Chattanooga Mocs football


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

Conference memberships

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.
1926Southern Intercollegiate Athletic AssociationFrank Thomas6–2–24–0–2
1927Southern Intercollegiate Athletic AssociationFrank Thomas8–15–0
1928Southern Intercollegiate Athletic AssociationFrank Thomas8–28–1
1929Southern Intercollegiate Athletic AssociationHarold Drew8–27–0
1931Southern Intercollegiate Athletic AssociationScrappy Moore9–28–0
1931Dixie ConferenceScrappy Moore9–24–0
1940Dixie ConferenceScrappy Moore7–1–13–0–1
1941Dixie ConferenceScrappy Moore7–1–14–0–1
1977Southern ConferenceJoe Morrison 9–1–14–1
1978Southern ConferenceJoe Morrison7–3–13–1
1979Southern ConferenceJoe Morrison9–25–1
1984Southern ConferenceBuddy Nix6–56–1
2013Southern ConferenceRuss Huesman8–46–2
2014Southern ConferenceRuss Huesman10–47–0
2015Southern ConferenceRuss Huesman9–46–1

† 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.
1984First RoundNo. 10 Arkansas StateL, 10–37
2014Second Round
Quarterfinals
No. 21 Indiana State
No. 1 New Hampshire
W, 35–14
L, 30–35
2015First Round
Second Round
No. 17 Fordham
No. 1 Jacksonville State
W, 50–20
L, 35–41 OT
2016First Round
Second Round
No. 23 Weber State
No. 1 Sam Houston State
W, 45–14
L, 36–41
2023First 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 January 9, 2026.
at West GeorgiaWest Georgiaat Middle Tennesseeat Georgia Southernat San Jose State
Tennessee TechEastern KentuckyGardner–Webb
at Eastern Kentuckyat Mississippi State
at Gardner–Webb
at Alabama-