2015 SMU Mustangs football team

American college football season August 2023 February 2026 2015 SMU Mustangs football SMU Athletics wordmark.svg 150 American Athletic Conference West Division The American 2–10 1–7 Chad Morris 1st Joe Craddock 1st Power spread Van Malone 1st 4–2–5 Gerald J. Ford Stadium The 2015 SMU Mustangs football team represented Southern Methodist University in the 2015 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They were led by first-year head coach Chad Morris. They played their home games at Gerald J. Ford Stadium in University Park, Texas, an enclave of Dallas, and were members of the Western Division of the American Athletic Conference. They finished the season 2–10, 1–7 in American Athletic play to finish in a tie for fifth place in the Western Division. Schedule 2015 AP Poll (and CFP Rankings, after November 3) released prior to game Central September 4 Friday 6:00 p.m. l y Baylor 4 Gerald J. Ford Stadium University Park, TX ESPN 21–56 32,047 September 12 6:00 p.m. w y North Texas Safeway Bowl Gerald J. Ford Stadium University Park, TX ESPN3 31–13 25,401 September 19 7:00 p.m. l y y TCU 3 Battle for the Iron Skillet Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, TX FSN 37–56 41,827 September 26 6:00 p.m. l y y James Madison 9 (FCS) Gerald J. Ford Stadium University Park, TX ESPN3 45–48 22,314 October 3 3:00 p.m. l East Carolina Gerald J. Ford Stadium University Park, TX ESPNews 23–49 17,136 October 8 Thursday 7:00 p.m. l y Houston rivalry TDECU Stadium Houston, TX ESPN2 28–49 25,204 October 24 3:00 p.m. l y South Florida Raymond James Stadium Tampa, FL ESPNews 14–38 24,338 October 31 3:00 p.m. l Tulsa Gerald J. Ford Stadium University Park, TX ESPNews 31–40 18,127 November 6 Friday 7:00 p.m. l Temple 22 Gerald J. Ford Stadium University Park, TX ESPN2 40–60 17,232 November 14 2:30 p.m. l y Navy 20 Gansz Trophy Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium Annapolis, MD CBSSN 14–55 35,778 November 21 7:00 p.m. w Tulane Gerald J. Ford Stadium University Park, TX ESPNews 49–21 15,000 November 28 11:00 a.m. l y Memphis Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium Memphis, TN ESPNews 0–63 30,075 Source:2015 SMU Mustangs Football Schedule http://www.fbschedules.com/ncaa-15/aac/2015-smu-mustangs-football-schedule.php FB Schedules February 24, 2015 Game summaries No. 4 Baylor 2015 Baylor Bears football team No. 4 Bears 28 0 14 14 56 Mustangs 14 7 0 0 21 Statistics BAYSMU First downs 27 22 Total yards 723 369 Rushing yards 300 203 Passing yards 423 166 Turnovers 1 2 Time of possession 22:08 37:52 Team Category Player StatisticsBaylor Passing Seth Russell 15/30, 376 yards, 5 TD, INT Rushing Shock Linwood 8 rushes, 75 yards Receiving Corey Coleman 5 receptions, 178 yards, TDSMU Passing Matt Davis 16/23, 166 yards, 2 TD, 2 INT Rushing Matt Davis 24 rushes, 115 yards Receiving Courtland Sutton 3 receptions, 82 yards, 2 TD North Texas 2015 North Texas Mean Green football team Safeway Bowl Mean Green 3 3 7 0 Mustangs 7 0 3 21 Statistics UNTSMU First downs 17 27 Total yards 240 444 Rushing yards 112 273 Passing yards 128 171 Turnovers 4 3 Time of possession 24:10 35:50 Team Category Player StatisticsNorth Texas Passing Andrew McNulty 16/34, 128 yards, 2 INT Rushing Andrew Tucker 10 rushes, 50 yards Receiving Turner Smiley 3 receptions, 42 yardsSMU Passing Matt Davis 17/24, 171 yards, 2 TD Rushing Matt Davis 17 rushes, 125 yards, 2 TD Receiving Courtland Sutton 5 receptions, 65 yards, TD At No. 3 TCU 2015 TCU Horned Frogs football team Mustangs 10 7 17 3 No. 3 Horned Frogs 14 14 14 14 Statistics SMUTCU First downs 23 28 Total yards 508 720 Rushing yards 174 266 Passing yards 334 454 Turnovers 0 1 Time of possession 32:57 27:03 Team Category Player StatisticsSMU Passing Matt Davis 18/32, 334 yards, TD Rushing Matt Davis 17 rushes, 62 yards, 2 TD Receiving Courtland Sutton 4 receptions, 115 yards, TDTCU Passing Trevone Boykin 21/30, 454 yards, 5 TD, INT Rushing Aaron Green 21 rushes, 164 yards, 2 TD Receiving Josh Doctson 5 receptions, 171 yards, 2 TD No. 9 (FCS) James Madison 2015 James Madison Dukes football team No. 9 (FCS) Dukes 10 7 17 14 Mustangs 7 7 17 14 Statistics JMUSMU First downs 34 24 Total yards 729 494 Rushing yards 440 232 Passing yards 289 262 Turnovers 3 2 Time of possession 28:11 31:49 Team Category Player StatisticsJames Madison Passing Vad Lee 20/33, 289 yards, 3 TD, 3 INT Rushing Vad Lee 20 rushes, 276 yards, 2 TD Receiving Brandon Ravenel 4 receptions, 89 yards, TDSMU Passing Matt Davis 18/30, 262 yards, TD Rushing Matt Davis 17 rushes, 95 yards, 2 TD Receiving Courtland Sutton 5 receptions, 137 yards, TD East Carolina 2015 East Carolina Pirates football team Pirates 7 14 14 14 49 Mustangs 13 10 0 0 23 Statistics ECUSMU First downs 26 21 Total yards 555 329 Rushing yards 306 40 Passing yards 249 289 Turnovers 2 0 Time of possession 32:47 27:13 Team Category Player StatisticsEast Carolina Passing James Summers 9/10, 153 yards, 2 TD Rushing Chris Hairston 18 rushes, 91 yards, TD Receiving Trevon Brown 4 receptions, 85 yards, TDSMU Passing Matt Davis 19/37, 249 yards, 2 TD Rushing Xavier Jones 12 rushes, 38 yards Receiving Jeremiah Gaines 4 receptions, 96 yards, TD At Houston 2015 Houston Cougars football team Mustangs 14 7 0 7 Cougars 7 21 14 7 Statistics SMUHOU First downs 21 23 Total yards 399 457 Rushing yards 151 214 Passing yards 248 243 Turnovers 3 1 Time of possession 31:21 28:39 Team Category Player StatisticsSMU Passing Matt Davis 21/35, 248 yards, 3 TD Rushing Xavier Jones 10 rushes, 52 yards Receiving Darius Joseph 2 receptions, 63 yards, TDHouston Passing Greg Ward 16/18, 243 yards Rushing Greg Ward 14 rushes, 82 yards, 4 TD Receiving Demarcus Ayers 7 receptions, 91 yards At South Florida 2015 South Florida Bulls football team Mustangs 7 0 0 7 Bulls 3 14 7 14 Statistics SMUUSF First downs 19 15 Total yards 365 352 Rushing yards 132 251 Passing yards 233 101 Turnovers 4 1 Time of possession 34:48 25:12 Team Category Player StatisticsSMU Passing Darrell Colbert Jr. 11/13, 120 yards, TD Rushing Xavier Jones 15 rushes, 51 yards, TD Receiving Courtland Sutton 3 receptions, 56 yards, TDSouth Florida Passing Quinto Flowers 9/20, 97 yards Rushing Quinto Flowers 23 rushes, 201 yards, 3 TD Receiving Chris Barr 3 receptions, 41 yards Tulsa 2015 Tulsa Golden Hurricane football team Golden Hurricane 3 20 10 7 Mustangs 14 7 3 7 Statistics TLSASMU First downs 22 23 Total yards 419 406 Rushing yards 179 84 Passing yards 240 322 Turnovers 0 2 Time of possession 33:43 26:17 Team Category Player StatisticsTulsa Passing Dane Evans 19/27, 240 yards Rushing D'Angelo Brewer 23 rushes, 119 yards, TD Receiving Justin Hobbs 7 receptions, 150 yardsSMU Passing Matt Davis 19/39, 236 yards, 3 TD, INT Rushing Prescott Line 9 rushes, 33 yards Receiving Courtland Sutton 8 receptions, 165 yards, 2 TD No. 22 Temple 2015 Temple Owls football team No. 22 Owls 14 7 17 22 Mustangs 0 17 7 16 Statistics TEMSMU First downs Total yards Rushing yards Passing yards Turnovers Time of possession Team Category Player StatisticsTemple Passing Rushing Receiving SMU Passing Rushing Receiving At No. 20 Navy 2015 Navy Midshipmen football team Gansz Trophy Mustangs 0 7 7 0 14 No. 20 Midshipmen 14 14 6 21 55 Statistics SMUNAVY First downs Total yards Rushing yards Passing yards Turnovers Time of possession Team Category Player StatisticsSMU Passing Rushing Receiving Navy Passing Rushing Receiving Tulane 2015 Tulane Green Wave football team Green Wave 0 7 7 7 21 Mustangs 14 21 0 14 49 Statistics TULNSMU First downs Total yards Rushing yards Passing yards Turnovers Time of possession Team Category Player StatisticsTulane Passing Rushing Receiving SMU Passing Rushing Receiving At Memphis 2015 Memphis Tigers football team Mustangs 0 0 0 0 0 Tigers 28 28 7 0 63 Statistics SMUMEM First downs Total yards Rushing yards Passing yards Turnovers Time of possession Team Category Player StatisticsSMU Passing Rushing Receiving Memphis Passing Rushing Receiving Roster 2015 SMU Mustangs f 1 Fr Kevin Thomas WR Matt Davis 4 QB Jr Braeden West 6 RB Fr Darrell Colbert Jr. 7 QB Fr y Ben Hicks 8 QB Fr y Shelby Walker 9 WR So Xavier Jones 10 RB Fr y Jordan Severt 11 QB Fr Xavier Castille 12 WR Fr James Proche 12 WR Fr Ryheem Malone 13 WR So Garrett Krstich 14 QB Sr Myron Gailliard 15 WR Fr Courtland Sutton 16 WR Fr y y Hunter Herndon 17 TE Fr Connor Simpson 18 QB So Darius Joseph 18 WR Sr Nate Halverson 20 WR Jr Jonathan Yenga Sr 1 LB Caleb Tuiasosopo LB 2 Sr Kevin Johnson DB 3 Fr Cedric Lancaster 3 DB So David Johnson 4 DB GR Nick Horton 5 LB Jr Jesse Montgomery 6 DB So Elie Nabushosi 7 DL Jr Rodney Clemons 8 DB Fr Horace Richardson 9 DB Jr Ajee Montes 10 DB Jr Kyran Mitchell 11 LB Fr Christian Burks 13 DB So Jordan Wyatt 15 DB Fr y Jeremy White 16 LB So Jordan Williams 17 LB Fr William Jeanlys 18 DB Fr y A. J. Justice 20 DB Jr 90 Sr Zach Wood DE y Josh Williams 14 K Fr Chad Hedlund 27 K Sr Alex Melvin 33 P Fr Jackson Koonce 35 P So Michael Armstrong 38 K Fr y Davis Luster 43 P Fr Daniel Chapparo 50 P Jr Nicholas Avantino 53 LS Fr y Garrett Stotts 54 LS Fr y Michael Sehlinger 56 LS Fr Baxter Cantrell 69 LS Fr https://smumustangs.com/sports/football/roster/2015 *Chad Morris Joe CraddockOffensive coordinator/quarterbacks Van MaloneDefensive coordinator Dustin FryOffensive line Keith GunnTight ends Jess LoeppSecondary Claude MathisRunning backs Archie McDanielLinebackers Justin SteppWide receivers Buddy WyattDefensive line Daric RileySpecial teams analyst References SMU Category:SMU Mustangs football seasons SMU Mustangs football Category:Long stubs with short prose