1983 Chattanooga Moccasins football team

The 1983 Chattanooga Moccasins football team represented the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon) in the 1983 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Moccasins were led by fourth-year head coach Bill Oliver and played their home games at Chamberlain Field. They finished the season 7–4 overall and 5–2 in SoCon play to place third.[1]

1983 Chattanooga Moccasins football
ConferenceSouthern Conference
1983 record7–4 (5–2 SoCon)
Head coach
CaptainGame captains
Home stadiumChamberlain Field
(capacity: 10,501)
1983 Southern Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 2 Furman $^ 6 0 110 2 1
No. 9 Western Carolina ^ 5 0 111 3 1
Chattanooga 5 2 07 4 0
Appalachian State 4 3 06 5 0
Marshall 3 4 04 7 0
VMI 1 5 02 9 0
The Citadel 1 6 03 8 0
East Tennessee State 1 6 03 8 0
Davidson 0 5 02 8 0
  • $ Conference champion
  • ^ NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 3Jacksonville State*W 13–610,254
September 10Arkansas State*
  • Chamberlain Field
  • Chattanooga, TN
L 14–279,721
September 17at Southwestern Louisiana*W 38–1420,157
October 1at Louisiana Tech*L 14–1716,600[2]
October 8at No. 10 Appalachian StateW 30–913,264[3]
October 15The Citadel
  • Chamberlain Field
  • Chattanooga, TN
W 30–910,203
October 22Marshall
  • Chamberlain Field
  • Chattanooga, TN
W 23–167,122
October 29at Western CarolinaNo. 17L 15–259,245
November 5VMI
  • Chamberlain Field
  • Chattanooga, TN
W 23–67,488[4]
November 12at No. 4 FurmanL 14–2810,021[5]
November 19at East Tennessee StateW 13–104,113

References

  1. "1983 Football Schedule". Tennessee at Chattanooga, University of.
  2. "Louisiana Tech comes from behind for initial victory, 17–14". Longview News-Journal. October 2, 1983. Retrieved July 2, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  3. "App. St. blitzed by UT–Chattanooga". Rocky Mount Telegram. October 9, 1983. Retrieved December 2, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  4. "UTC wins". The Daily News-Journal. November 6, 1983. Retrieved February 4, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
  5. "'Heisman-like' Jennings effort rallies Furman past UTC 28–14". The State. November 13, 1983. Retrieved November 30, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
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