2015 Humboldt State Lumberjacks football team

American college football season

2015 Humboldt State Lumberjacks football

GNAC champion

Division II First Round, W 45–31 vs. Augustana University
Division II Second Round L 7–54 vs. Northwest Missouri State

Conference| Great Northwest Athletic Conference
Ranking
AFCA| No. 16
Record| 10–2 (6–0 GNAC)
Head coach|

* Rob Smith (8th season)

Home stadium| Redwood Bowl

Seasons

<- 2014

2016 ->

2015 Great Northwest Athletic Conference football standings

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No. 16 Humboldt State $^  |  | 6  | - | 0  |  |  |  |  | 10  | - | 2  |
Western Oregon |  | 5  | - | 1  |  |  |  |  | 7  | - | 4  |
Azusa Pacific |  | 3  | - | 3  |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 4  |
Central Washington |  | 3  | - | 3  |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 5  |
South Dakota Mines |  | 2  | - | 4  |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 5  |
Dixie State |  | 2  | - | 4  |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 7  |
Simon Fraser |  | 0  | - | 6  |  |  |  |  | 0  | - | 9  |

* $ - Conference champion
* ^ - NCAA Division II playoff participant

Rankings from AFCA Poll

The 2015 Humboldt State Lumberjacks football team represented Humboldt State University during the 2015 NCAA Division II football season. Humboldt State competed in the Great Northwest Athletic Conference (GNAC).

The 2015 Lumberjacks were led by eighth-year head coach Rob Smith. They played home games at the Redwood Bowl in Arcata, California. Humboldt State finished the regular season ranked #11 in the Division II poll, as GNAC champion, with a record of nine wins and one loss (9–1, 6–0 GNAC).

Humboldt State was invited to play in the postseason for the first time since 1968. They played the first game of the Division II playoffs in their home stadium, defeating #24 Augustana University by a score of 45–31. In the second round, they were defeated by eventual champion, #1 Northwest Missouri State in Maryville, Missouri by a score of 7–54. This brought the team's final record to ten wins and two losses (10–2, 6–0 GNAC). The postseason ranking for the team was #16. The ten wins ties is one short of the team's all-time mark, set in 1960 with 11 victories. The Lumberjacks outscored their opponents 468–238 for the 2015 season, with an average score of 45–14 in their ten wins.

## Schedule[edit]

Date| Opponent| Rank| Site| Result| Attendance

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September 5| Western Oregon| |

* Redwood Bowl
* Arcata, CA

| W 29–20| 6,491
September 12| at No. 17 Azusa Pacific*| |

* Cougar Athletic Stadium
* Azusa, CA

| W 62–41| 5,582
September 19| Dixie State*| No. 25|

* Redwood Bowl
* Arcata, CA

| W 66–7| 5,803
October 3| at South Dakota Mines| No. 16|

* O'Harra Stadium
* Rapid City, SD

| W 59–10| 1,519
October 10| Azusa Pacific| No. 11|

* Redwood Bowl
* Arcata, CA

| W 34–16| 8,129
October 17| at No. 11 Midwestern State (TX)*| No. 10|

* Memorial Stadium
* Wichita Falls, TX

| L 10–35| 8,129
October 24| at Central Washington| No. 16|

* Tomlinson Stadium
* Ellensburg, WA

| W 42–17| 4,642
October 31| Simon Fraser| No. 15|

* Redwood Bowl
* Arcata, CA

| W 57–0| 5,102
November 7| at Dixie State| No. 13|

* Hansen Stadium
* St. George, UT

| W 57–14| 2,058
November 14| at Western Oregon*| No. 12|

* McArthur Field
* Monmouth, OR

| W 29–13| 2,323

* *Non-conference game
* Homecoming
* Rankings from AFCA Poll released prior to the game

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## References[edit]

1. ^ "Humboldt State University 2015 Football Schedule". Retrieved April 9, 2018.
2. ^ "Humboldt State Jacks 2014 Football Media Guide". p. 100. Retrieved November 18, 2017.

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