| Mode: | football |
| Year: | 2015 |
| Team: | Western Michigan Broncos |
| Conference: | Mid-American Conference |
| Division: | West Division |
| Short Conf: | MAC |
| Record: | 8–5 |
| Conf Record: | 6–2 |
| Head Coach: | P. J. Fleck |
| Hc Year: | 3rd |
| Off Coach: | Kirk Ciarrocca |
| Oc Year: | 3rd |
| Off Scheme: | Spread |
| Def Coach: | Ed Pinkham |
| Dc Year: | 3rd |
| Def Scheme: | 4–3 |
| Stadium: | Waldo Stadium |
| Champion: | MAC West Division co-champion Bahamas Bowl champion |
| Bowl: | Bahamas Bowl |
| Bowl Result: | W 45–31 vs. Middle Tennessee |
The 2015 Western Michigan Broncos football team represented Western Michigan University (WMU) in the 2015 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They were led by third-year head coach P. J. Fleck and played their home games at Waldo Stadium as a member of the West Division of the Mid-American Conference (MAC).
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WMU defeated Ball State 54–7 in a mid-week MACtion game nationally televised on CBS Sports Network. In the game, the Broncos gained a school-record 711 yards of total offense.[2] Western Michigan with a 5–0 in conference games were in first place in the West Division.
Four WMU football players have won five conference player of the week awards. Sophomore kickoff returner Darius Phillips has won two, and redshirt freshman running back Jamauri Bogan, sophomore linebacker Robert Spillane and junior quarterback Zach Terrell have each won one.
Bogan won the MAC West Offensive Player of the Week award for Week 7. He ran the ball nine times for 135 yards and two touchdowns in a 49–14 win over Ohio. In the game, WMU as a team rushed for 430 yards, with 404 of those coming in the second half.[3]
Phillips was named MAC West Special Teams Player of the Week for Week 1 and 6. In Week 1, he returned four kickoffs for 185 yards, including a touchdown on a 100-yard kick off return in a loss to No. 5 Michigan State University.[4] In Week 6. Phillips had two kick returns for 101 yards in WMU's 41–39 victory over rival Central Michigan.[5]
Spillane was named MAC West Defensive Player of the Week for Week 8. Spillane had 9 total tackles and 3 for loss (including 1 sacks) in a 35–13 win over Miami (Ohio).[6]
Zach Terrell was named MAC West Offensive Player of the Week for Week 9. He was 17 of 23 passing for 252 yards and ran for a team-high 71 yards in a 58–28 win over Eastern Michigan. He also rushed for one touchdown. The 71 yards rushing were a career-high.[7]
The following table lists the team's coaching staff.[8]
| Name | Position | Year at WMU | Alma mater | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd | Northern Illinois (2004) | |||
| 3rd | Temple (1990) | |||
| 3rd | Allegheny (1975) | |||
| Brian Callahan | 3rd | Eastern Illinois (1992) | ||
| 2nd | Michigan (2008) | |||
| 3rd | Norwich (1982) | |||
| Tim McGarigle | Linebackers | 4th | Northwestern (2006) | |
| Vinson Reynolds | 3rd | Northern Illinois (2004) | ||
| 2nd | Northern Illinois (2004) | |||
| Rob Wenger | 3rd | Colgate (2008) |