2015 Chattanooga Mocs football team

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2015 Chattanooga Mocs football
SoCon co-champion
ConferenceSouthern Conference
Ranking
STATSNo. 9
FCS CoachesNo. 8
Record9–4 (6–1 SoCon)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorJeff Durden (3rd season)
Defensive coordinatorAdam Braithwaite (3rd season)
Home stadiumFinley Stadium
Seasons
← 2014
2016 →
2015 Southern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 9 Chattanooga +^   6 1     9 4  
No. 13 The Citadel +^   6 1     9 4  
Western Carolina   5 2     7 4  
Samford   3 4     6 5  
Wofford   3 4     5 6  
Mercer   2 5     5 6  
Furman   2 5     4 7  
VMI   1 6     2 9  
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant
Rankings from STATS Poll

The 2015 Chattanooga Mocs football team represented the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga in the 2015 NCAA Division I FCS football season as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon). The Mocs were led by seventh-year head coach Russ Huesman and played their home games at Finley Stadium in Chattanooga, Tennessee. They finished the season 9–4 overall and 6–1 in SoCon play to share for the SoCon title with The Citadel. Chattanooga earned the SoCon's automatic bid to the NCAA Division I Football Championship playoffs, where they defeated Fordham in the first round before losing in the second round to Jacksonville State.

Schedule[edit]

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 56:00 pmNo. 7 Jacksonville State*No. 8SDNL 20–2315,812
September 121:00 pmMars Hill*No. 12
  • Finley Stadium
  • Chattanooga, TN
SDNW 44–349,491
September 192:30 pmat SamfordNo. 10ASNW 31–219,088
September 267:00 pmat Presbyterian*No. 8BSNW 21–03,582
October 101:00 pmFurmanNo. 6
  • Finley Stadium
  • Chattanooga, TN
ESPN3W 31–37,630
October 171:30 pmat VMINo. 6ESPN3W 33–276,104
October 241:30 pmat WoffordNo. 5SDNW 20–178,713
October 312:00 pmWestern CarolinadaggerNo. 4
  • Finley Stadium
  • Chattanooga, TN
ESPN3W 41–1311,495
November 74:00 pmat MercerNo. 3ESPN3L 14–179,527
November 142:00 pmNo. 21 The CitadelNo. 8
  • Finley Stadium
  • Chattanooga, TN
SDNW 31–2311,594
November 213:00 pmat No. 16 (FBS) Florida State*No. 8ACCRSNL 13–5266,412
November 281:00 pmNo. 13 Fordham*No. 7
ESPN3W 50–204,888
December 52:00 pmat No. 1 Jacksonville State*No. 7
ESPN3L 35–41 OT21,452
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

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Game summaries[edit]

Jacksonville State[edit]

1 2 3 4 Total
#7 Jacksonville State 3 7 3 10 23
#8 Mocs 10 0 3 7 20

Mars Hill[edit]

1 2 3 4 Total
Mountain Lions 7 14 0 13 34
#12 Mocs 7 14 14 9 44

At Samford[edit]

1 2 3 4 Total
#10 Mocs 7 17 0 7 31
Bulldogs 14 0 0 7 21

At Presbyterian[edit]

1 2 3 4 Total
#8 Mocs 7 7 0 7 21
Blue Hose 0 0 0 0 0

Furman[edit]

1 2 3 4 Total
Paladins 3 0 0 0 3
#6 Mocs 0 21 3 7 31

At VMI[edit]

1 2 3 4 Total
#6 Mocs 3 17 3 10 33
Keydets 7 14 0 6 27

At Wofford[edit]

1 2 3 4 Total
#5 Mocs 7 0 10 3 20
Terriers 0 9 0 8 17

Western Carolina[edit]

1 2 3 4 Total
Catamounts 6 0 7 0 13
#4 Mocs 14 21 3 3 41

At Mercer[edit]

1 2 3 4 Total
#3 Mocs 0 7 0 7 14
Bears 7 3 7 0 17

The Citadel[edit]

1 2 3 4 Total
#21 Bulldogs 0 0 14 9 23
#8 Mocs 14 7 3 7 31

At Florida State[edit]

1 2 3 4 Total
#8 Mocs 3 3 0 7 13
#16 (FBS) Seminoles 7 17 21 7 52

FCS playoffs[edit]

First Round–Fordham[edit]

1 2 3 4 Total
#13 Rams 0 0 14 6 20
#7 Mocs 21 10 10 9 50

Second Round–at Jacksonville State[edit]

1 2 3 4OT Total
#7 Mocs 7 7 7 140 35
#1 Gamecocks 0 21 7 76 41

Ranking movements[edit]

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
Week
PollPre123456789101112Final
STATS8101088665438879
Coaches8121298665439988

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Football - Schedule". University of Tennessee–Chattanooga Department of Athletics. Retrieved April 20, 2015.