1978 Chattanooga Moccasins football team
| 1978 Chattanooga Moccasins football | |
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SoCon co-champion | |
| Conference | Southern Conference |
| 1978 record | 7–3–1 (3–1 SoCon) |
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| Captain | Game captains |
| Home stadium | Chamberlain Field (capacity: 10,501) |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Furman + | 4 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chattanooga + | 3 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Appalachian State | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Western Carolina | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The Citadel | 2 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| VMI | 0 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Marshall | 0 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 10 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1978 Chattanooga Moccasins football team represented the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga in the 1978 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Moccasins were led by first-year head coach Joe Morrison and played their home games at Charmerlain Field. They finished the season 7–3–1 overall and 3–1 in Southern Conference (SoCon) play to finish tied for first place.[1]
Schedule[]
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 9 | at Western Kentucky* |
| W 42–15 | 13,500 | |
| September 16 | at Louisiana Tech* |
| W 12–7 | 14,212 | [2] |
| September 23 | at Marshall |
| W 27–23 | ||
| September 30 | at Middle Tennessee State* |
| T 14–14 | ||
| October 7 | Appalachian State |
| W 72–14 | 10,501 | [3] |
| October 14 | Jacksonville State* |
| W 28–21 | ||
| October 21 | at Furman |
| W 13–9 | 7,618 | [4] |
| October 28 | McNeese State* |
| L 24–28 | ||
| November 4 | Western Carolina |
| L 21–31 | ||
| November 11 | Richmond |
| W 30–3 | ||
| November 18 | at Tennessee State* |
| L 23–27 | ||
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References[]
- ^ "1978 Football Schedule". Tennessee at Chattanooga, University of.
- ^ "Chattanooga stumps Tech for first time". The Shreveport Times. September 17, 1978. Retrieved July 1, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Appalachian trounced 72–14". The Charlotte Observer. October 8, 1978. Retrieved December 3, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Moccasins sneak past Paladins". The Greenville News. October 22, 1978. Retrieved December 3, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
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- 1978 Southern Conference football season
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