Chattanooga Mocs football

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Chattanooga Mocs football
AmericanFootball current event.svg 2024 Chattanooga Mocs football team
Chattanooga Mocs logo.svg
First season 1904; 121 years ago
Head coach Rusty Wright
6th season, 37–27 (.578)
Stadium Finley Stadium
(capacity: 20,668)
Field surface AstroTurf Gameday Grass
Location Chattanooga, Tennessee
NCAA division Division I FCS
Conference Southern Conference
Past conferences Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
All-time record531–520–35 (.505)
Playoff appearances4
Playoff record3–4
Conference titles15 (5 SIAA, 3 Dixie, 7 SoCon)
Rivalries East Tennessee State Buccaneers
Jacksonville State Gamecocks
Mercer Bears
Samford Bulldogs
ColorsNavy, old gold, and silver [1]
     
Fight songFight Chattanooga
Mascot Scrappy
Marching band Marching Mocs
Website GoMocs.com

The Chattanooga Mocs football program is the intercollegiate college football team for the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga located in the U.S. state of Tennessee. The team competes in the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) and are members of the Southern Conference. The school's first football team was fielded in 1904. The team plays its home games at the 20,668 seat Finley Stadium. They are coached by UTC alumni, Rusty Wright. He was an assistant coach under Russ Huesman.

Contents

Hall of Fame wide receiver Terrell Owens played for the Mocs from 1992 to 1995. [2]

History

Classifications

Conference memberships

Seasons

SeasonCoachConferenceSeason resultsConference resultsPlayoffs
Conference finishWinsLossesTiesWinsLossesTies
Chattanooga Mocs
1904 Walter Hullihen Independent 230
1905 610
1906 Arthur Rieber 330
1907 Sam McAllester 060
1908 Jones Beene 440
1909 W. A. Roddick 322
1910 Leslie Stauffer 521
1911 320
1912 440
1913 SIAA 430130
1914 Mike Balenti 540130
1915 Johnny Spiegel 522111
1916 350040
1917Chattanooga did not play football during the 1917 and 1918 seasons because of World War I
1918
1919 Silas Williams SIAA 351030
1920 341131
1921 460250
1922 Bill McAllester 621321
1923 342231
1924 171150
1925 Frank Thomas 440220
1926 622410
1927 1st810400
1928 1st820810
1929 Harold Drew 1st820700
1930 532321
1931 Scrappy Moore Dixie, SIAA 1st920800
1932 360230
1933 Dixie 8th232022
1934 2nd332301
1935 2nd311311
1936 T–2nd521311
1937 5th432131
1938 5th450230
1939 T–4th521311
1940 T–1st711301
1941 1st711401
1942 Independent 740
1943Chattanooga did not play football during the 1943 and 1944 seasons because of World War II
1944
1945 Scrappy Moore Independent 530
1946 550
1947 460
1948 450
1949 540
1950 190
1951 650
1952 730
1953 370
1954 640
1955 541
1956 540
1957 451
1958 550
1959 370
1960 550
1961 460
1962 550
1963 460
1964 730
1965 541
1966 550
1967 730
1968 Harold Wilkes 910
1969 460
1970 380
1971 290
1972 290
1973 Joe Morrison NCAA Division II Independent 470
1974 470
1975 551
1976 641
1977 Southern T–1st911410—
1978 T–1st731410—
1979 1st920510—
1980 Bill Oliver 2nd830520—
1981 5th731321—
1982 2nd740510—
1983 3rd740520—
1984 Buddy Nix 1st650510 First Round — Division I-AA Playoffs
1985 3rd650520—
1986 6th470240—
1987 T–3rd650430—
1988 5th470330—
1989 5th371241—
1990 3rd650420—
1991 3rd740430—
1992 8th290070—
1993 Tommy West 8th470260—
1994 Buddy Green 8th380260—
1995 T–7th470260—
1996 T–6th3826—
1997 6th7444—
1998 T5th5644—
1999 6th5635—
2000 Donnie Kirkpatrick T–6th5635—
2001 8th3817—
2002 T–7th21026—
2003 Rodney Allison T–6th3935—
2004 T5th2925—
2005 T5th6534—
2006 T5th3825—
2007 7th2925—
2008 9th11108—
2009 Russ Huesman 4th6544—
2010 3rd6553—
2011 T–6th5636—
2012 T–4th6553—
2013 T–1st8462—
2014 1st10470 Quarterfinals — Division I FCS Playoffs
2015 T–1st9461 Second Round — Division I FCS Playoffs
2016 T–2nd9462 Second Round — Division I FCS Playoffs
2017 Tom Arth 7th3835—
2018 4th6544—
2019 Rusty Wright 3rd6653—
2020 3rd3231—
2021 3rd6553—
2022 3rd7453—
2023 T–2nd8562 Second Round — Division I FCS Playoffs

Notable former players

Conference championships

The Mocs have won 15 conference titles, 5 in the SIAA, 3 in the Dixie Conference and 7 in the Southern Conference, with seven shared and eight outright.

YearConferenceCoachOverall RecordConference Record
1926† Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association Frank Thomas 6–2–24–0–2
1927†8–15–0
1928 8–28–1
1929 Harold Drew 8–27–0
1931 Scrappy Moore 9–28–0
Dixie Conference 9–24–0
1940†7–1–13–0–1
1941 7–1–14–0–1
1977† Southern Conference Joe Morrison 9–1–14–1
1978†7–3–13–1
1979†9–25–1
1984 Buddy Nix 6–56–1
2013† Russ Huesman 8–46–2
2014 10–47–0
2015†9–46–1

† Co-champions

Postseason

NCAA Division I-AA/FCS playoffs

The Mocs have made five appearances in the FCS Playoffs, with a combined record of 4–5.

YearRoundOpponentResult
1984 First Round Arkansas State L, 10–37
2014 Second Round
Quarterfinals		No. 21 Indiana State
No. 1 New Hampshire 		W, 35–14
L, 30–35
2015 First Round
Second Round		No. 17 Fordham
No. 1 Jacksonville State 		W, 50–20
L, 35–41 OT
2016 First Round
Second Round		No. 23 Weber State
No. 1 Sam Houston State 		W, 45–14
L, 36–41
2023 First Round
Second Round		No. 13/10 Austin Peay
No. 7/6 Furman 		W, 24–21
L, 7–26

National championships

The city of Chattanooga hosted the Division I-AA (now FCS) Football Championship 14 times at Finley Stadium from 1997 to 2009.

Future non-conference opponents

Announced schedules as of February 17, 2025. [3]

2025202620272028202920302031
at Memphis Tennessee Tech at Tennessee Tech at Middle Tennessee at Georgia Southern at San Jose State
at Tennessee Tech at Eastern Kentucky Eastern Kentucky Tennessee Tech Gardner–Webb
Stetson at Gardner–Webb at Mississippi State
at Tarleton State

References

  1. ↑ "Website Guidelines" . Retrieved April 8, 2016.
  2. ↑ "Browns Take Skrine in the 5th Round of the NFL Draft". GoMocs.com. The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. April 30, 2011. Retrieved March 4, 2018. highest Moc drafted since Owens was taken in the third round by San Francisco in 1996. Owens (1992–95) and Philadelphia Eagle Eldra Buckley (2005–06) are the two former Mocs who are currently in the NFL.
  3. ↑ "Chattanooga Mocs Football Future Schedules". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved February 17, 2025.
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