2000 Chattanooga Mocs football team

American college football season

2000 Chattanooga Mocs football
ConferenceSouthern Conference
Record5–6 (3–5 SoCon)
Head coach
  • Donnie Kirkpatrick (1st season)
Offensive coordinatorDonnie Kirkpatrick (3rd season)
Defensive coordinatorWill Holthouser (1st season)
CaptainBilly Hutchins, Chris Sanders, Brent Tinker
Home stadiumFinley Stadium
Seasons
← 1999
2001 →
2000 Southern Conference football standings
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Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 1 Georgia Southern $^   7 1     13 2  
No. 4 Appalachian State ^   6 2     10 4  
No. 10 Furman ^   6 2     9 3  
No. 23 Wofford   5 3     7 4  
East Tennessee State   4 4     6 5  
Chattanooga   3 5     5 6  
Western Carolina   3 5     4 7  
The Citadel   1 7     2 9  
VMI   1 7     2 9  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network I-AA Poll

The 2000 Chattanooga Mocs football team represented the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon) in the 2000 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Mocs were led by first-year head coach Donnie Kirkpatrick and played their home games at Finley Stadium. They finished the season 5–6 overall and 3–5 in SoCon play to tied for sixth place.[1]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
August 317:00 pmSamford*W 23–613,186
September 77:00 pmat UAB*L 15–2018,000[2]
September 161:30 pmMississippi Valley State*
  • Finley Stadium
  • Chattanooga, TN
W 72–178,316[3]
September 237:00 pmNo. 2 Georgia Southern
  • Finley Stadium
  • Chattanooga, TN
L 10–3115,072
September 301:30 pmat WoffordL 33–417,879
October 147:00 pmVMIdagger
  • Finley Stadium
  • Chattanooga, TN
W 27–148,842
October 211:00 pmat Western CarolinaL 36–418,312
October 281:30 pmNo. 6 Appalachian State
  • Finley Stadium
  • Chattanooga, TN
W 30–274,012[4]
November 42:00 pmat The CitadelW 20–1315,442
November 111:30 pmEast Tennessee State
  • Finley Stadium
  • Chattanooga, TN
L 22–246,432
November 182:00 pmat No. 6 FurmanL 44–45 OT8,573

References

  1. ^ "2000 Football Schedule". Tennessee at Chattanooga, University of.
  2. ^ "Dugger, Quinnie power Blazer win". The Montgomery Advertiser. September 8, 2000. Retrieved December 14, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Chattanooga 72, Mississippi Valley State 17". The Sun Herald. September 17, 2000. Retrieved August 28, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Late field goal sinks Appalachian". The Charlotte Observer. October 29, 2000. Retrieved November 30, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
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