1996 Chattanooga Moccasins football team

1996 Southern Conference football standings
	$ – Conference champion; Rankings from The Sports Network poll

1996 Chattanooga Moccasins football
1996 Chattanooga Moccasins football
Conference	Southern Conference
1996 record	3–8 (2–6 SoCon)
Head coach	Buddy Green (3rd season);
Captain	Jeff Peters, Ron Faugue, Stefan Alston, Tyrone Coleman
Home stadium	Chamberlain Field; (capacity: 10,501)
	Seasons ← 1995 1997 →

The 1996 Chattanooga Moccasins football team represented the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon) in the 1996 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Moccasins were led by third-year head coach Buddy Green and played their home games at Chamberlain Field. They finished the season 3–8 overall and 2–6 in SoCon play to tie for sixth place.^[1]

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
August 31	at Colorado State*	Hughes Stadium Fort Collins, CO	L 19–61	27,171
September 14	at Middle Tennessee State*	Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium Murfreesboro, TN	L 9–16	13,571
September 21	Mississippi Valley State*	Chamberlain Field Chattanooga, TN	W 26–7	2,917
September 28	No. 23 Georgia Southern	Chamberlain Field Chattanooga, TN	W 23–21	6,324
October 9	at No. 1 Marshall	Marshall University Stadium Huntington, WV	L 0–45	22,078
October 19	VMI	Chamberlain Field Chattanooga, TN	L 14–28	6,490
October 26	at Western Carolina	Whitmire Stadium Cullowhee, NC	W 20–6	10,826
November 2	Appalachian State	Chamberlain Field Chattanooga, TN	L 6–20	6,487	^[2]
November 9	at The Citadel	Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, SC	L 13–16	17,914
November 16	East Tennessee State	Chamberlain Field Chattanooga, TN	L 24–28	6,190
November 23	at No. 15 Furman	Paladin Stadium Greenville, SC	L 21–42	8,152
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from The Sports Network Poll released prior to the game

^ "1996 Football Schedule". Tennessee at Chattanooga, University of.
^ "Scott's 2 scores lead Mountaineers". The Charlotte Observer. November 3, 1996. Retrieved November 28, 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

1996 Southern Conference football standings
v t	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
No. 1 Marshall $^		8	–	0		15	–	0
No. T–8 East Tennessee State ^		7	–	1		10	–	3
No. 13 Furman ^		6	–	2		9	–	4
No. 25 Appalachian State		5	–	3		7	–	4
The Citadel		3	–	5		4	–	7
Georgia Southern		2	–	6		4	–	7
VMI		2	–	6		3	–	8
Chattanooga		2	–	6		3	–	8
Western Carolina		1	–	7		4	–	7

$ – Conference champion Rankings from The Sports Network poll