1984 Chattanooga Moccasins football team

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1984 Chattanooga Moccasins football
SoCon champion
Conference Southern Conference
Record6–5 (5–1 SoCon)
Head coach
Captains
  • Artis Edwards
  • Bob Standifer
Home stadium Chamberlain Field
Seasons
  1983
1985  
1984 Southern Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 17 Chattanooga $^ 5 1 06 5 0
No. 14 Western Carolina 5 2 08 3 0
The Citadel 4 2 07 4 0
No. 16 Furman 3 3 08 3 0
East Tennessee State 2 4 06 5 0
Marshall 2 4 06 5 0
Appalachian State 2 5 04 7 0
VMI 1 4 01 9 0
Davidson 0 2 02 8 0
  • $ Conference champion
  • ^ NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee poll

The 1984 Chattanooga Moccasins football team represented the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon) in the 1984 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Moccasins were led by first-year head coach Buddy Nix and played their home games at Chamberlain Field. They finished the season 6–5 overall and won the SoCon title with 5–1 mark. [1]

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 1 Southwestern Louisiana *W 9–79,438 [2]
September 8 Arkansas State *
  • Chamberlain Field
  • Chattanooga, TN
L 0–168,882 [3]
September 15 Western Carolina
  • Chamberlain Field
  • Chattanooga, TN
W 10–68,239 [4]
September 29No. 1 Furman No. 20
  • Chamberlain Field
  • Chattanooga, TN
W 21–1410,038 [5]
October 6 East Tennessee State Dagger-14-plain.pngNo. 8
  • Chamberlain Field
  • Chattanooga, TN
L 0–129,103 [6]
October 13at No. 17 Georgia Southern *No. 20L 17–249,087 [7]
October 20at VMI W 35–06,300 [8]
October 27at Marshall W 17–1312,211 [9]
November 10 Appalachian State
  • Chamberlain Field
  • Chattanooga, TN
W 21–203,620 [10]
November 17at No. 17 (I-A) Florida State *No. 19L 0–3755,443 [11]
November 24at No. 10 Arkansas State*No. 17L 10–3710,872 [12]

References

  1. "1984 Football Schedule". Tennessee at Chattanooga, University of.
  2. "USL Ragin' Cajuns lose tough one". The Daily Advertiser. September 2, 1984. Retrieved November 15, 2024 via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Arkansas St. triumphs, 16–0". The Shreveport Times. September 9, 1984. Retrieved October 8, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
  4. "UT–Chattanooga beats WCU". News and Record. September 16, 1984. Retrieved November 15, 2024 via Newspapers.com.
  5. "UTC upsets Furman, 21–14". The Times and Democrat. September 30, 1984. Retrieved September 18, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Bucs kick Mocs 12–0". Kingsport Times-News. October 7, 1984. Retrieved November 15, 2024 via Newspapers.com.
  7. "Ham leads Georgia Southern past UT–Chattanooga 24–17". The Atlanta Journal & Constitution. October 14, 1984. Retrieved November 15, 2024 via Newspapers.com.
  8. "Tenn–Chatt 35, VMI 0". The Commercial Appeal. October 21, 1984. Retrieved February 4, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
  9. "UT–Chattanooga edges Marshall". The Asheville Citizen-Times. October 28, 1984. Retrieved November 15, 2024 via Newspapers.com.
  10. "Mocs survive scares to clinch tie for title". Johnson City Press-Chronicle. November 11, 1984. Retrieved December 2, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  11. "'Goliath' FSU crushes Moccasins". Pensacola News Journal. November 18, 1984. Retrieved November 15, 2024 via Newspapers.com.
  12. "Indians repeat number on Mocs". The Commercial Appeal. November 25, 1984. Retrieved October 8, 2022 via Newspapers.com.