1991 Chattanooga Moccasins football team

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1991 Chattanooga Moccasins football
Conference Southern Conference
Record7–4 (4–3 SoCon)
Head coach
Captains
Home stadium Chamberlain Field
Seasons
  1990
1992  
1991 Southern Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 17 Appalachian State $^ 6 1 08 4 0
No. 8 Marshall ^ 5 2 011 4 0
No. T–20 The Citadel 5 2 07 4 0
No. T–20 Furman 4 3 07 4 0
Chattanooga 4 3 07 4 0
VMI 2 5 04 7 0
Western Carolina 2 5 02 9 0
East Tennessee State 0 7 01 10 0
  • $ Conference champion
  • ^ NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee poll

The 1991 Chattanooga Moccasins football team represented the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon) in the 1991 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Moccasins were led by eighth-year head coach Buddy Nix and played their home games at Chamberlain Field. Southern Conference. They finished the season 7–4 overall and 4–3 in SoCon play to tie for fourth place. [1]

Contents

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
August 30 Tennessee–Martin *W 21–149,531 [2]
September 7 Tennessee Tech *
  • Chamberlain Field
  • Chattanooga, TN
W 35–149,907 [3]
September 21 The Citadel No. 13
  • Chamberlain Field
  • Chattanooga, TN
W 33–268,921 [4]
September 28at Appalachian State No. 10L 7–4218,711 [5]
October 5at No. 20 (I-A) Alabama *L 7–5376,543 [6]
October 19at Western Carolina L 24–278,870 [7]
October 26No. 6 Marshall Dagger-14-plain.png
  • Chamberlain Field
  • Chattanooga, TN
W 38–318,026 [8]
November 2 Western Kentucky *
  • Chamberlain Field
  • Chattanooga, TN
W 26–227,102 [9]
November 9at East Tennessee State W 43–263,888 [10]
November 16at No. 12 Furman L 21–2416,579 [11]
November 23 VMI
  • Chamberlain Field
  • Chattanooga, TN
W 50–143,232 [12]

After the season

NFL Draft

The following Moccasin was selected in the 1992 NFL draft after the season. [13]

RoundPickPlayerPositionNFL Team
6141Shoun Habersham Wide receiver Indianapolis Colts

References

  1. "1991 Football Schedule". Tennessee at Chattanooga, University of.
  2. "Pacers fall victim to late UTC drive". The Jackson Sun. September 1, 1991. Retrieved January 12, 2025 via Newspapers.com.
  3. "UT–Chatt. rushes past Tenn. Tech". The Tennessean. September 8, 1991. Retrieved January 12, 2025 via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Tenn.–Chatt. KOs Citadel, 33–26". The Times and Democrat. September 22, 1991. Retrieved January 12, 2025 via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Appalachian State rips Tennessee–Chattanooga". The Courier-Journal. September 29, 1991. Retrieved November 28, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Alabama swamps Moccasins". The Montgomery Advertiser. October 6, 1991. Retrieved November 28, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  7. "Catamounts get kick out of Moccasins". The Charlotte Observer. October 20, 1991. Retrieved January 12, 2025 via Newspapers.com.
  8. "UTC 38, Marshall 31". The Knoxville News-Sentinel. October 27, 1991. Retrieved January 12, 2025 via Newspapers.com.
  9. "Chattanooga's touchdown at 1:37 tips Western 26–22". The Courier-Journal. November 3, 1991. Retrieved January 12, 2025 via Newspapers.com.
  10. "Bucs go down 43–26 to UT–C in Southern". Bristol Herald Courier. November 10, 1991. Retrieved January 12, 2025 via Newspapers.com.
  11. "Furman escapes on missed field goal". The Charlotte Observer. November 17, 1991. Retrieved September 18, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
  12. "Tenn–Chatt 50, VMI 14". Daily Press. November 24, 1991. Retrieved February 6, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
  13. "1992 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved November 20, 2023.