The 2015 Charleston Southern Buccaneers football team represented Charleston Southern University as a member of the Big South Conference during the 2015 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Led by Jamey Chadwell in his fourth and final season as head coach, the Buccaneers compiled an overall record of 7–4 with a mark of 4–1 in conference play, sharing the Big South title with Liberty. Charleston Southern earned the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Division I Football Championship playoffs, where the Buccaneers lost in the first round to Wofford. Charleston Southern played home games at Buccaneer Field in Charleston, South Carolina.
Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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| August 27 | 7:30 pm | at No. 1 North Dakota State* | No. 7 | | ESPN | L 17–24 OT | 18,881 |
| September 3 | 11:45 am | Kentucky State* | No. 7 | | ESPN3 | W 57–7 | 1,780 |
| September 10 | 12:30 pm | at No. 3 (FBS) Florida State* | No. 7 | | ACCRSN | L 8–52 | 75,831 |
| September 24 | 1:00 pm | at Monmouth | No. 12 | | ESPN3 | W 35–7 | 2,801 |
| October 1 | 6:00 pm | at No. 14 Coastal Carolina* | No. 10 | | ESPN3 | W 59–58 2OT | 10,213 |
| October 8 | 11:45 am | Albany State | No. 8 | - Buccaneer Field
- Charleston, SC
| ESPN3 | canceled[a] | |
| October 22 | 3:00 pm | Presbyterian | No. 9 | - Buccaneer Field
- Charleston, SC
| ESPN3 | W 38–3 | 5,375 |
| October 29 | 11:45 am | Bucknell* | No. 9 | - Buccaneer Field
- Charleston, SC
| ESPN3 | W 49–28 | 2,356 |
| November 5 | 11:45 am | Gardner–Webb | No. 8 | - Buccaneer Field
- Charleston, SC
| ASN | L 10–17 | 1,603 |
| November 12 | 3:30 pm | at No. 25 Liberty | No. 14 | | ESPN3 | W 48–26 | 21,712 |
| November 19 | 11:45 am | Kennesaw State | No. 14 | - Buccaneer Field
- Charleston, SC
| ESPN3 | W 28–7 | 2,446 |
| November 26 | 1:00 pm | at No. 19 Wofford* | No. 10 | | ESPN3 | L 14–15 | 2,605 |
- *Non-conference game
Homecoming- Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
- All times are in Eastern time
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- ^[a] The game between Charleston Southern and Albany State was postponed in advance of the arrival of Hurricane Matthew.[1] A future date for the game has not yet been announced.
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Game summaries
At North Dakota State
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Total |
| #7 Buccaneers
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0
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3
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7
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7 | 0 |
17 |
| #1 Bison
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0
|
3
|
7
|
7 | 7 |
24 |
Kentucky State
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|
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Total |
| Thorobreds
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0
|
7
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0
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0 |
7 |
| #7 Buccaneers
|
22
|
21
|
7
|
7 |
57 |
At Florida State
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|
|
Total |
| #7 Buccaneers
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0
|
6
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0
|
2 |
8 |
| #3 (FBS) Seminoles
|
28
|
7
|
14
|
3 |
52 |
At Monmouth
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|
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Total |
| #12 Buccaneers
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0
|
7
|
14
|
14 |
35 |
| Hawks
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0
|
0
|
7
|
0 |
7 |
At Coastal Carolina
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Total |
| #10 Buccaneers
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7
|
16
|
7
|
15 | 7 | 7 |
59 |
| #14 Chanticleers
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21
|
0
|
10
|
14 | 7 | 6 |
58 |
Albany State
- The game between Charleston Southern and Albany State was postponed in advance of the arrival of Hurricane Matthew.
Presbyterian
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Total |
| Blue Hose
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0
|
3
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0
|
0 |
3 |
| #9 Buccaneers
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0
|
21
|
14
|
3 |
38 |
Bucknell
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|
|
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Total |
| Bison
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7
|
7
|
7
|
7 |
28 |
| #9 Buccaneers
|
7
|
14
|
21
|
7 |
49 |
Gardner–Webb
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|
|
|
|
Total |
| Runnin' Bulldogs
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0
|
0
|
7
|
10 |
17 |
| #8 Buccaneers
|
7
|
0
|
0
|
3 |
10 |
Liberty
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|
|
|
|
|
Total |
| #25 Flames
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6
|
0
|
6
|
14 |
26 |
| #14 Buccaneers
|
7
|
24
|
7
|
10 |
48 |
Kennesaw State
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|
|
|
|
|
Total |
| Owls
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0
|
7
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0
|
0 |
7 |
| #14 Buccaneers
|
14
|
7
|
0
|
7 |
28 |
Wofford—NCAA Division I First Round
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|
|
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|
|
Total |
| #10 Buccaneers
|
7
|
0
|
7
|
0 |
14 |
| #19 Terriers
|
0
|
8
|
7
|
0 |
15 |
Ranking movements
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked | 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 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 15 |
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| Coaches | 6 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 14 |
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| FCS Playoffs | Not released | 9 | — | — | Not released |
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