American college football season
2015 Chattanooga Mocs football Conference Southern Conference STATS No. 9 FCS Coaches No. 8 2015 record 9–4 (6–1 SoCon) Head coach Russ Huesman (7th season)Offensive coordinator Jeff Durden (3rd season) Defensive coordinator Adam Braithwaite (3rd season) Home stadium Finley Stadium Seasons
2015 Southern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team
W
L
W
L
No. 9 Chattanooga +^
6
–
1
9
–
4
No. 13 The Citadel +^
6
–
1
9
–
4
Western Carolina
5
–
2
7
–
4
Samford
3
–
4
6
–
5
Wofford
3
–
4
5
–
6
Mercer
2
–
5
5
–
6
Furman
2
–
5
4
–
7
VMI
1
–
6
2
–
9
+ – Conference co-champions ^ – FCS playoff participant STATS FCS Poll
The 2015 Chattanooga Mocs football team represented the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga in the 2015 NCAA Division I FCS football season as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon). The Mocs were led by seventh-year head coach Russ Huesman and played their home games at Finley Stadium in Chattanooga, Tennessee . They finished the season 9–4 overall and 6–1 in SoCon play to share for the SoCon title with The Citadel . Chattanooga earned the SoCon's automatic bid to the NCAA Division I Football Championship playoffs, where they defeated Fordham in the first round before losing in the second round to Jacksonville State .
Schedule [ ] Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance September 5 6:00 pm No. 7 Jacksonville State * No. 8 Finley Stadium Chattanooga, TN SDN L 20–2315,812 September 12 1:00 pm Mars Hill * No. 12 Finley Stadium Chattanooga, TN SDN W 44–349,491 September 19 2:30 pm at Samford No. 10 Seibert Stadium Homewood, AL ASN W 31–219,088 September 26 7:00 pm at Presbyterian * No. 8 Bailey Memorial Stadium Clinton, SC BSN W 21–03,582 October 10 1:00 pm Furman No. 6 Finley Stadium Chattanooga, TN ESPN3 W 31–37,630 October 17 1:30 pm at VMI No. 6 Alumni Memorial Field Lexington, VA ESPN3 W 33–276,104 October 24 1:30 pm at Wofford No. 5 Gibbs Stadium Spartanburg, SC SDN W 20–178,713 October 31 2:00 pm Western Carolina No. 4 Finley Stadium Chattanooga, TN ESPN3 W 41–1311,495 November 7 4:00 pm at Mercer No. 3 ESPN3 L 14–179,527 November 14 2:00 pm No. 21 The Citadel No. 8 Finley Stadium Chattanooga, TN SDN W 31–2311,594 November 21 3:00 pm at No. 16 (FBS ) Florida State * No. 8 ACCRSN L 13–5266,412 November 28 1:00 pm No. 13 Fordham * No. 7 Finley Stadium Chattanooga, TN (NCAA Division I First Round ) ESPN3 W 50–204,888 December 5 2:00 pm at No. 1 Jacksonville State* No. 7 JSU Stadium Jacksonville, AL (NCAA Division I Second Round)ESPN3 L 35–41 OT 21,452 *Non-conference game Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time
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Game summaries [ ] Jacksonville State [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
#7 Jacksonville State
3
7
3
10
23
#8 Mocs
10
0
3
7
20
See also: 2015 Jacksonville State Gamecocks football team
Mars Hill [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Mountain Lions
7
14
0
13
34
#12 Mocs
7
14
14
9
44
at Samford [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
#10 Mocs
7
17
0
7
31
Bulldogs
14
0
0
7
21
at Presbyterian [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
#8 Mocs
7
7
0
7
21
Blue Hose
0
0
0
0
0
Furman [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Paladins
3
0
0
0
3
#6 Mocs
0
21
3
7
31
at VMI [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
#6 Mocs
3
17
3
10
33
Keydets
7
14
0
6
27
See also: 2015 VMI Keydets football team
at Wofford [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
#5 Mocs
7
0
10
3
20
Terriers
0
9
0
8
17
Western Carolina [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Catamounts
6
0
7
0
13
#4 Mocs
14
21
3
3
41
at Mercer [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
#3 Mocs
0
7
0
7
14
Bears
7
3
7
0
17
The Citadel [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
#21 Bulldogs
0
0
14
9
23
#8 Mocs
14
7
3
7
31
See also: 2015 The Citadel Bulldogs football team
at Florida State [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
#8 Mocs
3
3
0
7
13
#16 (FBS) Seminoles
7
17
21
7
52
FCS playoffs [ ] First Round–Fordham [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
#13 Rams
0
0
14
6
20
#7 Mocs
21
10
10
9
50
Second Round–at Jacksonville State [ ]
1
2
3
4 OT
Total
#7 Mocs
7
7
7
14 0
35
#1 Gamecocks
0
21
7
7 6
41
See also: 2015 Jacksonville State Gamecocks football team
Ranking movements [ ]
Ranking movementsLegend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
Week
Poll
Pre
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
STATS
8
10
10
8
8
6
6
5
4
3
8
8
7
9
Coaches
8
12
12
9
8
6
6
5
4
3
9
9
8
8
References [ ]
^ "Football - Schedule" . University of Tennessee–Chattanooga Department of Athletics. Retrieved April 20, 2015 .
Venues Bowls & rivalries Culture & lore People Seasons
Pre-SEC Pre-ACC Post-ACC I-AA/FCS National championships in bold
2015 NCAA Division I FCS playoff participants
