1996 Chattanooga Moccasins football team

The 1996 Chattanooga Moccasins football team represented the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon) in the 1996 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Moccasins were led by third-year head coach Buddy Green and played their home games at Chamberlain Field. They finished the season 3–8 overall and 2–6 in SoCon play to tie for sixth place.[1]

1996 Chattanooga Moccasins football
ConferenceSouthern Conference
1996 record3–8 (2–6 SoCon)
Head coach
CaptainJeff Peters, Ron Faugue, Stefan Alston, Tyrone Coleman
Home stadiumChamberlain Field
(capacity: 10,501)
1996 Southern Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 1 Marshall $^  8 0   15 0  
No. T–8 East Tennessee State ^  7 1   10 3  
No. 13 Furman ^  6 2   9 4  
No. 25 Appalachian State  5 3   7 4  
The Citadel  3 5   4 7  
Georgia Southern  2 6   4 7  
VMI  2 6   3 8  
Chattanooga  2 6   3 8  
Western Carolina  1 7   4 7  
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from The Sports Network poll

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
August 31at Colorado State*L 19–6127,171
September 14at Middle Tennessee State*L 9–1613,571
September 21Mississippi Valley State*W 26–72,917
September 28No. 23 Georgia Southern
  • Chamberlain Field
  • Chattanooga, TN
W 23–216,324
October 9at No. 1 MarshallL 0–4522,078
October 19VMI
  • Chamberlain Field
  • Chattanooga, TN
L 14–286,490[2]
October 26at Western CarolinaW 20–610,826
November 2Appalachian State
  • Chamberlain Field
  • Chattanooga, TN
L 6–206,487[3]
November 9at The CitadelL 13–1617,914
November 16East Tennessee State
  • Chamberlain Field
  • Chattanooga, TN
L 24–286,190
November 23at No. 15 FurmanL 21–428,152

References

  1. "1996 Football Schedule". Tennessee at Chattanooga, University of.
  2. "VMI 28, Tenn–Chatt 14". Daily Press. October 20, 1996. Retrieved February 6, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Scott's 2 scores lead Mountaineers". The Charlotte Observer. November 3, 1996. Retrieved November 28, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.