1983 Chattanooga Moccasins football team

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1983 Chattanooga Moccasins football
Conference Southern Conference
Record7–4 (5–2 SoCon)
Head coach
CaptainGame captains
Home stadium Chamberlain Field
Seasons
←  1982
1984  →
1983 Southern Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 2 Furman $^ 6 –0 –110 –2 –1
No. 9 Western Carolina ^ 5 –0 –111 –3 –1
Chattanooga 5 –2 –07 –4 –0
Appalachian State 4 –3 –06 –5 –0
Marshall 3 –4 –04 –7 –0
VMI 1 –5 –02 –9 –0
The Citadel 1 –6 –03 –8 –0
East Tennessee State 1 –6 –03 –8 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee poll

The 1983 Chattanooga Moccasins football team represented the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon) in the 1983 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Moccasins were led by fourth-year head coach Bill Oliver and played their home games at Chamberlain Field. They finished the season 7–4 overall and 5–2 in SoCon play to place third. [1]

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 3 Jacksonville State *
W 13–610,254 [2]
September 10 Arkansas State *
  • Chamberlain Field
  • Chattanooga, TN
L 14–279,721 [3]
September 17at Southwestern Louisiana *
W 38–1420,157 [4]
October 1at Louisiana Tech *
L 14–1716,600 [5]
October 8at No. 10 Appalachian State
W 30–913,264 [6]
October 15 The Citadel Dagger-14-plain.png
  • Chamberlain Field
  • Chattanooga, TN
W 30–910,203 [7]
October 22 Marshall
  • Chamberlain Field
  • Chattanooga, TN
W 23–167,122 [8]
October 29at Western Carolina No. 17
L 15–259,245 [9]
November 5 VMI
  • Chamberlain Field
  • Chattanooga, TN
W 23–67,488 [10]
November 12at No. 4 Furman
L 14–2810,021 [11]
November 19at East Tennessee State
W 13–104,113 [12]

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The 1994 Chattanooga Moccasins football team represented the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon) in the 1994 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Moccasins were led by first-year head coach Buddy Green and played their home games at Chamberlain Field. They finished the season 3–8 overall and 2–6 in SoCon play to tie for seventh place.

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  4. ↑ "Rocky horror picture show for Ragin' Cajuns". The Daily Advertiser. September 18, 1983. Retrieved March 23, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ "Louisiana Tech comes from behind for initial victory, 17–14". Longview News-Journal. October 2, 1983. Retrieved July 2, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
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  8. ↑ "Tennessee–Chattanooga defeats Marshall 23–16". The Courier-Journal. October 23, 1983. Retrieved March 23, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  9. ↑ "Western Carolina wins 25–15 on Gilbert's three TD passes". Greensboro News & Record. October 30, 1983. Retrieved March 23, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
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