1980 Chattanooga Moccasins football team
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Conference | Southern Conference |
1980 record | 8–3 (5–2 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 $ | 7 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 1 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chattanooga | 5 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Appalachian State | 4 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Citadel | 3 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Western Carolina | 2 | – | 4 | – | 1 | 3 | – | 7 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
VMI | 1 | – | 4 | – | 1 | 3 | – | 7 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
East Tennessee State | 1 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Marshall | 0 | – | 5 | – | 1 | 2 | – | 8 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1980 Chattanooga Moccasins football team represented the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon) in the 1980 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Moccasins were led by first-year head coach Bill Oliver and played their home games at Chamberlain Field. They finished the season 8–3 overall and 5–2 in SoCon play to place second.[1]
Schedule[]
Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 6 | at Jacksonville State* |
| W 16–13 | ||
September 13 | at Middle Tennessee State* | W 32–7 | |||
September 20 | Appalachian State |
| W 14–7 | 11,000 | [2] |
September 27 | The Citadel | L 13–29 | 18,345 | ||
October 4 | Furman |
| L 28–42 | 11,000 | [3] |
October 11 | at VMI | W 55–10 | |||
October 18 | at Marshall | W 21–11 | |||
October 25 | East Tennessee State![]() |
| W 26–14 | ||
November 8 | Western Carolina |
| W 39–14 | ||
November 15 | Illinois State* | W 27–17 | 5,200 | [4] | |
November 22 | at Vanderbilt* | L 29–31 | |||
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References[]
- ^ "1980 Football Schedule". Tennessee at Chattanooga, University of.
- ^ "Durden running leads UTC win". The Tennessean. September 21, 1980. Retrieved December 3, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Furman romps". The Charlotte Observer. October 5, 1980. Retrieved November 30, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Chattanooga tips Redbirds, 27-19". The Pantagraph. November 16, 1980. p. B3. Retrieved December 18, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
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