1986 Chattanooga Moccasins football team

1986 Chattanooga Moccasins football
ConferenceSouthern Conference
Record4–7 (2–4 SoCon)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorJoe D'Alessandris (1st season)
Captains
  • Tim Couch
  • Spanky Thomas
Home stadiumChamberlain Field
1986 Southern Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 6 Appalachian State $^ 6 – 0 – 1 9 – 2 – 1
Western Carolina 5 – 2 – 0 6 – 5 – 0
No. 15 Furman ^ 4 – 2 – 1 7 – 3 – 2
East Tennessee State 4 – 3 – 0 6 – 5 – 0
Marshall 3 – 3 – 0 6 – 4 – 1
2 – 4 – 0 4 – 7 – 0
VMI 1 – 5 – 0 1 – 10 – 0
The Citadel 0 – 6 – 0 3 – 8 – 0
Davidson 0 – 4 – 0 0 – 9 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee poll

The 1986 Chattanooga Moccasins football team represented the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon) in the 1986 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Moccasins were led by third-year head coach Buddy Nix and played their home games at Chamberlain Field. They finished the season 4–7 overall 2–4 in SoCon play to place in sixth.[1]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 6at No. 14 (I-A) Auburn*
L 14–4258,000[2]
September 13at No. 13 Eastern Kentucky*
L 3–2314,400[3]
September 20Tennessee Tech*
W 33–39,487[4]
September 27at No. 4 Georgia Southern*
L 14–3415,235[5]
October 11No. 6 Appalachian State
  • Chamberlain Field
  • Chattanooga, TN
L 15–209,044[6]
October 18at The Citadel
W 42–710,584[7]
October 25East Tennessee State
  • Chamberlain Field
  • Chattanooga, TN
L 17–183,127[8]
November 1at No. 20 Marshall
L 20–4111,011[9]
November 8Western Carolina
  • Chamberlain Field
  • Chattanooga, TN
W 34–76,063[10]
November 15Furman
  • Chamberlain Field
  • Chattanooga, TN
L 10–217,127[11]
November 22at Western Kentucky*
W 21–174,000[12]

References

  1. ^ "1986 Football Schedule". Tennessee at Chattanooga, University of.
  2. ^ "Auburn passes year's 1st test". The Montgomery Advertiser. September 7, 1986. Retrieved November 11, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Eastern rips Chattanooga, conjuring thoughts of Auburn". The Courier-Journal. September 14, 1986. Retrieved March 23, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "UTC rips Tech 33–3 behind Couch effort". The Tennessean. September 21, 1986. Retrieved December 3, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Georgia Southern wins easily over Tennessee–Chattanooga". The Idaho Statesman. September 28, 1986. Retrieved December 3, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Settle leads Appalachian State to win". The Herald. October 12, 1986. Retrieved November 17, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Moccasins roll past The Citadel, 42–7". The Herald. October 19, 1986. Retrieved December 3, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Bucs get past UT–C 18–17". Bristol Herald Courier. October 26, 1986. Retrieved December 3, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Barber sets Herd reception record in rout of Mocs". Johnson City Press. November 2, 1986. Retrieved December 3, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Moccasins end Cats' title hopes, 34–7". Asheville Citizen-Times. November 9, 1986. Retrieved December 3, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Furman's Bell strikes Mocs". Anderson Independent-Mail. November 16, 1986. Retrieved September 18, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "Mocs' rally stops WKU 21–17". The Tennessean. November 23, 1986. Retrieved December 3, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
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