2015 Eastern Kentucky Colonels football team explained

Mode:football
Year:2015
Team:Eastern Kentucky Colonels
Conference:Ohio Valley Conference
Short Conf:OVC
Record:6–5
Conf Record:5–3
Head Coach:Dean Hood
Hc Year:8th
Off Coach:Dane Damron
Oc Year:5th
Stadium:Roy Kidd Stadium

The 2015 Eastern Kentucky Colonels football team represented Eastern Kentucky University during the 2015 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by eighth-year head coach Dean Hood and played their home games at Roy Kidd Stadium. The Colonels were a member of the Ohio Valley Conference. They finished the season 6–5, 5–3 in OVC play to finish in fourth place.

Their game against Tennessee Tech originally scheduled for October 10 was played two days earlier at Toyota Stadium in Georgetown, Kentucky[1] due to campus safety concerns in the wake of threatening graffiti in a campus restroom and other threats allegedly made over social media.[2]

On November 23, Hood was fired.[3] He finished at Eastern Kentucky with an eight-year record of 55–38.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: EKU Rides Strong First Half to 48-17 Win Over Tennessee Tech. Eastern Kentucky University Department of Athletics. October 8, 2015. October 8, 2015.
  2. News: EKU Cancels Classes for the Rest of the Week to Further Investigate Threat Found Sunday. Sean. Moody. WKYT. Lexington. October 7, 2015. October 8, 2015. October 9, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20151009002128/http://www.wkyt.com/home/headlines/EKU-issues-alert-cancels-classes-for-the-rest-of-the-week-331039272.html. dead.
  3. Web site: College Football News, Videos, Scores, Teams, Standings, Stats.