1998 Chattanooga Mocs football team

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1998 Chattanooga Mocs football
Conference Southern Conference
Record5–6 (4–4 SoCon)
Head coach
Offensive coordinator Donnie Kirkpatrick (1st season)
Captains
  • Brent Cates
  • Brian Hampton
  • Mark Hill
  • Kenny Sanders
Home stadium Finley Stadium
Seasons
←  1997
1999  →
1998 Southern Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
Team W L  W L 
No. 2 Georgia Southern $^  8 –0   14 –1  
No. 6 Appalachian State ^  6 –2   10 –3  
Western Carolina  5 –3   6 –5  
Chattanooga  4 –4   5 –6  
The Citadel  4 –4   5 –6  
East Tennessee State  3 –5   4 –7  
Wofford  3 –5   4 –7  
Furman  3 –5   5 –6  
VMI  0 –8   1 –10  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network I-AA Poll

The 1998 Chattanooga Mocs football team represented the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon) in the 1998 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Mocs were led by fifth-year head coach Buddy Green and played their home games at Finley Stadium. They finished the season 5–6 overall and 4–4 in SoCon play to tie for fourth place. [1]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 37:00 pm Samford *
W 23–139,778 [2]
September 124:00 pmat East Carolina *
L 0–3134,028 [3]
September 193:30 pmNo. 25 Troy State *
  • Finley Stadium
  • Chattanooga, TN
L 6–237,618 [4]
September 2612:00 pmNo. 3 Georgia Southern
  • Finley Stadium
  • Chattanooga, TN
L 25–426,574 [5]
October 32:00 pmat Wofford
W 31–36,791 [6]
October 177:00 pm VMI Dagger-14-plain.png
  • Finley Stadium
  • Chattanooga, TN
W 45–710,329 [7]
October 241:00 pmat Western Carolina
L 21–247,747 [8]
October 311:30 pmNo. 4 Appalachian State
  • Finley Stadium
  • Chattanooga, TN
L 7–285,231 [9]
November 72:00 pmat The Citadel
W 13–1016,842 [10]
November 141:30 pm East Tennessee State
  • Finley Stadium
  • Chattanooga, TN
W 10–74,320 [11]
November 211:30 pmat Furman
L 28–316,215 [12]

References

  1. ↑ "1998 Football Schedule". Tennessee at Chattanooga, University of.
  2. ↑ "'Dogs pay dearly for mental errors". Birmingham Post-Herald. September 4, 1998. Retrieved July 8, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ "Pirates open upper deck with shutout of Mocs". Rocky Mount Telegram. September 13, 1998. Retrieved November 30, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ "Hill's 2 touchdown catches gives Trojans win over Moccasins". The Dothan Eagle. September 20, 1998. Retrieved July 8, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ "Peterson leads GSU past Mocs". Johnson City Press. September 27, 1998. Retrieved July 8, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ "Turnover trauma: Wofford held to field goal in home loss". The State. October 4, 1998. Retrieved July 8, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ "Keydets rocked by Mocs". The Roanoke Times. October 18, 1998. Retrieved July 8, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ "Western Carolina holds off Chattanooga". Winston-Salem Journal. October 25, 1998. Retrieved July 8, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
  9. ↑ "Appalachian State beats Chattanooga". The Jackson Sun. November 1, 1997. Retrieved November 30, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
  10. ↑ "Late field goal defeats The Citadel". The Herald. November 8, 1998. Retrieved July 8, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
  11. ↑ "UTC holds off Bucs in quagmire". Elizabethton Star. November 15, 1998. Retrieved July 8, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
  12. ↑ "Paladins nip Mocs in finale". The Greenville News. November 22, 1998. Retrieved September 22, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
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