2015 Chattanooga Mocs football team

2015 Chattanooga Mocs football

Southern Conference Co–champions
FCS Playoffs Second Round vs Jacksonville State, L 35–41 ^OT
Conference	Southern Conference
Ranking
STATS	No. 9
FCS Coaches	No. 8
2015 record	9–4 (6–1 SoCon)
Head coach	Russ Huesman (7th year)
Offensive coordinator	Jeff Durden
Defensive coordinator	Adam Braithwaite
Home stadium	Finley Stadium (Capacity: 20,668)

2015 Southern Conference football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
#9 Chattanooga +^		6	–	1		9	–	4
#13 The Citadel +^		6	–	1		9	–	4
Western Carolina		5	–	2		7	–	4
Samford		3	–	4		6	–	5
Wofford		3	–	4		5	–	6
Mercer		2	–	5		5	–	6
Furman		2	–	5		4	–	7
VMI		1	–	6		2	–	9

+ – Conference co-champions ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from STATS FCS Poll

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 and alum Russ Huesman and played their home games at Finley Stadium in Chattanooga, Tennessee. They finished the season 9–4, 6–1 in SoCon play to finish in a share for the SoCon title with The Citadel. They earned the SoCon's automatic bid to the FCS 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
September 5	6:00 PM	No. 7 Jacksonville State*	No. 8	Finley Stadium • Chattanooga, TN	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	Seibert Stadium • Homewood, AL	ASN	W 31–21	9,088
September 26	7:00 PM	at Presbyterian*	No. 8	Bailey Memorial Stadium • Clinton, SC	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	Alumni Memorial Field • Lexington, VA	ESPN3	W 33–27	6,104
October 24	1:30 PM	at Wofford	No. 5	Gibbs Stadium • Spartanburg, SC	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	Moye Complex • Macon, GA	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	Doak Campbell Stadium • Tallahassee, FL	ACCRSN	L 13–52	66,412
November 28	1:00 PM	No. 13 Fordham*	No. 7	Finley Stadium • Chattanooga, TN (FCS Playoffs First Round)	ESPN3	W 50–20	4,888
December 5	2:00 PM	at No. 1 Jacksonville State*	No. 7	JSU Stadium • Jacksonville, AL (FCS Playoffs Second Round)	ESPN3	L 35–41 ^OT	21,452
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from STATS FCS Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Schedule source:^[1]

Game summaries

Jacksonville State

	1	2	3	4	Total
#7 Jacksonville State	3	7	3	10	23
#8 Mocs	10	0	3	7	20

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
26–12	2014	L 23–26 ^OT

Mars Hill

	1	2	3	4	Total
Mountain Lions	7	14	0	13	34
#12 Mocs	7	14	14	9	44

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

at Samford

	1	2	3	4	Total
#10 Mocs	7	17	0	7	31
Bulldogs	14	0	0	7	21

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
27–10–3	2014	W 38–24

at Presbyterian

	1	2	3	4	Total
#8 Mocs	7	7	0	7	21
Blue Hose	0	0	0	0	0

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
4–2	2009	W 29–13

Furman

	1	2	3	4	Total
Paladins	3	0	0	0	3
#6 Mocs	0	21	3	7	31

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
17–27	2014	W 45–19

at VMI

	1	2	3	4	Total
#6 Mocs	3	17	3	10	33
Keydets	7	14	0	6	27

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
13–7–1	2014	W 55–7

at Wofford

	1	2	3	4	Total
#5 Mocs	7	0	10	3	20
Terriers	0	9	0	8	17

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
10–11	2014	W 31–13

Western Carolina

	1	2	3	4	Total
Catamounts	6	0	7	0	13
#4 Mocs	14	21	3	3	41

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
25–16	2014	W 51–0

at Mercer

	1	2	3	4	Total
#3 Mocs	0	7	0	7	14
Bears	7	3	7	0	17

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
18–6–1	2014	W 38–31

The Citadel

	1	2	3	4	Total
#21 Bulldogs	0	0	14	9	23
#8 Mocs	14	7	3	7	31

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
30–17–2	2014	W 34–14

at Florida State

	1	2	3	4	Total
#8 Mocs	3	3	0	7	13
#16 (FBS) Seminoles	7	17	21	7	52

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–2	2002	L 7–46

FCS Playoffs

First Round–Fordham

	1	2	3	4	Total
#13 Rams	0	0	14	6	20
#7 Mocs	21	10	10	9	50

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

Second Round–at Jacksonville State

	1	2	3	4	OT	Total
#7 Mocs	7	7	7	14	0	35
#1 Gamecocks	0	21	7	7	6	41

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
26–13	9/5/2015	L 20–23

Ranking movements

Main article: 2015 NCAA Division I FCS football rankings

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. ( ) = First place votes.
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
STATS	8	10	10	8	8	6	6	5	4	3	8	8	7	9
Coaches	8	12	12	9	8	6	6	5	4	3	9	9	8	8

References

↑ "Football - Schedule". University of Tennessee–Chattanooga Department of Athletics. Retrieved April 20, 2015.

Chattanooga Mocs football

Venues	Chamberlain Field (1908–1996) Finley Stadium (1997–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games

Culture & lore	Scrappy Moc "Fight Chattanooga" "Chattanooga Choo Choo" Marching Mocs Chief Moccanooga

People	Head coaches NFL draftees

Seasons	1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Southern Conference football champions

Pre-SEC	Vanderbilt, Georgia Tech & North Carolina (1922) Vanderbilt & Washington and Lee (1923) Alabama (1924) Alabama & Tulane (1925) Alabama (1926) Georgia Tech, Tennessee, & NC State (1927) Georgia Tech (1928) Tulane (1929) Alabama & Tulane (1930) Tulane (1931) Tennessee & Auburn & LSU (1932)

Pre-ACC	Duke (1933) Washington and Lee (1934) Duke (1935) Duke (1936) Maryland (1937) Duke (1938) Duke (1939) Clemson (1940) Duke (1941) William & Mary (1942) Duke (1943) Duke (1944) Duke (1945) North Carolina (1946) William & Mary (1947) Clemson (1948) North Carolina (1949) Washington and Lee (1950) Maryland & VMI (1951) Duke (1952)

Post-ACC	West Virginia (1953) West Virginia (1954) West Virginia (1955) West Virginia (1956) VMI (1957) West Virginia (1958) VMI (1959) VMI (1960) The Citadel (1961) VMI (1962) VPI (1963) West Virginia (1964) West Virginia (1965) East Carolina & William & Mary (1966) West Virginia (1967) Richmond (1968) Davidson & Richmond (1969) William & Mary (1970) Richmond (1971) East Carolina (1972) East Carolina (1973) VMI (1974) Richmond (1975) East Carolina (1976) Chattanooga & VMI (1977) Chattanooga & Furman (1978) Chattanooga (1979) Furman (1980) Furman (1981)

I-AA/FCS	Furman (1982) Furman (1983) Chattanooga (1984) Furman (1985) Appalachian State (1986) Appalachian State (1987) Furman & Marshall (1988) Furman (1989) Furman (1990) Appalachian State (1991) The Citadel (1992) Georgia Southern (1993) Marshall (1994) Appalachian State (1995) Marshall (1996) Georgia Southern (1997) Georgia Southern (1998) Appalachian State, Furman, & Georgia Southern (1999) Georgia Southern (2000) Furman & Georgia Southern (2001) Georgia Southern (2002) Wofford (2003) Furman & Georgia Southern (2004) Appalachian State (2005) Appalachian State (2006) Appalachian State & Wofford (2007) Appalachian State (2008) Appalachian State (2009) Appalachian State & Wofford (2010) Georgia Southern (2011) Appalachian State, Georgia Southern, & Wofford (2012) Chattanooga, Furman, & Samford (2013) Chattanooga (2014) Chattanooga & The Citadel (2015) The Citadel (2016)

National championships in bold

2015 NCAA Division I FCS playoff participants

Charleston Southern Chattanooga The Citadel Coastal Carolina Colgate Dayton Duquesne Eastern Illinois Fordham Illinois State Jacksonville State James Madison McNeese State Montana New Hampshire North Dakota State Northern Iowa Portland State Richmond Sam Houston State South Dakota State Southern Utah Western Illinois William & Mary

Champion – North Dakota State

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