2003 Chattanooga Mocs football team

2003 Chattanooga Mocs football
Conference	Southern Conference
Record	3–9 (3–5 SoCon)
Head coach	Rodney Allison (1st season)
Offensive coordinator	Jason Simpson (1st season)
Defensive coordinator	Gwaine Mathews (1st season)
Home stadium	Finley Stadium
Seasons ←  2002 2004  →

2003 Southern Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 3 Wofford $^		8	–	0					12	–	2
Appalachian State		6	–	2					7	–	4
No. 24 Georgia Southern		5	–	3					7	–	4
Furman		4	–	4					6	–	5
The Citadel		4	–	4					6	–	6
Western Carolina		3	–	5					4	–	7
Chattanooga		3	–	5					3	–	9
East Tennessee State		2	–	6					5	–	7
Elon		1	–	7					2	–	10
$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant Rankings from The Sports Network I-AA Poll

The 2003 Chattanooga Mocs football team represented the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon) in the 2003 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Mocs were led by first-year head coach Rodney Allison and played their home games at Finley Stadium. They finished the season 3–9 overall and 3–5 in SoCon play to tie for sixth place. ^{[1] [2]}

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
August 28	Samford *	Finley Stadium Chattanooga, TN	L 23–31	9,003	[3]
September 6	at Vanderbilt *	Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, TN	L 6–51	26,176	[4]
September 13	Tennessee Tech *	Finley Stadium Chattanooga, TN	L 10–35	7,802	[5]
September 20	at Gardner–Webb *	Ernest W. Spangler Stadium Boiling Springs, NC	L 13–23	3,789	[6]
September 27	at No. 16 Georgia Southern	Paulson Stadium Statesboro, GA	L 3–34	18,623	[7]
October 4	No. 12 Wofford	Finley Stadium Chattanooga, TN	L 14–42	7,409	[8]
October 18	at Elon	Rhodes Stadium Elon, NC	W 24–7	3,271	[9]
October 25	Western Carolina	Finley Stadium Chattanooga, TN	W 38–0	6,693	[10]
November 1	at No. 6 Appalachian State	Kidd Brewer Stadium Boone, NC	L 7–47	8,753	[11]
November 8	The Citadel	Finley Stadium Chattanooga, TN	W 29–20	6,079	[12]
November 15	at East Tennessee State	Memorial Center Johnson City, TN	L 7–68	4,419	[13]
November 22	Furman	Finley Stadium Chattanooga, TN	L 21–63	5,044	[14]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from The Sports Network Poll released prior to the game

References

1. "2003 Football Schedule". Tennessee at Chattanooga, University of.
2. "UTC-Tennessee Tech game stats". Tennessee at Chattanooga, University of.
3. "Bulldogs teach Mocs a lesson". Birmingham Post-Herald. August 29, 2003. Retrieved July 6, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
4. "Commodores chew up Chattanooga". The Commercial Appeal. September 7, 2003. Retrieved July 12, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
5. "Tennessee Tech defeats Chattanooga". The Jackson Sun. September 14, 2003. Retrieved July 12, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
6. "Gardner–Webb 23, Chattanooga 13". Hickory Daily Record. September 21, 2003. Retrieved July 12, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
7. "Ga. Southern soars to 34–3 win over Mocs". The Times. September 28, 2003. Retrieved July 12, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
8. "Wofford 42, Chattanooga 14". The Charlotte Observer. October 5, 2003. Retrieved July 12, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
9. "Elon's mistakes give game to Chattanooga". News and Record. October 19, 2003. Retrieved July 12, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
10. "Catamounts fall in road shutout". News and Record. October 26, 2003. Retrieved July 12, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
11. "Appalachian State rolls to victory". The News and Observer. November 2, 2003. Retrieved December 1, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
12. "Chattanooga 29, The Citadel 20". The Island Packet. November 9, 2003. Retrieved July 12, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
13. "Bucs mash Mocs". Bristol Herald Courier. November 16, 2003. Retrieved July 12, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
14. "Paladins finish with a flourish". The Greenville News. November 23, 2003. Retrieved September 24, 2022– via Newspapers.com.