1986 Chattanooga Moccasins football team

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1986 Chattanooga Moccasins football
Conference Southern Conference
Record4–7 (2–4 SoCon)
Head coach
Offensive coordinator Joe D'Alessandris (1st season)
Captains
  • Tim Couch
  • Spanky Thomas
Home stadium Chamberlain Field
Seasons
  1985
1987  
1986 Southern Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 6 Appalachian State $^ 6 0 19 2 1
Western Carolina 5 2 06 5 0
No. 15 Furman ^ 4 2 17 3 2
East Tennessee State 4 3 06 5 0
Marshall 3 3 06 4 1
Chattanooga 2 4 04 7 0
VMI 1 5 01 10 0
The Citadel 0 6 03 8 0
  • $ Conference champion
  • ^ NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee poll

The 1986 Chattanooga Moccasins football team represented the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon) in the 1986 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Moccasins were led by third-year head coach Buddy Nix and played their home games at Chamberlain Field. They finished the season 4–7 overall 2–4 in SoCon play to place in sixth. [1]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 6at No. 14 (I-A) Auburn *L 14–4258,000 [2]
September 13at No. 13 Eastern Kentucky *L 3–2314,400 [3]
September 20 Tennessee Tech *W 33–39,487 [4]
September 27at No. 4 Georgia Southern *L 14–3415,235 [5]
October 11No. 6 Appalachian State Dagger-14-plain.png
  • Chamberlain Field
  • Chattanooga, TN
L 15–209,044 [6]
October 18at The Citadel W 42–710,584 [7]
October 25 East Tennessee State
  • Chamberlain Field
  • Chattanooga, TN
L 17–183,127 [8]
November 1at No. 20 Marshall L 20–4111,011 [9]
November 8 Western Carolina
  • Chamberlain Field
  • Chattanooga, TN
W 34–76,063 [10]
November 15 Furman
  • Chamberlain Field
  • Chattanooga, TN
L 10–217,127 [11]
November 22at Western Kentucky *W 21–174,000 [12]

References

  1. "1986 Football Schedule". Tennessee at Chattanooga, University of.
  2. "Auburn passes year's 1st test". The Montgomery Advertiser. September 7, 1986. Retrieved November 11, 2023 via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Eastern rips Chattanooga, conjuring thoughts of Auburn". The Courier-Journal. September 14, 1986. Retrieved March 23, 2024 via Newspapers.com.
  4. "UTC rips Tech 33–3 behind Couch effort". The Tennessean. September 21, 1986. Retrieved December 3, 2024 via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Georgia Southern wins easily over Tennessee–Chattanooga". The Idaho Statesman. September 28, 1986. Retrieved December 3, 2024 via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Settle leads Appalachian State to win". The Herald. October 12, 1986. Retrieved November 17, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  7. "Moccasins roll past The Citadel, 42–7". The Herald. October 19, 1986. Retrieved December 3, 2024 via Newspapers.com.
  8. "Bucs get past UT–C 18–17". Bristol Herald Courier. October 26, 1986. Retrieved December 3, 2024 via Newspapers.com.
  9. "Barber sets Herd reception record in rout of Mocs". Johnson City Press. November 2, 1986. Retrieved December 3, 2024 via Newspapers.com.
  10. "Moccasins end Cats' title hopes, 34–7". Asheville Citizen-Times. November 9, 1986. Retrieved December 3, 2024 via Newspapers.com.
  11. "Furman's Bell strikes Mocs". Anderson Independent-Mail. November 16, 1986. Retrieved September 18, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
  12. "Mocs' rally stops WKU 21–17". The Tennessean. November 23, 1986. Retrieved December 3, 2024 via Newspapers.com.