1988 Chattanooga Moccasins football team

1988 Chattanooga Moccasins football
Conference	Southern Conference
Record	4–7 (3–3 SoCon)
Head coach	Buddy Nix (5th season)
Captains	Tony Bowick Travis McNeal
Home stadium	Chamberlain Field
Seasons ←  1987 1989  →

1988 Southern Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 4 Furman +^	6	–	1	–	0			13	–	2	–	0
No. 6 Marshall +^	6	–	1	–	0			11	–	2	–	0
No. 14 The Citadel ^	5	–	2	–	0			8	–	4	–	0
Appalachian State	4	–	3	–	0			6	–	4	–	1
Chattanooga	3	–	3	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
VMI	1	–	5	–	0			2	–	9	–	0
East Tennessee State	1	–	6	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
Western Carolina	1	–	6	–	0			2	–	9	–	0
+ – Conference co-champions ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee poll

The 1988 Chattanooga Moccasins football team represented the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon) in the 1988 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Moccasins were led by fifth-year head coach Buddy Nix and played their home games at Chamberlain Field. They finished the season 4–7, overall and 3–3 in SoCon play to place third. ^[1]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 3	at Tulane *	Louisiana Superdome New Orleans, LA	L 19–33	21,777	[2]
September 10	at Georgia Tech *	Bobby Dodd Stadium Atlanta, GA	L 10–24	22,720	[3]
September 17	No. 6 Georgia Southern *	Chamberlain Field Chattanooga, TN	L 3–13	8,717	[4]
September 24	at Tennessee Tech *	Tucker Stadium Cookeville, TN	W 41–0	2,989
October 1	East Tennessee State	Chamberlain Field Chattanooga, TN	W 33–10	8,301	[5]
October 8	Western Carolina	Chamberlain Field Chattanooga, TN	W 19–14	6,008	[6]
October 15	at The Citadel	Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, SC	L 17–23	16,457	[7]
October 22	at No. 3 Marshall	Fairfield Stadium Huntington, WV	L 7–38	13,298	[8]
October 29	at Western Kentucky *	L. T. Smith Stadium Bowling Green, KY	L 29–31	18,200	[9]
November 5	No. 10 Furman	Chamberlain Field Chattanooga, TN	L 7–10	4,105	[10]
November 12	No. 16 Appalachian State	Chamberlain Field Chattanooga, TN	W 28–24	4,212	[11]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee Poll released prior to the game

References

1. "1988 Football Schedule". Tennessee at Chattanooga, University of.
2. "Green Wave rolls over UTC Moccasins". The Daily Advertiser. September 4, 1988. Retrieved February 7, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
3. "Better late than...Jackets 24–10". The Atlanta Journal & Constitution. September 11, 1988. Retrieved December 8, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
4. "Southern's defense drills UTC 13–3". The Atlanta Journal & Constitution. September 18, 1988. Retrieved December 8, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
5. "Mocs embarrass Bucs 33–10". Bristol Herald Courier. October 2, 1988. Retrieved December 8, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
6. "UT–Chattanooga slips past Western Carolina 19–14". Winston-Salem Journal. October 9, 1988. Retrieved December 8, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
7. "Citadel chews up Moccasins". The Island Packet. October 16, 1988. Retrieved December 8, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
8. "Marshall 38, Tennessee–Chattanooga 7". The Charlotte Observer. October 23, 1988. Retrieved December 8, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
9. "Western survives UTC's comeback to claim victory". The Park City Daily News. October 30, 1988. Retrieved December 8, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
10. "Turnovers key Paladins, 10–7". The Greenville News. November 6, 1988. Retrieved September 18, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
11. "Moccasins clinch SC victory over Appy State". Kingsport Times-News. November 13, 1988. Retrieved November 18, 2021– via Newspapers.com.