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)
CaptainJeff Peters, Ron Faugue, Stefan Alston, Tyrone Coleman
Home stadium Chamberlain Field
Seasons
  1995
1997  
1996 Southern Conference football standings
ConfOverall
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
September 14at Middle Tennessee State *L 9–1613,571
September 21 Mississippi Valley State *W 26–72,917 [2]
September 28No. 23 Georgia Southern
  • Chamberlain Field
  • Chattanooga, TN
W 23–216,324
October 6at No. 1 Marshall L 0–4522,078
October 19 VMI
  • Chamberlain Field
  • Chattanooga, TN
L 14–286,490 [3]
October 26at Western Carolina W 20–610,826
November 2 Appalachian State Dagger-14-plain.png
  • Chamberlain Field
  • Chattanooga, TN
L 6–206,487 [4]
November 9at The Citadel L 13–1617,914
November 16 East Tennessee State
  • Chamberlain Field
  • Chattanooga, TN
L 24–286,190
November 23at No. 15 Furman L 21–428,152 [5]

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