2002 Chattanooga Mocs football team

The 2002 Chattanooga Mocs football team represented the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon) in the 2002 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Mocs were led by third-year head coach Donnie Kirkpatrick and played their home games at Finley Stadium. They finished the season 2–10 overall and 2–6 in SoCon play to tied for seventh place.[1][2]

2002 Chattanooga Mocs football
ConferenceSouthern Conference
2002 record2–10 (2–6 SoCon)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorDonnie Kirkpatrick (5th season)
Defensive coordinatorTim Burke (1st season)
Home stadiumFinley Stadium
(Capacity: 20,668)
2002 Southern Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 3 Georgia Southern $^  7 1   11 3  
No. 14 Wofford  6 2   9 3  
No. 10 Appalachian State ^  6 2   8 4  
No. 9 Furman ^  6 2   8 4  
VMI  3 5   6 6  
Western Carolina  3 5   5 6  
East Tennessee State  2 6   4 8  
Chattanooga  2 6   2 10  
The Citadel  1 7   3 9  
  • $ Conference champion
  • ^ NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network I-AA Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
August 31at West Virginia*L 7–5654,455
September 7Alabama State*
  • Finley Stadium
  • Chattanooga, TN
L 23–417,180
September 14at Tennessee Tech*L 3–138,235
September 21Gardner–Webb*
  • Finley Stadium
  • Chattanooga, TN
L 24–264,317
September 28No. 18 Georgia SouthernL 10–388,566
October 5at No. 20 WoffordL 21–27 OT9,107
October 19VMI
  • Finley Stadium
  • Chattanooga, TN
L 31–355,237
October 26at Western CarolinaL 28–457,021
November 2No. 14 Appalachian State
  • Finley Stadium
  • Chattanooga, TN
L 17–207,139[3]
November 9at The CitadelW 34–3118,818
November 16East Tennessee State
  • Finley Stadium
  • Chattanooga, TN
W 27–103,813
November 23at No. 8 FurmanL 7–357,423

References

  1. "2002 Football Schedule". Tennessee at Chattanooga, University of.
  2. "UTC "Reassigns" Football Coach Donnie Kirkpatrick". The Chattanoogan.
  3. "Win keeps ASU's playoff hopes alive". Asheville Citizen-Times. November 3, 2002. Retrieved December 1, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
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