2015 Ocotlán ambush, Investigation and crackdowns, Arrests and charges
On 15 June 2016, undercover PF members arrested Fernando Castillo Rodríguez (alias "El Toro Valencia"), a suspected regional leader of the CJNG. He was believed to have been involved in the ambush. He is the brother of Julio Alberto Castillo Rodríguez, a high-ranking leader of the CJNG and an in-law of El Mencho. According to intelligence reports, Castillo Rodríguez operated in Jalisco but had planned to relocate to the state of Colima, where he was arrested, after security forces came close to discovering his whereabouts. Castillo Rodríguez was arrested without gunfire.


2015 Ocotlán ambush, Investigation and crackdowns, Arrests and charges
While Castillo Rodríguez was being taken into custody, confusion among law enforcement personnel triggered a shootout between the undercover PF officers who apprehended Castillo Rodríguez and state policemen who arrived at the scene. Amid the confusion, one undercover PF officer was killed and another was wounded after they were reportedly believed to be organized crime gang members. Castillo Rodríguez was taken to Mexico City and handed over to the SEIDO, and the PF opened a case to investigate the shootout between the two police forces.


2015 Ocotlán ambush, Investigation and crackdowns, Arrests and charges
On 31 July 2018, the PF arrested fourteen members of the CJNG in Ocotlán and Cancún, Quintana Roo, in two separate operations. The first operation, which was part of the military-led campaign known as Operation Escudo Titán, was conducted in Ocotlán. Authorities arrested six suspects; according to investigators, these suspects were enforcers of the inner circle of Alonso Guerrero Covarrubias (alias "El 08"), a high-ranking CJNG member and head of El Mencho's security group. The CNS stated that they were involved in the ambush as well as in other attacks against security forces.


2015 Ocotlán ambush, Investigation and crackdowns, Arrests and charges
Authorities seized eight assault rifles, more than 1,000 rounds of ammunition, and two stolen vehicles equipped with M-60 machine gun attachments. In Cancún, authorities arrested eight suspects and also seized multiple weapons. This group was charged with twenty homicide cases and extortions in Cancún, but they were not linked to the ambush in Ocotlán.


2015 Ocotlán ambush, Aftermath
After the attacks, the government announced that they were increasing their law enforcement presence in the region with more troops from the Army and Navy. Federal authorities said that the CJNG had a geographical advantage by being based in Jalisco and the Guadalajara area. They said that this gave the group access to major drug production areas and drug smuggling routes in the Bajío, the Pacific Ocean, and in the states of Sinaloa, Colima, Nayarit, Guerrero, and Michoacán. These areas were once largely controlled by the Sinaloa Cartel, a Sinaloa-based criminal group, but the CJNG was able to gain access to these areas years prior to 2015.


2015 Ocotlán ambush, Aftermath
The Ocotlán ambush was the start of a series of armed conflicts between the PF and the CJNG throughout 2015. On 23 May 2015, Heriberto Acevedo Cárdenas (alias "El Gringo"), a suspected regional leader of the CJNG, was killed in a shootout with the Jalisco State Police in Zacoalco de Torres, Jalisco. Three other CJNG members were also killed. According to investigators, El Mencho reportedly ordered the CJNG to carry out attacks against government security forces in Jalisco as retaliation for El Gringo's death.


2015 Ocotlán ambush, Aftermath
On 30 March, suspected CJNG members carried out an attack against Jalisco's security commissioner, Francisco Alejandro Solorio Aréchiga, while he was driving in Zapopan, Jalisco. Over 100 shots were fired in total, but Solorio Aréchiga's bodyguards were able to repel the CJNG's attack and he was unharmed. Investigators confirmed that this was an assassination attempt against Solorio Aréchiga, and that it stemmed from the government crackdowns on the CJNG's leadership. A few days after this incident, the CJNG carried out an ambush in San Sebastián del Oeste and killed fifteen PF officers.


2015 Ocotlán ambush, Aftermath
On 22 May, the PF raided a ranch located in Ecuandureo, Michoacán, close to the border with Tanhuato de Guerrero, Tanhuato. They suspected that a CJNG cell responsible for the Ocotlán ambush was stationed there. Forty-two suspects and one PF officer were killed. The official government account stated that the PF responded to a request to investigate the ranch, where they were attacked. However, human rights organizations and the family of the victims stated that the one-sided victory of the PF suggested that the gunmen were extrajudicially killed, likely as vengeance for previous attacks against law enforcement officers.


2015 Ocotlán ambush, Aftermath
The families stated that some of the corpses were tortured and burned, and that others had their fingers, eyes, or teeth removed. It was later discovered that more than half of the CJNG victims were originally from Ocotlán. The PF denied that the shootout was an extrajudicial killing and stated that the police response was proportionate.


2015 Ocotlán ambush, Aftermath
With the death toll of the ambush, the homicide record in Ocotlán for 2015 surpassed the one from the previous year. According to numbers provided by the IJCF after the shootout, Ocotlán registered ten homicides in 2014. The ambush resulted in eleven dead, which increased the death toll for 2015 to twelve. The number of people killed in the ambush, according to the IJCF, equaled the total number of people killed in Ocotlán in all of 2011. The highest death toll registered in Ocotlán in the previous three years was in 2013, when the municipality registered thirteen homicides.


2015 Ocotlán ambush, Aftermath
Of the forty-eight homicides registered in 2012, 62.5 percent of them were carried out with a firearm, according to figures presented by the IJCF to the press. In Jalisco, 2015 ended with a 10.5 percent increase in complaints of violence from civilians compared to the previous year. In 2014, Jalisco registered 996 complaints; this increased to 1,101 in 2015. In 2016, complaints increased to 1,129, the highest number of complaints registered since 2009.


2015 Ocotlán ambush, Aftermath
Two years after the ambush, Ocotlán mayor Hernández Zague stated Ocotlán was still working to recover from the attack. "We are undertaking corrective and preventative measures to change what we once saw in Ocotlán", the mayor said. "But this change does not happen overnight. It is a long process."


2015 Odds BK season
Odds Ballklubb, commonly known as Odd, is a Norwegian football club from Skien. Originally the football section of a multi-sports club, founded in 1894 nine years after the club's founding. All other sports than football were discontinued and the club became dedicated to football only. Odd plays in the Norwegian top division, Tippeligaen, and holds the record winning the Norwegian Football Cup the most times, the last coming in 2000. The club was known as Odd Grenland between 1994 and 2012. During the 2015 season the club will be participating in the Tippeliean, NM Cupen and UEFA Europa League.


2015 Odds BK season, Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2015 Odds BK season, Transfers, Winter
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2015 Odds BK season, Transfers, Winter
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2015 Odds BK season, Transfers, Summer
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2015 Odds BK season, Transfers, Summer
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2015 Odlum Brown Vancouver Open
The 2015 Odlum Brown Vancouver Open was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 11th edition, for men, and 14th edition, for women, of the tournament and part of the 2015 ATP Challenger Tour and the 2015 ITF Women's Circuit, offering totals of $100,000, for men, and $100,000, for women, in prize money. It took place in West Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada between August 17 to August 23, 2015.


2015 Odlum Brown Vancouver Open, Men's singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2015 Odlum Brown Vancouver Open, Women's singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2015 Odlum Brown Vancouver Open, Women's singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following player entered the singles main draw with a protected ranking:


2015 Odlum Brown Vancouver Open – Men's Doubles
Austin Krajicek and John-Patrick Smith were the defending champions, but Smith did not participate this year. Krajicek partnered with Nicholas Monroe, but lost in the quarterfinals to Yuki Bhambri and Michael Venus.


2015 Odlum Brown Vancouver Open – Men's Doubles
Treat Huey and Frederik Nielsen won the tournament, defeating Bhambri and Venus in the final.


2015 Odlum Brown Vancouver Open – Men's Singles
Marcos Baghdatis was the defending champion, but decided not participate this year.


2015 Odlum Brown Vancouver Open – Men's Singles
Dudi Sela won the tournament, defeating John-Patrick Smith in the final.


2015 Odlum Brown Vancouver Open – Women's Doubles
Asia Muhammad and Maria Sanchez were the defending champions, but Muhammad chose not to participate. Sanchez partnered Johanna Konta and successfully defended her title, defeating Raluca Olaru and Anna Tatishvili in the final, 7–6(7–5), 6–4.


2015 Odlum Brown Vancouver Open – Women's Singles
Jarmila Gajdošová was the defending champion, but chose to participate at the 2015 Western & Southern Open instead.


2015 Odlum Brown Vancouver Open – Women's Singles
Johanna Konta won the title, defeating Kirsten Flipkens in the final, 6–2, 6–4.


2015 Offaly Senior Hurling Championship
The 2015 Offaly Senior Hurling Championship was the 117th staging of the Offaly Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Offaly Cound Board in 1896. The championship began on 17 April 2015 and ended on 18 October 2015.


2015 Offaly Senior Hurling Championship
Kilcormac/Killoughey were the defending champions, however, they were defeated by St. Rynagh's at the semi-final stage. Shamrocks entered the championship as a promoted team.


2015 Offaly Senior Hurling Championship
On 18 October 2015, Coolderry won the championship following a 2-15 to 1-16 defeat of St. Rynagh's in the final. This was their 30th championship title, their first in four championship seasons.


2015 Offaly Senior Hurling Championship, Teams
All but one of the twelve teams from the 2014 championship will participate in the top tier of Offaly hurling in 2015.


2015 Offaly Senior Hurling Championship, Teams
Shamrocks, who defeated St. Rynagh's by 0-22 tp 1-6 in the final of the intermediate championship in 2014, will gain automatic promotion to the senior championship.


2015 Offaly Senior Hurling Championship, Teams
Similarly, Kinnitty defeated Drumcullen by 0-17 to 0-12 in the 2014 senior relegation play-off, and so Drumcullen were relegated to the intermediate grade for 2015.


2015 Ogasawara earthquake
2015 Ogasawara earthquake is an earthquake caused on May 30, 2015. A magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck offshore of Japan 189 km (117 mi) west northwest of Chichi-jima in the Ogasawara Islands on May 30 at a depth of 664.0 km (412.6 mi). The Associated Press agency reported "twelve people suffered minor injuries", and TEPCO claimed that 400 customers lost electricity in Saitama Prefecture. There were no deaths, but elevators stopped one after another, in Tokyo and elsewhere. The shaking of the earthquake was observed almost all over Japan. It is believed that this was due to a deep-focus earthquake. This earthquake was one of the largest deep-focus earthquakes in the world.


2015 Ogun State gubernatorial election
The 2015 Ogun State gubernatorial election occurred on April 11, 2015. Incumbent Governor APC's Ibikunle Amosun won election for a second term, defeating PDP's Adegboyega Isiaka and several minor party candidates. Amosun received 60.38% of the vote.


2015 Ogun State gubernatorial election
Ibikunle Amosun emerged unopposed in the APC gubernatorial primary after all the aspirants stepped down. He picked Yetunde Onanuga as his running mate.


2015 Ogun State gubernatorial election
Adegboyega Isiaka was the PDP candidate with Bilau Adekunle as his running mate.


2015 Ogun State gubernatorial election, Electoral system
The Governor of Ogun State is elected using the plurality voting system.


2015 Ogun State gubernatorial election, Primary election, APC primary
The APC primary election was held on --, 2014. The incumbent governor, Sen. Ibikunle Amosun, who was the sole contestant polled 3,554 votes to emerge winner. There were 3, 681 delegates in the exercise, with 16 invalid votes.


2015 Ogun State gubernatorial election, Primary election, PDP primary
The PDP primary election was held on Monday, December 8, 2014. Even after the National Working Committee (NWC) of the party claimed the election was unauthorized, it was still carried out to produce Adegboyega Isiaka who polled 705 votes as the party's state governorship flag bearer, defeating closest contender, Kayode Amusan, with 150 votes. Omoba Segun Adewale, however, got no vote. There were over 900 delegates from all over the state. Other aspirants for the race include: former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon.


2015 Ogun State gubernatorial election, Primary election, PDP primary
Dimeji Bankole; former Minister for Mines and Power, Alh. Sarafadeen Ishola; former chairman Abeokuta South LGA, Prince Yanju Lipede, and others. Nine aggrieved aspirants, including: Asiwaju Tony Ojesina, Prince Yanju Lipede, Dr. Remilekun Bakare, Alh. Sarafa Tunji Ishola, Dr. Yomi Majekodunmi, Prof. David Bamgbose, Isiaq Akinlade, Alh. Rafiu Ogunleye and Hon. Dimeji Bankole, boycotted the election.


2015 Ogun State gubernatorial election, Results
A total of five candidates registered with the Independent National Electoral Commission to contest in the election. APC Governor Ibikunle Amosun won re-election for a second term, defeating APC's Adegboyega Nasiru Isiaka and other minor party candidates. Amosun received 60.38% of the votes, while Isiaka received 39.62%.


2015 Ogun State gubernatorial election, Results
The total number of registered voters in the state was 1,125,657.


2015 Ogun State gubernatorial election, Results, By local government area
Here are the results of the election by local government area for the two major parties. Blue represents LGAs won by Amosun. Green represents LGAs won by Isiaka.


2015 Ohio Bobcats football team
The 2015 Ohio Bobcats football team represented Ohio University in the 2015 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They were led by 11th year head coach Frank Solich and played their home games at Peden Stadium. They were members of the East Division of the Mid-American Conference. They finished the season 8–5, 5–3 on MAC play to finish in a tie for second place in the East Division. They were invited to the Camellia Bowl where they lost to Appalachian State.


2015 Ohio State Buckeyes football team
The 2015 Ohio State Buckeyes football team represented Ohio State University in the 2015 NCAA Division I FBS football season. It was the Buckeyes' 126th season overall, the 103rd as a member of the Big Ten Conference, and second as a member of the Eastern Division. The team was led by Urban Meyer, in his fourth year as head coach, and played its home games at Ohio Stadium in Columbus, Ohio. They finished the season 12–1, 7–1 in Big Ten play, to finish in a tie for the East Division championship with Michigan State. Due to their head-to-head loss to Michigan State, they did not represent the East Division in the Big Ten Championship Game. They were invited to the Fiesta Bowl where they defeated Notre Dame.


2015 Ohio State Buckeyes football team, Personnel
Ohio State head coach Urban Meyer was his fourth year as the Buckeye's head coach during the 2015 season. In his previous three seasons with Ohio State, he led the Buckeyes to an overall record of 38 wins and 3 losses (38–3) and the 2014 national championship. On December 16, 2014, offensive coordinator Tom Herman accepted the head coaching position at Houston. On January 11, 2015, Ohio State announced the hiring of former Nebraska coach Tim Beck to replace Herman as co-offensive coordinator. On February 2, 2015, Stan Drayton accepted the running backs coach position with the Chicago Bears, and was replaced by former Notre Dame coach Tony Alford.


2015 Ohio State Buckeyes football team, Schedule
The Big Ten Conference released the schedule for the 2015 season on June 3, 2013. Ohio State will face all six Eastern Division opponents Indiana, Maryland, Michigan, Michigan State, Penn State and Rutgers. Ohio State will also face two Western Division opponents: rival Illinois and Minnesota. Ohio State will play four non-conference games: Virginia Tech of the Atlantic Coast Conference, Hawaii of the Mountain West Conference, and Northern Illinois and Western Michigan of the Mid-American Conference. Ohio State has one bye week during the season between their games against Rutgers and Minnesota.


2015 Ohio State Buckeyes football team, Game summaries, Penn State
"Dark Night at the Shoe" – Ohio State wears all-black uniforms for the first time in school history.


2015 Ohio State Buckeyes football team, 2016 NFL Draft
The Buckeyes had 12 players (5 in the first round) in the 2016 NFL Draft.


2015 Ohio State Buckeyes football team, 2016 NFL Draft
In addition, 3 players were signed as undrafted free agents


2015 Ohio Valley Conference Baseball Tournament
The 2015 Ohio Valley Conference Baseball Tournament was from May 20–24. The top six regular season finishers will met in the double-elimination tournament, held at The Ballpark at Jackson in Jackson, Tennessee. Morehead State earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2015 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.


2015 Ohio Valley Conference Baseball Tournament, Seeding and format
The top six regular season finishers will be seeded by conference winning percentage. Teams will then play a double-elimination tournament, with the top two seeds receiving a single bye.


2015 Ohio Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
The 2015 Ohio Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was held March 4–7 at Nashville Municipal Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee.


2015 Ohio Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, Format
The OVC tournament was an eight-team tournament with the third and fourth seeds receiving a first round bye and the two divisional winners receiving byes through to the semifinals.


2015 Ohio Valley Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, Format
The top team in each division, based on conference winning percentage, automatically earned a berth into the tournament. The next six teams with the highest conference winning percentage also earned a bid, regardless of division. The No. 1 seed went to the divisional winner with the higher conference winning percentage, while the No. 2 seed automatically went to the other divisional winner. The remaining six teams were seeded 3–8 by conference winning percentage, regardless of division.


2015 Ohio Valley Conference Softball Tournament
The 2015 Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) Softball tournament was held at Cougar Field in Edwardsville, Illinois, home of Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, from May 6 through May 9, 2015. The tournament winner earned the OVC's automatic bid to the 2015 NCAA Division I Softball Tournament. All games were streamed courtesy of the OVC Digital Network.


2015 Oklahoma Sooners baseball team
The 2015 Oklahoma Sooners baseball team will represent the University of Oklahoma during the 2015 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Sooners will play their home games at L. Dale Mitchell Baseball Park as a member of the Big 12 Conference. They will be led by head coach Pete Hughes, in his second season at Oklahoma.


2015 Oklahoma Sooners baseball team, Previous season
In 2014, the Sooners finished the season 8th in the Big 12 with a record of 29–29, 8–16 in conference play. They qualified for the 2014 Big 12 Conference Baseball Tournament, and were eliminated in the second round. They failed to qualify for the 2014 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.


2015 Oklahoma Sooners football team
The 2015 Oklahoma Sooners football team represented the University of Oklahoma in the 2015 NCAA Division I FBS football season, the 121st season of Sooner football. The team was led by two-time Walter Camp Coach of the Year Award winner, Bob Stoops, in his 17th season as head coach. They played their home games at Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium in Norman, Oklahoma. They were a charter member of the Big 12 Conference.


2015 Oklahoma Sooners football team
Conference play began on October 3, 2015 with a 44–24 win against West Virginia in Norman, Oklahoma and ended with a 58–23 win against Oklahoma State in Stillwater, Oklahoma on November 28, 2015. Oklahoma finished conference play with an 8–1 record winning their ninth Big 12 Championship, their first since 2012.


2015 Oklahoma Sooners football team
Oklahoma was selected as the 4th seed to play in the 2015 College Football playoff against 1st seed Clemson on December 31, 2015 in the Orange Bowl which they lost 17–37. Oklahoma finished the season with an 11–2 record.


2015 Oklahoma Sooners football team, Previous season
The 2014 Oklahoma Sooners football team finished the regular season 8–4, with the four losses in conference play towards Baylor, Kansas State, Oklahoma State, and TCU. Oklahoma became bowl eligible after defeating Iowa State on November 1, 2014. The Sooners were invited to play in the 2014 Russell Athletic Bowl against the Clemson Tigers. Oklahoma fell short against the Tigers in Orlando with a loss of 6–40.


2015 Oklahoma Sooners football team, Schedule
Oklahoma announced its 2015 football schedule on November 19, 2014. The 2015 schedule consisted of six home games, five away games and one neutral game in the regular season. The Sooners hosted Big 12 foes Iowa State, TCU, Texas Tech, and West Virginia and traveled to Baylor, Kansas, Kansas State, and Oklahoma State. Oklahoma played Texas in Dallas, Texas at the Cotton Bowl for the 110th time on October 10 for the Red River Showdown.


2015 Oklahoma Sooners football team, Schedule
The Sooners hosted two non-conference games against Akron and Tulsa and traveled to its other non-conference foe Tennessee in Knoxville, Tennessee. Oklahoma met for the first time against the Akron Zips at home to open the season. The Sooners then traveled to Tennessee after defeating the Tennessee Volunteers last season and then hosted in-state rival Tulsa after traveling to Tulsa last year.


2015 Oklahoma Sooners football team, Postseason, 2016 NFL Draft
The 2016 NFL Draft was held at the Auditorium Theatre and Grant Park in Chicago on April 28–30, 2016. The following Oklahoma players were either selected or signed as free agents following the draft.


2015 Oklahoma State Cowboys baseball team
The 2015 Oklahoma State Cowboys baseball team will represent Oklahoma State University during the 2015 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Cowboys will play their home games at Allie P. Reynolds Stadium as a member of the Big 12 Conference. They will be led by head coach Josh Holliday, in his third season at Oklahoma State.


2015 Oklahoma State Cowboys baseball team, Previous Season
In 2014, the Cowboys finished the season as champions of the Big 12 with a record of 48–18, 18–6 in conference play. They qualified for the 2014 Big 12 Conference Baseball Tournament, and were eliminated in the finals. They qualified for the 2014 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament, and were selected as hosts of the Stillwater Regional, being placed with Nebraska, Cal State Fullerton, and Binghamton. In their opening game, the Cowboys shut-out Binghamton, 8–0. In their second game, they defeated Cal State Fullerton by a score of 13–7.


2015 Oklahoma State Cowboys baseball team, Previous Season
In the regional final, the Cowboys again defeated Cal State Fullerton, this time by a score of 6–4. They advanced to the Super Regional, of which they were hosts, to play UC Irvine. In the first game, the Anteaters defeated the Cowboys, 8–4, and then won Game Two in a shutout, 1–0, to advance to the College World Series.


2015 Oklahoma State Cowboys baseball team, Rankings
^ Collegiate Baseball ranks 40 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season. † NCBWA ranks 35 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season. * New poll was not released for this week so for comparison purposes the previous week's ranking is inserted in this week's slot.


2015 Oklahoma State Cowboys football team
The 2015 Oklahoma State Cowboys football team represented Oklahoma State University in the 2015 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Cowboys were led by 11th-year head coach Mike Gundy and played their home games at Boone Pickens Stadium in Stillwater, Oklahoma. They were members of the Big 12 Conference. They finished the season 10–3, 7–2 in Big 12 play to finish in a tie for second place. They were invited to the Sugar Bowl where they lost to Ole Miss.


2015 Oklahoma State Cowboys football team, Previous season
The 2014 Oklahoma State Cowboys football team finished the regular season 6–6, with a highlight win against in-state rival Oklahoma, 38–35 in overtime. Oklahoma State became bowl eligible after defeating Oklahoma on December 6, 2014. The Cowboys were invited to play in the 2015 Cactus Bowl against the Washington Huskies of the Pac-12 Conference. Oklahoma State won the game against the Huskies 30–22, in Tempe, Arizona.


2015 Oklahoma State Cowboys football team, Schedule
Oklahoma State announced their 2015 football schedule on November 19, 2014. The 2015 schedule consist of 7 home games and 5 away games in the regular season. The Cowboys will host Big 12 foes Baylor, Kansas, Kansas State, Oklahoma, and TCU and will travel to Iowa State, Texas, Texas Tech, and West Virginia.


2015 Oklahoma State Cowboys football team, Schedule
The Cowboys hosted two non conference games against Central Arkansas and UTSA and traveled to its other non conference foe Central Michigan in Mount Pleasant, Michigan. Oklahoma State met for the first time against the Central Michigan Chippewas in Michigan and Central Arkansas Bears at home. The Cowboys hosted the UTSA Roadrunners for the second straight season after defeating them last season 43–13.


2015 Oklahoma State Cowboys football team, Games summaries, Kansas State
Oklahoma State hosted Kansas State on October 3, 2015. Late in the second quarter, an officiating error gave Oklahoma State a first down when the offense was four yards short after the third down play. The series ended with a touchdown for Oklahoma State. The error brought into question Big 12 Conference officiating, especially in light that the game was on the 25th anniversary of the Fifth Down Game between the Colorado Buffaloes and Missouri Tigers. SB Nation published "K-State lost to Oklahoma State, 36–34. Inept Big 12 officials gifted Oklahoma State a touchdown.."


2015 Oklahoma State Cowboys football team, Games summaries, Kansas
Prior to the game, during Oklahoma State University's annual Sea of Orange Homecoming Parade, 25 year old Adacia Chambers drove her car into a crowd of people at the parade killing 4 and injuring 47.


2015 Oklahoma State University homecoming parade crash
The 2015 Oklahoma State University homecoming parade crash was a vehicle collision that occurred on October 24, 2015, in Stillwater, Oklahoma, when a driver drove into a crowd watching the homecoming parade for Oklahoma State University–Stillwater on the university's campus. Four people were killed in the crash, and 46 others were reported injured.


2015 Oklahoma State University homecoming parade crash, Event
The incident occurred at 10:31 a.m. Central Time (15:31 UTC), during Oklahoma State University's annual Sea of Orange Homecoming Parade, which was being held that morning, leading up to that day's football game between the Oklahoma State Cowboys and the Kansas Jayhawks.


2015 Oklahoma State University homecoming parade crash, Event
After the parade had crossed the intersection of Hall of Fame Avenue and Main Streets (0.40 miles (0.64 km) east of Boone Pickens Stadium) on the university campus, where the parade was supposed to conclude, 25-year-old Adacia Avery Chambers – a native of Oologah and resident of Stillwater – drove her gray 2014 Hyundai Elantra south on Main at speeds above 40 miles per hour (64 km/h) into several barriers used to block off commuter traffic and then proceeded to hit an unmanned motorcycle belonging to the Stillwater Police Department, which was providing security assistance for the event; Chambers' car then careened into approximately 50 parade spectators before stopping when its two front tires popped the curb on the southwest corner of the intersection.


2015 Oklahoma State University homecoming parade crash, Event
Local paramedics and firefighters participating in the parade immediately began tending to those who were injured.


2015 Oklahoma State University homecoming parade crash, Event
Three of the victims who were hit by Chambers' vehicle in the collision – 23-year-old Nikita Prabhaker Nakal, a native of Mumbai, India who was an attending senior at the University of Central Oklahoma in Edmond; and husband and wife Marvin Lyle and Bonnie Jean Stone, both age 65 and residing in Stillwater – died at the scene; 2-year-old Nash Lucas, also of Stillwater, suffered severe injuries and died while being treated at The Children's Hospital at OU Medicine in Oklahoma City hours after the crash (his mother was among those injured in the crash).


2015 Oklahoma State University homecoming parade crash, Event
47 other people – including nine children between the ages of 1 and 13 – were admitted for various injuries at Stillwater Medical Center; OU Medical Center and The Children's Hospital in Oklahoma City; and St. Johns Medical Center in Tulsa. The intersection was subsequently blocked off by Stillwater and university law enforcement.


2015 Oklahoma State University homecoming parade crash, Event, Legal proceedings
Chambers was arrested near the crash site by Stillwater Police Department officers present at the scene of the accident on suspicion of driving under the influence; she was later placed into a detox unit in the Payne County Jail. Results of blood tests to gauge the levels of any alcohol or narcotic intoxicants in Chambers' body – a requirement for police to administer for "serious" vehicle accidents involving a fatality under Oklahoma state law – revealed she had a blood alcohol level of .01, not enough to be charged with driving under the influence.


2015 Oklahoma State University homecoming parade crash, Event, Legal proceedings
Chambers was arraigned at Payne County District Court on October 26, with any additional charges against her pending further investigation into the cause of the collision that is presented to the Payne County District Attorney's office. Chambers was charged with four counts of second-degree murder and 46 charges of assault. Her bail was set at $1 million. Her trial was scheduled to begin January 10, 2017. On January 10, 2017, she was sentenced to life in prison after accepting a plea deal.


2015 Oklahoma State University homecoming parade crash, Event, Legal proceedings
On January 10, 2017, Adacia Avery Chambers pleaded no contest to four counts of second-degree murder and 39 counts of assault and battery by means or force likely to produce death. Chambers received life in prison for each murder count, to be served concurrently, and 10 years in prison for each assault count, to also be served concurrently. The plea agreement ensures Chambers will serve a 55-year sentence and will not leave prison until her early 70s, pending parole for both the life sentence and assault sentence.


2015 Oklahoma State University homecoming parade crash, Reactions
During a press conference on the crash held that afternoon, Burns Hargis, president of Oklahoma State University, stated, "Tragically we lost three. I hope we don't lose anymore. [ ...] The Cowboy family pulls together, unfortunately, we’ve had to do it before, and we're going to do it again." Stillwater mayor Gina Noble, who had served as the parade's grand marshal, later remarked that "We are heartbroken at this tragedy." Noble later commented, "We’ve never seen anything like this. [ ...] We’re shocked. We are definitely subdued in mood and we’re still trying to understand. [ ...] We will get through this together and figure out how to help those who need the help."


2015 Oklahoma State University homecoming parade crash, Reactions
The homecoming football game between Oklahoma State and Kansas – in which the Cowboys defeated the Jayhawks, 58-10 – was played as scheduled at 2:30 p.m. that afternoon; a pep rally originally set to be held before the game was cancelled, however. Before the game (which was televised nationally on FS1), Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin, an alumna of the university who was in attendance at the game, led players and spectators in a moment of prayer as the United States flag flew at half staff in Boone Pickens Stadium.


2015 Oklahoma State University homecoming parade crash, Reactions
Fallin expressed condolences during a press conference that occurred during halftime of the game, "Our hearts and prayers go out with those who lost loved ones today, to those that were injured in the tragedy," and referenced the two previous tragedies involving the university during the past 14 years (the January 2001 plane crash that killed ten members of the Cowboys basketball team and the November 2011 plane crash that killed four people, including Cowgirls basketball head coach Kurt Budke and assistant coach Miranda Serna), adding "One thing I do know about Oklahoma people. They’re strong. They're very compassionate. They believe in prayer. They believe in comforting people and helping during a time of crisis and need. We’ll get through this again. But certainly it’s a very painful experience for those of us here, and certainly for all Oklahomans."


2015 Oklahoma state budget
The Oklahoma State Budget for Fiscal Year 2015, is a spending request by Governor Mary Fallin to fund government operations for July 1, 2014 – June 30, 2015. Governor Fallin proposed the budget on February 3, 2014. This was Governor Fallin's fourth budget submitted as governor.


2015 Oklahoma state budget, Governor's major issues, Tax cut
In the 2013 legislative session, Governor Fallin requested and the Oklahoma Legislature enacted HB2032 reducing Oklahoma's top marginal income tax rate from 5.25 percent to 5 percent beginning January 1, 2015. The law was subsequently declared unconstitutional by the Oklahoma Supreme Court. Governor Fallin again calls for the enactment of the tax cut, reducing tax revenues an estimated $47.4 million for FY2015.


2015 Oklahoma state budget, Total spending, Request
The Governor's proposed Executive Budget for 2015 totals $7 billion in spending. Figures shown in the spending request do not reflect the actual appropriations for Fiscal Year 2015, which must be authorized by the Legislature. Percentages in parentheses indicate percentage change compared to Fiscal Year 2014 enacted budget. The budget request is broken down by the following expenditures:


2015 Old Dominion Monarchs football team
The 2015 Old Dominion Monarchs football team represented Old Dominion University in the 2015 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They were led by seventh-year head coach Bobby Wilder and played their home games at Foreman Field at S. B. Ballard Stadium in Norfolk, Virginia. They were members of the East Division of Conference USA. 2015 was the first year Old Dominion was a full member of the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) and eligible for postseason play. They finished the season 5–7, 3–5 in C-USA play to finish in a three-way tie for fourth place in the East Division.


2015 Old Dominion Monarchs football team, Previous season
The Monarchs finished the 2014 season 6–6 overall and 4–4 in conference play. Old Dominion's biggest win and upset was against their first conference play opponent and 2013 C–USA Champions, Rice by 45–42. Old Dominion earned their sixth win of the 2014 season by defeating Florida Atlantic at the end of the season but was not bowl eligible due to the program's transition from FCS to FBS.


2015 Old Dominion Monarchs football team, Schedule
Old Dominion announced their 2015 football schedule on February 2, 2015. The 2015 schedule consist of seven home and five away games in the regular season. The Monarchs will host CUSA foes Charlotte, Florida Atlantic, UTEP, and Western Kentucky (WKU), and will travel to Florida International (FIU), Marshall, Southern Miss, and UTSA.


2015 Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council election
The 2015 Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 7 May 2015 to elect members of Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council in England. The election took place on the same day as the UK General Election. One third of the Council was up for election and Labour retained control of the Council.


2015 Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council election, Ward results
The electoral division results listed below are based on the changes from the 2014 elections, not taking into account any mid-term by-elections or party defections.


2015 Oldham West and Royton by-election
The Oldham West and Royton by-election was a UK parliamentary by-election held on 3 December 2015 in the constituency of Oldham West and Royton in Greater Manchester. This was the first by-election of the 56th UK Parliament.


2015 Oldham West and Royton by-election
The by-election was caused by the death of the sitting Member of Parliament (MP) Michael Meacher on 21 October 2015; Meacher had been the Labour Party MP for the seat since its creation in 1997 and had represented its predecessor seat of Oldham West since 1970.


2015 Oldham West and Royton by-election
A writ for the by-election was moved in Parliament on 2 November 2015, setting polling day as 3 December 2015.


2015 Oldham West and Royton by-election
Jim McMahon held the seat for Labour with a winning 62% of the vote, an increase of 7.3 percentage points. There was a 40.3% turnout.


2015 Oldham West and Royton by-election, Candidates
Six candidates contested the election; the statement of persons nominated was released by Oldham Council on 9 November 2015.


2015 Oldham West and Royton by-election, Candidates
The Labour Party, which last held the seat, selected its candidate on 5 November 2015 from a shortlist of four: Mohammed Azam, National Executive Committee member and former local councillor; Jane East, who contested the seat of Colne Valley unsuccessfully at the 2015 general election; Failsworth East councillor Jim McMahon, leader of Oldham Council; and Chris Williamson, former MP for Derby North. McMahon won the selection, reportedly with 232 votes against 141 for Azam in the final round, after the elimination of East and Williamson.


2015 Oldham West and Royton by-election, Candidates
UK Independence Party (UKIP) came second in the constituency at the 2015 general election and fielded a new candidate, John Bickley, who was runner-up at the by-election held in 2014 in the neighbouring constituency of Heywood and Middleton. Others talked about as potential candidates were Paul Nuttall, the UKIP deputy leader, and Steven Woolfe, both MEPs for North West England.


2015 Oldham West and Royton by-election, Candidates
The Conservative Party came a close third to UKIP at the 2015 general election and selected James Daly, a solicitor and Bury councillor, who contested the Bolton North East constituency in 2015.


2015 Oldham West and Royton by-election, Candidates
The Liberal Democrat candidate was Jane Brophy, who works for the NHS in Greater Manchester and has served as a Trafford councillor for over 15 years; she was LibDem candidate for Altrincham and Sale West at the 2010 and 2015 general elections.


2015 Oldham West and Royton by-election, Candidates
Simeon Hart stood for the Green Party, having contested the constituency for the Greens at the 2015 general election.


2015 Oldham West and Royton by-election, Candidates
Sir Oink A-Lot stood for the Official Monster Raving Loony Party.


2015 Oldham West and Royton by-election, Aftermath
The result was considered by commentators as surprisingly good for Labour, who had been expected to be more closely challenged by UKIP, and was reported as a boost for Jeremy Corbyn's leadership of the party.


2015 Oldham West and Royton by-election, Aftermath
On the morning after the by-election, UKIP leader Nigel Farage and some other party sources claimed that there had been voting fraud particularly around ethnic minority voters and around postal votes, with Farage claiming the vote was "bent" and that in constituencies with large numbers of ethnic minority voters who do not speak English "effectively the electoral process is now dead". Paul Nuttall, UKIP's deputy leader, said to journalists: "You've got to ask yourself, is this Britain or is this Harare?" However, others in UKIP downplayed the allegations, with deputy chairman Suzanne Evans saying the party risks sounding like "bad losers". Tom Watson, Labour's deputy leader, dismissed the complaints as "sour grapes".


2015 Oldham West and Royton by-election, Aftermath
Farage stated that he was planning to make a formal complaint about the allegations. Deputy leader Paul Nuttall wrote an open letter to Greg Clark, the Secretary of State for the Department for Communities and Local Government, raising concerns about postal voting processes.


2015 Ole Miss Rebels football team
The 2015 Ole Miss Rebels football team represented the University of Mississippi in the 2015 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Rebels played their home games at Vaught–Hemingway Stadium in Oxford, Mississippi and competed in the Western Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). They were led by fourth-year head coach Hugh Freeze.


2015 Ole Miss Rebels football team, Previous season
The 2014 Ole Miss Rebels football team finished the regular season 9–3, with their only losses to Arkansas, Auburn, and LSU. Ole Miss knocked out two top 5 teams during the season, #3 Alabama and #4 Mississippi State. The Rebels were ranked as high at #3 in the AP Poll and were in the mix to be a part of the all-new College Football Playoff until their back-to-back losses to LSU and Auburn. At the end of the regular season the Rebels were ranked #9 in the College Football Playoff Rankings after defeating Mississippi State in the Egg Bowl. The Rebels were invited to play in the 2014 Peach Bowl against the #6 TCU Horned Frogs of the Big 12 Conference. Ole Miss fell short to the Horned Frogs in Atlanta, Georgia , losing 42–3.


2015 Ole Miss Rebels football team, Previous season, 2015 recruiting class
The 2015 Ole Miss recruiting class finished with 23 total commits, and finished in the top 20 recruiting classes of 2015 according to 247 sports. The Rebels signed seven four star recruits and fifteen three star recruits, but the only five star recruit they signed was wide receiver Damarkus Lodge.


2015 Ole Miss Rebels football team, Schedule
Ole Miss announced its 2015 football schedule on October 14, 2014. The 2015 schedule consists of 7 home games and 5 away games in the regular season and is considered to be the 10th toughest schedule in the FBS for the 2015 season. The Rebels will host SEC foes Arkansas, LSU, Texas A&M, and Vanderbilt, and will travel to Alabama, Auburn, Florida, and Mississippi State.


2015 Ole Miss Rebels football team, Game summaries, Tennessee–Martin
Ole Miss began the 2015 campaign with a non conference game against an FCS opponent, Tennessee−Martin. The Rebels entered the season with a #17 ranking in the AP Poll and as 39.5 point favorites in their season opener. The Rebels dominated the Skyhawks in the opener from the very beginning, when running back Jaylen Walton scored Ole Miss's first points of the year on a 60-yd touchdown run only four minutes into the game. The Rebels only led 6–0, however, after a failed two point conversion.


2015 Ole Miss Rebels football team, Game summaries, Tennessee–Martin
Walton would get his second touchdown of the game after he found the end zone four yards out which put the Rebels up 13–0 with 6:42 left in the first quarter. Ole Miss's first passing touchdown would occur when new Junior quarterback Chad Kelly would find Markell Pack for a 56-yd touchdown strike with 5:28 remaining, which put Ole Miss up 20–0 with one third of the first quarter left.


2015 Ole Miss Rebels football team, Game summaries, Tennessee–Martin
The Rebels' final score of the first quarter would come when quarterback Ryan Buchanan would find wide receiver Quincy Adeboyejo for a 15-yd touchdown strike, putting the Rebels up 27–0 at the end of the first quarter. The second quarter would feature two more passing touchdowns by the Rebels, the first of which was a surprising 31-yd touchdown pass from Ryan Buchanan to defensive tackle Robert Nkemdiche with 12:35 left in the half. Second one would come when Chad Kelly would find Cody Core for a 57-yd touchdown pass to put Rebels up 41–0 going into halftime.


2015 Ole Miss Rebels football team, Game summaries, Tennessee–Martin
The first points of the second half would happen when defensive back Trae Elston would intercept the Skyhawks when they were in the red zone and he would return it 93 yards for another Ole Miss score with 9:09 left in the third quarter. The next points would come when Chad Kelly would run in it from 20 yards out to put the Rebels up 55–0 with 4:56 left in the third quarter. Tennessee−Martin's first and only points of the game would come when kicker Jackson Redditt would make it 29 yards out.


2015 Ole Miss Rebels football team, Game summaries, Tennessee–Martin
The Rebels led 55–3 heading into the fourth quarter. Quarterback Devante Kincade would score for the first time of the game when he found receiver DaMarkus Lodge 12 yards out to put Ole Miss up 62–3 only four and a half minutes into the fourth quarter. Ole Miss's last two touchdowns of the game would come on the ground, when Eugene Brazley would run in it from 70 yards out and D.K. Buford would find the end zone from 20 yards out. Ole Miss won the game by a final score of 76–3, which was the most points Ole Miss scored in any game since 1935.


2015 Ole Miss Rebels football team, Game summaries, Fresno State
Coming off of a strong performance in their season opener, the Rebels entered their second game of the 2015 campaign as 32.5 point favorites against Fresno State. The Rebels put up 28 points in the first quarter, which was the most points scored in a single quarter in Ole Miss history. Rebels quarterback Chad Kelly was responsible for all four of Ole Miss's touchdowns, the first one coming only three minutes into the game when Kelly found Cody Core in the end zone for a fourteen-yard touchdown strike.


2015 Ole Miss Rebels football team, Game summaries, Fresno State
Kelly's next touchdown would come on the ground, when he would run it in from four yards out. The Rebels had a 14–0 with 8:26 remaining in the first quarter. Kelly's first of three touchdown passes to Quincy Adeboyejo would come from 16 yards out with 4:30 left, and the second one would soon follow when Kelly found him from 50 yards out. Ole Miss entered the second quarter with 28–0 lead.


2015 Ole Miss Rebels football team, Game summaries, Fresno State
The first points of the second quarter would come when Ole Miss quarterback Ryan Buchanan would be intercepted by Shannon Edwards, and that interception would be returned for a touchdown to give the Bulldogs their first points. Kelly would come back in the game, and hit Adeboyejo once more for a 44-yard touchdown pass to put Ole Miss up 35–7 with 4:15 remaining in the half.


2015 Ole Miss Rebels football team, Game summaries, Fresno State
The half's final points would be scored by the Bulldogs as time expired, when Fresno State quarterback Chason Virgil would find Josiah Blandin from nine yards out to pull to within 21 points at the break. Robert Nkemdiche would open the second half with an offensive score, after he ran the ball in from a yard out. The Ole Miss defense would score its first points when Trae Elston would intercept Virgil and return it for a 38-yard touchdown, to put Ole Miss up 49–14.


2015 Ole Miss Rebels football team, Game summaries, Fresno State
Ole Miss would get its second rushing touchdown of the game when Akeem Judd ran it in from 27 yards out to put Ole Miss up 56–14. The Bulldogs, however, would score the quarter's final points when Virgil would find Marteze Waller from seven yards out to trim the lead to 56–21 heading into the final quarter of play.


2015 Ole Miss Rebels football team, Game summaries, Fresno State
Ole Miss would get its only field of the game when kicker Gary Wunderlich would split the uprights to put the Rebels up 59–21, and it wouldn't be much longer before the Rebels scored once again, when running back Eugene Brazley would find the end zone from six yards out to put Ole Miss up 66–21. And it would the landshark defense of Ole Miss who would score the game's final points, when Ford Childress would intercept Virgil and return it 22 yards to win the game, 73–21. Ole Miss would become the first SEC team to ever score 70 points in back to back games.


2015 Ole Miss Rebels football team, Game summaries, #2 Alabama
Ole Miss entered their rematch against Alabama as heavy underdogs, as the Tide were nine point favorites. However, Ole Miss would be the team who never trailed in the entire game. On the opening kickoff, Alabama fumbled the ball which led to an early Ole Miss field goal only about thirty seconds in, but that would be the only score of the first quarter. The Tide knotted the game up at 3 when Adam Griffith hit a field from twenty yards out with 12:20 left in the second quarter.


2015 Ole Miss Rebels football team, Game summaries, #2 Alabama
The Rebels would be responsible for the game's first two touchdowns, when Jordan Wilkins ran it in from one yard on fourth and goal with 7:30 remaining in the first half. Chad Kelly would run it in next, this time from four yards out to put Ole Miss up 17–3 with 6:43 left in the half. Alabama managed to put one touchdown on the board before the half, as Ole Miss led at the half, 17–10.


2015 Ole Miss Rebels football team, Game summaries, #2 Alabama
The first points of the second half would come on an outrageous pass from Chad Kelly to Quincy Adeboyejo from 66 yards out, to put Ole Miss up 24–10 with 12:53 left in the third quarter. Ole Miss would then tack on two Gary Wunderlich field goals, one from 34 yards out and one from 45 yards out, which put the Rebels up 30–10 with four minutes left in the third quarter. The Tide would score the quarter's final points, when quarterback Jake Coker would run it in with 1:33 left.


2015 Ole Miss Rebels football team, Game summaries, #2 Alabama
Alabama would pull to within six points when Coker would find ArDarius Stewart from eight yards out with 12:30 left in the game. Ole Miss's next big play would come when Chad Kelly would find a wide open Cody Core for a 73-yd touchdown strike less than a minute after Alabama pulled to within six. After a failed two point conversion, The Rebels led 36–24. Ole Miss would score again when Chad Kelly found Laquon Treadwell from 24 yards out following an Alabama interception to put the Rebels up 43–24.


2015 Ole Miss Rebels football team, Game summaries, #2 Alabama
The Tide would score with 6:36 left in the game when running back Derrick Henry would find the end zone from two yards out to bring the Tide to within 13. Alabama would also fail on a two-point conversion try, so the score remained 43–30. Alabama surprisingly recovered the onside kick that followed, and capitalized with a touchdown from Coker to Richard Mullaney with four and half minutes left. Ole Miss led 43–37. After the next Ole Miss drive stalled, Alabama got the ball back down by six points with three minutes left.


2015 Ole Miss Rebels football team, Game summaries, #2 Alabama
Their game-winning drive, however, would be terminated by an interception from Coker. Alabama got one final chance with 31 seconds left at their own 30 yard line, but failed to get a first down. Ole Miss beat Alabama in back to back seasons for the first time ever and won in Tuscaloosa for the second time ever. Following Ole Miss's upset win, the Rebels rose to #3 in the rankings, which was the first time since 1963–64 that Ole Miss was ranked in the top 3 in back to back seasons.


2015 Ole Miss Rebels football team, Game summaries, Vanderbilt
Fresh off of an upset of then No. 2 Alabama, Ole Miss entered their SEC home opener against Vanderbilt as 27 point favorites. However, the game itself was much closer than the experts, the team and the fans anticipated. Ole Miss came in with the highest offensive efficiency in country, but struggled to move the ball against a greatly improved Vanderbilt defense.


2015 Ole Miss Rebels football team, Game summaries, Vanderbilt
Ole Miss QB Chad Kelly threw an interception on the Rebels' first drive of the game, and the team that had scored 192 points through the first three games had failed to put up any points at all through the first twelve minutes of the first quarter. The Commodores moved the ball well on their final drive of the first quarter, but settled for a field goal, as Vanderbilt went up 3–0 with 3:25 left in the opening quarter. This would become the first time all season that Ole Miss trailed in a game.


2015 Ole Miss Rebels football team, Game summaries, Vanderbilt
However, the game's first touchdown would come from Chad Kelly to wide receiver Damore'ea Stringfellow with roughly two minutes left in the first quarter. Ole Miss would return to the red zone following a Vanderbilt punt, but because of a 10-yard holding penalty on third down, the Rebels were forced to settle for a field goal, as Gary Wunderlich scored his first points for Ole Miss of the night from 19 yards out with five and a half minutes left of the half.


2015 Ole Miss Rebels football team, Game summaries, Vanderbilt
Vanderbilt would once again fail to consistently move the ball on their next possession, which resulted in another punt. On the ensuing drive, Ole Miss would be the team with red zone offensive difficulties, as the Rebels could not put the ball in the end zone, and settled for a field goal. That would be the final score of the half, and Ole Miss went to the locker room with a 13–3 lead.


2015 Ole Miss Rebels football team, Game summaries, Vanderbilt
Vanderbilt opened the second half with one of their most productive drives of the game, with big passes from quarterback Johnny McCrary, as the Commodores managed a field goal from 41 yards out. Ole Miss would soon return to the red zone not much longer after, thanks to a moderately effective running game and some big plays through the air. However, the Rebels once again would fail to find the end zone, as they were forced to settle for what was seemingly a guaranteed 29 yard Gary Wunderlich field goal.


2015 Ole Miss Rebels football team, Game summaries, Vanderbilt
However, what would've been another three points for the Rebels didn't happen due to a Nifae Lealao block on the kick. The score stalled at 13–6. Vanderbilt would produce another highly productive drive thanks to an efficient running game, this time resulting in a touchdown pass from Johnny McCrary to Ralph Webb from seven yards out with eight and half minutes left in the third quarter. With the score tied at 13–13, Ole Miss fans at the game were visibly starting to get restless as the 26.5 point underdog Vanderbilt Commodores were proving to be a worthy opponent.


2015 Ole Miss Rebels football team, Game summaries, Vanderbilt
After Ole Miss punted on the following drive, Vanderbilt's next drive would also result in a punt. However, the Commodores' punt was blocked, which would lead to Ole Miss's second of three touchdowns in the game with 1:30 left in the third quarter. Ole Miss entered the final phase of the game with a narrow one touchdown lead. Despite many chances to force a Vanderbilt punt on third down, the Commodores managed to produce another effective drive and got deep into Ole Miss territory.


2015 Ole Miss Rebels football team, Game summaries, Vanderbilt
Although they failed to tie the game at 20, the Commodores tightened the game by pulling to within four points with 12:25 left in the fourth quarter. After another Ole Miss drive stalled, the Commodores got the ball back and again, moved the ball very well. They once again reached the red zone, but couldn't get past the goal line. The settled for what should've been an easy field goal, but Tommy Openshaw, the Commodores' kicker, missed from 32 yards out. On Ole Miss's ensuing drive, they finally managed to move the ball much more productively than they had before.


2015 Ole Miss Rebels football team, Game summaries, Vanderbilt
The Rebels found the end zone for a third and final time in the game, increasing their lead to 27–16 with about seven minutes left in the game. Vanderbilt's final drive, although they moved the ball decently, ended after failing to convert on fourth down. Ole Miss would get a small handful of first downs on the ensuing drive then kneel the rest of the game to seal the victory. Ole Miss improved to 4–0 on the year and 2–0 in conference play.


2015 Ole Miss Rebels football team, Game summaries, #25 Florida
Following a scare against Vanderbilt, The Rebels looked to bounce back on the road against a Florida team that had just escaped Tennessee one week earlier. Ole Miss entered the game as 7.5 point favorites, but never had the lead at any point in the game. Florida opened the scoring with 9:09 remaining in the first quarter on 36 yard touchdown pass from Will Grier to Demarcus Robinson, which would be the first passing play of 20+ yards that the Rebels have given up all year.


2015 Ole Miss Rebels football team, Game summaries, #25 Florida
On Ole Miss's ensuing possession, it would only a take a small handful of plays by the Florida defense to force a Jaylen Walton fumble, which would lead to Florida's second touchdown of the game and the final points of the first quarter. The extra point was no good, however, so the score remained 13–0 heading into the second phase of the game.


2015 Ole Miss Rebels football team, Game summaries, #25 Florida
After failing to score once again, Florida would get the ball back and would yet again find the end zone on a deep pass from Will Grier (77 yards out) to Brandon Powell in a drive that lasted less than a minute. Florida would attempt the two point conversion to make up for the missed PAT, but failed on the try, so Florida led 19–0.


2015 Ole Miss Rebels football team, Game summaries, #25 Florida
The Rebels would once again fail to productively move the ball on offense, so Florida regained possession once again before the half, and managed another touchdown before heading into the locker room with 20 seconds left on a pass from Grier to Antonio Callaway from fifteen yards out. Florida, once again, would attempt and fail on the two point conversion, so the score was 25–0 at halftime. After multiple miscues, failed opportunities, (a missed 29 yard field goal among them) and red zone failures, The Rebels opened up the second half in an effort to correct those mistakes.


2015 Ole Miss Rebels football team, Game summaries, #25 Florida
The Ole Miss defense was successful in shutting out the Florida offense in the third quarter, but the Rebels' offense would only manage a field goal with 5:25 left in the third quarter. Florida opened up the fourth quarter with a pair of field goals of the own, from 31 and 22 yards out, respectively. Florida would find the end zone once again on a Jordan Cronkrite run from one yard out, to extend Florida's lead to 38–3. Ole Miss would score their first and only touchdown on a seven-yard Markell Pack pass from Chad Kelly with 4:04 left in the game, but it was too little too late. Ole Miss would lose their first game of the year in the Swamp by four touchdowns.


2015 Ole Miss Rebels football team, Game summaries, New Mexico State
Following a blowout road loss in the swamp against Florida, Ole Miss saw their homecoming game against New Mexico State as an opportunity to correct the mistakes that resulted in such a lopsided loss. Ole Miss received the ball first and moved the ball very well on their opening drive, but similar to what happened multiple times in the previous two games against Florida and Vanderbilt, failed to get in the end zone and settled for an early Gary Wunderlich field goal from 21 yards out with 11:25 left in the opening quarter.


2015 Ole Miss Rebels football team, Game summaries, New Mexico State
On the Aggies' ensuing possession, they were able to match Ole Miss's field goal with a Parker Davidson kick of their own, from 39 yards out with 4:24 left. With the score tied 3–3, Ole Miss got the ball back and found the end zone for a second time on a Jordan Wilkins touchdown run from eleven yards out with roughly three minutes remaining in the first quarter. Ole Miss would get the ball back again in the first quarter, and found the end zone once again on a three-yard Akeem Judd as time expired.


2015 Ole Miss Rebels football team, Game summaries, New Mexico State
The second quarter didn't see as much scoring, as the first points of the second quarter of play didn't come until there was slightly less than six minutes left in the half, when Chad Kelly would complete his first touchdown strike to Markell Pack from 66 yards out. The Rebels managed to increase their lead to 31–3 with under two minutes remaining in the half when Chad Kelly would get his first rushing touchdown of the game from four yards out, and the Rebels took their 31–3 lead to the locker room.


2015 Ole Miss Rebels football team, Game summaries, New Mexico State
After another slow start by the offenses in the third quarter, the Rebels got to the end zone after nine and half minutes expired Chad Kelly found Laquon Treadwell from twenty yards out to put the Rebels up 38–3. It wouldn't be long before Ole Miss found the end zone once again, when Kelly would once again hook up with Treadwell from 37 yards out to increase their lead 45–3. The fourth quarter would only feature one score, which was by the Ole Miss offense when running back Eugene Brazley would run it in from 78 yards out. Ole Miss rebounded nicely from a very poor performance against Florida with a 52–3 victory against New Mexico State.


2015 Ole Miss Rebels football team, Game summaries, Memphis
Ole Miss entered arguably the most anticipated game in Memphis football history as 10 point favorites and with a no. 13 ranking in the AP Poll. It didn't take long for Ole Miss's high powered offense to find the end zone, when wide receiver Laquon Treadwell threw it on a bootleg to Quincy Adeboyejo only twenty seconds into the game from 68 yards out to give the rebels the early 7–0 lead. After the ensuing Memphis drive stalled, Ole Miss received the ball again, and once again, the Rebels found the end zone thanks to their explosive offense.


2015 Ole Miss Rebels football team, Game summaries, Memphis
This time, quarterback Chad Kelly found Damore'ea Stringfellow from 23 yards out with 9:44 left in the first quarter to put the rebels up 14–0, in a game that was seemingly turning into a blowout. However, Memphis's quarterback Paxton Lynch demonstrated why he was regarded as one of the best quarterbacks in the country when he led the Tigers' offense on 65 yard drive that resulted in a touchdown on a one-yard pass from Lynch to Alan Cross with 2:12 left in the first quarter.


2015 Ole Miss Rebels football team, Game summaries, Memphis
After several drives stalled in the second quarter, Memphis managed to reach the red zone again, but settled for a 23-yard Jake Elliot field goal with 4:20 to go in the half, to pull the tigers to within four. Memphis soon regained possession following a Chad Kelly interception, and effectively moved the ball once again. Memphis found the end zone with 2:52 remaining in the half when Sam Craft ran it in from four yards out. On Ole Miss's next drive, Hugh Freeze boldly decided to go for it on their own 34 yard line, but was unsuccessful.


2015 Ole Miss Rebels football team, Game summaries, Memphis
This resulted in Memphis's final touchdown of the half when Paxton Lynch found Anthony Miller from six yards out to put the tigers up 24–14 heading into the locker room. Memphis received the ball to start the second half, and it didn't take much for Lynch to put up more points for Memphis when he found Mose Frazier from 31 yards out for another score to put Memphis up 31–14. Ole Miss, desperately needing a score, got the ball back and was finally able to move it the ball efficiently.


2015 Ole Miss Rebels football team, Game summaries, Memphis
Chad Kelly found Laquon Treadwell from six yards out to pull the rebels to within ten. Ole Miss soon received the ball once again following a Memphis punt and, with 21 seconds remaining, managed a 24-yard Gary Wunderlich field goal to pull to within seven heading into the final quarter. The fourth quarter didn't see as much action, as both offenses were inconsistent.


2015 Ole Miss Rebels football team, Game summaries, Memphis
Memphis managed to field goal from 42 yards out to make go up two possessions again, and after another Ole Miss drive stalled, got the ball back and tacked on another three point, this time from 27 yards out with 58 seconds left in the game. Ole Miss lost to Memphis for the first time since 2004 and lost to an unranked non SEC opponent for the first time since 1979. Memphis, on the other hand, beat a ranked team for the first time since 1996.


2015 Ole Miss Rebels football team, Game summaries, #15 Texas A&M
Ole Miss came into their game against Texas A&M having lost two of their last three games by 6+ points, and looked to bounce back against a high powered Texas A&M offense. Ole Miss was six point favorites despite the loss against Memphis the week before. Texas A&M received the ball first, and despite a few first downs, the aggies were forced to punt. Ole Miss's first drive of the evening featured multiple big runs and big completions, but came up empty handed when kicker Gary Wunderlich missed a 44-yard field goal.


2015 Ole Miss Rebels football team, Game summaries, #15 Texas A&M
After a quick three and out by the aggie offense, Ole Miss got the ball back and capitalized on a Chad Kelly touchdown pass to tight end Evan Engram from seven yards out with 2:33 remaining in the first quarter. Texas A&M once again failed to move the ball effectively resulting in another punt, so Ole Miss got the ball back once again. Despite moving the ball relatively well, the rebels settled for a 41-yard Wunderlich field goal and went up 10–0.


2015 Ole Miss Rebels football team, Game summaries, #15 Texas A&M
On Texas A&M's ensuing possession, running back Tra Carson fumbled and the rebels recovered, giving Ole Miss good field position at the Texas A&M 33 yard line. This led to another Gary Wunderlich field goal, this time from 30 yards out, to put Ole Miss up 13–0. Each team's next drive stalled and Texas A&M received the ball again with four minutes left in the half, and managed a Taylor Bertolet field goal from 44 yards out to pull to within 16–3, which would be the halftime score.


2015 Ole Miss Rebels football team, Game summaries, #15 Texas A&M
Each team's first two drives resulted in punts, which ran off the first five minutes of the half. Ole Miss got the ball with ten minutes left, and Chad Kelly completed a deep pass to receiver Laquon Treadwell from 58 yards out which resulted in a touchdown, putting Ole Miss up 23–3. The rest of the third quarter featured multiple punts by both teams and a Chad Kelly interception, but no scores.


2015 Ole Miss Rebels football team, Game summaries, #15 Texas A&M
Texas A&M had the ball to open up the final quarter, but following one Kyle Allen completion for –2 yards and two other incompletions, the aggies were forced to punt. Ole Miss's opening drive of the fourth quarter nearly mirrored Texas A&M's, as it also resulted in a punt. On Texas A&M's next drive, despite moving the ball relatively well, failed to convert on fourth down, and Ole Miss got the ball back. The rebels' ensuing possession would end very quickly when Donovan Wilson would intercept Chad Kelly with 6:51 left in the game. Texas A&M, once again, failed to convert on fourth down, and Ole Miss was able to kneel the rest of the game, giving the rebels their second consecutive win and their first ever home win against the Aggies.


2015 Ole Miss Rebels football team, Game summaries, Auburn
Following a 23–3 drubbing of Texas A&M, Ole Miss looked to keep its SEC West title hopes alive with a road win against Auburn. The Rebels received the ball to open the game and despite making it to the red zone, the Rebels were forced to settle for a 27-yard Gary Wunderlich field goal to open up the scoring with a 3–0 lead. The next score would come from the Tigers who received the ball with very good field position, but failed to get a first down.


2015 Ole Miss Rebels football team, Game summaries, Auburn
The Tigers would still be able to attempt a field goal from 52 yards out despite not getting a first down thanks to where they started on the field. Kicker Daniel Carlson made it from 52 yards out, tying the game at with 3 with four minutes remaining in the first quarter. It wouldn't take much time in the second quarter for the Tigers to get their next score, as quarterback Sean White hit Ricardo Louis from 47 yards out for a score, which was White's first touchdown pass of the year.


2015 Ole Miss Rebels football team, Game summaries, Auburn
The Rebels were able to tie the game at 10, however, when running back Akeem Judd ran it in from 25 yards out with four minutes remaining in the first half. The Rebels went to the locker room tied 10–10 with the Tigers. Ole Miss received the ball to begin the second half, and offensive red zone struggles continued when the Rebels had to settle for a field from 37 yards out from Wunderlich, giving the Rebels a 13–10 lead.


2015 Ole Miss Rebels football team, Game summaries, Auburn
On Auburn's next possession, they would experience the same difficulties, when kicker Carlson would tie the game up at 13 with a 23-yard kick with just under four minutes remaining in the third quarter. Ole Miss quarterback Chad Kelly would get his first touchdown pass of the day when he found Derrick Jones from 45 yards out to put Ole Miss up 20–13 with just under two minutes remaining in the third. A pair of Carlson field goals would soon follow, from 33 and 26 yards out respectively with twelve minutes left in the game. Kelly would find receiver Laquon Treadwell from 21 yards out to put Ole Miss up by eight with ten minutes remaining. Throughout the rest of the game, Auburn would fail to find the end zone, giving the Rebels the 27–19 victory.


2015 Ole Miss Rebels football team, Game summaries, Arkansas
Ole Miss entered their matchup against Arkansas as seven and a half point favorites in a game that would end up being a shootout. Arkansas received the ball first and quarterback Brandon Allen found receiver Drew Morgan from 31 yards out to give the Razorbacks the early 7–0 lead with 4:46 remaining in the first quarter. On Ole Miss's ensuing possession, running back Jaylen Walton found the end zone from three yards out, tying the game at 7, which would be the quarter's last points.


2015 Ole Miss Rebels football team, Game summaries, Arkansas
The next score would come near the midway point in the second quarter, when Allen would find Dominique Reed from fifteen yards out to put the Razorbacks back up by a touchdown. On Ole Miss's ensuing possession, quarterback Chad Kelly would run the ball in the end zone from eleven yards out to tie the game at fourteen. Arkansas kicker Cole Hedlund would get in on the action on the Razorbacks' ensuing possession, when he made his longest kick of the season from 45 yards out.


2015 Ole Miss Rebels football team, Game summaries, Arkansas
The Rebels were able to do just enough on their final drive of the half when kicker Gary Wunderlich made a 37-yard field goal as time expired. Chad Kelly would get his first passing touchdown of the game when he would find receiver Damore'ea Stringfellow from 23 yards out with 13:09 left in the third quarter. The Razorbacks would respond receiver Jared Cornelius would catch a touchdown pass from Allen from 30 yards out to tie the game once again at 24.


2015 Ole Miss Rebels football team, Game summaries, Arkansas
Kelly would lead another successful Rebels' drive and would end it himself when he ran it in from three yards out to put the Rebels up 31–24 with seven and a half minutes left. The Razorbacks would soon tie it up again, this time at 31 with running back Kody Walker would find the end zone from three yards out. Arkansas would regain the lead when Drew Morgan would catch a pass from Brandon Allen from ten yards out, to put Arkansas up 38–31 shortly after the fourth quarter began.


2015 Ole Miss Rebels football team, Game summaries, Arkansas
Ole Miss receiver Laquon Treadwell would catch a pass from seventeen yards out to tie it at 38, and the Rebels would finally get a defensive stop which led to another Ole Miss touchdown, this time it would Kelly finding Quincy Adeboyejo from eighteen yards out with roughly five minutes remaining. Arkansas, however, would score the game-tying touchdown when Allen would find Reed from seventeen yards out with 53 seconds left, and the game went to overtime.


2015 Ole Miss Rebels football team, Game summaries, Arkansas
Ole Miss received the ball to start, and Chad Kelly would find the end zone on an eight-yard run to put Ole Miss up 52–45. On Arkansas's ensuing possession, the Razorbacks were faced with a 4th and 25, and the game was seemingly over. However, following a lateral pass, running back Alex Collins found a hole in the Ole Miss defense and was able to convert. This was followed by an Arkansas touchdown and a successful two point conversion, which gave Arkansas the 53–52 OT win, stunning a sellout crowd in Vaught–Hemingway Stadium.


2015 Ole Miss Rebels football team, Game summaries, LSU
Following a bye week, Ole Miss looked to rebound following a devastating home loss to Arkansas which set a rift in Ole Miss's chances at winning the SEC West. The Rebels entered the Magnolia Bowl having lost ten of their last thirteen games against the Tigers, but won two of their last three home games in this series.


2015 Ole Miss Rebels football team, Game summaries, LSU
The Rebels opened with a 32-yard field goal by Gary Wunderlich two minutes into the game, and following solid defensive play in the remainder of the first quarter the Rebels brought their 3-point lead into the second phase of the game, where running back Jaylen Walton ran it in from two yards out with 12:30 to go in the half. The next score would come from quarterback Chad Kelly, who also would run it in, this time from six yards out. This put Ole Miss up 17–0.


2015 Ole Miss Rebels football team, Game summaries, LSU
The Tigers once again failed to productively move the ball offensively, and when the Rebels got the ball back, they would once again score to take a commanding 17–0 lead. The Ole Miss defense would once again keep the Tigers from scoring, which ultimately led to yet another Ole Miss touchdown, putting the Rebels up 24–0. Brandon Harris, the LSU quarterback made one big play right before the half, finding Tyon Johnson from 39 yards out to pull to within 24–7 going into the locker room.


2015 Ole Miss Rebels football team, Game summaries, LSU
LSU opened scoring in the second half only two minutes in, when kicker Trent Domingue hit a 43-yard field goal to pull the Tigers to within two touchdowns. The ensuing kickoff would be fumbled by Ole Miss return man Jaylen Walton, which set the Tigers up deep in Ole Miss territory. With roughly ten minutes remaining the quarter, LSU running back Leonard Fournette fumbled the ball on the way to a score, but William Clapp of LSU recovered the ball in the end zone to secure the touchdown, which put LSU down only by one touchdown.


2015 Ole Miss Rebels football team, Game summaries, LSU
The Rebels would pull away once again, however, when quarterback Chad Kelly led a very productive drive which resulted in the quarterback running the ball in the end zone for a second time to put Ole Miss back up by two touchdowns, 31–17 with seven and a half minutes remaining. Ole Miss seemingly secured the victory when Kelly found tight end Evan Engram on a 3rd & 14 from 36 yards out for a score, putting Ole Miss up 38–17 at the end of the third quarter. The fourth quarter would feature no scoring, and Ole Miss went on to win by that score.


2015 Ole Miss Rebels football team, Game summaries, Mississippi State
Following a blowout victory over rival LSU, Ole Miss looked to make it two in a row again Mississippi State, who they had lost to four of the six times. They were also looking to get their first win in Starkville since 2003, and hoping to beat the Bulldogs twice in a row for the first time since 2003–04. Following a fumble by Mississippi State quarterback Dak Prescott, Ole Miss went up first when quarterback Chad Kelly ran the ball in from 27 yards out to go up 7–0.


2015 Ole Miss Rebels football team, Game summaries, Mississippi State
The Ole Miss defense kept the Bulldogs from scoring and provided its offense with another opportunity to score, which they did when Kelly found receiver Damore'ea Stringfellow from two yards out to go up 14–0. The defense of Ole Miss would put up its first points when defensive back Tony Bridges intercepted Prescott and ran it back for a touchdown to give the Rebels a commanding 21–0 lead.


2015 Ole Miss Rebels football team, Game summaries, Mississippi State
On the Bulldogs' first productive possession (which was also the first drive of the second quarter) they found the red zone but ultimately settled for a field goal to pull to within 18 points. On Ole Miss's next drive, Kelly once again found Stringfellow, with just under 11 minutes to go in the half from 36 yards out. Ole Miss would take their 28–3 lead into the locker room.


2015 Ole Miss Rebels football team, Game summaries, Mississippi State
Mississippi State found the end zone on the first drive of the second half on a one-yard Prescott run to cut the lead to 28–10, on kept an explosive Ole Miss offense out of the end zone the ensuing drive. Mississippi State found the red zone again, but had to settle for a field goal, cutting the lead to 28–13.


2015 Ole Miss Rebels football team, Game summaries, Mississippi State
The Rebels followed with a Gary Wunderlich 48 yard field goal to close out the third quarter, which gave the Rebels a 31–13 lead entering the final phase of the game, where they struck first when running back Jordan Wilkins ran it in from 39 yards out. Mississippi State responded when Prescott found Malik Dear from 13 yards out, and once again found Dear nearly eight minutes later to cut the lead to only 11 points.


2015 Ole Miss Rebels football team, Game summaries, Mississippi State
But, with less than two minutes left, it was too little too late, as Ole Miss secured a 38–27 victory, their first win in Starkville since 2003 and the first time they beat LSU and Mississippi State in the same season since 2008. This win catapulted Ole Miss 6 spots in the College Football Playoff rankings to #12, and ultimately got them a Sugar Bowl berth.


2015 Ole Miss Rebels football team, Game summaries, #16 Oklahoma State
Ole Miss ended the regular season on a high note, beating rivals LSU and Mississippi State both in the same season since 2008. The late season victories got them a second consecutive New Year's Six bowl berth, this time playing the Allstate Sugar Bowl for the first time since 1970 and with a #12 ranking in the College Football Playoff. The Rebels were seven and a half point favorites entering the game over #16 Oklahoma State.


2015 Ole Miss Rebels football team, Game summaries, #16 Oklahoma State
Ole Miss got the ball to start, and the Cowboys' defense intercepted Rebels quarterback Chad Kelly on the first Rebel possession, which led to a Ben Grogan 26–yard field goal to put the Cowboys up 3–0 with roughly five minutes left in the first quarter. Ole Miss got the board with 2:20 remaining in the first quarter with a field goal of their own from kicker Gary Wunderlich, from 34 yards out.


2015 Ole Miss Rebels football team, Game summaries, #16 Oklahoma State
The Rebels would wrap up scoring in the first quarter when Kelly found a wide open Cody Core from 31 yards out to give Ole Miss the 10–3 lead at the end of the quarter. It wouldn't be much longer before the explosive Ole Miss offense found the end zone again, when Kelly found top receiver Laquon Treadwell from 34 yards out with 11 and a half minutes left in the half to put the Rebels up 17–3.


2015 Ole Miss Rebels football team, Game summaries, #16 Oklahoma State
Kelly would soon find Treadwell again, this time from 10 yards out with just under seven minutes remaining to put Ole Miss up 24–3. Kicker Gary Wunderlich would be the next scorer for the Rebels, making a 38 yards field goal with 3:44 left in the half. The Cowboys would score next with a field goal of their own, form 31 yards out with a minute and a half remaining. Ole Miss would end the first half with a surprising touchdown pass from Kelly to offensive lineman, Laremy Tunsil as time expired, putting Ole Miss up 34–6 at the half.


2015 Ole Miss Rebels football team, Game summaries, #16 Oklahoma State
The Rebels would open up scoring in the second when running back Jordan Wilkins ran it in from 36 yards out with roughly four and half minutes left in the third quarter, putting Ole Miss up 41–6. Oklahoma State scored its first touchdown of the game when quarterback J. W. Walsh ran it in from two yards out with 1:11 left in the quarter. Kelly, for a third time in the game, would find Treadwell. This time from 14 yards out with 13:04 left in the game.


2015 Ole Miss Rebels football team, Game summaries, #16 Oklahoma State
The Cowboys ended scoring in the game when J.W. Walsh ran it in from eight yards out with three minutes left, giving the Rebels the 48–20 victory. Ole Miss finished ranked at #10 in the final AP Poll, their first top–ten finish since 1969 in what was arguably Ole Miss's best season since the Johnny Vaught era.


2015 Olivet Comets football team
The 2015 Olivet Comets football team, sometimes known as Team 115 in reference to the 115th season the Olivet football program had fielded a team, was an American football team that represented Olivet College during the 2015 NCAA Division III football season. The Comets play in the MIAA and played their home games at the Cutler Athletic Complex in Olivet, Michigan. Olivet was led by Dan Pifer, who was in his fourth season.


2015 Olivet Comets football team, Season synopsis
The Comets won a share of the MIAA conference title for the first time since 2007 and for the eleventh time in school history. The nine wins in the season set a new single season record.


2015 Olivet Comets football team, Broadcasting
For another season, broadcasting for the Comets was done by 89.1 The One WOCR FM with play-by-play done by station manager Travis Oberlin and color analysis by Daniel Neugent. The games could be heard on the radio and on wocrfm.com.


2015 Omaha Beef season
The 2015 Omaha Beef season was the team's sixteenth season as a professional indoor football franchise and first as a member of Champions Indoor Football (CIF). One of nine teams in the CIF for the inaugural 2015 season, the Omaha Beef was owned and operated by Rich Tokheim and Jim Tokheim. The Beef played their home games at the Ralston Arena in Ralston, Nebraska, under the direction of head coach Cory Ross.


2015 Omaha Beef season, Season summary
After a pre-season win over the Metro Militia of the Central Plains Football League, the Beef struggled to find their footing in the CIF. Omaha dropped 5 straight games before a close win at home over the Sioux City Bandits. That would prove the Beef's only win this season as they lost the remaining 6 games on the schedule. Finishing ninth in a nine-team league, Omaha did not qualify for post-season play.


2015 Omaha Beef season, Off-field moves
After the 2014 season ended, the CPIFL announced it was merging with teams from other leagues to form Champions Indoor Football.


2015 Omaha Beef season, Off-field moves
In early January 2015, the Beef named former Nebraska Cornhusker and NFL veteran Cory Ross as the team's new head coach. At the same time, they announced Josh Bullocks, Keyuo Craver, and Demetrius Ross as assistant coaches for the 2015 season. Neither Bullocks or Craver would actually coach the Omaha Beef in 2015.


2015 Omaha Beef season, Off-field moves
The Beef's announced schedule for the 2015 season was not directly affected when the New Mexico Stars abruptly postponed their entry into the league on February 21, just one week before the season began. On March 3, the Albuquerque-based Duke City Gladiators were announced as a late entry into the league, partially replacing the Stars in the CIF schedule with a plan to play 11 games in 2015.


2015 Omaha Beef season, Awards and honors
Each week of the regular season, the CIF names league-wide Players of the Week in offensive, defensive, and special teams categories. For Week 2, the CIF named running back Jesse Robertson as the Defensive Player of the Week. For Week 7, the CIF named quarterback Chuck Wright as the Offensive Player of the Week. The Omaha Beef failed to place any players on the Champions Indoor Football 2015 1st Team or 2nd Team All-League Honors.


2015 Omaha Beef season, Standings
x = clinched playoffs, y = clinched home playoffs, z = clinched top seed


2015 Oman Super Cup
The 2015 Oman Super Cup was the 13th edition of the Oman Super Cup, an annual football match between Al-Oruba SC, the champions of the 2014-15 Oman Professional League and the 2014-15 Sultan Qaboos Cup and Fanja SC, the runners-up of the 2014-15 Oman Professional League. The match was played at the Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex in Muscat, Oman.


2015 Oman Super Cup
On 19 August 2015, the defending Oman Professional League and Sultan Qaboos Cup champions, Al-Oruba SC decided to pull out of the 2015 Oman Super Cup citing non-payment of dues by the Oman Football Association and a late release of its players from national and army team camps as the main reasons behind the club's decision to pull out. On 21 August 2015, Fanja was declared the winner of the Super Cup after its opponent, Al-Oruba, as expected failed to turn up for the match.


2015 Oman Super Cup, Aftermath
On 6 September 2015, the defending champions were punished by the OFA's disciplinary committee for failing to turn up against Fanja in the 2015 Oman Super Cup. The defending champions of both the Oman Professional League and the Sultan Qaboos Cup were fined a sum of Omani Rial 500 and the committee decided that the club will play their first five 2015–16 Oman Professional League fixtures away from home.


2015 Omani general election
General elections for the Consultative Assembly were held in Oman on 25 October 2015.


2015 Omani general election, Background
After a series of protests, the competences of the Consultative Assembly were widened in 2011, giving members the possibility to propose and review laws.


2015 Omani general election, Electoral system
The 85 members of the Consultative Assembly were elected from 61 constituencies; 24 with two seats and 37 with one. No political parties were allowed to enter the election. In the case of a tie between candidates, the candidates would need to appear before the organising committee for a decision to be made. There were 611,906 registered voters, and electronic voting devices were used for those who had activated the system. Polling stations were open from 07:00 until 19:00 and voters received full paid leave in order to cast their votes.


2015 Omani general election, Campaign
Nominations for candidates were required to be submitted by 4 February 2015, and candidacies could be withdrawn until 25 August. Hopes were voiced for a higher representation of women in the Assembly, despite the number of female candidates being roughly half of that for the 2011 elections, in which only one woman was elected.


2015 Omani general election, Campaign
Although 674 candidates initially registered to run for the 85 seats (21 (3.1%) of which were women), the total number of candidates was later given as 590, with 20 women running. The campaigning process was closely watched by authorities, who warned candidates of harsh sanctions if they attempted to buy votes. Candidates used social media as an enhancement to conventional campaigning measures such as election posters.


2015 Omani general election, Results
Long queues formed in front of voting stations from early in the morning with the final voter turnout being 56.66%. A complete list of winners was released by the Minister of Interior late on Sunday evening. As in 2011, one woman was elected into the Assembly with Nemah bint Jamiel bin Farhan al-Busaidiya re-elected in the Seeb district of Muscat Governorate. Reactions to the election were positive with Khalid bin Hilal bin Saud al-Busaidi, chairman of the Main Election Committee, saying that voting went "smoothly without any hindrances".


2015 Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
The 2015 Omloop Het Nieuwsblad was the 70th edition of the Omloop Het Nieuwsblad road cycling race, traditionally seen as the beginning of the cobbled classics season along with the Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne the following day. It was rated as a 1.HC race as part of the 2015 UCI Europe Tour. The race took place on 28 February 2015, starting and finishing in the city of Ghent.


2015 Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
Ian Stannard (Team Sky), the defending champion from 2014, won the race in a two-man sprint ahead of Niki Terpstra (Etixx–Quick-Step). Terpstra's teammate Tom Boonen was third.


2015 Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, Preview
The Omloop Het Nieuwsblad was held over a challenging, hilly course, similar in style to the Tour of Flanders, one of the cycling monuments and the most important cycling race in Flanders. Omloop Het Nieuwsblad was, however, significantly shorter at 200.2 kilometres (124.4 miles). The races shared many climbs in the race, such as the Taaienberg, the Valkenberg and the Molenberg; Omloop Het Nieuwsblad also included the Muur van Geraardsbergen, which was a decisive part of the Tour of Flanders until its removal in 2012. Historically, the race was normally won from a small group rather than from a bunch sprint because of the difficult route. The 2015 race included a new climb, the Kaperij, after 120 kilometres (75 miles).


2015 Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, Preview
The race was also notable for the weather: frequently held in rain and cold conditions, which added to the difficulty. The weather has caused the cancellation of the race − and also of Kuurne–Brussels–Kuurne the following day − on several occasions, and the riders had to pay considerable attention to keeping warm during the race. This was especially true because many of the riders used hot-weather races in the Middle East (such as the Tour of Qatar, the Dubai Tour and the Tour of Oman) to prepare for the European classics season. The importance of this was demonstrated in 2014, when Ian Stannard (Team Sky) beat Greg Van Avermaet (BMC Racing Team) in a sprint principally because he had managed to keep warmer through the race.


2015 Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, Preview
As the opening day of the Belgian cycling season, Omloop Het Nieuwsblad held a particular prominence for Belgian cyclists. 54 of the 69 previous editions had been won by Belgian cyclists, though the victory of Sep Vanmarcke (LottoNL–Jumbo) in 2012 was the only Belgian win in the past six years.


2015 Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, Preview
Pre -race favourites included Stannard, Vanmarcke, Niki Terpstra (Etixx–Quick-Step), and Alexander Kristoff (Team Katusha). Tom Boonen (Etixx–Quick-Step) was also considered a favourite, despite the fact that Omloop Het Nieuwsblad was the only cobbled classic that he had not won. Much pre-race coverage also focused on the participation of Bradley Wiggins (Team Sky), the former champion of the Tour de France, who was participating in the event for the first time since 2006 as part of his preparation for Paris–Roubaix.


2015 Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, Teams
23 teams were selected to take part in the race. As a 1.HC event, the race organisers could invite up UCI ProTeams to make up 70% of the line-up; however, only 10 ProTeams were invited, along with 13 Professional Continental teams. Each team was limited to eight riders, for a maximum field of 184 riders.


2015 Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, Race overview
An early breakaway was formed by Alexis Gougeard (AG2R La Mondiale), Matt Brammeier (MTN–Qhubeka), Christophe Laborie (Bretagne–Séché Environnement), Michael Reihs (Cult Energy Pro Cycling), Kevin Van Melsen (Wanty–Groupe Gobert), Louis Verhelst (Cofidis), Jarosław Marycz (CCC–Sprandi–Polkowice), Sean De Bie (Lotto–Soudal) and Albert Timmer (Team Giant–Alpecin). They broke away from the pack in the first 10 kilometres (6 miles) and built a six-minute lead. The main group did not take up the chase in earnest until after they had passed the Muur van Geraardsbergen with 117 kilometres (73 miles) remaining, when Etixx–Quick-Step, Team Sky and LottoNL–Jumbo took control.


2015 Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, Race overview
Bradley Wiggins and Bernhard Eisel (both Team Sky) spent a lot of time on the front of the main peloton, reducing both the lead of the group ahead and the size of the main pack. Tom Boonen (Etixx–Quick-Step) put in an attack on the Taaienberg (as he had done in many previous editions of the race) and briefly formed a small leading group, but the pack reformed soon afterwards. Luke Rowe (Team Sky) attacked and joined with Brammeier and Timmer, the only remaining riders in the breakaway; Stijn Vandenbergh (Etixx–Quick-Step) led the peloton in chasing this move down.


2015 Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, Race overview
The key moment of the race came on the cobbled section at the cobbled section at Haaghoek with 43 kilometres (27 miles) remaining and across the Leberg 3 kilometres (2 miles) later. Vandenbergh and Boonen both put in attacks, as did Sep Vanmarcke (LottoNL–Jumbo). Vanmarcke then suffered a puncture, and only four riders remained at the front of the race: Vandenbergh, Boonen and Niki Terpstra from Etixx–Quick-Step and Ian Stannard (Team Sky). The three Etixx–Quick-Step riders led the group, with Stannard following their wheels rather than putting any effort into leading.


2015 Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, Race overview
A group behind was formed by Vanmarcke, Greg Van Avermaet (BMC Racing Team) and Zdeněk Štybar (Etixx–Quick-Step), which meant that the lead group had to ride hard to maintain their lead. At one point, Boonen gained a small lead across a cobbled section, but Stannard was able to bring the group back together. The chasing group came close to catching the leaders, but Vandenbergh's work prevented this and the four riders came into the final 5 kilometres (3 miles) together.


2015 Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, Race overview
With three riders in the lead group, Etixx–Quick-Step were heavy favourites to win the race. Boonen was the first to put in an attack, 4.5 kilometres (2.8 miles) from the finish. Stannard put in a measured response and was able to catch him; Terpstra then immediately put in another attack. He was caught by his own teammate, Vandenbergh; this incident caused significant confusion after the race.


2015 Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, Race overview
Stannard was the freshest rider in the group, as he had not needed to put any significant effort in the previous section of the race, and he attacked inside the final 3 kilometres (1.9 miles); only Tersptra was able to hold his wheel. Since Boonen was never more than five seconds behind the pair, Stannard did most of the work until the last 300 metres (984.3 feet), when Terpstra passed in front of him. Terpstra was the first to start the sprint; Stannard was able to sit behind him and come past in the final 50 metres (164 feet) as Terpstra began to fade.


2015 Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, Race overview
Stannard therefore won his second successive Omloop Het Nieuwsblad with Terpstra second. Boonen finished third, eight seconds behind, with Vandenbergh fourth. Many riders and observers were surprised that Stannard had managed to overcome the numerical disadvantage to win the race. Patrick Lefevere (manager of Etixx–Quick-Step) was annoyed at Stannard's failure to work with his riders in the finale, while Boonen regretted having attacked, suggesting that waiting for a sprint would have been a more effective way to win the race. Stannard attributed his victory in part to the difficult tactical situation Etixx–Quick-Step faced, with a strong group only a few seconds behind for a long period of racing.


2015 Omloop Het Nieuwsblad (women's race)
The 2015 Omloop Het Nieuwsblad – Women's race was raced on 28 February 2015. It was the 10th women's edition of the Omloop Het Nieuwsblad. The race started and finished  in Ghent, Belgium, totaling 120.5 kilometres (74.9 miles) in the province of East Flanders. Dutch rider Anna van der Breggen won in a two-up sprint with Ellen van Dijk.


2015 Omloop Het Nieuwsblad (women's race), Teams
25 teams were confirmed for the race giving 200 riders in total.


2015 Omloop Het Nieuwsblad (women's race), Race
After the first hour where the bunch remained together, there were several attacks with Boels–Dolmans dominating the race. With 30 kilometres (19 miles) to go Ellen van Dijk escaped from a front group of 15 riders on the Molenberg with Anna van der Breggen the only one who could follow her. The duo extended their advantage over the cobbled sections that followed, holding off the chase group to the line, where van Dijk lost the two-up sprint. Behind them Lizzie Armitstead sprinted to third place.