2018 Chattanooga Mocs football team
The 2018 Chattanooga Mocs football team represented 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 were led by second-year head coach Tom Arth and played their home games at Finley Stadium in Chattanooga, Tennessee. They finished the season 6–5, 4–4 in SoCon play to finish in a three-way tie for fifth place.
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| Conference | Southern Conference |
| 2018 record | 6–5 (4–4 SoCon) |
| Head coach | Tom Arth (2nd season) |
| Offensive coordinator | Justin Rascati |
| Defensive coordinator | Matt Feeney |
| Home stadium | Finley Stadium (Capacity: 20,668) |
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| Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 13 Wofford +^ | 6 | – | 2 | 9 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 22 East Tennessee State +^ | 6 | – | 2 | 8 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Furman + | 6 | – | 2 | 6 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Samford | 5 | – | 3 | 6 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chattanooga | 4 | – | 4 | 6 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The Citadel | 4 | – | 4 | 5 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mercer | 4 | – | 4 | 5 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Western Carolina | 1 | – | 7 | 3 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| VMI | 0 | – | 8 | 1 | – | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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On December 14, head coach Tom Arth resigned to become the head coach at Akron.[1] He finished at Chattanooga with a two-year record of 9–13.
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.[2] The same day the coaches released their preseason poll with the Mocs predicted to finish in fifth place.[3]
| Predicted finish | Team | Votes (1st place) |
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| 1 | Samford | 204 (20) |
| 2 | Furman | 174 (2) |
| 3 | Wofford | 163 (1) |
| 4 | Mercer | 133 |
| 5 | Western Carolina | 114 |
| 6 | Chattanooga | 88 |
| 7 | The Citadel | 83 |
| 8 | East Tennessee State | 53 |
| 9 | VMI | 23 |
| Predicted finish | Team | Votes (1st place) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Samford | 63 (7) |
| 2 | Wofford | 53 (1) |
| 3 | Furman | 52 (1) |
| 4 | Western Carolina | 39 |
| 5 | Chattanooga | 34 |
| 6 | Mercer | 32 |
| 7 | The Citadel | 28 |
| 8 | East Tennessee State | 15 |
| 9 | VMI | 8 |
Preseason All-SoCon Teams
The Mocs placed six players on the preseason all-SoCon teams.
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Offense 2nd team Tyrell Price – RB Malcolm White – OL Bingo Morton – WR |
Defense 1st team Isaiah Mack – DL 2nd team Kareem Orr – DB |
Specialists 1st team Brandon Dowdell – RS |
Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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| August 30 | 7:00 p.m. | Tennessee Tech* | ESPN3 | W 34–10 | 9,020 | ||
| September 8 | 6:00 p.m. | at The Citadel | ESPN+ | W 29–28 OT | 8,076 | ||
| September 15 | 4:00 p.m. | at UT Martin* | ESPN+ | W 34–24 | 4,414 | ||
| September 22 | 7:00 p.m. | No. 17 Samford |
| ESPN+ | W 27–20 | 10,469 | |
| September 29 | 7:30 p.m. | at East Tennessee State | No. 20 | ESPN+ | L 14–17 | 9,277 | |
| October 6 | 3:00 p.m. | No. 7 Wofford |
| ESPN+ | L 10–21 | 8,010 | |
| October 13 | 3:30 p.m. | at Western Carolina |
| ESPN+ | W 26–6 | 7,362 | |
| October 27 | 3:00 p.m. | VMI |
| ESPN+ | W 34–27 | 8,201 | |
| November 3 | 1:00 p.m. | at Furman | ESPN3 | L 10–16 | 4,332 | ||
| November 10 | 1:00 p.m. | Mercer |
| ESPN+ | L 9–13 | 8,014 | |
| November 17 | 7:30 p.m. | at South Carolina* |
| SECN Alternate | L 9–49 | 72,832 | |
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Game summaries
Tennessee Tech
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| 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 | 4 | OT | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mocs | 14 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 29 |
| Bulldogs | 0 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 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 | |
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| 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 | |
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| 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 | |
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| 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 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 27 |
| Mocs | 7 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 34 |
| Overall record | Last meeting | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 16–7–1 | 2017 | CHAT, 63–7 |
at Furman
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| Mocs | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 |
| Paladins | 7 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 16 |
| Overall record | Last meeting | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 19–27 | 2017 | FUR, 41–17 |
Mercer
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bears | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 13 |
| Mocs | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| Overall record | Last meeting | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 19–8–1 | 2017 | MERC, 30–10 |
at South Carolina
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mocs | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 9 |
| Gamecocks | 14 | 14 | 7 | 14 | 49 |
| Overall record | Last meeting | Result |
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| First meeting | ||
Ranking movements
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| Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final | |||||||
| STATS FCS | NR | RV | RV | RV | 20 | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | NR | ||||||||
| Coaches | NR | NR | NR | RV | 24 | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | NR | ||||||||
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References
- http://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/25535870/akron-zips-hiring-tom-arth-chattanooga-mocs-head-football-coach
- http://www.soconsports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=21895&SPID=1781&DB_LANG=C&ATCLID=211735859&DB_OEM_ID=4000
- http://www.soconsports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=21895&SPID=1781&DB_LANG=C&ATCLID=211735863&DB_OEM_ID=4000
- "2018 Football Schedule". Tennessee at Chattanooga, University of. Retrieved May 20, 2018.
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