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.

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 SeasonCoachConferenceSeason resultsConference resultsPlayoffsConference finishWinsLossesTiesWinsLossesTiesChattanooga Mocs1904Walter HullihenIndependent23019056101906Arthur Rieber3301907Sam McAllester0601908Jones Beene4401909W. A. Roddick3221910Leslie Stauffer521191132019124401913SIAA4301301914Mike Balenti5401301915Johnny Spiegel52211119163500401917Chattanooga did not play football during the 1917 and 1918 seasons because of World War I19181919Silas WilliamsSIAA351030192034113119214602501922Bill McAllester621321192334223119241711501925Frank Thomas440220192662241019271st81040019281st8208101929Harold Drew1st82070019305323211931Scrappy MooreDixie, SIAA1st92080019323602301933Dixie8th23202219342nd33230119352nd3113111936T–2nd52131119375th43213119385th4502301939T–4th5213111940T–1st71130119411st7114011942Independent7401943Chattanooga did not play football during the 1943 and 1944 seasons because of World War II19441945Scrappy MooreIndependent53019465501947460194845019495401950190195165019527301953370195464019555411956540195745119585501959370196055019614601962550196346019647301965541196655019677301968Harold Wilkes91019694601970380197129019722901973Joe MorrisonNCAA Division II Independent4701974470197555119766411977SouthernT–1st911410—1978T–1st731410—19791st920510—1980Bill Oliver2nd830520—19815th731321—19822nd740510—19833rd740520—1984Buddy Nix1st650510First Round — Division I-AA Playoffs19853rd650520—19866th470240—1987T–3rd650430—19885th470330—19895th371241—19903rd650420—19913rd740430—19928th290070—1993Tommy West8th470260—1994Buddy Green8th380260—1995T–7th470260—1996T–6th3826—19976th7444—1998T5th5644—19996th5635—2000Donnie KirkpatrickT–6th5635—20018th3817—2002T–7th21026—2003Rodney AllisonT–6th3935—2004T5th2925—2005T5th6534—2006T5th3825—20077th2925—20089th11108—2009Russ Huesman4th6544—20103rd6553—2011T–6th5636—2012T–4th6553—2013T–1st8462—20141st10470Quarterfinals — Division I FCS Playoffs2015T–1st9461Second Round — Division I FCS Playoffs2016T–2nd9462Second Round — Division I FCS Playoffs2017Tom Arth7th3835—20184th6544—2019Rusty Wright3rd6653—20203rd3231—20213rd6553—20223rd7453—2023T–2nd8562Second Round — Division I FCS Playoffs2024T–3rd7553—2025T–5th5744—

Notable former players

Hugh Beaumont C.J. Board Malcolm Carson Abe Cohen B. J. Coleman Aaron Grant Johnny Green (gridiron football) Tony Hill Spider Johnson Chris Jones Art Koeninger Joe Kopcha Corey Levin Derrick Lott Travis McNeal Terrell Owens Chris Sanders Terdell Sands Buster Skrine Paul Squibb Cole Strange Davis Tull Keionta Davis Kareem Orr Nick Tiano

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. 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 7–01931 Scrappy Moore 9–2 8–0Dixie 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.

1984 First Round No. 10 Arkansas State L, 10–37 2014 Second RoundQuarterfinals No. 21 Indiana StateNo. 1 New Hampshire W, 35–14L, 30–35 2015 First RoundSecond Round No. 17 FordhamNo. 1 Jacksonville State W, 50–20L, 35–41 OT 2016 First RoundSecond Round No. 23 Weber StateNo. 1 Sam Houston State W, 45–14L, 36–41 2023 First RoundSecond Round No. 13/10 Austin PeayNo. 7/6 Furman W, 24–21L, 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 August 25, 2026.

at West Georgia West Georgia Southern Illinois at Southern Illinois at Georgia Southern at San Jose State at West Georgia at Mississippi State at Eastern Kentucky Eastern Kentucky at UT Martin at Tennessee at UT Martin UT Martin at Middle Tennessee at Alabama at Mississippi State at Tennessee UT Martin Gardner–Webb West Georgia

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