2015 Nevada Wolf Pack football team


The 2015 Nevada Wolf Pack football team represented the University of Nevada, Reno in the 2015 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Wolf Pack were led by third–year head coach Brian Polian and played their home games at Mackay Stadium. They were members of the West Division of the Mountain West Conference. They finished the season 7–6 and 4–4 in Mountain West play to finish in a tie for second place in the West Division. They were invited to the inaugural Arizona Bowl where they defeated fellow Mountain West member Colorado State.

Previous season

The Wolf Pack finished the 2014 season 7–6 and 4–4 in Mountain West play to finish in third place in the West Division and lost the New Orleans Bowl by 3 to 16 against Louisiana–Lafayette.

Schedule

Game summaries

UC Davis

29–21–32013NEV, 36–7

Arizona

1–3–12014ARIZ, 35–28

at Texas A&M

0–11950TAMU, 48–18

at Buffalo

1–02004NEV, 38–14

UNLV

25–152014NEV, 49–27

New Mexico

2–2–12012NEV, 31–24

at Wyoming

3–22012NEV, 35–28OT

Hawaii

11–82012NEV, 26–18

at Fresno State

18–27–12014FRES, 40–20

San Jose State

18–8–22014NEV, 21–10

at Utah State

17–52011USU, 21–17

at San Diego State

3–42014NEV, 30–14

vs. Colorado State (Arizona Bowl)

2–112014CSU, 31–24

The Wolf Pack and Rams are both members of the Mountain West Conference. However, they are in opposite divisions and did not play each other in the regular season in 2015. This is the first time teams from the same conference have met in a non-championship bowl game since the 1979 Orange Bowl.