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American college football season
The 2015 New Hampshire Wildcats football team represented the University of New Hampshire in the 2015 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by 17th-year head coach Sean McDonnell and played their home games at Cowell Stadium. They were a member of the Colonial Athletic Association. They finished the season 7–5, 5–3 in CAA play to finish in a three-way tie for fourth place. They received an at-large bid to the FCS Playoffs where they lost in the first round to Colgate.
| Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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| September 3 | 10:00 pm | at San Jose State* | No. 9 | | | L 13–43 | 15,198 |
| September 12 | 6:00 pm | at Colgate* | No. 12 | | | W 26–8 | 2,988 |
| September 19 | 7:00 pm | at Stony Brook | No. 13 | | ASN | L 6–31 | 7,072 |
| September 26 | 6:00 pm | Central Connecticut* | No. 21 | | UNHTV | W 57–14 | 6,215 |
| October 3 | 3:30 pm | Elon | No. 20 | | ASN | W 37–14 | 16,713 |
| October 17 | 12:00 pm | at No. 24 William & Mary | No. 19 | | CSN | L 18–34 | 10,180 |
| October 24 | 3:30 pm | at Delaware | | | | L 14–31 | 19,924 |
| October 31 | 1:00 pm | Rhode Island | | | UNHTV | W 20–17 | 5,003 |
| November 7 | 3:00 pm | No. 5 Richmond | | | NBCSN | W 30–25 | 4,992 |
| November 14 | 7:00 pm | at Albany | | | ASN | W 24–14 | 3,814 |
| November 21 | 1:00 pm | Maine | | | UNHTV | W 22–6 | 7,594 |
| November 28 | 3:30 pm | Colgate* | | | ESPN3 | L 20–27 | 3,303 |
- *Non-conference game
- Homecoming
- Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
- All times are in Eastern time
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1
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2
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3
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4 |
Total |
| #9 Wildcats
|
0
|
7
|
0
|
6 |
13 |
| Spartans
|
20
|
6
|
10
|
7 |
43 |
|
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
| #12 Wildcats
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7
|
13
|
3
|
3 |
26 |
| Raiders
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
8 |
8 |
|
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
| #13 Wildcats
|
0
|
6
|
0
|
0 |
6 |
| Seawolves
|
7
|
10
|
14
|
0 |
31 |
Central Connecticut
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1
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2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
| Blue Devils
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0
|
7
|
7
|
0 |
14 |
| #21 Wildcats
|
25
|
21
|
8
|
3 |
57 |
|
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
| Phoenix
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0
|
7
|
7
|
0 |
14 |
| #20 Wildcats
|
20
|
14
|
3
|
0 |
37 |
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|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
| #19 Wildcats
|
7
|
8
|
0
|
3 |
18 |
| #24 Tribe
|
7
|
14
|
6
|
7 |
34 |
|
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
| Wildcats
|
7
|
7
|
0
|
0 |
14 |
| Fightin' Blue Hens
|
6
|
0
|
18
|
7 |
31 |
|
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
| Rams
|
3
|
14
|
0
|
0 |
17 |
| Wildcats
|
0
|
0
|
14
|
6 |
20 |
|
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
| #5 Spiders
|
7
|
0
|
15
|
3 |
25 |
| Wildcats
|
14
|
7
|
6
|
3 |
30 |
|
|
1
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2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
| Wildcats
|
10
|
0
|
7
|
7 |
24 |
| Great Danes
|
0
|
0
|
7
|
7 |
14 |
|
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
| Black Bears
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
6 |
6 |
| Wildcats
|
7
|
6
|
6
|
3 |
22 |
Colgate—NCAA Division I First Round
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1
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2
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3
|
4 |
Total |
| Raiders
|
6
|
6
|
8
|
7 |
27 |
| Wildcats
|
0
|
6
|
0
|
14 |
20 |
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes | Week |
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| Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
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| STATS FCS | 9 | 12 | 13 | 21 | 20 | 21 | 19 | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV |
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| Coaches | 7 | 15 | 13 | 24 | 23 | 22 | 20 | RV | RV | — | — | RV | RV | RV |
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