1983 Chattanooga Moccasins football team

1983 Southern Conference football standings
	$ – Conference champion; ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant;

1983 Chattanooga Moccasins football
1983 Chattanooga Moccasins football
Conference	Southern Conference
1983 record	7–4 (5–2 SoCon)
Head coach	Bill Oliver (4th season);
Captain	Game captains
Home stadium	Chamberlain Field; (capacity: 10,501)
	Seasons ← 1982 1984 →

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]

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 3	Jacksonville State*		Chamberlain Field Chattanooga, TN	W 13–6	10,254
September 10	Arkansas State*		Chamberlain Field Chattanooga, TN	L 14–27	9,721
September 17	at Southwestern Louisiana*		Cajun Field Lafayette, LA	W 38–14	20,157
October 1	at Louisiana Tech*		Joe Aillet Stadium Ruston, LA	L 14–17	16,600	^[2]
October 8	at No. 10 Appalachian State		Conrad Stadium Boone, NC	W 30–9	13,264	^[3]
October 15	The Citadel		Chamberlain Field Chattanooga, TN	W 30–9	10,203
October 22	Marshall		Chamberlain Field Chattanooga, TN	W 23–16	7,122
October 29	at Western Carolina	No. 17	Whitmire Stadium Cullowhee, NC	L 15–25	9,245
November 5	VMI		Chamberlain Field Chattanooga, TN	W 23–6	7,488
November 12	at No. 4 Furman		Paladin Stadium Greenville, SC	L 14–28	10,021	^[4]
November 19	at East Tennessee State		Memorial Center Johnson City, TN	W 13–10	4,113
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee Poll released prior to the game

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

v t Chattanooga Mocs football
Venues	Chamberlain Field (1908–1997) Finley Stadium (1997–present)
Bowls & rivalries
Culture & lore	Scrappy Moc "" "Chattanooga Choo Choo" Marching Mocs Chief Moccanooga
People	Head coaches NFL draftees
Seasons	1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021

1983 Southern Conference football standings
v t	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 2 Furman $^	6	–	0	–	1	10	–	2	–	1
No. 9 Western Carolina ^	5	–	0	–	1	11	–	3	–	1
Chattanooga	5	–	2	–	0	7	–	4	–	0
Appalachian State	4	–	3	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
Marshall	3	–	4	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
VMI	1	–	5	–	0	2	–	9	–	0
The Citadel	1	–	6	–	0	3	–	8	–	0
East Tennessee State	1	–	6	–	0	3	–	8	–	0
Davidson	0	–	5	–	0	2	–	8	–	0

$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant