2018 Chattanooga Mocs football team

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.

2018 Chattanooga Mocs football
ConferenceSouthern Conference
2018 record6–5 (4–4 SoCon)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorJustin Rascati (2nd season)
Defensive coordinatorBrandon Staley (2nd season)
Home stadiumFinley Stadium
(Capacity: 20,668)
2018 Southern Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
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  
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant
Rankings from STATS FCS Poll

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.

Previous season

The Mocs finished the 2017 season 3–8, 3–5 in SoCon play to finish in a tie for sixth place.

Preseason

Preseason media poll

The 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]

Media poll
Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1Samford204 (20)
2Furman174 (2)
3Wofford163 (1)
4Mercer133
5Western Carolina114
6Chattanooga88
7The Citadel83
8East Tennessee State53
9VMI23
Coaches poll
Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1Samford63 (7)
2Wofford53 (1)
3Furman52 (1)
4Western Carolina39
5Chattanooga34
6Mercer32
7The Citadel28
8East Tennessee State15
9VMI8

Preseason All-SoCon Teams

The Mocs placed six players on the preseason all-SoCon teams.

Schedule
DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
August 307:00 p.m.Tennessee Tech*
ESPN3W 34–109,020
September 86:00 p.m.at The Citadel
ESPN+W 29–28 OT8,076
September 154:00 p.m.at UT Martin*
ESPN+W 34–244,414
September 227:00 p.m.No. 17 Samford
  • Finley Stadium
  • Chattanooga, TN
ESPN+W 27–2010,469
September 297:30 p.m.at East Tennessee StateNo. 20
ESPN+L 14–179,277
October 63:00 p.m.No. 7 Wofford
  • Finley Stadium
  • Chattanooga, TN
ESPN+L 10–218,010
October 133:30 p.m.at Western Carolina
ESPN+W 26–67,362
October 273:00 p.m.VMI
  • Finley Stadium
  • Chattanooga, TN
ESPN+W 34–278,201
November 31:00 p.m.at Furman
ESPN3L 10–164,332
November 101:00 p.m.Mercer
  • Finley Stadium
  • Chattanooga, TN
ESPN+L 9–138,014
November 177:30 p.m.at South Carolina*
SECN AlternateL 9–4972,832
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

[4]

Game summaries

Tennessee Tech
1 2 3 4 Total
Golden Eagles 0 7 3 0 10
Mocs 6 7 21 0 34
See also: 2018 Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles football team

at The Citadel
1 2 3 4OT Total
Mocs 14 7 0 08 29
Bulldogs 0 14 7 07 28
See also: 2018 The Citadel Bulldogs football team

at UT Martin
1 2 3 4 Total
Mocs 10 10 7 7 34
Skyhawks 0 7 0 17 24
See also: 2018 UT Martin Skyhawks football team

Samford
1 2 3 4 Total
No. 17 Bulldogs 0 10 3 7 20
Mocs 10 7 7 3 27
See also: 2018 Samford Bulldogs football team

at East Tennessee State
1 2 3 4 Total
No. 20 Mocs 0 0 0 14 14
Buccaneers 14 3 0 0 17
See also: 2018 East Tennessee State Buccaneers football team

Wofford
1 2 3 4 Total
No. 7 Terriers 7 7 0 7 21
Mocs 10 0 0 0 10
See also: 2018 Wofford Terriers football team

at Western Carolina
1 2 3 4 Total
Mocs 9 10 7 0 26
Catamounts 0 3 0 3 6
See also: 2018 Western Carolina Catamounts football team

VMI
1 2 3 4 Total
Keydets 14 7 0 6 27
Mocs 7 14 6 7 34
See also: 2018 VMI Keydets football team

at Furman
1 2 3 4 Total
Mocs 0 0 3 7 10
Paladins 7 6 0 3 16
See also: 2018 Furman Paladins football team

Mercer
1 2 3 4 Total
Bears 0 0 0 13 13
Mocs 0 0 3 6 9
See also: 2018 Mercer Bears football team

at South Carolina
1 2 3 4 Total
Mocs 0 3 0 6 9
Gamecocks 14 14 7 14 49
See also: 2018 South Carolina Gamecocks football team

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 FCS NR RV RV RV 20 RV RV RV RV RV RV RV NR  
Coaches NR NR NR RV 24 RV RV RV RV RV RV RV NR

References
  1. http://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/25535870/akron-zips-hiring-tom-arth-chattanooga-mocs-head-football-coach
  2. http://www.soconsports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=21895&SPID=1781&DB_LANG=C&ATCLID=211735859&DB_OEM_ID=4000
  3. http://www.soconsports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=21895&SPID=1781&DB_LANG=C&ATCLID=211735863&DB_OEM_ID=4000
  4. "2018 Football Schedule". Tennessee at Chattanooga, University of. Retrieved May 20, 2018.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.