1984 Chattanooga Moccasins football team

1984 Chattanooga Moccasins football
SoCon champion
ConferenceSouthern Conference
Record6–5 (5–1 SoCon)
Head coach
Captains
  • Artis Edwards
  • Bob Standifer
Home stadiumChamberlain Field
1984 Southern Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 17 Chattanooga $^5–1–06–5–0
No. 14 Western Carolina5–2–08–3–0
The Citadel4–2–07–4–0
No. 16 Furman3–3–08–3–0
East Tennessee State2–4–06–5–0
Marshall2–4–06–5–0
Appalachian State2–5–04–7–0
VMI1–4–01–9–0
Davidson0–2–02–8–0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee poll

The 1984 Chattanooga Moccasins football team represented the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon) in the 1984 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Moccasins were led by first-year head coach Buddy Nix and played their home games at Chamberlain Field. They finished the season 6–5 overall and won the SoCon title with 5–1 mark.[1]

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 1Southwestern Louisiana*W 9–79,438[2]
September 8Arkansas State*
  • Chamberlain Field
  • Chattanooga, TN
L 0–168,882[3]
September 15Western Carolina
  • Chamberlain Field
  • Chattanooga, TN
W 10–68,239[4]
September 29No. 1 FurmanNo. 20
  • Chamberlain Field
  • Chattanooga, TN
W 21–1410,038[5]
October 6East Tennessee StatedaggerNo. 8
  • Chamberlain Field
  • Chattanooga, TN
L 0–129,103[6]
October 13at No. 17 Georgia Southern*No. 20L 17–249,087[7]
October 20at VMIW 35–06,300[8]
October 27at MarshallW 17–1312,211[9]
November 10Appalachian State
  • Chamberlain Field
  • Chattanooga, TN
W 21–203,620[10]
November 17at No. 17 (I-A) Florida State*No. 19L 0–3755,443[11]
November 24at No. 10 Arkansas State*No. 17L 10–3710,872[12]

References

  1. ↑ "1984 Football Schedule". Tennessee at Chattanooga, University of.
  2. ↑ "USL Ragin' Cajuns lose tough one". The Daily Advertiser. September 2, 1984. Retrieved November 15, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ "Arkansas St. triumphs, 16–0". The Shreveport Times. September 9, 1984. Retrieved October 8, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ "UT–Chattanooga beats WCU". News and Record. September 16, 1984. Retrieved November 15, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ "UTC upsets Furman, 21–14". The Times and Democrat. September 30, 1984. Retrieved September 18, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ "Bucs kick Mocs 12–0". Kingsport Times-News. October 7, 1984. Retrieved November 15, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ "Ham leads Georgia Southern past UT–Chattanooga 24–17". The Atlanta Journal & Constitution. October 14, 1984. Retrieved November 15, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ "Tenn–Chatt 35, VMI 0". The Commercial Appeal. October 21, 1984. Retrieved February 4, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ↑ "UT–Chattanooga edges Marshall". The Asheville Citizen-Times. October 28, 1984. Retrieved November 15, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ↑ "Mocs survive scares to clinch tie for title". Johnson City Press-Chronicle. November 11, 1984. Retrieved December 2, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ↑ "'Goliath' FSU crushes Moccasins". Pensacola News Journal. November 18, 1984. Retrieved November 15, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ↑ "Indians repeat number on Mocs". The Commercial Appeal. November 25, 1984. Retrieved October 8, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.