2000 Chattanooga Mocs football team

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2000 Chattanooga Mocs football
Conference Southern Conference
Record5–6 (3–5 SoCon)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorDonnie Kirkpatrick (3rd season)
Defensive coordinatorWill Holthouser (1st season)
Captains
Home stadium Finley Stadium
Seasons
←  1999
2001  →
2000 Southern Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
Team W L  W L 
No. 1 Georgia Southern $^  7 –1   13 –2  
No. 4 Appalachian State ^  6 –2   10 –4  
No. 10 Furman ^  6 –2   9 –3  
No. 23 Wofford  5 –3   7 –4  
East Tennessee State  4 –4   6 –5  
Chattanooga  3 –5   5 –6  
Western Carolina  3 –5   4 –7  
The Citadel  1 –7   2 –9  
VMI  1 –7   2 –9  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network I-AA Poll

The 2000 Chattanooga Mocs football team represented the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon) in the 2000 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Mocs were led by first-year head coach Donnie Kirkpatrick and played their home games at Finley Stadium. They finished the season 5–6 overall and 3–5 in SoCon play to tied for sixth place. [1]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
August 317:00 pm Samford *
W 23–613,186 [2]
September 77:00 pmat UAB *
L 15–2018,000 [3]
September 161:30 pm Mississippi Valley State *
  • Finley Stadium
  • Chattanooga, TN
W 72–178,316 [4]
September 237:00 pmNo. 2 Georgia Southern
  • Finley Stadium
  • Chattanooga, TN
L 10–3115,072 [5]
September 301:30 pmat Wofford
L 33–417,879 [6]
October 147:00 pm VMI Dagger-14-plain.png
  • Finley Stadium
  • Chattanooga, TN
W 27–148,842 [7]
October 211:00 pmat Western Carolina
L 36–418,312 [8]
October 281:30 pmNo. 6 Appalachian State
  • Finley Stadium
  • Chattanooga, TN
W 30–274,012 [9]
November 42:00 pmat The Citadel
W 20–1315,442 [10]
November 111:30 pm East Tennessee State
  • Finley Stadium
  • Chattanooga, TN
L 22–246,432 [11]
November 182:00 pmat No. 6 Furman
L 44–45 OT8,573 [12]

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References

  1. ↑ "2000 Football Schedule". Tennessee at Chattanooga, University of.
  2. ↑ "Bulldogs mock own struggles". Birmingham Post-Herald. September 1, 2000. Retrieved July 6, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ "Dugger, Quinnie power Blazer win". The Montgomery Advertiser. September 8, 2000. Retrieved December 14, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ "Chattanooga 72, Mississippi Valley State 17". The Sun Herald. September 17, 2000. Retrieved August 28, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ "Focus on Peterson sends Eagles to air". The Atlanta Journal & Constitution. September 24, 2000. Retrieved July 12, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ "Wofford runs wild for first conference win". The State. October 1, 2000. Retrieved July 12, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ "Chattanooga 27, VMI 14". Kingsport Times-News. October 15, 2000. Retrieved July 12, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ "Fryer's pick stop Moccasins". The Charlotte Observer. October 22, 2000. Retrieved July 12, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
  9. ↑ "Late field goal sinks Appalachian". The Charlotte Observer. October 29, 2000. Retrieved November 30, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
  10. ↑ "Sanders leads Chattanooga past Citadel". The Greenville News. November 5, 2000. Retrieved July 12, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
  11. ↑ "Moore's touchdowns lift Bucs over Mocs". Bristol Herald Courier. November 12, 2000. Retrieved July 12, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
  12. ↑ "Furman's Ivory pounds Eagles with 301 yards". The Atlanta Journal & Constitution. November 5, 2000. Retrieved July 12, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
  13. ↑ "2000 Chattanooga Football". stats.gomocs.com. Retrieved July 17, 2025.
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