2015 AAC Football Season

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American Athletic Conference
2015 Season
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Duration: August 13, 2014 to November 30, 2014
Number of Teams 16
East Champion Houston Cougars
East Runner-up East Carolina Pirates
West Champion Boise State Broncos
West Runner-up Fresno State Bulldogs
AAC Championship Game
Champion Houston Cougars
Runner-up Boise State Broncos
Offensive POTY Charlie Walter, Hawaii
Defensive POTY Phillip Moore, Houston
Coach of the Year BrianKelly'sFacy, Hawaii
<- 2014 2016 ->


2015 AAC football standings
Conf     Overall
Team   W   L         W   L  
East
x-Houston   7 – 1         9 – 5  
East Carolina   6 – 1         7 – 6  
SMU   5 – 2         6 – 6  
Georgia State   4 – 3         4 – 8  
Cincinnati   3 – 4         3 – 9  
Connecticut   2 – 5         2 – 10  
UCF   2 – 5         3 – 9  
Rice   0 – 7         0 – 12  
West
x-#12 Boise State   6 – 2         11 – 3  
Fresno State   5 – 2         5 – 7  
Hawaii   5 – 2         8 – 5  
Air Force   4 – 3         5 – 7  
Colorado State   4 – 3         4 – 8  
San Diego State   3 – 4         3 – 9  
New Mexico   1 – 6         1 – 11  
Nevada   0 – 7         1 – 11  
AAC Championship Game: Houston 31, Boise State 30
x – Division champion/co-champions
Rankings from Coaches Poll

The 2015 AAC football season sees four new schools join the CFBHC, all four will be playing in the AAC. The Connecticut Huskies, Fresno State Bulldogs, New Mexico Lobos, and Nevada Wolf Pack. UConn will join the East division, Fresno State, New Mexico, and Nevada will join the West. SMU will be moving to the East division for the start of the 2015 season. After the season concludes, the west division of the conference (Air Force, Boise State, Colorado State, Fresno State, Hawaii, New Mexico, Nevada, and San Diego State) will be departing to form the Mountain West Conference

Coaches

Stats are current as of 2015 season end.

Team Head Coach Years at School Overall Record AAC Record
Air Force DescretoBurrito 2 12-13 8-5
Boise State Kah32 3 33-8 14-2
Cincinnati mrthespork 1 1-7 1-3
whodey17 1 2-1 2-1
CSU Slaughterhouse-Five 2 8-16 7-7
ECU ObliviousLAX 2 12-7 9-2
Fresno State TDenverFan 1 5-7 5-2
GSU Aarontdodson 2 4-20 4-10
Hawaii BrianKelly'sFace 3 10-27 6-8
Houston Svearike 3 11-19 5-3
Numberonecoog 1 6-2 6-0
New Mexico TBA - 1-11 1-6
Nevada TBA - 1-11 0-7
Rice owl_man 2 5-19 5-9
SDSU mblweis 2 5-13 5-6
vollmagnet 1 1-2 1-2
SMU Time 2 9-9 6-4
UCF Ispentthatbread 1 3-9 2-5
UConn Blitz 1 2-10 2-5

Rankings

Ranking Movement
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Air Force
Boise State 7 6 11 14 10 10 10 19 16 15 12 12 10 18 18
Cincinnati
CSU
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Fresno State
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Hawaii RV RV RV 25 22 13 10 21 RV
Houston RV 19 25
New Mexico
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Rice
SDSU
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UCF
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Regular Season

AAC non-conference win AAC non-conference loss AAC conference game

Week One

Time Visiting Team Home Team Location Result
Thurs Night Ole Miss Air Force Colorado Springs, CO L 38-14
Thurs Night Colorado State Colorado Boulder, CO L 10-28
Thurs Night Hawaii Wake Forest Winston-Salem, NC W 35-14
Thurs Night Louisville Houston Houston, TX W 20-23
Thurs Night SMU UConn East Hartford, CT SMU 21-17
Sat Morning Nevada Vanderbilt Nashville, TN L 10-31
Sat Morning ECU Boston College Chestnut Hill, MA L 10-42
Sat Morning Rice Clemson Clemson, SC L 0-42
Sat Afternoon Florida New Mexico Albuquerque, NM L 70-7
Sat Afternoon Georgia State UCLA Pasadena, CA L 14-52
Sat Afternoon UCF Stanford Oakland, CA L 13-28

Conference Player of the Week

Offensive Defensive Special Teams
Ricardo Reed UConn Phillip Moore Houston Tan Shields Hawaii

Week Two

Time Visiting Team Home Team Location Result
Thurs Night Purdue Air Force Colorado Springs, CO L 20-17 OT
Thurs Night Pittsburgh Fresno State Fresno, CA L 38-27
Thurs Night Oregon San Diego State San Diego, CA L 73-21
Thurs Night Arkansas UCF Orlando, FL L 28-7
Sat Morning Colorado State Auburn Auburn, AL L 16-38
Sat Morning New Mexico NC State Winston-Salem, NC L 3-49
Sat Morning Illinois Cincinnati Cincinnati, OH L 23-21
Sat Morning ECU Clemson Clemson, SC L 7-29
Sat Afternoon Nevada Florida Gainsville, FL L 14-45
Sat Afternoon Georgia State SMU Dallas, TX SMU 7-24
Sat Afternoon Northwestern Rice Chicago, IL L 30-7
Sat Afternoon UConn Oklahoma State Stillwater, OK L 14-35
Sat Evening Hawaii UCLA Seattle, WA W 21-16
Sat Evening LSU Houston Houston, TX L 38-7
Sat Night Boise State Penn State State College, PA L 14-21

Conference Player of the Week

Offensive Defensive Special Teams
Dontrell Jackson Boise State Christopher Payne Fresno State Dudley Melton Fresno State


Week Three

Time Visiting Team Home Team Location Result
Thurs Night Air Force New Mexico Albuquerque, NM AF 24-21
Thurs Night #23 Oregon Fresno State Fresno, CA L 42-21
Thurs Night NC State Nevada Reno, NV L 42-7
Thurs Night Vanderbilt San Diego State San Diego, CA L 19-14
Thurs Night Pittsburgh Fresno State Fresno, CA L 38-27
Thurs Night BYU Cincinnati Cincinnati, OH L 21-17
Thurs Night Stanford Rice Houston, TX L 28-0
Sat Morning #7 Georgia SMU Dallas, TX L 23-10
Sat Morning #6 Penn State UCF Orlando, FL L 49-14
Sat Morning Georgia State #2 Florida State Tallahassee, FL L 13-63
Sat Morning Houston Maryland College Park, MD L 27-30
Sat Afternoon ECU South Carolina Colombia, SC L 14-17
Sat Afternoon Colorado State Washington State Pullman, WA L 7-28
Sat Evening #11 Boise State Oregon State Corvallis, OR W 49-10

Conference Player of the Week

Offensive Defensive Special Teams
Robert Wright Cincinnati Phillip Moore Houston Keith Setzer Boise State

Week Four

Time Visiting Team Home Team Location Result
Thurs Night Colorado State West Virginia Morgantown, WV L 14-30
Thurs Night Wake Forest Nevada Reno, NV W 6-21
Thurs Night San Diego State Utah Salt Lake City, UT L 7-35
Thurs Night #25 Maryland Georgia State Atlanta, GA L 30-0
Thurs Night Houston SMU Dallas, TX SMU 21-42
Thurs Night Indiana Rice Houston, TX L 10-7
Thurs Night Iowa State UConn East Hartford, CT L 27-24
Sat Morning #4 Michigan State Fresno State Fresno, CA L 31-10
Sat Morning New Mexico #8 Auburn Auburn, AL L 7-57
Sat Morning Rutgers ECU Greenville, NC L 20-17
Sat Morning Arizona UCF Orlando, FL L 20-7
Sat Afternoon Cincinnati USC Los Angeles, CA L 7-52
Sat Night #14 Boise State #11 LSU Baton Rouge, LA 21-17
Sat Night Hawaii NC State Raleigh, NC 21-10

Conference Player of the Week

Offensive Defensive Special Teams
Ricardo Reed UConn Rashad Martin Houston Richard Mccarthy SMU

Week Five

Time Visiting Team Home Team Location Result
Thurs Night Army Air Force Colorado Springs, CO W 6-24
Thurs Night Hawaii Nevada Reno, NV Hawaii 23-20
Thurs Night New Mexico Iowa State Ames, IA L 6-38
Thurs Night Virginia Tech San Diego State San Diego, CA L 28-24
Thurs Night Rice Cincinnati Cincinnati, OH Cincinnati 7-14
Thurs Night Duke SMU Dallas, TX L 23-0
Thurs Night UCF Utah Salt Lake City, UT W 17-14
Thurs Night UConn Vanderbilt Nashville, TN L 7-38
Sat Morning Fresno State #6 Florida State Tallahassee, FL L 14-51
Sat Morning ECU #8 Ohio State Columbus, OH W 24-21
Sat Morning #7 Auburn Georgia State Atlanta, GA L49-0
Sat Afternoon Oregon State Houston Houston, TX W 21-28
Sat Afternoon Wake Forest Boise State Boise, ID W 14-35

Conference Player of the Week

Offensive Defensive Special Teams
Greg Cobb Cincinnati Robert Crews Boise State Keith Setzer Boise State

Week Six

Time Visiting Team Home Team Location Result
Thurs Night Iowa State CSU Ft Collins, CO L 45-14
Thurs Night UConn ECU Greenville, NC ECU 63-7
Thurs Night Fresno State Oregon State Corvallis, OR L 20-14
Thurs Night Georgia State Vanderbilt Nashville, TN L 28-7
Thurs Night SDSU Tennessee Knoxville, TN L 14-3
Sat Morning Cincinnati #12 Alabama Tuscaloosa, AL L 59-7
Sat Morning SMU Notre Dame South Bend, IN L 38-21
Sat Afternoon Nevada #24 LSU Baton Rouge, LA L 49-14
Sat Afternoon Rice #21 Ohio State Columbus, OH L 42-21
Sat Evening Air Force BYU Provo, UT L 14-23
Sat Evening New Mexico #25 Hawaii Honolulu, HI HAW 28-7
Sat Evening #10 Boise State Georgia Tech Provo, UT W 35-21

Conference Player of the Week

Offensive Defensive Special Teams
Benjamin Carter ECU Sean Gomez ECU Keith Setzer Boise State

Week Seven

Time Visiting Team Home Team Location Result
Thurs Night Nevada Air Force Colorado Springs, CO AF 24-28
Thurs Night Fresno State Colorado State Fort Collins, CO CSU 28-31
Thurs Night SDSU New Mexico Albuquerque, NM SDSU 28-0
Thurs Night UConn Houston Houston, TX HOU 7-35
Sat Morning ECU Rice Houston, TX ECU 24-17
Sat Morning UCF Cincinnati Cincinnati, OH UCF 42-21
Sat Morning SMU Indiana Bloomington, IN W 21-6
Sat Night #22 Hawaii #10 Boise State Boise, ID HAW 54-52

Conference Player of the Week

Offensive Defensive Special Teams
Charlie Walter Hawaii Phillip Moore Houston Tan Shields Hawaii

Week Eight

Time Visiting Team Home Team Location Result
Thurs Night Cincinnati ECU Greenville, NC ECU 28-31
Thurs Night UConn Georgia State Atlanta, GA GSU 21-24
Sat Afternoon UCF Houston Houston, TX HOU 35-38
Sat Evening #19 Boise State Nevada Reno, NV BSU 31-7
Sat Evening Colorado State New Mexico Albuquerque, NM CSU 35-7
Sat Evening Fresno State San Diego State San Diego, CA FRST 13-10
Sat Evening Air Force #13 Hawaii Honolulu, HI HAW 17-30

Conference Player of the Week

Offensive Defensive Special Teams
Bass Van Dyke Hawaii Sam Gonzalez UCF James Haines ECU


Week Nine

Time Visiting Team Home Team Location Result
Thurs Night Colorado State #16 Boise State Boise, ID BSU 7-30
Thurs Night Virginia Tech New Mexico Albuquerque, NM L 49-7
Thurs Night Nevada San Diego State San Diego, CA SDSU 0-56
Thurs Night Cincinnati Army San Diego, CA L 20-23
Sat Morning ECU UCF Orlando, FL ECU 17-9
Sat Morning Houston Georgia State Atlanta, GA HOU 28-7
Sat Afternoon Maryland UConn East Hartford, CT L 49-0
Sat Evening Air Force Fresno State Fresno, CA FRST 23-28
Sat Evening Navy Hawaii Honolulu, HI L 22-20
Sat Evening SMU Rice Houston, TX SMU 27-21

Conference Player of the Week

Offensive Defensive Special Teams
Orly Vaccaro San Diego State Evan King Boise State Larry Singleton San Diego State


Week Ten

Time Visiting Team Home Team Location Result
Thurs Night New Mexico Fresno State Fresno, CA FRST 14-35
Thurs Night Rice UConn East Hartford, CT UConn 14-17
Thurs Night Houston ECU Greenville, NC HOU 31-7
Sat Morning Nevada Colorado State Fort Collins, CO CSU 10-27
Sat Morning Georgia State Cincinnati Cincinnati, OH GSU 21-10
Sat Morning SMU UCF Orlando, FL SMU 35-21
Sat Afternoon Air Force Navy Annapolis, MD L 13-16
Sat Afternoon #15 Boise State San Diego State San Diego, CA BSU 41-7
Sat Evening Army #21 Hawaii Honolulu, HI L 35-14

Conference Player of the Week

Offensive Defensive Special Teams
Rickie Edwards SMU Warren Rice SMU Paul Compton Boise State


Week Eleven

Time Visiting Team Home Team Location Result
Thurs Night San Diego State Colorado State Ft. Collins, CO SDSU 31-14
Sat Morning East Carolina Georgia State Atlanta, GA ECU 23-20
Sat Morning Rice Central Florida Orlando, FL UCF 7-20
Sat Morning UConn Louisville Atlanta, GA L 7-31
Sat Afternoon Cincinnati SMU Dallas, TX CINCY 38-7
Sat Evening Hawaii Fresno State Fresno, CA FRST 28-34
Sat Evening Houston #15 BYU Provo, UT L 6-9
Sat Evening #12 Boise State Air Force Colorado Springs, CO BSU 27-17

Conference Player of the Week

Offensive Defensive Special Teams
Rickie Baird Cincinnati Erik Rogers Boise State Dudley Melton Fresno State


Week Twelve

Time Visiting Team Home Team Location Result
Thurs Night ECU SMU Dallas, TX ECU 13-10
Sat Morning UCF UConn East Hartford, CT UConn 21-28
Sat Morning Houston Cincinnati Cincinnati, OH HOU 24-21
Sat Afternoon Georgia State Rice Houston, TX GSU 35-7
Sat Evening Air Force San Diego State San Diego, CA AF 42-7
Sat Evening New Mexico #12 Boise State Boise, ID BSU 0-41
Sat Evening Colorado State Hawaii Honolulu, Hawaii CSU 24-7
Sat Evening Fresno State Nevada Reno, NV FRST 21-9

Conference Player of the Week

Offensive Defensive Special Teams
Dontrell Jackson Boise State Andre Lott Colorado State Robbie Fitzpatrick ECU

Week Thirteen

Time Visiting Team Home Team Location Result
Thurs Night Colorado State Air Force Colorado Springs, CO AF 24-27
Thurs Night San Diego State Hawaii Honolulu, HI HAW 14-35
Sat Afternoon SMU TCU Fort Worth, TX L 10-13
Sat Evening New Mexico Nevada Reno, NV NM 31-27
Sat Evening UConn Cincinnati Cincinnati, OH CINCY 3-35
Sat Evening UCF Georgia State Atlanta, GA GSU 10-35
Sat Evening Rice Houston Houston, TX HOU 10-49
Sat Night #10 Boise State Fresno State Fresno, CA BSU 28-0

Conference Player of the Week

Offensive Defensive Special Teams
Rickie Baird Cincinnati Walter Brewer New Mexico Carlos Cruz Air Force

Championship Game

Time Visiting Team Home Team Location Result
CCG Week Houston #10 Boise State Superdome * New Orleans, LA HOU 31-30

Bowl Games

Pick Name Location Opposing Conference Opposing Pick
1 Russell Athletic Bowl Orlando, FL ACC 1
2 Pinstripe Bowl New York, NY Big 12 2
3 Famous Idaho Potato Bowl Boise, ID Pac-12 3
4 Frozen Bowl Green Bay, WI SEC 4
5 Heart of Dallas Bowl Dallas, TX Big 12 5

Results

Time AAC Opponent Location Result
Russell Athletic Bowl Houston Orlando, FL Boston College ACC L 40-14
Pinstripe Bowl Boise State New York, NY Texas Big 12 W 14-10
Famous Idaho Potato Bowl ECU Boise, ID Arizona Pac-12 L 27-42
Frozen Bowl SMU Green Bay, WI Maryland ACC L 0-6
Heart of Dallas Bowl Hawaii Dallas, TX Minnesota Big Ten L 38-7

Awards

National Awards

Semi-Finalists

Finalists

Winners

All-Americans

Offense

-

Defense

DE: Charles Johnson, Hawaii
ILB: Phillip Moore, Houston

All Conference Team

Offense

Defense

Special Teams

Standings

As of Week CCG

Team Overall Conference Division Bowl
Win Loss Win Loss Win Loss
Houston 9 4 7 1 6 1 Russell Athletic Bowl
Boise State 10 3 6 2 6 1 Pinstripe Bowl
ECU 7 5 6 1 6 1 Famous Idaho Potato Bowl
SMU 6 6 5 2 5 2 Heart of Dallas Bowl
Fresno State 5 7 5 2 5 2 -
Hawaii 8 4 5 2 5 2 Frozen Bowl
Air Force 5 7 4 3 4 3 -
CSU 4 8 4 3 4 3 -
GSU 4 8 4 3 4 3 -
Cincinnati 3 9 3 4 3 4 -
SDSU 3 9 3 4 3 4 -
UConn 2 10 2 5 2 5 -
UCF 3 9 2 5 2 5 -
New Mexico 1 11 1 6 1 6 -
Nevada 1 11 0 7 0 7 -
Rice 0 12 0 7 0 7 -

Statistics

As of Week 13

Team PPG
For 		Pass Yds/Gm
For 		Rush Yds/GM
For 		Total yds/Gm
For 		PPG
Against 		Pass Yds/GM
Against 		Rush Yds/GM
Against 		Total Yds/GM
Against 		Turnover
Differential
Air Force 21.7 149.6 129 22 278.6 212.4 68 280.4 -6
Boise State 33.7 258.3 96.4 14.6 354.8 179.8 64.4 244.3 9
Cincinnati 19.9 227 84 26.1 311 179.3 101.6 280.9 -2
Colorado State 18.6 268.1 32.8 25.8 300.8 180.9 92.8 273.7 -2
ECU 20.8 163.8 93.8 20.9 257.6 189.3 79.6 268.9 -3
Fresno State 20.4 199.2 87.4 27.1 286.6 212.7 100 312.7 0
Georgia State 15.3 203.4 46 28.8 249.4 189.2 124.8 314 -1
Hawaii 26.3 292.7 49.4 22.1 342.1 198 93.9 291.9 -5
Houston 26.4 251.3 68.5 20.6 319.8 162.3 85.4 247.8 -4
Nevada 13.6 121 111.7 32.5 232.7 301.8 92 393.8 -1
New Mexico 9.2 117.8 55 40.1 172.8 279.5 138.2 417.7 -15
Rice 9.8 212.4 48.8 28.2 261.2 232.6 107.7 340.3 -11
SDSU 18.5 176.8 108.3 26.2 285 198.1 119 317.1 -1
SMU 19 182.8 89.3 20.1 272.2 201.8 92.9 294.7 -4
UCF 18 137.7 143.4 26.7 281.1 240.6 67.7 308.3 -2
UConn 12.7 102.6 100.3 32.8 202.9 248.9 107.2 356.1 -8

Individual Stat leaders

  • Passing 3000yd passers and stat leaders
  • Rushing 1000yd rushers and stat leaders
  • Receiving 1000yd receivers and stat leaders
  • Defense stat leaders
  • Kicking
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