2018 Chattanooga Mocs football team

2018 Chattanooga Mocs football
Conference	Southern Conference
Record	6–5 (4–4 SoCon)
Head coach	Tom Arth (2nd season)
Offensive coordinator	Justin Rascati (2nd season)
Home stadium	Finley Stadium
Seasons ←  2017 2019  →

2018 Southern Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 13 Wofford +^		6	–	2					9	–	4
No. 22 East Tennessee State +^		6	–	2					8	–	4
Furman +		6	–	2					6	–	4
Samford		5	–	3					6	–	5
Chattanooga		4	–	4					6	–	5
The Citadel		4	–	4					5	–	6
Mercer		4	–	4					5	–	6
Western Carolina		1	–	7					3	–	8
VMI		0	–	8					1	–	10
+ – Conference co-champions ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from STATS Poll

The 2018 Chattanooga Mocs football team represented the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga in the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon). The Mocs were led by second-year head coach Tom Arth and played their home games at Finley Stadium in Chattanooga, Tennessee. They finished the season 6–5 overall and 4–4 in SoCon play to place in a three-way tie for fifth.

On December 14, head coach Arth resigned to become the head coach at Akron. ^[1] He finished at Chattanooga with a two-year record of 9–13.

Preseason

Preseason media poll

The SoCon released their preseason media poll on July 25, 2018, with the Mocs predicted to finish in sixth place. ^[2] The same day the coaches released their preseason poll with the Mocs predicted to finish in fifth place. ^[3]

Media poll

Predicted finish	Team	Votes (1st place)
1	Samford	204 (20)
2	Furman	174 (2)
3	Wofford	163 (1)
4	Mercer	133
5	Western Carolina	114
6	Chattanooga	88
7	The Citadel	83
8	East Tennessee State	53
9	VMI	23

Coaches poll

Predicted finish	Team	Votes (1st place)
1	Samford	63 (7)
2	Wofford	53 (1)
3	Furman	52 (1)
4	Western Carolina	39
5	Chattanooga	34
6	Mercer	32
7	The Citadel	28
8	East Tennessee State	15
9	VMI	8

Preseason All-SoCon Teams

The Mocs placed six players on the preseason all-SoCon teams.

Offense 2nd team Tyrell Price – RB Malcolm White – OL Bingo Morton – WR

Defense 1st team Isaiah Mack – DL 2nd team Kareem Orr – DB

Specialists 1st team Brandon Dowdell – RS

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 30	7:00 p.m.	Tennessee Tech *		Finley Stadium Chattanooga, TN	ESPN3	W 34–10	9,020
September 8	6:00 p.m.	at The Citadel		Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, SC	ESPN+	W 29–28 OT	8,076
September 15	4:00 p.m.	at UT Martin *		Graham Stadium Martin, TN	ESPN+	W 34–24	4,414
September 22	7:00 p.m.	No. 17 Samford		Finley Stadium Chattanooga, TN	ESPN+	W 27–20	10,469
September 29	7:30 p.m.	at East Tennessee State	No. 20	William B. Greene Jr. Stadium Johnson City, TN	ESPN+	L 14–17	9,277
October 6	3:00 p.m.	No. 7 Wofford		Finley Stadium Chattanooga, TN	ESPN+	L 10–21	8,010
October 13	3:30 p.m.	at Western Carolina		E. J. Whitmire Stadium Cullowhee, NC	ESPN+	W 26–6	7,362
October 27	3:00 p.m.	VMI		Finley Stadium Chattanooga, TN	ESPN+	W 34–27	8,201
November 3	1:00 p.m.	at Furman		Paladin Stadium Greenville, SC	ESPN3	L 10–16	4,332
November 10	1:00 p.m.	Mercer		Finley Stadium Chattanooga, TN	ESPN+	L 9–13	8,014
November 17	7:30 p.m.	at South Carolina *		Williams-Brice Stadium Columbia, SC	SECN Alternate	L 9–49	72,832
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

^[4]

Game summaries

Tennessee Tech

	1	2	3	4	Total
Golden Eagles	0	7	3	0	10
Mocs	6	7	21	0	34

See also: 2018 Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles football team

At The Citadel

	1	2	3	4	OT	Total
Mocs	14	7	0	0	8	29
Bulldogs	0	14	7	0	7	28

See also: 2018 The Citadel Bulldogs football team

At UT Martin

	1	2	3	4	Total
Mocs	10	10	7	7	34
Skyhawks	0	7	0	17	24

See also: 2018 UT Martin Skyhawks football team

Samford

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 17 Bulldogs	0	10	3	7	20
Mocs	10	7	7	3	27

See also: 2018 Samford Bulldogs football team

At East Tennessee State

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 20 Mocs	0	0	0	14	14
Buccaneers	14	3	0	0	17

See also: 2018 East Tennessee State Buccaneers football team

Wofford

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 7 Terriers	7	7	0	7	21
Mocs	10	0	0	0	10

See also: 2018 Wofford Terriers football team

At Western Carolina

	1	2	3	4	Total
Mocs	9	10	7	0	26
Catamounts	0	3	0	3	6

See also: 2018 Western Carolina Catamounts football team

VMI

	1	2	3	4	Total
Keydets	14	7	0	6	27
Mocs	7	14	6	7	34

See also: 2018 VMI Keydets football team

At Furman

	1	2	3	4	Total
Mocs	0	0	3	7	10
Paladins	7	6	0	3	16

See also: 2018 Furman Paladins football team

Mercer

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bears	0	0	0	13	13
Mocs	0	0	3	6	9

See also: 2018 Mercer Bears football team

At South Carolina

	1	2	3	4	Total
Mocs	0	3	0	6	9
Gamecocks	14	14	7	14	49

See also: 2018 South Carolina Gamecocks football team

Ranking movements

Ranking movements
Legend:██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
STATS FCS	—	RV	RV	RV	20	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	—
Coaches	—	—	—	RV	24	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	—

References

1. "Akron hiring Chattanooga's Arth as new coach". December 14, 2018.
2. "Media picks Samford to win 2018 SoCon football title".
3. "Football coaches select preseason all-conference teams, poll".
4. "2018 Football Schedule". Tennessee at Chattanooga, University of. Retrieved May 20, 2018.