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2015 Southland Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
No. 7 McNeese State $^	9	–	0	10	–	1
No. 3 Sam Houston State ^	7	–	2	11	–	4
Central Arkansas	7	–	2	7	–	4
Incarnate Word *	5	–	4	6	–	5
Lamar	4	–	5	5	–	6
Northwestern State	4	–	5	4	–	7
Stephen F. Austin	4	–	5	4	–	7
SE Louisiana	3	–	6	4	–	7
Abilene Christian *	3	–	6	3	–	8
Nicholls State	3	–	6	3	–	8
Houston Baptist	0	–	8	2	–	9

$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant * – ineligible for FCS playoffs due to transition from NCAA Division II Rankings from STATS poll

The 2015 McNeese State Cowboys football team represents McNeese State University in the 2015 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Cowboys are led by tenth year head coach Matt Viator and play their home games at Cowboy Stadium. They are a member of the Southland Conference.

Previous season

The Cowboys finished the 2014 season with a 6–5 overall record and were 4–4 in conference play. They were ranked in both FCS polls from the preseaon polls through the twelfth week. Their highest ranking was Number 5 in the Sports Network poll and Number 4 in the Coaches poll in weeks four through six. The Cowboys dropped out of both polls following a season ending loss to the Lamar Cardinals.

Schedule

September 126:00 PMIncarnate Word

ASNW 43–6 12,804 September 196:00 PMat Stephen F. Austin

ESPN3W 28–14 12,018 September 266:00 PMMississippi College*No. 25

Cowboy Stadium
Lake Charles, LA

W 37–0 10,436 October 33:00 PMat Nicholls StateNo. 23

CST^[1]W 37–7 6,192 October 106:00 PMNo. 20 Southeastern LouisianaNo. 22

Cowboy Stadium
Lake Charles, LA

CSTW 21–7 13,110 October 176:00 PMat Central ArkansasNo. 15

ESPN3W 28–13 10,527 October 246:00 PMNorthwestern StateNo. 12

Cowboy Stadium
Lake Charles, LA (Rivalry)

CSTW 47–27 9,806 October 312:00 PMat Abilene ChristianNo. 10

ASNW 15–13 3,567 November 76:00 PMNo. 7 Sam Houston StateNo. 9

Cowboy Stadium
Lake Charles, LA

ESPN3W 27–10 10,501 November 216:00 PMat LamarNo. 3

W 20–14 9,808 December 57:00 PMNo. 6 Sam Houston StateNo. 3

Cowboy Stadium
Lake Charles, LA (FCS Playoffs Second Round)

ESPN3L 29–34 13,493

Template:CFB Schedule End^[2]

^{^[a]}The game between LSU and McNeese State was canceled due to inclement weather. The game was delayed due to lightning after 5 minutes of play during each team held the ball for one drive and no one scored. Both schools' athletic directors decided not to reschdule the game, thus declaring it a "no contest". LSU did agree to pay McNeese State its promised fee of $500,000.

Schedule Source:^[3]

Game summaries

@ LSU

McNeese State at LSU

	1	2	3	4	Total
#25 Cowboys	0	0	0	0	0
Tigers	0	0	0	0	0

Date: September 5
Location: Tiger Stadium
Baton Rouge, LA
Game start: CANCELLED

Sources:^[4]

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–1	2010	L 10–32

Incarnate Word

Incarnate Word at McNeese State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cardinals	0	0	0	6	6
• Cowboys	7	2	20	14	43

Date: September 12
Location: Cowboy Stadium
Lake Charles, LA
Game start: 6:00 PM CDT
Elapsed time: 3:18
Game attendance: 12,804
Game weather: Fair, 38% Humidity • Wind NNW 11
Referee: Ross Smith

Sources:^[5]

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–0	2014	W 41–21

@ Stephen F. Austin

McNeese State at Stephen F. Austin

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Cowboys	7	14	0	7	28
Lumberjacks	14	0	0	0	14

Date: September 19
Location: Homer Bryce Stadium
Nacogdoches, TX
Game start: 6:00 PM CDT
Elapsed time: 3:25
Game attendance: 12,018
Game weather: High 80's • Sunny and clear • Wind SE 0-5
Referee: Brandon Cruse

Sources:^[6]

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
18–14	2014	L 16–31

Mississippi College

See also: Mississippi College

Mississippi College at McNeese State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Choctaws	0	0	0	0	0
• #25 Cowboys	13	7	10	7	37

Date: September 26
Location: Cowboy Stadium
Lake Charles, LA
Game start: 6:00 PM CDT
Elapsed time: 2:40
Game attendance: 10,436
Game weather: 75°F • Overcast 86% • SSE 2 mph
Referee: M Vandervelde

Sources:^[7]

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
2–0	1989	W 28–21

@ Nicholls

McNeese State at Nicholls

	1	2	3	4	Total
• #23 Cowboys	7	20	7	3	37
Colonels	0	7	0	0	7

Date: October 3
Location: John L. Guidry Stadium
Thibodaux, LA
Game start: 3:00 PM CDT
Elapsed time: 3:03
Game attendance: 6,192
Game weather: 76°F • Clear • NNW 11 mph
Referee: Kevin Hassell

Sources:

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
28–11	2014	W 45–3

Southeastern Louisiana

Southeastern Louisiana at McNeese State

	1	2	3	4	Total
#20 Lions	0	7	0	0	7
• #22 Cowboys	14	7	0	0	21

Date: October 10
Location: Cowboy Stadium
Lake Charles, LA
Game start: 6:00 PM CDT
Elapsed time: 3:13
Game attendance: 13,110
Game weather: 80°F • Sunny and Warm • NNW 6 mph
Referee: Ross Smith

Sources:

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
22–17	2013	L 7–41

@ Central Arkansas

McNeese State at Central Arkansas

	1	2	3	4	Total
• #15 Cowboys	0	0	7	21	28
Bears	0	3	10	0	13

Date: October 17
Location: Estes Stadium
Conway, AR
Game start: 6:00 PM CDT
Elapsed time: 3:27
Game attendance: 10,527
Game weather: 66°F • Clear
Referee: K. Boitman

Sources:

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
4–4	2013	W 59–28

Northwestern State (Homecoming)

Northwestern State at McNeese State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Demons	7	3	10	7	27
• #12 Cowboys	7	7	13	20	47

Date: October 24
Location: Cowboy Stadium
Lake Charles, LA
Game start: 6:00 PM CDT
Elapsed time: 3:28
Game attendance: 9,806
Game weather: 73°F • Cloudy/40% rain • NE 8 mph
Referee: Kevin Hassell

Sources:

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
43–20–1	2014	W 35–28

@ Abilene Christian

McNeese State at Abilene Christian

	1	2	3	4	Total
• #10 Cowboys	3	3	6	3	15
Wildcats	0	6	0	7	13

Date: October 31
Location: Shotwell Stadium
Abilene, TX
Game start: 2:00 PM CDT
Elapsed time: 3:20
Game attendance: 3,567
Game weather: 65°F • Sunny • NNW 13 mph
Referee: Marvel July

Sources:

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
2–0	2014	W 31–20

Sam Houston State

Sam Houston State at McNeese State

	1	2	3	4	Total
#7 Bearkats	10	0	0	0	10
• #9 Cowboys	0	14	3	10	27

Date: November 7
Location: Cowboy Stadium
Lake Charles, LA
Game start: 7:00 PM CST
Elapsed time: 2:58
Game attendance: 10,501
Game weather: 64°F • NNE 13 mph • Overcast with rain
Referee: Dan Romeo
Television network: ESPN3

Sources:

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
25–10–1	2014	L 22–38

@ Lamar

McNeese State at Lamar

	1	2	3	4	Total
• #3 Cowboys	17	0	0	3	20
Cardinals	7	0	0	7	14

Date: November 21
Location: Provost Umphrey Stadium
Beaumont, TX
Game start: 6:00 PM CST
Elapsed time: 3:11
Game attendance: 9,808
Game weather: 62°F • 17 mph • Cloudy and Windy
Referee: Randy Christal
Television network: Live Streaming - Big Red Sports Network^[8]

Sources:^[9]

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
21–8–1	2014	L 24–27

FCS Playoffs

Second Round–Sam Houston State

Sam Houston State at McNeese State

	1	2	3	4	Total
• #6 Bearkats	7	17	10	0	34
#3 Cowboys	10	7	6	6	29

Date: December 5
Location: Cowboy Stadium
Lake Charles, LA
Game start: 7:00 PM CST
Elapsed time: 3:33
Game attendance: 13,493
Game weather: 57°F • ENE 3 • Fair 45% humidity
Referee: Jeremy Parker
Television network: ESPN3

Sources:

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
26–10–1	11/7/2015	W 27–10

Ranking movements

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
RV = Received votes т = Tied with team above or below ( ) = First-place votes
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	Final
STATS FCS	25	RV	RV	25	23	22	15	12	10	9	3	3
Coaches	23	23	21	17	15	13	9	9	7	5–T	2 (1)	2 (2)

References

^ "Southland Conference Annouces Week Five TV Selections". Southland Conference. September 21, 2015. Retrieved September 28, 2015.
^ "2015 Football Schedule". McNeese State University Department of Athletics. Retrieved March 19, 2015.
^ "2015 LSU Tigers Football Schedule". FB Schedules. Retrieved October 31, 2014.
^ "Blame it on the rain: Cowboys–Tigers washed out". McNeese State University Department of Athletics. September 5, 2015. Retrieved September 29, 2015.
^ "Incarnate Word (1-1) –vs– McNeese State (0-0)". McNeese State University Department of Athletics. September 12, 2015. Retrieved September 29, 2015.
^ "McNeese (2-0, 2-0) –vs– Stephen F. Austin (0-3, 0-1)". McNeese State University Department of Athletics. September 19, 2015. Retrieved September 29, 2015.
^ "Mississippi College (2-2) –vs– McNeese (3-0)". McNeese State University Department of Athletics. September 26, 2015. Retrieved September 29, 2015.
^ "Big Red Sports Network". Lamar University Department of Athletics. Retrieved November 21, 2015.
^ "McNeese State (10-0, 8-0) vs Lamar University (5-5, 4-4)". lamarcardinals.com. Lamar University Athletics. Retrieved November 21, 2015.

[1] "Southland Conference Annouces Week Five TV Selections". Southland Conference. September 21, 2015. Retrieved September 28, 2015.

[McNeese_State_2015_schedule-2] "2015 Football Schedule". McNeese State University Department of Athletics. Retrieved March 19, 2015.

[3] "2015 LSU Tigers Football Schedule". FB Schedules. Retrieved October 31, 2014.

[4] "Blame it on the rain: Cowboys–Tigers washed out". McNeese State University Department of Athletics. September 5, 2015. Retrieved September 29, 2015.

[5] "Incarnate Word (1-1) –vs– McNeese State (0-0)". McNeese State University Department of Athletics. September 12, 2015. Retrieved September 29, 2015.

[6] "McNeese (2-0, 2-0) –vs– Stephen F. Austin (0-3, 0-1)". McNeese State University Department of Athletics. September 19, 2015. Retrieved September 29, 2015.

[7] "Mississippi College (2-2) –vs– McNeese (3-0)". McNeese State University Department of Athletics. September 26, 2015. Retrieved September 29, 2015.

[brsn-8] "Big Red Sports Network". Lamar University Department of Athletics. Retrieved November 21, 2015.

[9] "McNeese State (10-0, 8-0) vs Lamar University (5-5, 4-4)". lamarcardinals.com. Lamar University Athletics. Retrieved November 21, 2015.

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 | StadiumArena= [[Cowboy Stadium]]<br>(Capacity: 17,610)
 | Champion = Southland Conference Champions
-| BowlTourney = [[2015 NCAA Division I FCS football season#Postseason|FCS Playoffs Second Round]] vs [[2015 Sam Houston State Bearkats football team|Sam Houston State]]
+| BowlTourney = [[2015 NCAA Division I FCS football season#Postseason|FCS Playoffs Second Round]] <br>vs [[2015 Sam Houston State Bearkats football team|Sam Houston State]]
 | BowlTourneyResult = L 29–34
 }}

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