1996 Chattanooga Moccasins football team

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1996 Chattanooga Moccasins football
Conference Southern Conference
Record3–8 (2–6 SoCon)
Head coach
Offensive coordinator Frankie DeBusk (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorRick Whitt (3rd season)
Captains
  • Jeff Peters
  • Ron Faugue
  • Stefan Alston
  • Tyrone Coleman
Home stadium Chamberlain Field
Seasons
←  1995
1997  →
1996 Southern Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
Team W L  W L 
No. 1 Marshall $^  8 –0   15 –0  
No. T–8 East Tennessee State ^  7 –1   10 –3  
No. 13 Furman ^  6 –2   9 –4  
No. 25 Appalachian State  5 –3   7 –4  
The Citadel  3 –5   4 –7  
Georgia Southern  2 –6   4 –7  
VMI  2 –6   3 –8  
Chattanooga  2 –6   3 –8  
Western Carolina  1 –7   4 –7  
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from The Sports Network poll

The 1996 Chattanooga Moccasins football team represented the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon) in the 1996 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Moccasins were led by third-year head coach Buddy Green and played their home games at Chamberlain Field. They finished the season 3–8 overall and 2–6 in SoCon play to tie for sixth place. [1]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
August 31at Colorado State *
L 19–6127,171 [2]
September 14at Middle Tennessee *
L 9–1613,571 [3]
September 21 Mississippi Valley State *
W 26–72,917 [4]
September 28No. 23 Georgia Southern
  • Chamberlain Field
  • Chattanooga, TN
W 23–216,324 [5]
October 6at No. 1 Marshall
L 0–4522,078 [6]
October 19 VMI
  • Chamberlain Field
  • Chattanooga, TN
L 14–286,490 [7]
October 26at Western Carolina
W 20–610,826 [8]
November 2 Appalachian State Dagger-14-plain.png
  • Chamberlain Field
  • Chattanooga, TN
L 6–206,487 [9]
November 9at The Citadel
L 13–1617,914 [10]
November 16 East Tennessee State
  • Chamberlain Field
  • Chattanooga, TN
L 24–286,190 [11]
November 23at No. 15 Furman
L 21–428,152 [12]

References

  1. ↑ "1996 Football Schedule". Tennessee at Chattanooga, University of.
  2. ↑ "Colorado State pounds UT Chattanooga". The Jackson Sun. September 1, 1996. Retrieved July 7, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ "McGill carries Middle Tenn. to first victory". The Tennessean. September 15, 1996. Retrieved July 7, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ "Offense irks Dorsey in Devil loss". The Clarion-Ledger. September 22, 1996. Retrieved August 26, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ "Tennessee–Chattanooga edges Georgia Southern". The Macon Telegraph. September 29, 1996. Retrieved July 7, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ "Marshall crushes UTC". The Ironton Tribune. October 6, 1996. Retrieved July 6, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ "VMI 28, Tenn–Chatt 14". Daily Press. October 20, 1996. Retrieved February 6, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ "Moccasins sock Catamounts 20–6". Asheville Citizen-Times. October 27, 1996. Retrieved July 7, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
  9. ↑ "Scott's 2 scores lead Mountaineers". The Charlotte Observer. November 3, 1996. Retrieved November 28, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
  10. ↑ "Citadel defeats Mocs". The Beaufort Gazette. November 10, 1996. Retrieved July 7, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
  11. ↑ "Inspired Bucs rally to beat UTC, 28–24". Elizabethton Star. November 17, 1996. Retrieved July 7, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
  12. ↑ "Furman hopes victory worth a playoff spot". The Greenville News. November 24, 1996. Retrieved September 22, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
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