2015 BYU Cougars football team

2015 BYU Cougars football
Las Vegas Bowl, L 28–35 vs. Utah
ConferenceIndependent
Record9–4
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorRobert Anae (9th season)
Offensive schemeAir raid
Defensive coordinatorNick Howell (3rd season)
Base defense3–4
Captains
Home stadiumLaVell Edwards Stadium
Seasons
← 2014
2016 →
2015 NCAA Division I FBS independents football records
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 11 Notre Dame           10 3  
BYU           9 4  
Army           2 10  
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2015 BYU Cougars football team represented Brigham Young University (BYU) in the 2015 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Cougars, led by 11th-year head coach Bronco Mendenhall, played their home games at LaVell Edwards Stadium. This was the fifth year BYU competed as an NCAA Division I FBS independent. They finished the season 9–4. They were invited to the Las Vegas Bowl, where they lost to rival Utah.

On December 4, Mendenhall was hired as the head coach at Virginia. He stayed and coached the Cougars in the Las Vegas Bowl. He finished at BYU with an 11-year record of 99–43.

On December 19, Oregon State defensive coordinator and former BYU fullback Kalani Sitake was named BYU's new head coach.[1]

  1. ^ "Ex-player Sitake returning to BYU as head coach". December 19, 2015.