1988 Chattanooga Moccasins football team

1988 Southern Conference football standings
	+ – Conference co-champions; ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant; Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA poll

1988 Chattanooga Moccasins football
1988 Chattanooga Moccasins football
Conference	Southern Conference
1988 record	4–7 (3–3 SoCon)
Head coach	Buddy Nix (5th season);
Captain	Tony Bowick, Travis McNeal
Home stadium	Chamberlain Field; (capacity: 10,501)
	Seasons ← 1987 1989 →

The 1988 Chattanooga Moccasins football team represented the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon) in the 1988 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Moccasins were led by fifth-year head coach Buddy Nix and played their home games at Chamberlain Field. They finished the season 4–7, overall and 3–3 in SoCon play to place third.^[1]

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 3	at Tulane*	Louisiana Superdome New Orleans, LA	L 19–33	21,777
September 10	at Georgia Tech*	Bobby Dodd Stadium Atlanta, GA	L 10–24	22,720
September 17	No. 6 Georgia Southern*	Chamberlain Field Chattanooga, TN	L 3–13	8,717
September 24	at Tennessee Tech*	Tucker Stadium Cookeville, TN	W 41–0	2,989
October 1	East Tennessee State	Chamberlain Field Chattanooga, TN	W 33–10	8,301
October 8	Western Carolina	Chamberlain Field Chattanooga, TN	W 19–14	6,008
October 15	at The Citadel	Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, SC	L 17–23	16,457
October 22	at No. 3 Marshall	Fairfield Stadium Huntington, WV	L 7–38	13,298
October 29	vs. Western Kentucky*	Houchens Industries–L. T. Smith Stadium Bowling Green, KY	L 29–31	18,200
November 5	at No. 10 Furman	Chamberlain Field Chattanooga, TN	L 7–10	4,105
November 12	No. 16 Appalachian State	Chamberlain Field Chattanooga, TN	W 28–24	4,212	^[2]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee Poll released prior to the game

^ "1988 Football Schedule". Tennessee at Chattanooga, University of.
^ "Moccasins clinch SC victory over Appy State". Kingsport Times-News. November 13, 1988. Retrieved November 18, 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

1988 Southern Conference football standings
v t	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 4 Furman +^	6	–	1	–	0	13	–	2	–	0
No. 6 Marshall +^	6	–	1	–	0	11	–	2	–	0
No. 14 The Citadel ^	5	–	2	–	0	8	–	4	–	0
Appalachian State	4	–	3	–	0	6	–	4	–	1
Chattanooga	3	–	3	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
VMI	1	–	5	–	0	2	–	9	–	0
East Tennessee State	1	–	6	–	0	2	–	9	–	0
Western Carolina	1	–	6	–	0	2	–	9	–	0

+ – Conference co-champions ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA poll