1980 Chattanooga Moccasins football team

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1980 Chattanooga Moccasins football
Conference Southern Conference
Record8–3 (5–2 SoCon)
Head coach
CaptainGame captains
Home stadium Chamberlain Field
Seasons
  1979
1981  
1980 Southern Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Furman $ 7 0 09 1 1
Chattanooga 5 2 08 3 0
Appalachian State 4 2 16 4 1
The Citadel 3 2 07 4 0
Western Carolina 2 4 13 7 1
VMI 1 4 13 7 1
East Tennessee State 1 4 02 9 0
Marshall 0 5 12 8 1
  • $ Conference champion

The 1980 Chattanooga Moccasins football team represented the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon) in the 1980 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Moccasins were led by first-year head coach Bill Oliver and played their home games at Chamberlain Field. They finished the season 8–3 overall and 5–2 in SoCon play to place second. [1]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 6at Jacksonville State *W 16–1312,000 [2]
September 13at Middle Tennessee *W 32–710,000 [3]
September 20 Appalachian State
  • Chamberlain Field
  • Chattanooga, TN
W 14–711,000 [4]
September 27at The Citadel L 13–2918,345 [5]
October 4 Furman
  • Chamberlain Field
  • Chattanooga, TN
L 28–4211,000 [6]
October 11at VMI W 55–10 [7]
October 18at Marshall W 21–11 [8]
October 25 East Tennessee State Dagger-14-plain.png
  • Chamberlain Field
  • Chattanooga, TN
W 26–1410,000 [9]
November 8 Western Carolina
  • Chamberlain Field
  • Chattanooga, TN
W 39–149,000 [10]
November 15 Illinois State *
  • Chamberlain Field
  • Chattanooga, TN
W 27–175,200 [11]
November 22at Vanderbilt *L 29–3122,700 [12]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming

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