2015 East Tennessee State Buccaneers football team

2015 East Tennessee State Buccaneers football
2015 East Tennessee State Buccaneers football
Conference	Independent
Record	2–9
Head coach	Carl Torbush (1st season);
Offensive coordinator	Mike O'Cain (1st season)
Defensive coordinator	Billy Taylor (1st season)
Home stadium	Kermit Tipton Stadium
	Seasons ← 2003 2016 →

The 2015 East Tennessee State Buccaneers football team represented East Tennessee State University in the 2015 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by first-year head coach Carl Torbush. The 2015 season was their first season since 2003, when the program was discontinued. They played their home games at Kermit Tipton Stadium, located on the campus of Science Hill High School. For the 2015 season, the Buccaneers were classified as an FCS independent school, meaning they had no athletic conference affiliation in football for the season. However, they will become football members of the Southern Conference in 2016, a league that ETSU rejoined for non-football sports in 2014 after a nine-year absence. They finished the season 2–9 with wins over Warner and Kentucky Wesleyan.

2015 NCAA Division I FCS independents football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
East Tennessee State		–		2	–	9

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 3	7:30 pm	Kennesaw State	Kermit Tipton Stadium Johnson City, TN		L 16–56	8,217
September 10	7:30 pm	Maryville	Kermit Tipton Stadium Johnson City, TN		L 21–28	7,357
September 17	7:00 pm	at Charleston Southern	Buccaneer Field North Charleston, SC		L 7–47	2,331
September 26	1:30 pm	Emory & Henry	Kermit Tipton Stadium Johnson City, TN		L 24–27	8,413
October 3	1:00 pm	Saint Francis (PA)	Kermit Tipton Stadium Johnson City, TN		L 9–58	6,000
October 17	4:00 pm	at Mercer	Moye Complex Macon, GA	ESPN3	L 0–52	10,200
October 24	4:35 pm	at No. 21 Montana State	Bobcat Stadium Bozeman, MT		L 7–63	18,617
October 31	1:00 pm	Warner	Kermit Tipton Stadium Johnson City, TN		W 42–9	6,480
November 7	12:00 pm	at Robert Morris	Joe Walton Stadium Moon Township, PA		L 9–21	1,174
November 14	1:30 pm	at Gardner–Webb	Ernest W. Spangler Stadium Boiling Springs, NC		L 3–28	3,945
November 21	1:00 pm	Kentucky Wesleyan	Kermit Tipton Stadium Johnson City, TN		W 42–27	6,302
Homecoming Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

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Game summaries

Kennesaw State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Owls	7	14	21	14	56
Buccaneers	3	10	0	3	16

Maryville College

	1	2	3	4	Total
Scots	7	0	14	7	28
Buccaneers	14	7	0	0	21

At Charleston Southern

	1	2	3	4	Total
ETSU Buccaneers	0	0	0	7	7
CSU Buccaneers	0	34	6	7	47

Emory & Henry

	1	2	3	4	Total
Wasps	7	7	6	7	27
Buccaneers	14	3	0	7	24

Saint Francis

	1	2	3	4	Total
Red Flash	17	21	6	14	58
Buccaneers	2	0	0	7	9

At Mercer

	1	2	3	4	Total
Buccaneers	0	0	0	0	0
Bears	14	21	14	3	52

At Montana State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Buccaneers	0	0	0	7	7
#21 Bobcats	13	22	14	14	63

Warner

	1	2	3	4	Total
Royals	0	0	0	9	9
Buccaneers	21	7	7	7	42

At Robert Morris

	1	2	3	4	Total
Buccaneers	0	6	3	0	9
Colonials	0	7	0	14	21

At Gardner-Webb

	1	2	3	4	Total
Buccaneers	0	3	0	0	3
Runnin' Bulldogs	7	14	0	7	28

Kentucky Wesleyan

	1	2	3	4	Total
Panthers	0	7	14	6	27
Buccaneers	7	7	14	14	42

Roster and staff

2015 East Tennessee State Buccaneers football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
WR	`2`	Hank Black	Fr
QB	`3`	Cullen Lavoi	Jr
QB	`3`	Chris Howard	Fr
QB	`7`	Austin Herink	Fr
WR	`9`	Drake Powell	Fr
WR	`10`	Demetrius Anthony	Fr
QB	`12`	Dylan Wieger	Fr
QB	`13`	Matt Williams	Fr
TE	`14`	Jared White	Fr
WR	`16`	Dalton Ponchillia	So
WR	`17`	Jovany Aris	So
WR	`18`	Malik Styles	Fr
QB	`19`	Nick Sexton	Fr
RB	`20`	Jajuan Lankford	Fr
RB	`20`	Brett Whitlow	Fr
WR	`21`	Jack Shoulders	Fr
WR	`24`	Adam Mitchell	Fr
RB	`26`	Artevius Smith	Fr
RB	`29`	Falon Lee	So
RB	`30`	Cory Colder	Fr
RB	`33`	Jajuan Stinson	Fr
FB	`35`	Austin Hayworth	Fr
WR	`38`	Chad Pritchard	Jr
RB	`41`	Matt Thompson	Fr
FB	`42`	Courtney Heard	So
RB	`43`	Matt Fox	Fr
RB	`47`	Tony Drew	Fr
RB	`48`	Cole Notgrass	Fr
TE	`49`	Tyrus Rollins	So
OL	`56`	Josh Pendleton	Fr
OL	`57`	Matt Pyke	Fr
OL	`58`	Greg McCloud	Fr
OL	`59`	Brent Rathbone	Fr
OL	`60`	Micah Cale	Fr
OL	`62`	Mason McNutt	Fr
OL	`63`	Matt Howard	Fr
OL	`64`	Chris Wheeler	Fr
OL	`65`	Ben Blackmon	Fr
OL	`67`	Myles Smith	Fr
OL	`68`	Caleb LaFleur	Fr
OL	`70`	Kevin McConnell	Fr
OL	`71`	Asley Haynes	Fr
OL	`74`	Matt Brewer	Fr
OL	`75`	Patrick McFall	Fr
OL	`76`	Cody Cornelius	Fr
OL	`77`	Garrett Curtis	Fr
OL	`78`	Sammy Hall	Jr
WR	`80`	Hunter Wike	Fr
TE	`81`	Stephen Antonelli	So
TE	`82`	Jack DeFur	Fr
WR	`83`	Connor York	Fr
WR	`84`	Justin Gilliam	Fr
WR	`86`	Kobe Kelley	Fr
TE	`87`	Dylan Dockery	Fr
WR	`88`	Charlie Moore	So
WR	`89`	Anthony Spagnoletti	Fr

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
DB	`1`	Domenique Williams	Fr
S	`4`	Kevin Ferguson	Fr
DB	`5`	Tony Welch	Fr
DB	`6`	Keanu James	Fr
LB	`8`	River Boruff	Fr
S	`10`	Christian Gibson	Fr
LB	`11`	Austin Mosier	Fr
DB	`13`	Jacob Samsel	Fr
DB	`14`	Seth Barger	Fr
LB	`15`	DeAngelo Holt	Fr
S	`16`	Brock Beeler	Fr
CB	`18`	Andrew Heyward	Fr
S	`20`	Bryce Suber	Fr
S	`22`	Charlie Jackson	Fr
S	`23`	Cole West	Fr
DB	`24`	Alonzo Francois	Fr
DB	`25`	Daren Ardis	So
DB	`26`	Toy'Shaun Winton	Fr
DB	`27`	Tavian Lott	Fr
LB	`28`	Kahlil Mitchell	Fr
LB	`31`	Austin Gatewood	Fr
LB	`32`	Jason Maduafokwa	Fr
DB	`35`	Terry Tiller	Fr
S	`36`	Austin Jackson	Fr
LB	`37`	Cameron Kuerschen	Fr
LB	`40`	Dylan Weigel	Fr
LB	`44`	Jack Jones	Fr
DL	`45`	Nasir Player	Fr
DL	`50`	Joe Dossett	Fr
LB	`51`	Haddon Hill	Fr
LB	`52`	Spencer Brien	Fr
DL	`52`	Kendall Lawrence	Fr
LB	`53`	Trey Quillin	Fr
LB	`54`	Logan Lacey	Fr
DL	`55`	Devon Johnson	Fr
LB	`56`	Tate Brown	Fr
DL	`61`	Leon Humphrey	Fr
DL	`72`	Chris Kacprowski	Fr
DL	`73`	Colt Jenkins	Fr
DL	`79`	Adam Mullins	Fr
DL	`90`	Ferguierson Charles	So
DL	`91`	Chris Bouyer	Fr
DL	`92`	Joe Pittman	Fr
DL	`93`	Royce Turnbull	So
LB	`94`	Taylor Dollar	Fr
DL	`95`	Myles Taylor	Fr
DL	`97`	Tremond Ferrell	Fr
DL	`98`	Michael Scates	Fr
DL	`99`	Paul Leveritt	Fr

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class
K	`46`	Marion Watson	Fr
LS	`66`	Tyler Gilliam	Fr
LS	`71`	Dustin Nickle	Fr
K	`85`	JJ Jerman	Fr
K	`95`	Gray Mumpower	Fr
K	`96`	Landon Kunak	Fr

Head coach

Carl Torbush

Coordinators/assistant coaches

Mike O'Cain (Offensive Coordinator)
Gary Downs (Running Backs)
Erik Losey (Offensive line)
Mike Rader (Wide receivers/Recruiting Coordinator)
Billy Taylor (Defensive Coordinator/Recruiting Coordinator)
Scott Brumett (Defensive Line)
Teddy Gaines (Defensive back/Special teams)
Antonio Goss (Outside linebackers/Special teams)
Steve McGill (Defensive Line)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible

Injured
Redshirt

Roster
Last update: September 20, 2015

Note: Most redshirt players practiced with the team during 2014 during the program's first signed class. That first signed class is redshirted while they practice entirely during the 2014 season.^[3]

References

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