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Chattanooga Mocs football
Chattanooga Mocs football
	2024 Chattanooga Mocs football team
First season	1904; 120 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 record	531–520–35 (.505)
Playoff appearances	4
Playoff record	3–4
Conference titles	15 (5 SIAA, 3 Dixie, 7 SoCon)
Rivalries	East Tennessee State Buccaneers; Jacksonville State Gamecocks; Mercer Bears; Samford Bulldogs
Colors	Navy, old gold, and silver;
Fight song	Fight 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.

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

History

Classifications

1937–1955: NCAA
1956–1972: NCAA College Division
1973–1976: NCAA Division II
1977: NCAA Division I
1978–1981: NCAA Division I–A
1982–present: NCAA Division I–AA/FCS

Conference memberships

1899–1913: Independent
1914–1932: Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
1931–1941: Dixie Conference
1942–1972: Independent
1973–1976: NCAA Division II Independent
1977–present: Southern Conference

Seasons

Season	Coach	Conference	Season results				Conference results			Playoffs
Season	Coach	Conference	Conference finish	Wins	Losses	Ties	Wins	Losses	Ties	Playoffs
Chattanooga Mocs
1904	Walter Hullihen	Independent		2	3	0
1905	Walter Hullihen			6	1	0
1906	Arthur Rieber			3	3	0
1907	Sam McAllester			0	6	0
1908	Jones Beene			4	4	0
1909	W. A. Roddick			3	2	2
1910	Leslie Stauffer			5	2	1
1911				3	2	0
1912				4	4	0
1913		SIAA		4	3	0	1	3	0
1914	Mike Balenti			5	4	0	1	3	0
1915	Johnny Spiegel			5	2	2	1	1	1
1916	Johnny Spiegel			3	5	0	0	4	0
1917	Chattanooga did not play football during the 1917 and 1918 seasons because of World War I
1918
1919	Silas Williams	SIAA		3	5	1	0	3	0
1920				3	4	1	1	3	1
1921				4	6	0	2	5	0
1922	Bill McAllester			6	2	1	3	2	1
1923				3	4	2	2	3	1
1924				1	7	1	1	5	0
1925	Frank Thomas			4	4	0	2	2	0
1926				6	2	2	4	1	0
1927			1st	8	1	0	4	0	0
1928			1st	8	2	0	8	1	0
1929	Harold Drew		1st	8	2	0	7	0	0
1930	Harold Drew			5	3	2	3	2	1
1931	Scrappy Moore	Dixie, SIAA	1st	9	2	0	8	0	0
1932		Dixie, SIAA		3	6	0	2	3	0
1933		Dixie	8th	2	3	2	0	2	2
1934			2nd	3	3	2	3	0	1
1935			2nd	3	1	1	3	1	1
1936			T–2nd	5	2	1	3	1	1
1937			5th	4	3	2	1	3	1
1938			5th	4	5	0	2	3	0
1939			T–4th	5	2	1	3	1	1
1940			T–1st	7	1	1	3	0	1
1941			1st	7	1	1	4	0	1
1942		Independent		7	4	0
1943	Chattanooga did not play football during the 1943 and 1944 seasons because of World War II
1944
1945	Scrappy Moore	Independent		5	3	0
1946				5	5	0
1947				4	6	0
1948				4	5	0
1949				5	4	0
1950				1	9	0
1951				6	5	0
1952				7	3	0
1953				3	7	0
1954				6	4	0
1955				5	4	1
1956				5	4	0
1957				4	5	1
1958				5	5	0
1959				3	7	0
1960				5	5	0
1961				4	6	0
1962				5	5	0
1963				4	6	0
1964				7	3	0
1965				5	4	1
1966				5	5	0
1967				7	3	0
1968	Harold Wilkes			9	1	0
1969				4	6	0
1970				3	8	0
1971				2	9	0
1972				2	9	0
1973	Joe Morrison	NCAA Division II Independent		4	7	0
1974				4	7	0
1975				5	5	1
1976				6	4	1
1977		Southern	T–1st	9	1	1	4	1	0	—
1978			T–1st	7	3	1	4	1	0	—
1979			1st	9	2	0	5	1	0	—
1980	Bill Oliver		2nd	8	3	0	5	2	0	—
1981			5th	7	3	1	3	2	1	—
1982			2nd	7	4	0	5	1	0	—
1983			3rd	7	4	0	5	2	0	—
1984	Buddy Nix		1st	6	5	0	5	1	0	First Round — Division I-AA Playoffs
1985			3rd	6	5	0	5	2	0	—
1986			6th	4	7	0	2	4	0	—
1987			T–3rd	6	5	0	4	3	0	—
1988			5th	4	7	0	3	3	0	—
1989			5th	3	7	1	2	4	1	—
1990			3rd	6	5	0	4	2	0	—
1991			3rd	7	4	0	4	3	0	—
1992			8th	2	9	0	0	7	0	—
1993	Tommy West		8th	4	7	0	2	6	0	—
1994	Buddy Green		8th	3	8	0	2	6	0	—
1995			T–7th	4	7	0	2	6	0	—
1996			T–6th	3	8		2	6		—
1997			6th	7	4		4	4		—
1998			T5th	5	6		4	4		—
1999			6th	5	6		3	5		—
2000	Donnie Kirkpatrick		T–6th	5	6		3	5		—
2001			8th	3	8		1	7		—
2002			T–7th	2	10		2	6		—
2003	Rodney Allison		T–6th	3	9		3	5		—
2004			T5th	2	9		2	5		—
2005			T5th	6	5		3	4		—
2006			T5th	3	8		2	5		—
2007			7th	2	9		2	5		—
2008			9th	1	11		0	8		—
2009	Russ Huesman		4th	6	5		4	4		—
2010			3rd	6	5		5	3		—
2011			T–6th	5	6		3	6		—
2012			T–4th	6	5		5	3		—
2013			T–1st	8	4		6	2		—
2014			1st	10	4		7	0		Quarterfinals — Division I FCS Playoffs
2015			T–1st	9	4		6	1		Second Round — Division I FCS Playoffs
2016			T–2nd	9	4		6	2		Second Round — Division I FCS Playoffs
2017	Tom Arth		7th	3	8		3	5		—
2018	Tom Arth		4th	6	5		4	4		—
2019	Rusty Wright		3rd	6	6		5	3		—
2020			3rd	3	2		3	1		—
2021			3rd	6	5		5	3		—
2022			3rd	7	4		5	3		—
2023			T–2nd	8	5		6	2		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.

Year	Conference	Coach	Overall Record	Conference Record
1926†	Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association	Frank Thomas	6–2–2	4–0–2
1927†			8–1	5–0
1928			8–2	8–1
1929		Harold Drew	8–2	7–0
1931		Scrappy Moore	9–2	8–0
1931	Dixie Conference		9–2	4–0
1940†			7–1–1	3–0–1
1941			7–1–1	4–0–1
1977†	Southern Conference	Joe Morrison	9–1–1	4–1
1978†			7–3–1	3–1
1979†			9–2	5–1
1984		Buddy Nix	6–5	6–1
2013†		Russ Huesman	8–4	6–2
2014			10–4	7–0
2015†			9–4	6–1

† 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.

Year	Round	Opponent	Result
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.

References

^ "Website Guidelines". Retrieved April 8, 2016.
^ "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.