2019 Chattanooga Mocs football team

The 2019 Chattanooga Mocs football team represents the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon). The Mocs are led by first-year head coach Rusty Wright and play their home games at Finley Stadium in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

2019 Chattanooga Mocs football
ConferenceSouthern Conference
2019 record6–6 (5–3 SoCon)
Head coachRusty Wright (1st season)
Offensive coordinatorJoe Pizzo (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorLorenzo Ward (1st season)
Home stadiumFinley Stadium
(Capacity: 20,668)
2019 Southern Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 16 Wofford $^  7 –1     8 –3  
No. 21 Furman ^  6 –2     8 –4  
Chattanooga  5 –3     6 –6  
The Citadel  4 –4     6 –6  
Samford  4 –4     5 –7  
VMI  4 –4     5 –7  
Mercer  3 –5     4 –8  
Western Carolina  2 –6     3 –9  
East Tennessee State  1 –7     3 –9  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant
Rankings from STATS Poll

Previous season

The Mocs finished the 2018 season 6–5, 4–4 in SoCon play to finish in a tie for fifth place.

Preseason

Preseason polls

The SoCon released their preseason media poll and coaches poll on July 22, 2019. The Mocs were picked to finish in fifth place by the media and in fourth by the coaches.[1][2]

Media poll
Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1Wofford253 (21)
2Furman229 (6)
3East Tennessee State187 (2)
4Mercer146
5Chattanooga134
6Samford125
7The Citadel111
8Western Carolina88
9VMI32
Coaches poll
Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1Wofford63 (7)
2Furman55 (1)
3East Tennessee State44 (1)
4Chattanooga40
5Mercer34
6Samford33
7The Citadel22
8Western Carolina21
9VMI12

Preseason All-SoCon Teams

The Mocs placed six players on the preseason all-SoCon teams.[2]

Schedule
DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
August 297:00 p.m.Eastern Illinois*
ESPN3W 24–108,254
September 77:00 p.m.at No. 18 Jacksonville State*
ESPN+L 20–4119,428
September 1412:00 p.m.at Tennessee*
SECNL 0–4586,208
September 214:00 p.m.No. 2 James Madison*
ESPN+L 14–378,795
September 284:00 p.m.Western Carolina
  • Finley Stadium
  • Chattanooga, TN
ESPN+W 60–367,636
October 54:00 p.m.at Mercer
ESPN+W 34–178,972
October 177:00 p.m.East Tennessee State
  • Finley Stadium
  • Chattanooga, TN
ESPN+W 16–137,124
October 261:30 p.m.at Wofford
ESPN+L 34–35 OT4,445
November 22:00 p.m. No. 13 Furman
  • Finley Stadium
  • Chattanooga, TN
ESPN+L 20–357,431
November 92:00 p.m.at Samford
ESPN3W 35–274,835
November 162:00 p.m.The Citadel
  • Finley Stadium
  • Chattanooga, TN
ESPN+W 34–337,363
November 231:30 p.m.at VMI
ESPN+L 24–31
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

[3]

Game summaries

Eastern Illinois
1 2 3 4 Total
Panthers 3 7 0 0 10
Mocs 7 10 7 0 24
See also: 2019 Eastern Illinois Panthers football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
First meeting

at Jacksonville State
1 2 3 4 Total
Mocs 3 3 14 0 20
No. 18 Gamecocks 7 14 6 14 41
See also: 2019 Jacksonville State Gamecocks football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
26–15 2017 L, 13–27

at Tennessee
1 2 3 4 Total
Mocs 0 0 0 0 0
Volunteers 21 17 7 0 45
See also: 2019 Tennessee Volunteers football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
2–38–2 2014 L, 10–45

James Madison
1 2 3 4 Total
No. 2 Dukes 14 6 10 7 37
Mocs 14 0 0 0 14
See also: 2019 James Madison Dukes football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
First meeting

Western Carolina
1 2 3 4 Total
Catamounts 7 14 15 0 36
Mocs 6 31 7 16 60
See also: 2019 Western Carolina Catamounts football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
28–17 2018 W, 26–6

at Mercer
1 2 3 4 Total
Mocs 7 10 10 7 34
Bears 14 0 0 3 17
See also: 2019 Mercer Bears football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
19–9–1 2018 L, 9–13

East Tennessee State
1 2 3 4 Total
Buccaneers 0 13 0 0 13
Mocs 7 0 6 3 16
See also: 2019 East Tennessee State Buccaneers football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
22–18–1 2018 L, 14–17

at Wofford
1 2 3 4OT Total
Mocs 7 7 0 146 34
Terriers 0 14 7 77 35
See also: 2019 Wofford Terriers football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
10–14 2018 L, 10–21

Furman
1 2 3 4 Total
No. 13 Paladins 0 14 7 14 35
Mocs 3 9 0 8 20
See also: 2019 Furman Paladins football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
19–28 2018 L, 10–16

at Samford
1 2 3 4 Total
Mocs 7 21 7 0 35
Bulldogs 7 0 13 7 27
See also: 2019 Samford Bulldogs football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
31–10–3 2018 W, 27–20

The Citadel
1 2 3 4 Total
Bulldogs 2 7 17 7 33
Mocs 12 0 0 22 34
See also: 2019 The Citadel Bulldogs football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
31–18–2 2018 W, 29–28

at VMI
1 2 3 4 Total
Mocs 10 0 7 7 24
Keydets 3 14 14 0 31
See also: 2019 VMI Keydets football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
17–7–1 2018 W, 34–27

Ranking movements
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final 
STATS FCS RV  
Coaches RV

References
  1. "SoCon Media Tab Wofford Preseason Favorite". July 22, 2019. Retrieved July 24, 2019.
  2. "Football Coaches Select Preseason Teams, Poll". July 22, 2019. Retrieved July 24, 2019.
  3. "2019 Football Schedule". University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Athletics.
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