2015 Western Michigan Broncos football team

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 4	7:00 pm	No. 5 Michigan State*	Waldo Stadium Kalamazoo, MI	ESPNU	L 24–37	30,885[1]
September 12	6:00 pm	at Georgia Southern*	Paulson Stadium Statesboro, GA	ESPN3	L 17–43	23,520[2]
September 19	7:00 pm	Murray State*	Waldo Stadium Kalamazoo, MI	ESPN3	W 52–20	20,543[3]
September 26	3:30 pm	at No. 1 Ohio State*	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH	ABC/ESPN2[4]	L 12–38	106,123[5]
October 10	Noon	Central Michigan	Waldo Stadium Kalamazoo, MI (Michigan MAC Trophy/Victory Cannon)	ESPN3	W 41–39	20,201[6]
October 17	Noon	at Ohio	Peden Stadium Athens, OH	ASN[7]	W 49–14	22,825[8]
October 24	2:00 pm	Miami (OH)	Waldo Stadium Kalamazoo, MI	ESPN3[9]	W 35–13	18,523[10]
October 29	7:30 pm	at Eastern Michigan	Rynearson Stadium Ypsilanti, MI (Michigan MAC Trophy)	CBSSN[11]	W 58–28	3,534[12]
November 5	7:30 pm	Ball State	Waldo Stadium Kalamazoo, MI	CBSSN[13]	W 54–7	12,058[14]
November 11	8:00 pm	Bowling Green	Waldo Stadium Kalamazoo, MI	ESPN2[15]	L 27–41	14,436
November 18	8:00 pm	at Northern Illinois	Huskie Stadium DeKalb, IL	ESPN2[16]	L 19–27	10,194[17]
November 27	Noon	at No. 24 Toledo	Glass Bowl Toledo, OH	CBSSN	W 35–30	16,151
December 24	Noon	vs. Middle Tennessee*	Thomas Robinson Stadium Nassau, Bahamas (Bahamas Bowl)	ESPN	W 45–31	13,123
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game All times are in Eastern time

Schedule source:^[18]

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.^[19] 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.^[20]

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.^[21] In Week 6. Phillips had two kick returns for 101 yards in WMU's 41–39 victory over rival Central Michigan.^[22]

Spillane was named MAC West Defensive Player of the Week for Week 8. Spillane had 9 total tackles and 31⁄2 for loss (including 11⁄2 sacks) in a 35–13 win over Miami (Ohio).^[23]

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.^[24]

The following table lists the team's coaching staff.^[25]