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)
CaptainTim Couch, Spanky Thomas
Home stadium Chamberlain Field
Seasons
  1985
1987  
1986 Southern Conference football standings
ConfOverall
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]

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References

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