The 2015 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference football season was the XXth season for MEAC Football, as part of the 2015 NCAA Division I FCS football season.
Previous season
22nd ranked Bethune-Cookman, along with North Carolina A&T, South Carolina State, North Carolina Central & Morgan State finished the season in a five-way tie for the MEAC Championship. Due to the MEAC's tiebreaker system, Morgan State earned the conference's automatic bid to the FCS Playoffs marking the Bears's first time in the FCS playoffs. Morgan State lost to Richmond in the first round of the playoffs, eliminating the MEAC's lone representative in the postseason.
Head coaches Terry Sims, Bethune-Cookman – 1st year Kenny Carter, Delaware State– 1st year Alex Wood, Florida A&M – 1st year Connell Maynor, Hampton – 2nd year Gary Harrell, Howard – 4th year Lee Hull, Morgan State – 2nd year Latrell Scott, Norfolk State – 2nd year Rod Broadway, North Carolina A&T – 4th year Jerry Mack, North Carolina Central – 2nd year Earnest Wilson, Savannah State – 3rd year Oliver Pough, South Carolina State – 14th year
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Regular season Index to colors and formattingMEAC member wonMEAC member lostMEAC teams in bold All times Eastern time.
Rankings reflect that of the Sports Network poll for that week.
Week One Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance Reference September 5 6:00 pm Bethune-Cookman Miami (FL) Sun Life Stadium • Miami Gardens, FL ESPN3 0-45 43,467 September 5 7:00 pm Delaware State Liberty Williams Stadium • Lynchburg, VA LFSN 13–32 18,803 September 5 7:00 pm Florida A&M South Florida Raymond James Stadium • Tampa, FL ESPN3 3–51 30,434 September 5 6:00 pm Kentucky State Hampton Armstrong Stadium • Hampton, VA 20-35 6,354 September 5 3:30 pm Howard Appalachian State Kidd Brewer Stadium • Boone, NC ESPN3 0-49 24,314 September 5 3:30 pm Morgan State Air Force Falcon Stadium • Colorado Springs, CO RTRM 7-63 33,734 September 5 12:00 pm Norfolk State Rutgers High Point Solutions Stadium • Piscataway, NJ ESPNews 13-63 47,453 September 5 6:00 pm Shaw North Carolina A&T Aggie Stadium • Greensboro, NC LTV 7-61 13,828 September 5 6:00 pm Saint Augustine's North Carolina Central O'Kelly-Riddick Stadium • Durham, NC 0-72 6,111 September 5 4:00 pm Savannah State Colorado State Hughes Stadium • Fort Collins, CO 13-65 24,571 September 6 12:00pm South Carolina State UAPB Orlando Citrus Bowl • Orlando, FL(MEAC/SWAC Challenge) ESPN 35-7 7,257
Players of the week: Offensive Defensive Rookie Special teams Twarn Mixson Hampton Javon Hargrave SC State Nigel Macauley NCCU John Fleck Caleb Gabriel Howard NC A&T
Week Two Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance Reference September 12 1:00pm Howard Boston College Alumni Stadium • Chestnut Hill, MA ESPN3 0-76 26,132 September 12 2:00pm Florida A&M Samford Seibert Stadium • Homewood, AL ESPN3 21-58 4,714 September 12 5:00pm Bethune-Cookman Grambling State Eddie Robinson Stadium • Grambling, LA 56-53 12,019 September 12 6:00pm Delaware State Kent State Dix Stadium • Kent, OH ESPN3 13–45 15,091 September 12 6:00pm #22 Richmond Hampton Armstrong Stadium • Hampton, VA 31-28 3,515 September 12 6:00pm North Carolina A&T North Carolina Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC ESPN3 14-53 44,000 September 12 6:00pm North Carolina Central Duke Wallace Wade Stadium • Durham, NC ESPN3 0-55 33,941 September 12 6:00pm #3 Coastal Carolina South Carolina State Oliver C. Dawson Stadium • Orangeburg, SC 41-14 12,023 September 12 6:30pm Morgan State Illinois State Hancock Stadium • Normal, IL ESPN2 14-67 13,391 September 12 7:00pm Norfolk State Old Dominion Foreman Field • Norfolk, VA ASN 10-24 20,118
Players of the week: Offensive Defensive Rookie Special teams Jawill Davis Bethune-Cookman Terrick Colston Delaware State Devin Bowers Florida A&M Hadji Gaylord Norfolk State
Week Three Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance Reference September 19 12:00pm Savannah State Akron InfoCision Stadium–Summa Field • Akron, OH ESPN3 9-52 16,763 September 17 7:30pm Florida A&M South Carolina State Oliver C. Dawson Stadium • Orangeburg, SC ESPN3 0-36 14,987 September 18 7:30pm Howard Hampton RFK Stadium • Washington, D.C.(Nation's Football Classic/Battle of the "Real" HU) ESPNU 19-37 16,342 September 19 2:00pm Chowan Delaware State Alumni Stadium • Dover, DE 31-30 1,995 September 19 6:00pm Norfolk State Marshall Joan C. Edwards Stadium • Huntington, WV ASN 7–45 24,114 September 19 6:00pm Lane Bethune-Cookamn Municipal Stadium • Daytona Beach, FL 3-7 5,026 September 19 6:00pm North Carolina A&T Elon Rhodes Stadium • Elon, NC 14-7 9,729 September 19 6:00pm North Carolina Central FIU FIU Stadium • Miami, FL 14-39 16,567
Players of the week: Offensive Defensive Rookie Special teams David Watford Hampton Darius Leonard South Carolina State Caleb York South Carolina State Juwuan Tolbert Savannah State
Week Four Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance Reference September 26 4:00pm Howard Morgan State MetLife Stadium • East Rutherford, NJ(New York Urban League Classic) ESPN3 13-21 65,500 September 26 4:00pm Savannah State Bethune-Cookman Municipal Stadium • Daytona Beach, FL ESPNU 12-42 5,975 September 26 4:00pm Hampton Norfolk State William "Dick" Price Stadium • Norfolk, VA(Battle of the Bay) 14-24 6,549 September 26 6:00pm Tennessee State Florida A&M Bragg Memorial Stadium • Tallahassee, FL 30-14 18,020
Players of the week: Offensive Defensive Rookie Special teams Quentin Williams Bethune-Cookman Deon King Craig Johnson Norfolk State Howard Donnell Pleasant Howard Jonathan Cagle Bethune-Cookman
Week Five Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance Reference October 3 12:00pm North Carolina A&T Hampton Armstrong Stadium • Hampton, VA 45-31 2,139 October 3 1:00pm Norfolk State Howard William H. Greene Stadium • Washington, D.C. 15-12 6,088 October 3 2:00pm Morgan State Delaware State Alumni Stadium • Dover, DE 26-6 1,528 October 3 4:00pm Bethune-Cookman North Carolina Central O'Kelly-Riddick Stadium • Durham, NC 28-26 2,024 October 3 7:00pm South Carolina State Furman Paladin Stadium • Greenville, SC 3-17 1,022 October 3 7:00pm Florida A&M Savannah State Ted Wright Stadium • Savannah, GA 27-37 4,679
Players of the week: Offensive Defensive Rookie Special teams Tarik Cohen North Carolina A&T C.J. Moore North Carolina Central Dorrell McClain North Carolina Central Khris Gardin North Carolina A&T
Week Six Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance Reference October 10 2:00pm Delaware State Hampton Armstrong Stadium • Hampton, VA 7-21 7,010 October 10 2:00pm North Carolina A&T Norfolk State Dick Price Stadium • Norfolk, VA 27-3 6,194 October 10 4:00pm Savannah State Morgan State Hughes Stadium • Baltimore, MD 3-42 2,479 October 10 5:00pm North Carolina Central Florida A&M Bragg Memorial Stadium • Tallahassee, FL 27-24 9,263
Players of the week: Offensive Defensive Rookie Special teams Tarik Cohen North Carolina A&T Robert Way Bethune-Cookamn Oral Varcciann Julius Reynolds Hampton North Carolina A&T Peterson Janvier Morgan State
Week Seven Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance Reference October 17 1:00pm Hampton Morgan State Hughes Stadium • Baltimore, MD 20-10 7,749 October 17 1:00pm Bethune-Cookman North Carolina A&T Aggie Stadium Stadium • Greensboro, NC 14-24 12,471 October 17 2:00pm North Carolina Central Savannah State Ted Wright Stadium • Savannah, GA 39-22 5,649 October 17 2:00pm Howard South Carolina State Oliver C. Dawson Stadium • Orangeburg, SC 10-49 16,033 October 17 3:00pm Delaware State Florida A&M Bragg Memorial Stadium • Fallahassee, FL 13-41 22,678
Players of the week: Offensive Defensive Rookie Special teams Carson Royal Florida A&M John Boston Chris Pauling Florida A&M SC State Darien Williams Hampton Lynard Jamison SC State
Week Eight Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance Reference October 24 1:00pm Howard #24 North Carolina A&T Aggie Stadium Stadium • Greensboro, NC LTV 14-65 21,500 October 24 2:00pm Delaware State South Carolina State Oliver C. Dawson Stadium • Orangeburg, SC 7-34 5,388 October 24 2:00pm Morgan State North Carolina Central O'Kelly–Riddick Stadium • Durham, NC 17-20 4,336 October 24 3:30pm Hampton William & Mary Zable Stadium • Williamsburg, VA 7-40 11,736 October 24 4:00pm Norfolk State Bethune-Cookman Municipal Stadium • Daytona Beach, FL 49-59 9,875
Players of the week: Offensive Defensive Rookie Special teams Quentin Williams Bethune-Cookman Javon Hargrave South Carolina State Dorrell McClain NC Central Tevin Richard South Carolina State
Week Nine Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance Reference October 31 1:00pm Savannah State Howard William H. Greene Stadium • Washington, D.C. 9-55 1,056 October 31 1:30pm Hampton South Carolina State Oliver C. Dawson Stadium • Orangeburg, SC 20-34 19,821 October 31 2:00pm Norfolk State North Carolina Central O'Kelly–Riddick Stadium • Durham, NC 16-24 11,965 October 31 2:00pm Bethune-Cookman Delaware State Alumni Stadium • Dover, DE 49-21 1,283 October 31 5:00pm #20 North Carolina A&T Florida A&M Bragg Memorial Stadium • Tallahassee, FL 28-10 10,279
Players of the week: Offensive Defensive Rookie Special teams Kalen Johnson Howard Deon King Norfolk State Kalen Johnson Howard Antonio Hamilton SC State
Week Ten Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance Reference November 7 1:00pm Howard Stony Brook Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium • Stony Brook, NY 9-14 5,109 October 31 1:00pm Florida A&M Hampton Armstrong Stadium • Hampton, VA 0-33 2,211 October 31 1:30pm #19 North Carolina A&T South Carolina State Oliver C. Dawson Stadium • Orangeburg, SC(Rivalry Game) 9-6 15,283 October 31 2:00pm Delaware State North Carolina Central O'Kelly–Riddick Stadium • Durham, NC 10-43 3,051 October 31 2:00pm Savannah State Norfolk State Dick Price Stadium • Norfolk, VA 17-20 10,744 October 31 4:00pm Morgan State Bethune-Cookman Municipal Stadium • Daytona Beach 14-38 7,461
Players of the week: Offensive Defensive Rookie Special teams Quentin Williams Bethune-Cookman Darius Spruill North Carolina Central Dorrell McClain North Carolina Central Cameron Marouf Norfolk State
Week Eleven