2015 Chattanooga Mocs football team

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2015 Chattanooga Mocs football
Chattanooga Mocs logo.svg
SoCon co-champion
Conference Southern Conference
Ranking
STATSNo. 9
FCS CoachesNo. 8
Record9–4 (6–1 SoCon)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorJeff Durden (3rd season)
Defensive coordinatorAdam Braithwaite (3rd season)
Home stadium Finley Stadium
Seasons
  2014
2016  
2015 Southern Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 9 Chattanooga +^  6 1   9 4  
No. 13 The Citadel +^  6 1   9 4  
Western Carolina  5 2   7 4  
Samford  3 4   6 5  
Wofford  3 4   5 6  
Mercer  2 5   5 6  
Furman  2 5   4 7  
VMI  1 6   2 9  
  • + Conference co-champions
  • ^ FCS playoff participant
Rankings from STATS Poll

The 2015 Chattanooga Mocs football team represented the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga in the 2015 NCAA Division I FCS football season as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon). The Mocs were led by seventh-year head coach Russ Huesman and played their home games at Finley Stadium in Chattanooga, Tennessee. They finished the season 9–4 overall and 6–1 in SoCon play to share for the SoCon title with The Citadel. Chattanooga earned the SoCon's automatic bid to the NCAA Division I Football Championship playoffs, where they defeated Fordham in the first round before losing in the second round to Jacksonville State.

Contents

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 56:00 pmNo. 7 Jacksonville State *No. 8 SDN L 20–2315,812
September 121:00 pm Mars Hill *No. 12
  • Finley Stadium
  • Chattanooga, TN
SDNW 44–349,491
September 192:30 pmat Samford No. 10 ASN W 31–219,088
September 267:00 pmat Presbyterian *No. 8 BSN W 21–03,582
October 101:00 pm Furman No. 6
  • Finley Stadium
  • Chattanooga, TN
ESPN3 W 31–37,630
October 171:30 pmat VMI No. 6ESPN3W 33–276,104
October 241:30 pmat Wofford No. 5SDNW 20–178,713
October 312:00 pm Western Carolina Dagger-14-plain.pngNo. 4
  • Finley Stadium
  • Chattanooga, TN
ESPN3W 41–1311,495
November 74:00 pmat Mercer No. 3ESPN3L 14–179,527
November 142:00 pmNo. 21 The Citadel No. 8
  • Finley Stadium
  • Chattanooga, TN
SDNW 31–2311,594
November 213:00 pmat No. 16 (FBS) Florida State *No. 8 ACCRSN L 13–5266,412
November 281:00 pmNo. 13 Fordham *No. 7
ESPN3W 50–204,888
December 52:00 pmat No. 1 Jacksonville State*No. 7
ESPN3L 35–41 OT21,452
  • *Non-conference game
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming
  • Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

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Game summaries

Jacksonville State

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Mars Hill

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At Samford

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At Presbyterian

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Furman

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At VMI

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At Wofford

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Western Carolina

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At Mercer

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The Citadel

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At Florida State

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#16 (FBS) Seminoles71721752

FCS playoffs

First Round–Fordham

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Second Round–at Jacksonville State

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#1 Gamecocks02177641

Ranking movements

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References

  1. "Football - Schedule". University of Tennessee–Chattanooga Department of Athletics. Retrieved April 20, 2015.