2015 East Tennessee State Buccaneers football team

American college football season

2015 East Tennessee State Buccaneers football

Conference| Independent
Record| 2–9
Head coach|

* Carl Torbush (1st season)

Offensive coordinator| Mike O'Cain (1st season)
Defensive coordinator| Billy Taylor (1st season)
Home stadium| Kermit Tipton Stadium

Seasons

<- 2003

2016 ->

2015 NCAA Division I FCS independents football standings

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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.

## Schedule

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September 3| 7:30 pm| Kennesaw State|

* Kermit Tipton Stadium
* Johnson City, TN

| | L 16–56| 8,217
September 10| 7:30 pm| Maryville|

* Kermit Tipton Stadium
* Johnson City, TN

| | L 21–28| 7,357
September 17| 7:00 pm| at Charleston Southern|

* Buccaneer Field
* North Charleston, SC

| | L 7–47| 2,331
September 26| 1:30 pm| Emory & Henry|

* Kermit Tipton Stadium
* Johnson City, TN

| | L 24–27| 8,413
October 3| 1:00 pm| Saint Francis (PA)|

* Kermit Tipton Stadium
* Johnson City, TN

| | L 9–58| 6,000
October 17| 4:00 pm| at Mercer|

* Moye Complex
* Macon, GA

| ESPN3| L 0–52| 10,200
October 24| 4:35 pm| at No. 21 Montana State|

* Bobcat Stadium
* Bozeman, MT

| | L 7–63| 18,617
October 31| 1:00 pm| Warner|

* Kermit Tipton Stadium
* Johnson City, TN

| | W 42–9| 6,480
November 7| 12:00 pm| at Robert Morris|

* Joe Walton Stadium
* Moon Township, PA

| | L 9–21| 1,174
November 14| 1:30 pm| at Gardner–Webb|

* Ernest W. Spangler Stadium
* Boiling Springs, NC

| | L 3–28| 3,945
November 21| 1:00 pm| Kentucky Wesleyan|

* Kermit Tipton Stadium
* Johnson City, TN

| | W 42–27| 6,302

* Homecoming
* Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
* All times are in Eastern time

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## Game summaries

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### Kennesaw State

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Owls | 7  | 14  | 21  | 14 | 56
Buccaneers  | 3  | 10  | 0  | 3 | 16

See also: 2015 Kennesaw State Owls football team

### Maryville College

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Scots | 7  | 0  | 14  | 7 | 28
Buccaneers  | 14  | 7  | 0  | 0 | 21

See also: Maryville College

### At Charleston Southern

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ETSU Buccaneers  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 7 | 7
CSU Buccaneers | 0  | 34  | 6  | 7 | 47

See also: 2015 Charleston Southern Buccaneers football team

### Emory & Henry

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Wasps | 7  | 7  | 6  | 7 | 27
Buccaneers  | 14  | 3  | 0  | 7 | 24

See also: Emory & Henry Wasps

### Saint Francis

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Red Flash | 17  | 21  | 6  | 14 | 58
Buccaneers  | 2  | 0  | 0  | 7 | 9

See also: 2015 Saint Francis Red Flash football team

### At Mercer

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Buccaneers  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0 | 0
Bears | 14  | 21  | 14  | 3 | 52

See also: 2015 Mercer Bears football team

### At Montana State

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Buccaneers  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 7 | 7
#21 Bobcats | 13  | 22  | 14  | 14 | 63

See also: 2015 Montana State Bobcats football team

### Warner

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Royals  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 9 | 9
Buccaneers | 21  | 7  | 7  | 7 | 42

See also: Warner University

### At Robert Morris

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Buccaneers  | 0  | 6  | 3  | 0 | 9
Colonials | 0  | 7  | 0  | 14 | 21

See also: 2015 Robert Morris Colonials football team

### At Gardner-Webb

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Buccaneers  | 0  | 3  | 0  | 0 | 3
Runnin' Bulldogs | 7  | 14  | 0  | 7 | 28

See also: 2015 Gardner–Webb Runnin' Bulldogs football team

### Kentucky Wesleyan

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Panthers  | 0  | 7  | 14  | 6 | 27
Buccaneers | 7  | 7  | 14  | 14 | 42

See also: Kentucky Wesleyan Panthers football

## Roster and staff

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2015 East Tennessee State Buccaneers football team roster

Players  | Coaches
Offense | Pos. | # | Name | Class

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WR | `2` | Hank Black |  Fr
QB | `3` | Cullen Lavoi |  Jr
QB | `3` | Chris Howard | Fr
QB | `7` | Austin Herink |  Fr
WR | `9` | Drake Powell |  Fr
WR | `10` | Demetrius Anthony | Fr
QB | `12` | Dylan Wieger | Fr
QB | `13` | Matt Williams | Fr
TE | `14` | Jared White | Fr
WR | `16` | Dalton Ponchillia |  So
WR | `17` | Jovany Aris | So
WR | `18` | Malik Styles |  Fr
QB | `19` | Nick Sexton |  Fr
RB | `20` | Jajuan Lankford |  Fr
RB | `20` | Brett Whitlow | Fr
WR | `21` | Jack Shoulders | Fr
WR | `24` | Adam Mitchell |  Fr
RB | `26` | Artevius Smith | Fr
RB | `29` | Falon Lee |  So
RB | `30` | Cory Colder |  Fr
RB | `33` | Jajuan Stinson |  Fr
FB | `35` | Austin Hayworth |  Fr
WR | `38` | Chad Pritchard | Jr
RB | `41` | Matt Thompson |  Fr
FB | `42` | Courtney Heard |  So
RB | `43` | Matt Fox | Fr
RB | `47` | Tony Drew |  Fr
RB | `48` | Cole Notgrass |  Fr
TE | `49` | Tyrus Rollins |  So
OL | `56` | Josh Pendleton |  Fr
OL | `57` | Matt Pyke |  Fr
OL | `58` | Greg McCloud | Fr
OL | `59` | Brent Rathbone |  Fr
OL | `60` | Micah Cale | Fr
OL | `62` | Mason McNutt | Fr
OL | `63` | Matt Howard | Fr
OL | `64` | Chris Wheeler |  Fr
OL | `65` | Ben Blackmon | Fr
OL | `67` | Myles Smith | Fr
OL | `68` | Caleb LaFleur | Fr
OL | `70` | Kevin McConnell | Fr
OL | `71` | Asley Haynes |  Fr
OL | `74` | Matt Brewer |  Fr
OL | `75` | Patrick McFall |  Fr
OL | `76` | Cody Cornelius | Fr
OL | `77` | Garrett Curtis | Fr
OL | `78` | Sammy Hall |  Jr
WR | `80` | Hunter Wike |  Fr
TE | `81` | Stephen Antonelli |  So
TE | `82` | Jack DeFur |  Fr
WR | `83` | Connor York |  Fr
WR | `84` | Justin Gilliam | Fr
WR | `86` | Kobe Kelley | Fr
TE | `87` | Dylan Dockery |  Fr
WR | `88` | Charlie Moore |  So
WR | `89` | Anthony Spagnoletti | Fr
Defense | Pos. | # | Name | Class

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DB | `1` | Domenique Williams | Fr
S | `4` | Kevin Ferguson | Fr
DB | `5` | Tony Welch |  Fr
DB | `6` | Keanu James | Fr
LB | `8` | River Boruff | Fr
S | `10` | Christian Gibson | Fr
LB | `11` | Austin Mosier |  Fr
DB | `13` | Jacob Samsel | Fr
DB | `14` | Seth Barger |  Fr
LB | `15` | DeAngelo Holt | Fr
S | `16` | Brock Beeler | Fr
CB | `18` | Andrew Heyward | Fr
S | `20` | Bryce Suber |  Fr
S | `22` | Charlie Jackson | Fr
S | `23` | Cole West |  Fr
DB | `24` | Alonzo Francois |  Fr
DB | `25` | Daren Ardis | So
DB | `26` | Toy'Shaun Winton |  Fr
DB | `27` | Tavian Lott | Fr
LB | `28` | Kahlil Mitchell | Fr
LB | `31` | Austin Gatewood |  Fr
LB | `32` | Jason Maduafokwa | Fr
DB | `35` | Terry Tiller |  Fr
S | `36` | Austin Jackson | Fr
LB | `37` | Cameron Kuerschen | Fr
LB | `40` | Dylan Weigel |  Fr
LB | `44` | Jack Jones |  Fr
DL | `45` | Nasir Player | Fr
DL | `50` | Joe Dossett | Fr
LB | `51` | Haddon Hill | Fr
LB | `52` | Spencer Brien |  Fr
DL | `52` | Kendall Lawrence | Fr
LB | `53` | Trey Quillin |  Fr
LB | `54` | Logan Lacey | Fr
DL | `55` | Devon Johnson | Fr
LB | `56` | Tate Brown | Fr
DL | `61` | Leon Humphrey |  Fr
DL | `72` | Chris Kacprowski | Fr
DL | `73` | Colt Jenkins |  Fr
DL | `79` | Adam Mullins |  Fr
DL | `90` | Ferguierson Charles |  So
DL | `91` | Chris Bouyer | Fr
DL | `92` | Joe Pittman |  Fr
DL | `93` | Royce Turnbull |  So
LB | `94` | Taylor Dollar | Fr
DL | `95` | Myles Taylor | Fr
DL | `97` | Tremond Ferrell | Fr
DL | `98` | Michael Scates |  Fr
DL | `99` | Paul Leveritt |  Fr
Special teams | Pos. | # | Name | Class

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K | `46` | Marion Watson | Fr
LS | `66` | Tyler Gilliam | Fr
LS | `71` | Dustin Nickle | Fr
K | `85` | JJ Jerman | Fr
K | `95` | Gray Mumpower |  Fr
K | `96` | Landon Kunak | Fr

Head coach

* Carl Torbush

Coordinators/assistant coaches

* Mike O'Cain (Offensive Coordinator)
* Gary Downs (Running Backs)
* Erik Losey (Offensive line)
* Mike Rader (Wide receivers/Recruiting Coordinator)
* Billy Taylor (Defensive Coordinator/Recruiting Coordinator)
* Scott Brumett (Defensive Line)
* Teddy Gaines (Defensive back/Special teams)
* Antonio Goss (Outside linebackers/Special teams)
* Steve McGill (Defensive Line)

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Legend

* (C) Team captain
* (S) Suspended
* (I) Ineligible

* Injured
* Redshirt

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Roster
Last update: September 20, 2015

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

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1. ^ "East Tennessee State Buccaneers Schedule 2015". ESPN. Retrieved December 23, 2023.
2. ^ "2015 Football". East Tennessee State University. Retrieved December 23, 2023.
3. ^ "Tennessee High's Mitchell excited to ink with ETSU".

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