2017 Chattanooga Mocs football team

The 2017 Chattanooga Mocs football team represented the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga in the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon). The Mocs were led by first-year head coach Tom Arth and played their home games at Finley Stadium in Chattanooga, Tennessee. They finished the season 3–8 overall and 3–5 in SoCon play to tie for sixth place.

2017 Chattanooga Mocs football
ConferenceSouthern Conference
2017 record3–8 (3–5 SoCon)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorJustin Rascati (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorBrandon Staley (1st season)
Home stadiumFinley Stadium
(Capacity: 20,668)
2017 Southern Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 6 Wofford $^  7 1     10 3  
No. 18 Samford ^  6 2     8 4  
No. 19 Furman ^  6 2     8 5  
Western Carolina  5 3     7 5  
Mercer  4 4     5 6  
The Citadel  3 5     5 6  
Chattanooga  3 5     3 8  
East Tennessee State  2 6     4 7  
VMI  0 8     0 11  
  • $ Conference champion
  • ^ FCS playoff participant
Rankings from STATS FCS Poll

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
August 267:00 p.m.vs. No. 6 Jacksonville State*No. 12ESPNL 13–2712,952
September 96:00 p.m.at No. 12 (FBS) LSU*No. 13SECNL 10–4597,289
September 166:00 p.m.UT Martin*No. 15ESPN3L 7–2110,141
September 231:30 p.m.at VMISTADIUMW 63–75,311
September 306:00 p.m.Western Carolina
  • Finley Stadium
  • Chattanooga, TN
ESPN3L 7–4510,101
October 74:00 p.m.Furman
  • Finley Stadium
  • Chattanooga, TN
ESPN3L 17–419,651
October 143:30 p.m.at MercerSTADIUML 10–309,864
October 212:00 p.m.The Citadel
  • Finley Stadium
  • Chattanooga, TN
ESPN3L 14–207,521
October 282:00 p.m.at No. 9 SamfordESPN3W 23–213,523
November 41:30 p.mat No. 8 WoffordESPN3L 21–24 2OT5,012
November 182:00 p.mEast Tennessee State
  • Finley Stadium
  • Chattanooga, TN
ESPN3W 10–38,434
  • *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

vs Jacksonville State

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 6 Gamecocks 10 0 10 7 27
No. 12 Mocs 3 3 0 7 13

at LSU

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 13 Mocs 3 0 0 7 10
No. 12 (FBS) Tigers 14 14 14 3 45

UT Martin

1 2 3 4 Total
Skyhawks 7 7 7 7 28
No. 15 Mocs 0 0 7 0 7

at VMI

1 2 3 4 Total
Mocs 21 21 7 14 63
Keydets 0 7 0 0 7

Western Carolina

1 2 3 4 Total
Mocs 0 0 0 7 7
Catamounts 10 14 14 7 45

Furman

1 2 3 4 Total
Paladins 7 20 7 7 41
Mocs 3 7 0 7 17

at Mercer

1 2 3 4 Total
Mocs 0 3 0 7 10
Bears 0 13 10 7 30

The Citadel

1 2 3 4 Total
Bulldogs 0 7 10 3 20
Mocs 7 7 0 0 14

at Samford

1 2 3 4 Total
Mocs 0 14 6 3 23
No. 9 Bulldogs 7 0 0 14 21

at Wofford

1 2 3 4OT2OT Total
Mocs 3 3 0 870 21
No. 8 Terriers 7 0 0 773 24

East Tennessee State

1 2 3 4 Total
Buccaneers 3 0 0 0 3
Mocs 0 0 10 0 10

Ranking movements

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final 
STATS 12 13 15 RV RV RV NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR 
Coaches 13 14 15 RV RV NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR

References

  1. "2017 Football Schedule". Tennessee at Chattanooga, University of. Retrieved February 14, 2017.
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