1990 Chattanooga Moccasins football team

1990 Chattanooga Moccasins football
1990 Chattanooga Moccasins football
Conference	Southern Conference
Record	6–5 (4–2 SoCon)
Head coach	Buddy Nix (7th season);
Captain	Derrick McLendon, Troy Boeck
Home stadium	Chamberlain Field
	Seasons ← 1989 1991 →

1990 Southern Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 12 Furman $^	6	–	1	–	0	9	–	4	–	0
Appalachian State	5	–	2	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
Chattanooga	4	–	2	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
No. 15 The Citadel ^	4	–	3	–	0	7	–	5	–	0
Marshall	4	–	3	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
Western Carolina	2	–	5	–	0	3	–	8	–	0
VMI	1	–	5	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
East Tennessee State	1	–	6	–	0	2	–	9	–	0

$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee poll

The 1990 Chattanooga Moccasins football team represented the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon) in the 1990 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Moccasins were led by seventh-year head coach Buddy Nix and played their home games at Charmerlain Field. They finished the season 6–5 overall and 4–2 in SoCon play to place third.^[1]

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 8		at Tennessee Tech*		Tucker Stadium Cookeville, TN	W 40–17	7,023
September 15		No. 1 Furman		Chamberlain Field Chattanooga, TN	L 21–38	10,215	^[2]
September 22	1:00 p.m.	at Georgia Tech*		Bobby Dodd Stadium Atlanta, GA	L 9–44	32,911	^[3]
September 29		No. 1 Middle Tennessee State*		Chamberlain Field Chattanooga, TN	L 17–24	8,229
October 6		East Tennessee State		Chamberlain Field Chattanooga, TN	W 22–3	8,806
October 13		at No. 12 The Citadel		Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, SC	W 7–6	19,522
October 20		at Marshall		Fairfield Stadium Huntington, WV	W 29–23	15,581
October 27		Appalachian State	No. T–20	Chamberlain Field Chattanooga, TN	L 17–23	7,527	^[4]
November 2		Western Carolina		Chamberlain Field Chattanooga, TN	W 23–21	5,203
November 10		at No. 7 Georgia Southern*		Chamberlain Field Chattanooga, TN	L 20–23	5,710
November 17		Western Kentucky*		Houchens Industries–L. T. Smith Stadium Bowling Green, KY	W 22–21	3,900
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

^ "1990 Football Schedule". Tennessee at Chattanooga, University of.
^ "Furman downs UTC, 38–21". The Greenville News. September 16, 1990. Retrieved March 26, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "UTC a breather for Tech this time". The Macon Telegraph & News. September 23, 1990. Retrieved February 3, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Appalachian St. wins 23–17". The Item. October 28, 1990. Retrieved November 27, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.