American college football season
2019 Chattanooga Mocs football |
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Conference | Southern Conference |
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Record | 6–6 (5–3 SoCon) |
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Head coach | - Rusty Wright (1st season)
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Offensive coordinator | Joe Pizzo (1st season) |
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Defensive coordinator | Lorenzo Ward (1st season) |
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Home stadium | Finley Stadium |
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The 2019 Chattanooga Mocs football team represented 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 were led by first-year head coach Rusty Wright and played their home games at Finley Stadium in Chattanooga, Tennessee. They finished the season 6–6 overall and 5–3 in SoCon play to place third.
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) |
1 | Wofford | 253 (21) |
2 | Furman | 229 (6) |
3 | East Tennessee State | 187 (2) |
4 | Mercer | 146 |
5 | Chattanooga | 134 |
6 | Samford | 125 |
7 | The Citadel | 111 |
8 | Western Carolina | 88 |
9 | VMI | 32 |
Coaches poll Predicted finish | Team | Votes (1st place) |
1 | Wofford | 63 (7) |
2 | Furman | 55 (1) |
3 | East Tennessee State | 44 (1) |
4 | Chattanooga | 40 |
5 | Mercer | 34 |
6 | Samford | 33 |
7 | The Citadel | 22 |
8 | Western Carolina | 21 |
9 | VMI | 12 |
Preseason All-SoCon Teams
The Mocs placed six players on the preseason all-SoCon teams.[2]
Offense 1st team Bryce Nunnelly – WR 2nd team Tyrell Price – RB Cole Strange – OL | Defense 1st team Marshall Cooper – LB Brandon Dowdell – DB Jerrell Lawson – DB |
Schedule
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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August 29 | 7:00 p.m. | Eastern Illinois* | | ESPN3 | W 24–10 | 8,254 |
September 7 | 7:00 p.m. | at No. 18 Jacksonville State* | | ESPN+ | L 20–41 | 19,428 |
September 14 | 12:00 p.m. | at Tennessee* | | SECN | L 0–45 | 86,208 |
September 21 | 4:00 p.m. | No. 2 James Madison* | | ESPN+ | L 14–37 | 8,795 |
September 28 | 4:00 p.m. | Western Carolina | - Finley Stadium
- Chattanooga, TN
| ESPN+ | W 60–36 | 7,636 |
October 5 | 4:00 p.m. | at Mercer | | ESPN+ | W 34–17 | 8,972 |
October 17 | 7:00 p.m. | East Tennessee State | - Finley Stadium
- Chattanooga, TN
| ESPN+ | W 16–13 | 7,124 |
October 26 | 1:30 p.m. | at Wofford | | ESPN+ | L 34–35 OT | 4,445 |
November 2 | 2:00 p.m. | No. 13 Furman | - Finley Stadium
- Chattanooga, TN
| ESPN+ | L 20–35 | 7,431 |
November 9 | 2:00 p.m. | at Samford | | ESPN3 | W 35–27 | 4,835 |
November 16 | 2:00 p.m. | The Citadel | - Finley Stadium
- Chattanooga, TN
| ESPN+ | W 34–33 | 7,363 |
November 23 | 1:30 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
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Game summaries
Eastern Illinois
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Panthers | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
Mocs | 7 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 24 |
At Jacksonville State
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Mocs | 3 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 20 |
No. 18 Gamecocks | 7 | 14 | 6 | 14 | 41 |
At Tennessee
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Mocs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Volunteers | 21 | 17 | 7 | 0 | 45 |
James Madison
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
No. 2 Dukes | 14 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 37 |
Mocs | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
Western Carolina
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Catamounts | 7 | 14 | 15 | 0 | 36 |
Mocs | 6 | 31 | 7 | 16 | 60 |
At Mercer
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Mocs | 7 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 34 |
Bears | 14 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17 |
East Tennessee State
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Buccaneers | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
Mocs | 7 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 16 |
At Wofford
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | Total |
Mocs | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 34 |
Terriers | 0 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 35 |
Furman
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
No. 13 Paladins | 0 | 14 | 7 | 14 | 35 |
Mocs | 3 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 20 |
At Samford
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Mocs | 7 | 21 | 7 | 0 | 35 |
Bulldogs | 7 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 27 |
The Citadel
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Bulldogs | 2 | 7 | 17 | 7 | 33 |
Mocs | 12 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 34 |
At VMI
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Mocs | 10 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 24 |
Keydets | 3 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 31 |
Ranking movements
Ranking movements
Legend: RV = Received votes | Week |
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Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
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STATS FCS | RV | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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Coaches | RV | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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References
- ^ "SoCon Media Tab Wofford Preseason Favorite". July 22, 2019. Retrieved July 24, 2019.
- ^ a b "Football Coaches Select Preseason Teams, Poll". July 22, 2019. Retrieved July 24, 2019.
- ^ "2019 Football Schedule". University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Athletics.
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