2015 Southeastern Louisiana Lions football team

2015 Southeastern Louisiana Lions football
2015 Southeastern Louisiana Lions football
Conference	Southland Conference
Record	4–7 (3–6 Southland)
Head coach	Ron Roberts (4th season);
Offensive coordinator	Chet Pobolish (2nd season)
Home stadium	Strawberry Stadium
	Seasons ← 2014 2016 →

The 2015 Southeastern Louisiana Lions football team represented Southeastern Louisiana University in the 2015 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Lions were led by fourth-year head coach Ron Roberts and played their home games at Strawberry Stadium. They were a member of the Southland Conference. They finished the season 4–7, 3–6 in Southland play to finish in a three way tie for eighth place.

ConferenceSouthland Conference

Record4–7 (3–6 Southland)

Headcoach

Ron Roberts (4th season)

OffensivecoordinatorChet Pobolish (2nd season)

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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

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Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 3	6:00 pm	at Northwestern State	No. 19	Harry Turpin Stadium Natchitoches, LA	ASN	W 34–20	10,621
September 12	7:00 pm	Florida Tech*	No. 20	Strawberry Stadium Hammond, LA		W 28–17	7,759
September 19	1:00 pm	at Ohio*	No. 20	Peden Stadium Athens, OH	ESPN3	L 14–35	22,985
October 1	6:00 pm	Lamar	No. 22	Strawberry Stadium Hammond, LA	ASN	W 30–27	4,520
October 10	6:00 pm	at No. 22 McNeese State	No. 20	Cowboy Stadium Lake Charles, LA	CST	L 7–21	13,110
October 17	7:00 pm	Stephen F. Austin	No. 23	Strawberry Stadium Hammond, LA	FCS	L 27–28	7,037
October 24	2:00 pm	at Houston Baptist		Husky Stadium Houston, TX		W 22–7	1,730
October 31	7:00 pm	at Central Arkansas		Estes Stadium Conway, AR	ESPN3	L 16–21	7,427
November 7	7:00 pm	Incarnate Word		Strawberry Stadium Hammond, LA	CST	L 2–16	3,474
November 14	2:00 pm	at Abilene Christian		Shotwell Stadium Abilene, TX		L 17–21	2,500
November 19	6:00 pm	Nicholls State		Strawberry Stadium Hammond, LA (River Bell Classic)	ASN	L 24–27	5,491
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
• #19 Lions	6	7	13	8	34
Demons	3	3	7	7	20


1	13:01	Northwestern State	Chris Moore 37 yard field goal, Drive: 4 plays, 5 yards, 1:07	0–3

1	1:42	Southeastern Louisiana	Xavier Roberson 1 yard run (Jonathon Tatum kick failed), Drive: 10 plays, 80 yards, 4:58	6–3

2	12:26	Northwestern State	Chris Moore 46 yard field goal, Drive: 8 plays, 48 yards, 4:11	6–6

2	0:43	Southeastern Louisiana	Jeff Smiley 12 yard run (Jonathon Tatum kick), Drive: 11 plays, 77 yards, 5:43	13–6

3	9:58	Southeastern Louisiana	Kody Sutton 2 yard run (Jonathon Tatum kick failed), Drive: 5 plays, 69 yards, 1:57	19–6

3	6:03	Southeastern Louisiana	D'Shaie Landor 81 yard run (Jonathon Tatum kick), Drive: 3 plays, 89 yards, 0:54	26–6

3	3:16	Northwestern State	Daniel Taylor 27 yard run (Chris Moore kick), Drive: 7 plays, 87 yards, 2:42	26–13

4	8:53	Northwestern State	Joel Blumenthal 44 yard pass complete to Shakeir Ryan (Chris Moore kick), Drive: 5 plays, 64 yards, 2:44	26–20

4	1:01	Southeastern Louisiana	Kody Sutton 3 yard run (D'Shaie Landor pass to Jeff Smiley for two-point conv.), Drive: 16 plays, 75 yards, 7:48	34–20

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
Panthers	10	7	0	0	17
• #20 Lions	14	0	0	14	28


1	10:34	Southeastern Louisiana	Solomon Parker 7 yard fumble recovery (Jonathan Tatum kick), Drive: 2 plays, -18 yards, 0:33	7–0

1	5:44	Southeastern Louisiana	Ashton Henderson 45 yard fumble recovery (Jonathan Tatum kick), Drive: 6 plays, 16 yards, 2:02	14–0

1	4:30	Florida Tech	Drake Hillman 44 yard field goal, Drive: 5 plays, 36 yards, 1:05	14–3

1	0:33	Florida Tech	Kenny Johnston 59 yard pass from Sean Ashley (Drake Hillman kick) Drive: 3 plays, 65 yards, 1:16	14–10

2	9:29	Florida Tech	Josh Denton 1 yard run (Drake Hillman kick), Drive: 8 plays, 85 yards, 2:50	14–17

4	13:09	Southeastern Louisiana	Xavier Roberson 2 yard run (Jonathan Tatum kick), Drive: 13 plays, 77 yards, 6:26	21–17

4	11:49	Southeastern Louisiana	Demareyeh Lane 58 yard interception (Jonathan Tatum kick), Drive: 4 plays, 34 yards, 1:20	28–17

2015 Southeastern Louisiana Lions football team

Schedule

Game summaries

@ Northwestern State

Florida Tech

@ Ohio

Lamar

@ McNeese State

Stephen F. Austin

@ Houston Baptist

@ Central Arkansas

Incarnate Word

@ Abilene Christian

Nicholls

Ranking movements

References

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1	6:57	Ohio	Dazmond Patterson 3 yard run (Josiah Yazdani kick), Drive: 2 plays, 56 yards, 0:49	0–7

2	9:40	Ohio	Papi White 10 yard run (Josiah Yazdani kick), Drive: 5 plays, 68 yards, 1:38	0–14

2	2:47	Ohio	Sebastian Smith 31 yard pass from Derrius Vick (Josiah Yazdani kick), Drive: 11 plays, 57 yards, 5:12	0–21

3	4:15	Southeastern Louisiana	Jeff Smiley 10 yard pass from Donovan Isom (Jonathan Tatum kick), Drive: 7 plays, 48 yards, 1:56	7–21

4	11:01	Southeastern Louisiana	Dylan Bossier 38 yard pass from Donovan Isom (Jonathan Tatum kick), Drive: 11 plays, 85 yards, 5:58	14–21

4	10:44	Ohio	White, Papi 58 yard run (Josiah Yazdani kick), Drive: 1 play, 58 yards, 0:11	14–28

4	6:21	Ohio	Cope, Brendan 67 yard pass from Derrius Vick (Josiah Yazdani kick), Drive: 3 plays, 75 yards, 1:44	14–35


1	12:59	Southeastern Louisiana	D'Shaie Landor 67 yard pass complete to Jeff Smiley (Jonathon Tatum kick), Drive: 3 plays, 69 yards, 1:22	7–0

1	1:14	Southeastern Louisiana	D'Shaie Landor 5 yard run (Jonathon Tatum kick failed), Drive: 9 plays, 95 yards, 4:42	13–0

2	10:40	Lamar	Carson Earp 26 yard pass complete to Reggie Begelton (Alex Ball kick), Drive: 6 plays, 80 yards, 1:50	13–7

2	5:05	Lamar	Kade Harrington 3 yard run (Alex Ball kick), Drive: 3 plays, 65 yards, 0:48	13–14

3	11:27	Lamar	Alex Ball 20 yard field goal, Drive: 5 plays, 23 yards, 1:58	13–17

3	5:53	Southeastern Louisiana	Jonathon Tatum 40 yard field goal, Drive: 10 plays, 52 yards, 5:34	16–17

3	5:41	Lamar	Rodney Randle 87 yard punt return (Alex Ball kick), Drive: 0 plays, 0 yards, 0:00	16–24

3	2:37	Southeastern Louisiana	D'Shaie Landor 5 yard run (Jonathon Tatum kick), Drive: 6 plays, 41 yards, 2:54	23–24

4	8:00	Lamar	Alex Ball 20 yard field goal, Drive: 13 plays, 70 yards, 4:53	23–27

4	1:19	Southeastern Louisiana	Kody Sutton 1 yard run (Jonathon Tatum kick), Drive: 17 plays, 79 yards, 6:36	30–27


1	9:57	McNeese State	Daniel Sams 3 yard run (Trent Manuel kick), Drive: 10 plays, 86 yards, 5:03	0–7

1	5:00	McNeese State	Ryan Ross 58 yard run, (Trent Manuel kick), Drive: 7 plays, 94 yards, 3:19	0–14

2	13:08	Southeastern Louisiana	Xavier Roberson 1 yard run (Jonathon Tatum kick), Drive: 3 plays, 57 yards, 1:04	7–14

2	1:27	McNeese State	Ryan Ross 4 yard run, (Trent Manuel kick), Drive: 8 plays, 69 yards, 3:39	7–21


1	8:39	Southeastern Louisiana	Tre' Bennett 49 yard fumble return (Jonathon Tatum kick), Drive: 3 plays, -15 yards, 1:28	7–0

1	4:48	Southeastern Louisiana	Byron Johnson 76 yard pass from D'Shaie Landor (Jonathon Tatum kick blocked), Drive: 3 plays, 80 yards, 1:26	13–0

2	14:26	Southeastern Louisiana	Chris Briggs 26 yard pass from D'Shaie Landor (Jonathon Tatum kick), Drive: 6 plays, 80 yards, 2:12	20–0

2	2:41	Stephen F. Austin	Braxton Bearden 14 yard pass from Hunter Taylor (Mason Juhl kick), Drive: 3 plays, 67 yards, 0:54	20–7

2	0:02	Stephen F. Austin	De'Quann Ruffin 34 yard pass from Hunter Taylor (Mason Juhl kick), Drive: 4 plays, 59 yards, 0:22	20–14

3	12:58	Southeastern Louisiana	Julius Maraclin 63 yard run (Jonathon Tatum kick), Drive: 4 plays, 74 yards, 1:57	27–14

3	5:30	Stephen F. Austin	De'Quann Ruffin 13 yard pass from Hunter Taylor (Mason Juhl kick), Drive: 9 plays, 96 yards, 3:30	27–21

4	0:38	Stephen F. Austin	Zach Conque 1 yard run (Mason Juhl kick), Drive: 16 plays, 72 yards, 5:00	27–28


1	3:30	Southeastern Louisiana	Miki Fangatua Safety, Drive: 3 plays, -1 yard, 1:33	2–0

1	0:27	Southeastern Louisiana	Da'Quan Smith 10 yard pass from D'Shaie Landor (Jonathon Tatum kick), Drive: 6 plays, 43 yards, 2:55	9–0

2	0:58	Southeastern Louisiana	Trey Hallman 2 yard run (Jonathon Tatum kick), Drive: 5 plays, 80 yards, 1:17	16–0

4	9:24	Southeastern Louisiana	Julius Maraclin 5 yard run (Jonathon Tatum kick failed), Drive: 4 plays, 66 yards, 1:50	22–0

4	8:38	Houston Baptist	Terrance Peters 77 yard run (Travis Shinn kick), Drive: 2 plays, 83 yards, 0:40	22–7


1	11:28	Central Arkansas	Blake Veasley 1 yard run (Jace Denker kick), Drive: 8 plays, 81 yards, 3:32	0–7

2	8:08	Southeastern Louisiana	Jonathon Tatum 25 yard field goal, Drive: 6 plays, 87 yards, 3:29	3–7

2	2:37	Central Arkansas	Kirk Baugh 10 yard run (Jace Denker kick), Drive: 4 plays, 40 yards, 1:25	3–14

3	12:06	Southeastern Louisiana	Jonathon Tatum 38 yard field goal, Drive: 9 plays, 48 yards, 2:46	6–14

3	5:58	Southeastern Louisiana	Jonathon Tatum 40 yard field goal, Drive: 5 plays, 71 yards, 2:31	9–14

4	14:18	Central Arkansas	Dominique Thomas 45 yard run (Jace Denker kick), Drive: 8 plays, 78 yards, 3:15	9–21

4	9:12	Southeastern Louisiana	Julius Maraclin 7 yard run (Jonathon Tatum kick), Drive: 3 plays, 52 yards, 1:18	16–21


1	12:27	Incarnate Word	Sean Flannel 1 yard run (Cody Seidel kick), Drive: 2 plays, 3 yards, 0:38	0–7

2	13:01	Incarnate Word	Cody Seidel 29 yard field goal, Drive: 8 plays, 53 yards, 3:54	0–10

2	4:44	Southeastern Louisiana	Team Safety, Drive: 4 plays, -6 yards, 1:00	2–10

3	8:06	Incarnate Word	Trent Brittain 58 yard run (Cody Seidel kick blocked), Drive: 3 plays, 63 yards, 0:47	2–16


2	11:10	Southeastern Louisiana	D'Shaie Landor 2 yard run (Jonathon Tatum kick), Drive: 13 plays, 66 yards, 4:58	7–0

3	11:33	Abilene Christian	Herschel Sims 42 yard run (Zach Lehr kick), Drive: 4 plays, 68 yards, 1:46	7–7

3	2:31	Southeastern Louisiana	Jonathon Tatum 29 yard field goal, Drive: 12 plays, 68 yards, 5:59	10–7

4	14:54	Southeastern Louisiana	Chris Briggs 15 yard pass from D'Shaie Landor (Jonathon Tatum kick), Drive: 4 plays, 18 yards, 1:18	17–7

4	12:56	Abilene Christian	Monte Green-Avery 14 yard pass from Parker McKenzie (Zach Lehr kick), Drive: 5 plays, 75 yards, 2:03	17–14

4	0:22	Abilene Christian	Jamie Walker 1 yard pass from Parker McKenzie (Zach Lehr kick), Drive: 18 plays, 80 yards, 7:46	17–21


1	9:31	Southeastern Louisiana	Micah Eugene 17 yard run (Jonathan Tatum kick), Drive: 5 plays, 52 yards, 2:13	7–0

2	9:31	Southeastern Louisiana	Jonathan Tatum 35 yard field goal, Drive: 12 plays, 49 yards, 4:43	10–0

2	9:31	Nicholls	Francisco Condado 45 yard field goal, Drive: 10 plays, 47 yards, 4:50	10–3

2	1:01	Southeastern Louisiana	Brandon Acker 28 yard pass from D'Shaie Landor (Jonathan Tatum kick), Drive: 5 plays, 52 yards, 1:37	17–3

3	13:14	Nicholls	Tobias Lofton 62 yard run (Francisco Condado kick), Drive: 4 plays, 75 yards, 1:46	17–10

3	9:06	Nicholls	Landry Klann 6 yard run (Francisco Condado kick), Drive: 8 plays, 61 yards, 3:06	17–17

4	14:51	Nicholls	Michael Henry 2 yard run (Francisco Condado kick), Drive: 10 plays, 91 yards, 4:20	17–24

4	0:59	Southeastern Louisiana	Brandon Acker 4 yard pass from D'Shaie Landor (Jonathan Tatum kick), Drive: 10 plays, 56 yards, 1:24	24–24

4	0:00	Nicholls	Francisco Condado 40 yard field goal, Drive:8 plays, 52 yards, 0:59	24–27

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
STATS FCS	19	20	20	23	22	20	23	RV	RV	RV	—	—	—	—
Coaches	19	18	17	19	19	17	21	RV	RV	—	—	—	—	—