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; 120 years ago
Head coach Rusty Wright
6th season, 30–23 (.566)
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 record53152035 (.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
19278–15–0
1928 8–28–1
1929 Harold Drew 8–27–0
1931 Scrappy Moore 9–28–0
Dixie Conference 9–24–0
19407–1–13–0–1
1941 7–1–14–0–1
1977 Southern Conference Joe Morrison 9–1–14–1
19787–3–13–1
19799–25–1
1984 Buddy Nix 6–56–1
2013 Russ Huesman 8–46–2
2014 10–47–0
20159–46–1

† 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.

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The 2013 Chattanooga Mocs football team represented the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga in the 2013 NCAA Division I FCS football season as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon). The Mocs were led by fifth-year head coach Russ Huesman and played their home games at Finley Stadium in Chattanooga, Tennessee. They finished the season 8–4 overall and 6–2 in SoCon play to share the conference championship with Samford and Furman. Chattanooga not receive the conference's automatic bid to the FCS playoffs and did not receive an at-large bid.

The 2014 Chattanooga Mocs football team represented the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga in the 2014 NCAA Division I FCS football season as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon). The Mocs were led by sixth-year head coach Russ Huesman and played their home games at Finley Stadium in Chattanooga, Tennessee. 2014 was a historic season for the Mocs. The Mocs won ten games in a season for the first time in program history, won the SoCon Conference outright for the first time in program history, went undefeated in the SoCon for the first time in program history, and went to the postseason for the first time since 1984, netting a number eight seed and a first-round bye. Chattanooga beat Indiana State at home for the program's first-ever home playoff win in the Second Round of the NCAA Division I Football Championship playoffs before falling to New Hampshire, 35–30, in the Quarterfinal.

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The 2009 Chattanooga Mocs football team represented the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon) in the 2009 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Mocs were led by first-year head coach Russ Huesman and played their home games at Finley Stadium. They finished the season 6–5 overall and 4–4 in SoCon play to place fourth.

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The 2005 Chattanooga Mocs football team represented the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon) in the 2005 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Mocs were led by third-year head coach Rodney Allison and played their home games at Finley Stadium. They finished the season 6–5 overall and 3–4 in SoCon play to tie for fifth place.

The 2006 Chattanooga Mocs football team represented the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon) in the 2006 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Mocs were led by fourth-year head coach Rodney Allison and played their home games at Finley Stadium. They finished the season 3–8 overall and 2–5 in SoCon play to place fifth.

The 2001 Chattanooga Mocs football team represented the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon) in the 2001 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Mocs were led by second-year head coach Donnie Kirkpatrick and played their home games at Finley Stadium. They finished the season 3–8 overall and 1–7 in SoConConference play to tie for eighth place.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2021 Chattanooga Mocs football team</span> American college football season

The 2021 Chattanooga Mocs football team represented the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga in the 2021 NCAA Division I FCS football season as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon). The Mocs were led by second-year head coach Rusty Wright and played their home games at Finley Stadium in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2022 Chattanooga Mocs football team</span> American college football season

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.

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.