2015 Chattanooga Mocs football team
American college football season
The 2015 Chattanooga Mocs football team represented the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga in the 2015 NCAA Division I FCS football season as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon). The Mocs were led by seventh-year head coach Russ Huesman and played their home games at Finley Stadium in Chattanooga, Tennessee. They finished the season 9–4 overall and 6–1 in SoCon play to share for the SoCon title with The Citadel. Chattanooga earned the SoCon's automatic bid to the NCAA Division I Football Championship playoffs, where they defeated Fordham in the first round before losing in the second round to Jacksonville State.
Schedule
Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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September 5 | 6:00 pm | No. 7 Jacksonville State* | No. 8 | | SDN | L 20–23 | 15,812 |
September 12 | 1:00 pm | Mars Hill* | No. 12 | - Finley Stadium
- Chattanooga, TN
| SDN | W 44–34 | 9,491 |
September 19 | 2:30 pm | at Samford | No. 10 | | ASN | W 31–21 | 9,088 |
September 26 | 7:00 pm | at Presbyterian* | No. 8 | | BSN | W 21–0 | 3,582 |
October 10 | 1:00 pm | Furman | No. 6 | - Finley Stadium
- Chattanooga, TN
| ESPN3 | W 31–3 | 7,630 |
October 17 | 1:30 pm | at VMI | No. 6 | | ESPN3 | W 33–27 | 6,104 |
October 24 | 1:30 pm | at Wofford | No. 5 | | SDN | W 20–17 | 8,713 |
October 31 | 2:00 pm | Western Carolina | No. 4 | - Finley Stadium
- Chattanooga, TN
| ESPN3 | W 41–13 | 11,495 |
November 7 | 4:00 pm | at Mercer | No. 3 | | ESPN3 | L 14–17 | 9,527 |
November 14 | 2:00 pm | No. 21 The Citadel | No. 8 | - Finley Stadium
- Chattanooga, TN
| SDN | W 31–23 | 11,594 |
November 21 | 3:00 pm | at No. 16 (FBS) Florida State* | No. 8 | | ACCRSN | L 13–52 | 66,412 |
November 28 | 1:00 pm | No. 13 Fordham* | No. 7 | | ESPN3 | W 50–20 | 4,888 |
December 5 | 2:00 pm | at No. 1 Jacksonville State* | No. 7 | | ESPN3 | L 35–41 OT | 21,452 |
- *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
Jacksonville State
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1
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2
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3
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4 |
Total |
#7 Jacksonville State
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3
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7
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3
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10 |
23 |
#8 Mocs
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10
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0
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3
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7 |
20 |
Mars Hill
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1
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2
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3
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4 |
Total |
Mountain Lions
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7
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14
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0
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13 |
34 |
#12 Mocs
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7
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14
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14
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9 |
44 |
At Samford
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1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
#10 Mocs
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7
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17
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0
|
7 |
31 |
Bulldogs
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14
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0
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0
|
7 |
21 |
At Presbyterian
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1
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2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
#8 Mocs
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7
|
7
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0
|
7 |
21 |
Blue Hose
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0
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0
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0
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0 |
0 |
Furman
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1
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2
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3
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4 |
Total |
Paladins
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3
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0
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0
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0 |
3 |
#6 Mocs
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0
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21
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3
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7 |
31 |
At VMI
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1
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2
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3
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4 |
Total |
#6 Mocs
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3
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17
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3
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10 |
33 |
Keydets
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7
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14
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0
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6 |
27 |
At Wofford
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1
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2
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3
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4 |
Total |
#5 Mocs
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7
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0
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10
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3 |
20 |
Terriers
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0
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9
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0
|
8 |
17 |
Western Carolina
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1
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2
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3
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4 |
Total |
Catamounts
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6
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0
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7
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0 |
13 |
#4 Mocs
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14
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21
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3
|
3 |
41 |
At Mercer
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1
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2
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3
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4 |
Total |
#3 Mocs
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0
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7
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0
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7 |
14 |
Bears
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7
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3
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7
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0 |
17 |
The Citadel
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1
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2
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3
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4 |
Total |
#21 Bulldogs
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0
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0
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14
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9 |
23 |
#8 Mocs
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14
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7
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3
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7 |
31 |
At Florida State
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1
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2
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3
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4 |
Total |
#8 Mocs
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3
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3
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0
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7 |
13 |
#16 (FBS) Seminoles
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7
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17
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21
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7 |
52 |
FCS playoffs
First Round–Fordham
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1
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2
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3
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4 |
Total |
#13 Rams
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0
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0
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14
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6 |
20 |
#7 Mocs
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21
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10
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10
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9 |
50 |
Second Round–at Jacksonville State
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1
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2
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3
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4 | OT |
Total |
#7 Mocs
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7
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7
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7
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14 | 0 |
35 |
#1 Gamecocks
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0
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21
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7
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7 | 6 |
41 |
Ranking movements
Ranking movements Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking | 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 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 9 |
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Coaches | 8 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 |
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References
- ^ "Football - Schedule". University of Tennessee–Chattanooga Department of Athletics. Retrieved April 20, 2015.
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