1990 Chattanooga Moccasins football team

1990 Chattanooga Moccasins football
Conference	Southern Conference
Record	6–5 (4–2 SoCon)
Head coach	Buddy Nix (7th season)
Captains	Derrick McLendon Troy Boeck
Home stadium	Chamberlain Field
Seasons ←  1989 1991  →

1990 Southern Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 12 Furman $^	6	–	1	–	0			9	–	4	–	0
Appalachian State	5	–	2	–	0			6	–	5	–	0
Chattanooga	4	–	2	–	0			6	–	5	–	0
No. 15 The Citadel ^	4	–	3	–	0			7	–	5	–	0
Marshall	4	–	3	–	0			6	–	5	–	0
Western Carolina	2	–	5	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
VMI	1	–	5	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
East Tennessee State	1	–	6	–	0			2	–	9	–	0
$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee poll

The 1990 Chattanooga Moccasins football team represented the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon) in the 1990 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Moccasins were led by seventh-year head coach Buddy Nix and played their home games at Charmerlain Field. They finished the season 6–5 overall and 4–2 in SoCon play to place third. ^[1]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 8	at Tennessee Tech *		Tucker Stadium Cookeville, TN	W 40–17	7,023	[2]
September 15	No. 1 Furman		Chamberlain Field Chattanooga, TN	L 21–38	10,215	[3]
September 22	at Georgia Tech *		Bobby Dodd Stadium Atlanta, GA	L 9–44	32,911	[4]
September 29	No. 1 Middle Tennessee *		Chamberlain Field Chattanooga, TN	L 17–24	8,229	[5]
October 6	East Tennessee State		Chamberlain Field Chattanooga, TN	W 22–3	8,806	[6]
October 13	at No. 12 The Citadel		Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, SC	W 7–6	19,522	[7]
October 20	at Marshall		Fairfield Stadium Huntington, WV	W 29–23	15,581	[8]
October 27	Appalachian State	No. T–20	Chamberlain Field Chattanooga, TN	L 17–23	7,527	[9]
November 3	Western Carolina		Chamberlain Field Chattanooga, TN	W 23–21	5,203	[10]
November 10	No. 7 Georgia Southern *		Chamberlain Field Chattanooga, TN	L 20–23	5,710	[11]
November 17	at Western Kentucky *		L. T. Smith Stadium Bowling Green, KY	W 22–21	3,900	[12]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee Poll released prior to the game

References

1. "1990 Football Schedule". Tennessee at Chattanooga, University of.
2. "Carelli ignites UT–C, tops Tennessee Tech". The Tennessean. September 9, 1990. Retrieved January 7, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
3. "Furman downs UTC, 38–21". The Greenville News. September 16, 1990. Retrieved March 26, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
4. "UTC a breather for Tech this time". The Macon Telegraph & News. September 23, 1990. Retrieved February 3, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
5. "Middle Tenn. State wins 24–17". The Item. September 30, 1990. Retrieved January 7, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
6. "UT–Chattanooga tops fumble-prone ETSU". Bristol Herald Courier. October 7, 1990. Retrieved January 7, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
7. "Moccasins edge Bulldogs in mistake-filled game". The State. October 14, 1990. Retrieved January 7, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
8. "Tennessee–Chattanooga 29, Marshall 23". Winston-Salem Journal. October 21, 1990. Retrieved January 7, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
9. "Appalachian St. wins 23–17". The Item. October 28, 1990. Retrieved November 27, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
10. "Late UTC field goal nips Western". Asheville Citizen-Times. November 4, 1990. Retrieved January 7, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
11. "Georgia Southern rallies to edge Tenn.–Chattanooga". The Courier-Journal. November 11, 1990. Retrieved January 7, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
12. "Late UT–C score topples Western". The Tennessean. November 18, 1990. Retrieved January 7, 2025– via Newspapers.com.