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bears | 14 | 21 | 14 | 3 | 52 |
At Montana State
edit1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Buccaneers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
#21 Bobcats | 13 | 22 | 14 | 14 | 63 |
Warner
edit1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Royals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 9 |
Buccaneers | 21 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 42 |
At Robert Morris
edit1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Buccaneers | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 9 |
Colonials | 0 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 21 |
At Gardner-Webb
edit1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Buccaneers | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Runnin' Bulldogs | 7 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 28 |
Kentucky Wesleyan
edit1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Panthers | 0 | 7 | 14 | 6 | 27 |
Buccaneers | 7 | 7 | 14 | 14 | 42 |
Roster and staff
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Note: Most redshirt players practiced with the team during 2014 during the program's first signed class. That first signed class is redshirted while they practice entirely during the 2014 season.[3]
References
edit- ^ "East Tennessee State Buccaneers Schedule 2015". ESPN. Retrieved December 23, 2023.
- ^ "2015 Football". East Tennessee State University. Retrieved December 23, 2023.
- ^ "Tennessee High's Mitchell excited to ink with ETSU".