| Currentseason: | 2024 Chattanooga Mocs football team |
| Teamname: | Chattanooga Mocs football |
| Headcoach: | Rusty Wright |
| Headcoachyear: | 5th |
| Hcwins: | 30 |
| Hclosses: | 22 |
| Stadium: | Finley Stadium |
| Stadcapacity: | 20,668 |
| Stadsurface: | AstroTurf Gameday Grass |
| Ncaadivision: | I FCS |
| Conference: | Southern Conference |
| Pastaffiliations: | Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association |
| Firstyear: | 1904 |
| Atwins: | 531 |
| Atlosses: | 520 |
| Atties: | 35 |
| Playoffapps: | 4 |
| Playoffs: | 3–4 |
| Conftitles: | 15 (5 SIAA, 3 Dixie, 7 SoCon) |
| Fightsong: | Fight Chattanooga |
| Mascotdisplay: | Scrappy |
| Marchingband: | Marching Mocs |
| Rivalries: | East Tennessee State Buccaneers Jacksonville State Gamecocks Mercer Bears Samford Bulldogs |
| Websitename: | GoMocs.com |
| Websiteurl: | https://gomocs.com/sports/football |
The Chattanooga Mocs football program is the intercollegiate college football team for the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga located in the U.S. state of Tennessee. The team competes in the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) and are members of the Southern Conference. The school's first football team was fielded in 1904. The team plays its home games at the 20,668 seat Finley Stadium. They are coached by UTC alumni, Rusty Wright. He was an assistant coach under Russ Huesman.
Hall of Fame wide receiver Terrell Owens played for the Mocs from 1992 to 1995.[1]
| Season | Coach | Conference | Season results | Conference results | Playoffs | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conference finish | Wins | Losses | Ties | Wins | Losses | Ties | ||||
| Chattanooga Mocs | ||||||||||
| 1904 | Walter Hullihen | Independent | 2 | 3 | 0 | |||||
| 1905 | 6 | 1 | 0 | |||||||
| 1906 | Arthur Rieber | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||||||
| 1907 | Sam McAllester | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||||||
| 1908 | Jones Beene | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||||||
| 1909 | W. A. Roddick | 3 | 2 | 2 | ||||||
| 1910 | Leslie Stauffer | 5 | 2 | 1 | ||||||
| 1911 | 3 | 2 | 0 | |||||||
| 1912 | 4 | 4 | 0 | |||||||
| 1913 | SIAA | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | |||
| 1914 | Mike Balenti | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | |||
| 1915 | Johnny Spiegel | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| 1916 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||||
| 1917 | Chattanooga did not play football during the 1917 and 1918 seasons because of World War I | |||||||||
| 1918 | ||||||||||
| 1919 | Silas Williams | SIAA | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 1920 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||||
| 1921 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | ||||
| 1922 | Bill McAllester | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | |||
| 1923 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | ||||
| 1924 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | ||||
| 1925 | Frank Thomas | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |||
| 1926 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 1927 | 1st | 8 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1928 | 1st | 8 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | |||
| 1929 | Harold Drew | 1st | 8 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1930 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||||
| 1931 | Scrappy Moore | Dixie, SIAA | 1st | 9 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1932 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||||
| 1933 | Dixie | 8th | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 1934 | 2nd | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | |||
| 1935 | 2nd | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | |||
| 1936 | T–2nd | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | |||
| 1937 | 5th | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | |||
| 1938 | 5th | 4 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | |||
| 1939 | T–4th | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | |||
| 1940 | T–1st | 7 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | |||
| 1941 | 1st | 7 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | |||
| 1942 | Independent | 7 | 4 | 0 | ||||||
| 1943 | Chattanooga did not play football during the 1943 and 1944 seasons because of World War II | |||||||||
| 1944 | ||||||||||
| 1945 | Scrappy Moore | Independent | 5 | 3 | 0 | |||||
| 1946 | 5 | 5 | 0 | |||||||
| 1947 | 4 | 6 | 0 | |||||||
| 1948 | 4 | 5 | 0 | |||||||
| 1949 | 5 | 4 | 0 | |||||||
| 1950 | 1 | 9 | 0 | |||||||
| 1951 | 6 | 5 | 0 | |||||||
| 1952 | 7 | 3 | 0 | |||||||
| 1953 | 3 | 7 | 0 | |||||||
| 1954 | 6 | 4 | 0 | |||||||
| 1955 | 5 | 4 | 1 | |||||||
| 1956 | 5 | 4 | 0 | |||||||
| 1957 | 4 | 5 | 1 | |||||||
| 1958 | 5 | 5 | 0 | |||||||
| 1959 | 3 | 7 | 0 | |||||||
| 1960 | 5 | 5 | 0 | |||||||
| 1961 | 4 | 6 | 0 | |||||||
| 1962 | 5 | 5 | 0 | |||||||
| 1963 | 4 | 6 | 0 | |||||||
| 1964 | 7 | 3 | 0 | |||||||
| 1965 | 5 | 4 | 1 | |||||||
| 1966 | 5 | 5 | 0 | |||||||
| 1967 | 7 | 3 | 0 | |||||||
| 1968 | Harold Wilkes | 9 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| 1969 | 4 | 6 | 0 | |||||||
| 1970 | 3 | 8 | 0 | |||||||
| 1971 | 2 | 9 | 0 | |||||||
| 1972 | 2 | 9 | 0 | |||||||
| 1973 | Joe Morrison | NCAA Division II Independent | 4 | 7 | 0 | |||||
| 1974 | 4 | 7 | 0 | |||||||
| 1975 | 5 | 5 | 1 | |||||||
| 1976 | 6 | 4 | 1 | |||||||
| 1977 | Southern | T–1st | 9 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | — | |
| 1978 | T–1st | 7 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | — | ||
| 1979 | 1st | 9 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | — | ||
| 1980 | Bill Oliver | 2nd | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | — | |
| 1981 | 5th | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | — | ||
| 1982 | 2nd | 7 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | — | ||
| 1983 | 3rd | 7 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | — | ||
| 1984 | Buddy Nix | 1st | 6 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | First Round — Division I-AA Playoffs | |
| 1985 | 3rd | 6 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | — | ||
| 1986 | 6th | 4 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | ||
| 1987 | T–3rd | 6 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | — | ||
| 1988 | 5th | 4 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | — | ||
| 1989 | 5th | 3 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | — | ||
| 1990 | 3rd | 6 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | — | ||
| 1991 | 3rd | 7 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | — | ||
| 1992 | 8th | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | — | ||
| 1993 | Tommy West | 8th | 4 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | — | |
| 1994 | Buddy Green | 8th | 3 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | — | |
| 1995 | T–7th | 4 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | — | ||
| 1996 | T–6th | 3 | 8 | 2 | 6 | — | ||||
| 1997 | 6th | 7 | 4 | 4 | 4 | — | ||||
| 1998 | T5th | 5 | 6 | 4 | 4 | — | ||||
| 1999 | 6th | 5 | 6 | 3 | 5 | — | ||||
| 2000 | Donnie Kirkpatrick | T–6th | 5 | 6 | 3 | 5 | — | |||
| 2001 | 8th | 3 | 8 | 1 | 7 | — | ||||
| 2002 | T–7th | 2 | 10 | 2 | 6 | — | ||||
| 2003 | Rodney Allison | T–6th | 3 | 9 | 3 | 5 | — | |||
| 2004 | T5th | 2 | 9 | 2 | 5 | — | ||||
| 2005 | T5th | 6 | 5 | 3 | 4 | — | ||||
| 2006 | T5th | 3 | 8 | 2 | 5 | — | ||||
| 2007 | 7th | 2 | 9 | 2 | 5 | — | ||||
| 2008 | 9th | 1 | 11 | 0 | 8 | — | ||||
| 2009 | Russ Huesman | 4th | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | — | |||
| 2010 | 3rd | 6 | 5 | 5 | 3 | — | ||||
| 2011 | T–6th | 5 | 6 | 3 | 6 | — | ||||
| 2012 | T–4th | 6 | 5 | 5 | 3 | — | ||||
| 2013 | T–1st | 8 | 4 | 6 | 2 | — | ||||
| 2014 | 1st | 10 | 4 | 7 | 0 | Quarterfinals — Division I FCS Playoffs | ||||
| 2015 | T–1st | 9 | 4 | 6 | 1 | Second Round — Division I FCS Playoffs | ||||
| 2016 | T–2nd | 9 | 4 | 6 | 2 | Second Round — Division I FCS Playoffs | ||||
| 2017 | Tom Arth | 7th | 3 | 8 | 3 | 5 | — | |||
| 2018 | 4th | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | — | ||||
| 2019 | Rusty Wright | 3rd | 6 | 6 | 5 | 3 | — | |||
| 2020 | 3rd | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | — | ||||
| 2021 | 3rd | 6 | 5 | 5 | 3 | — | ||||
| 2022 | 3rd | 7 | 4 | 5 | 3 | — | ||||
| 2023 | T–2nd | 8 | 5 | 6 | 2 | Second Round — Division I FCS Playoffs | ||||
The Mocs have won 15 conference titles, 5 in the SIAA, 3 in the Dixie Conference and 7 in the Southern Conference, with seven shared and eight outright.
| 1926† | 6–2–2 | 4–0–2 | ||
| 1927† | 8–1 | 5–0 | ||
| 8–2 | 8–1 | |||
| 8–2 | 7–0 | |||
| 9–2 | 8–0 | |||
| 9–2 | 4–0 | |||
| 1940† | 7–1–1 | 3–0–1 | ||
| 7–1–1 | 4–0–1 | |||
| 1977† | 9–1–1 | 4–1 | ||
| 1978† | 7–3–1 | 3–1 | ||
| 1979† | 9–2 | 5–1 | ||
| 6–5 | 6–1 | |||
| 2013† | 8–4 | 6–2 | ||
| 10–4 | 7–0 | |||
| 2015† | 9–4 | 6–1 |
The Mocs have made five appearances in the FCS Playoffs, with a combined record of 4–5.
| First Round | L, 10–37 | |||
| Second Round Quarterfinals | W, 35–14 L, 30–35 | |||
| First Round Second Round | W, 50–20 L, 35–41 OT | |||
| First Round Second Round | W, 45–14 L, 36–41 | |||
| First Round Second Round | W, 24–21 L, 7–26 |
The city of Chattanooga hosted the Division I-AA (now FCS) Football Championship 14 times at Finley Stadium from 1997 to 2009.