2022 Chattanooga Mocs football team

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2022 Chattanooga Mocs football
Chattanooga Mocs logo.svg
Conference Southern Conference
Ranking
STATSNo. 23
FCS CoachesNo. 24 (tie)
Record7–4 (5–3 SoCon)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorJoe Pizzo (4th season)
Defensive coordinator Lorenzo Ward (4th season)
Home stadium Finley Stadium
Seasons
  2021
2023  
2022 Southern Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 7 Samford $^  8 0   11 2  
No. 10 Furman ^  7 1   10 3  
No. 23 Chattanooga  5 3   7 4  
No. 24 Mercer  5 3   7 4  
Western Carolina  4 4   6 5  
Wofford  3 5   3 8  
The Citadel  3 5   4 7  
East Tennessee State  1 7   3 8  
VMI  0 8   1 10  
  • $ Conference champion
  • ^ FCS playoff participant
Rankings from STATS Poll

The 2022 Chattanooga Mocs football team represented the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon) during the 2022 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Mocs were led by third-year head coach Rusty Wright and played their home games at Finley Stadium in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

Contents

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 36:00 p.m. Wofford No. 12W 31–07,123
September 107:00 p.m.at Eastern Illinois *No. 11 ESPN+ W 38–206,565
September 176:00 p.m. North Alabama *Dagger-14-plain.pngNo. 10
  • Finley Stadium
  • Chattanooga, TN
W 41–1410,254
September 248:30 p.m.at Illinois *No. 10 BTN L 0–3137,579
October 13:00 p.m.at East Tennessee State No. 12ESPN+W 24–1610,247
October 151:30 p.m. VMI No. 10
  • Finley Stadium
  • Chattanooga, TN
ESPN3 W 41–136,284
October 221:30 p.m. No. 11 Mercer No. 10
  • Finley Stadium
  • Chattanooga, TN
ESPN+W 41–219,092
October 292:00 p.m.at No. 24 Furman No. 7ESPN3L 20–249,724
November 52:00 p.m.at The Citadel No. 11ESPN+W 31–2112,106
November 121:30 p.m. No. 10 Samford No. 11
  • Finley Stadium
  • Chattanooga, TN
ESPN+L 24–357,128
November 191:00 p.m.at Western Carolina No. 15ESPN+L 29–329,089
  • *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

Wofford

1234Total
Terriers00000
No. 12 Mocs10147031

At Eastern Illinois

1234Total
No. 11 Mocs77141038
Panthers10010020

North Alabama

1234Total
Lions0140014
No. 10 Mocs72001441

At Illinois

1234Total
No. 10 Mocs00000
Fighting Illini10147031

At East Tennessee State

1234Total
No. 12 Mocs0032124
Buccaneers1030316

VMI

1234Total
Keydets706013
No. 10 Mocs211001041

No. 11 Mercer

1234Total
No. 11 Bears0147021
No. 10 Mocs17107741

At No. 24 Furman

1234Total
No. 7 Mocs373720
No. 24 Paladins7107024

At The Citadel

1234Total
No. 11 Mocs3714731
Citadel Bulldogs7001421

No. 10 Samford

1234Total
No. 10 Samford Bulldogs7217035
No. 11 Mocs7314024

At Western Carolina

1234Total
No. 15 Mocs779629
Catamounts7771132

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References

  1. "2022 Chattanooga Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved July 20, 2022.
  2. "2022 Football Schedule". Chattanooga Athletics. Retrieved July 20, 2022.