Middle Tennessee·Conference USA

2015 — The 2015 Season

Middle Tennessee's 2015 season (7-6) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.

Record 7-6
Final result Bowl season Lost the Bahamas Bowl
AP final — post-bowls
SP+ -0.7 last-week
Era —
The shape of the season · week by week, cumulative W-L below
W vs Jack Sta 70-14 L @ Alabama 10-37 W vs Charlo 73-14 L @ Illinois 25-27 L vs Vander 13-17 L @ West Ken 28-58 W vs Flor Int 42-34 L @ Loui Tec 16-45 W vs Marshall 27-24 W @ Flor Atl 24-17 W vs Nort Tex 41-7 W @ UTSA 42-7 L @ West Mic 31-45 Bowl

Who carried it

Season leaders, 2015.

Defining moments
The statement

The 2015 season's largest margin: Middle Tennessee 73, Charlotte 14. A 59-point win — the year's high-water mark.

The setback

The season's deepest loss: Middle Tennessee 28, Western Kentucky 58. A 30-point margin the season is remembered by.

The postseason

The season's last act: Middle Tennessee fell to Western Michigan 31-45 in the postseason.

"Raider Up"
— Middle Tennessee fanbase voice · 2015· synthesized
What it meant

2015 is a middle chapter for Middle Tennessee — neither a crown year nor a crisis. It is the kind of season that fills the ledger between the named ones and gives the arc its shape.