2017 Chattanooga Mocs football team

2017 Chattanooga Mocs football
Conference Southern Conference
2017 record 3–8 (3–5 SoCon)
Head coach Tom Arth (1st season)
Offensive coordinator Justin Rascati
Defensive coordinator Brandon Staley
Home stadium Finley Stadium
(Capacity: 20,668)
2017 Southern Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 6 Wofford $^  7 –1     10 –3  
No. 18 Samford ^  6 –2     8 –4  
No. 19 Furman ^  6 –2     8 –5  
Western Carolina  5 –3     7 –5  
Mercer  4 –4     5 –6  
The Citadel  3 –5     5 –6  
Chattanooga  3 –5     3 –8  
East Tennessee State  2 –6     4 –7  
VMI  0 –8     0 –11  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant
Rankings from STATS FCS Poll

The 2017 Chattanooga Mocs football team represented the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga in the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon). The Mocs were led by first-year head coach Tom Arth and played their home games at Finley Stadium in Chattanooga, Tennessee. They finished the season 3–8, 3–5 in SoCon play to finish in a tie for sixth place.

Schedule

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
August 26 7:00 p.m. vs. No. 6 Jacksonville State* No. 12 Cramton Bowl • Montgomery, AL (FCS Kickoff) ESPN L 13–27   12,952
September 9 6:00 p.m. at No. 12 (FBS) LSU* No. 13 Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA SECN L 10–45   97,289
September 16 6:00 p.m. UT Martin* No. 15 Finley Stadium • Chattanooga, TN ESPN3 L 7–21   10,141
September 23 1:30 p.m. at VMI Alumni Memorial Field • Lexington, VA STADIUM W 63–7   5,311
September 30 6:00 p.m. Western Carolina Finley Stadium • Chattanooga, TN ESPN3 L 7–45   10,101
October 7 4:00 p.m. Furmandagger Finley Stadium • Chattanooga, TN ESPN3 L 17–41   9,651
October 14 3:30 p.m. at Mercer Moye Complex • Macon, GA STADIUM L 10–30   9,864
October 21 2:00 p.m. The Citadel Finley Stadium • Chattanooga, TN ESPN3 L 14–20   7,521
October 28 2:00 p.m. at No. 9 Samford Seibert Stadium • Homewood, AL ESPN3 W 23–21   3,523
November 4 1:30 p.m at No. 8 Wofford Gibbs Stadium • Spartanburg, SC ESPN3 L 24–21 2OT  5,012
November 18 2:00 p.m East Tennessee State Finley Stadium • Chattanooga, TN ESPN3 W 10–3   8,434
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from STATS FCS released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

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Game summaries

vs Jacksonville State

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 6 Gamecocks 10 0 10 7 27
No. 12 Mocs 3 3 0 7 13
Overall record Last meeting Result
25–15 2015 JSU, 41–35OT

at LSU

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 13 Mocs 3 0 0 7 10
No. 12 (FBS) Tigers 14 14 14 3 45
Overall record Last meeting Result
0–1 1954 LSU, 26–19

UT Martin

1 2 3 4 Total
Skyhawks 7 7 7 7 28
No. 15 Mocs 0 0 7 0 7
Overall record Last meeting Result
3–1 2013 UTM, 31–21

at VMI

1 2 3 4 Total
Mocs 21 21 7 14 63
Keydets 0 7 0 0 7
Overall record Last meeting Result
15–7–2 2016 CHAT, 33–13

Western Carolina

1 2 3 4 Total
Mocs 0 0 0 7 7
Catamounts 10 14 14 7 45
Overall record Last meeting Result
27–16 2016 CHAT, 38–25

Furman

1 2 3 4 Total
Paladins 7 20 7 7 41
Mocs 3 7 0 7 17
Overall record Last meeting Result
19–27 2016 CHAT, 21–14

at Mercer

1 2 3 4 Total
Mocs 0 3 0 7 10
Bears 0 13 10 7 30
Overall record Last meeting Result
18–7–1 2016 CHAT, 52–31

The Citadel

1 2 3 4 Total
Bulldogs 0 7 10 3 20
Mocs 7 7 0 0 14
Overall record Last meeting Result
30–18–2 2016 CIT, 22–14

at Samford

1 2 3 4 Total
Mocs 0 14 6 3 23
No. 9 Bulldogs 7 0 0 14 21
Overall record Last meeting Result
29–10–3 2016 CHAT, 41–21

at Wofford

1 2 3 4OT2OT Total
Mocs 3 3 0 870 21
No. 8 Terriers 7 0 0 773 24
Overall record Last meeting Result
11–12 2016 WOFF, 36–28

East Tennessee State

1 2 3 4 Total
Buccaneers 3 0 0 0 3
Mocs 0 0 10 0 10
Overall record Last meeting Result
21–18–1 2016 CHAT, 37–7

Ranking movements

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final 
STATS 12 13 15 RV RV RV NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR 
Coaches 13 14 15 RV RV NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR

References

  1. ↑ "2017 Football Schedule". Tennessee at Chattanooga, University of. Retrieved 2017-02-14.
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