2018 Chattanooga Mocs football team

2018 Chattanooga Mocs football
Conference Southern Conference
2018 record 4–1 (2–1 SoCon)
Head coach Tom Arth (2nd season)
Offensive coordinator Justin Rascati
Defensive coordinator Matt Feeney
Home stadium Finley Stadium
(Capacity: 20,668)
2018 Southern Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 23 East Tennessee State  4 –0     6 –1  
No. 6 Wofford  3 –1     4 –2  
Mercer  2 –1     3 –3  
Furman  2 –1     2 –3  
Chattanooga  3 –2     5 –2  
Samford  2 –2     3 –4  
Western Carolina  1 –3     3 –3  
The Citadel  1 –3     1 –4  
VMI  0 –5     0 –6  
Rankings from STATS FCS Poll

The 2018 Chattanooga Mocs football team represents the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga in the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon). The Mocs are led by second-year head coach Tom Arth and play their home games at Finley Stadium in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

Previous season

The Mocs finished the 2017 season 3–8, 3–5 in SoCon play to finish in a tie for sixth place.

Preseason

Preseason media poll

The SoCon released their preseason media poll on July 25, 2018, with the Mocs predicted to finish in sixth place.[1] The same day the coaches released their preseason poll with the Mocs predicted to finish in fifth place.[2]

Media poll
Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1Samford204 (20)
2Furman174 (2)
3Wofford163 (1)
4Mercer133
5Western Carolina114
6Chattanooga88
7The Citadel83
8East Tennessee State53
9VMI23
Coaches poll
Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1Samford63 (7)
2Wofford53 (1)
3Furman52 (1)
4Western Carolina39
5Chattanooga34
6Mercer32
7The Citadel28
8East Tennessee State15
9VMI8

Preseason All-SoCon Teams

The Mocs placed six players on the preseason all-SoCon teams.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
August 307:00 p.m.Tennessee Tech*
ESPN3W 34–109,020
September 86:00 p.m.at The Citadel
ESPN+W 29–28 OT8,076
September 154:00 p.m.at UT Martin*
ESPN+W 34–244,414
September 227:00 p.m.No. 17 Samford
  • Finley Stadium
  • Chattanooga, TN
ESPN+W 27–2010,469
September 297:30 p.m.at East Tennessee StateNo. 20
ESPN+L 14–179,277
October 63:00 p.m.No. 7 Wofford
  • Finley Stadium
  • Chattanooga, TN
ESPN+L 10–218,010
October 133:30 p.m.at Western Carolina
ESPN+W 26–67,362
October 273:00 p.m.VMIdagger
  • Finley Stadium
  • Chattanooga, TN
ESPN+
November 31:00 p.m.at Furman
ESPN3
November 101:00 p.m.Mercer
  • Finley Stadium
  • Chattanooga, TN
ESPN+
November 17at South Carolina*
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

[3]

Game summaries

Tennessee Tech

1 2 3 4 Total
Golden Eagles 0 7 3 0 10
Mocs 6 7 21 0 34
Overall record Last meeting Result
29–10 2014 CHAT, 38–17

at The Citadel

1 2 3 4OT Total
Mocs 14 7 0 08 29
Bulldogs 0 14 7 07 28
Overall record Last meeting Result
30–18–2 2017 CIT, 20–14

at UT Martin

1 2 3 4 Total
Mocs 10 10 7 7 34
Skyhawks 0 7 0 17 24
Overall record Last meeting Result
3–2 2017 UTM, 21–7

Samford

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 17 Bulldogs 0 10 3 7 20
Mocs 10 7 7 3 27
Overall record Last meeting Result
30–10–3 2017 CHAT, 23–21

at East Tennessee State

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 20 Mocs 0 0 0 14 14
Buccaneers 14 3 0 0 17
Overall record Last meeting Result
22–17–1 2017 CHAT, 10–3

Wofford

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 7 Terriers 7 7 0 7 21
Mocs 10 0 0 0 10
Overall record Last meeting Result
10–13 2017 WOF, 24–21 OT

at Western Carolina

1 2 3 4 Total
Mocs 9 10 7 0 26
Catamounts 0 3 0 3 6
Overall record Last meeting Result
27–17 2017 WCU, 45–7

VMI

1 2 3 4 Total
Keydets 0
Mocs 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
16–7–1 2017 CHAT, 63–7

at Furman

1 2 3 4 Total
Mocs 0
Paladins 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
19–27 2017 FUR, 41–17

Mercer

1 2 3 4 Total
Bears 0
Mocs 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
19–8–1 2017 MERC, 30–10

at South Carolina

1 2 3 4 Total
Mocs 0
Gamecocks 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
First meeting

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 FCS NR RV RV RV 20 RV  
Coaches NR NR NR RV 24 RV

References

  1. ↑ http://www.soconsports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=21895&SPID=1781&DB_LANG=C&ATCLID=211735859&DB_OEM_ID=4000
  2. ↑ http://www.soconsports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=21895&SPID=1781&DB_LANG=C&ATCLID=211735863&DB_OEM_ID=4000
  3. ↑ "2018 Football Schedule". Tennessee at Chattanooga, University of. Retrieved 2018-05-20.
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