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 overall and 4–4 in SoCon play to place in a three-way tie for fifth.
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Conference | Southern Conference |
Record | 6–5 (4–4 SoCon) |
Head coach |
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Offensive coordinator | Justin Rascati (2nd season) |
Defensive coordinator | Brandon Staley (2nd season) |
Home stadium | Finley Stadium |
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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 Arth resigned to become the head coach at Akron.[1] He finished at Chattanooga with a two-year record of 9–13.
Preseason
editPreseason media poll
editThe 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) |
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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
editThe Mocs placed six players on the preseason all-SoCon teams.
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
editDate | 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
editTennessee Tech
edit1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Golden Eagles | 0 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
Mocs | 6 | 7 | 21 | 0 | 34 |
At The Citadel
edit1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | Total | |
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Mocs | 14 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 29 |
Bulldogs | 0 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 28 |
At UT Martin
edit1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Mocs | 10 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 34 |
Skyhawks | 0 | 7 | 0 | 17 | 24 |
Samford
edit1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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No. 17 Bulldogs | 0 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 20 |
Mocs | 10 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 27 |
At East Tennessee State
edit1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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No. 20 Mocs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 14 |
Buccaneers | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
Wofford
edit1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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No. 7 Terriers | 7 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 21 |
Mocs | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
At Western Carolina
edit1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Mocs | 9 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 26 |
Catamounts | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
VMI
edit1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Keydets | 14 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 27 |
Mocs | 7 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 34 |
At Furman
edit1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Mocs | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 |
Paladins | 7 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 16 |
Mercer
edit1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Bears | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 13 |
Mocs | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 |
At South Carolina
edit1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Mocs | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 9 |
Gamecocks | 14 | 14 | 7 | 14 | 49 |
Ranking movements
editWeek | ||||||||||||||
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Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
STATS FCS | — | RV | RV | RV | 20 | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | — | |
Coaches | — | — | — | RV | 24 | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | — |
References
edit- ^ "Akron hiring Chattanooga's Arth as new coach". December 14, 2018.
- ^ "Media picks Samford to win 2018 SoCon football title".
- ^ "Football coaches select preseason all-conference teams, poll".
- ^ "2018 Football Schedule". Tennessee at Chattanooga, University of. Retrieved May 20, 2018.