2015 Eastern Kentucky Colonels football team

American college football season February 2026 August 2023 football 2015 Eastern Kentucky Colonels EKU wordmark.png 175 Ohio Valley Conference OVC 6–5 5–3 Dean Hood 8th Dane Damron 5th Roy Kidd Stadium The 2015 Eastern Kentucky Colonels football team represented Eastern Kentucky University during the 2015 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by eighth-year head coach Dean Hood and played their home games at Roy Kidd Stadium. The Colonels were a member of the Ohio Valley Conference. They finished season 6–5, and 5–3 in OVC play and finished in fourth place. Their game against Tennessee Tech originally scheduled for October 10 was played two days earlier at Toyota Stadium in Georgetown, KentuckyEKU Rides Strong First Half to 48-17 Win Over Tennessee Tech http://www.ekusports.com/news/2015/10/8/FOOTBALL_1008153105.aspx Eastern Kentucky University Department of Athletics October 8, 2015 October 8, 2015 due to campus safety concerns in the wake of threatening graffiti in a campus restroom and other threats allegedly made over social media.EKU Cancels Classes for the Rest of the Week to Further Investigate Threat Found Sunday Sean Moody http://www.wkyt.com/home/headlines/EKU-issues-alert-cancels-classes-for-the-rest-of-the-week-331039272.html WKYT Lexington October 7, 2015 October 8, 2015 October 9, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20151009002128/http://www.wkyt.com/home/headlines/EKU-issues-alert-cancels-classes-for-the-rest-of-the-week-331039272.html dead On November 23, Hood was fired.http://www.foxsports.com/college-football/story/hood-out-as-eastern-kentucky-coach-112315 College Football News, Videos, Scores, Teams, Standings, Stats He finished at Eastern Kentucky with an eight-year record of 55–38. Schedule 2015 NCAA Division I FCS STATS Eastern September 3 7:00 pm w y 17 Valparaiso Roy Kidd Stadium Richmond, KY OVCDN 52–10 12,800 September 12 6:00 pm l y y 19 NC State Carter–Finley Stadium Raleigh, NC ESPN3 0–35 57,600 September 26 6:00 pm w 18 Austin Peay Roy Kidd Stadium Richmond, KY OVCDN 51–13 11,400 October 3 7:30 pm l y y 17 Kentucky Commonwealth Stadium Lexington, KY SECN Alt. 27–34 OT 63,380 October 8 Thursday 7:00 pm w y 17 Tennessee Tech Toyota Stadium Georgetown, KY OVCDN 48–17 3,700 October 17 2:00 pm w y 14 Southeast Missouri State Houck Stadium Cape Girardeau, MO OVCDN 27–10 7,589 October 24 3:00 pm w y 13 Tennessee State Roy Kidd Stadium Richmond, KY OVCDN 45–21 9,400 October 31 2:00 pm l y 13 Jacksonville State 1 JSU Stadium Jacksonville, AL OVCDN 0–34 21,988 November 7 1:00 pm l 18 Tennessee–Martin Roy Kidd Stadium Richmond, KY OVCDN 35–42 7,800 November 14 2:00 pm w y 24 Murray State Roy Stewart Stadium Murray, KY OVCDN 41–34 2OT 2,457 November 21 2:00 pm l y 23 Eastern Illinois O'Brien Stadium Charleston, IL OVCDN 7–21 1,438 Source: Schedule Ranking movements STATS FCS 0 13 17 19 21 18 17 17 14 13 13 18 24 23 RV NR Coaches 0 13 17 19 22 21 21 20 15 14 14 19 RV RV RV NR References Eastern Kentucky Category:Eastern Kentucky Colonels football seasons Eastern Kentucky Colonels football