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
Davidson 0–4–00–9–0
  • $ – 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.
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