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American college football season
The 2016 Chattanooga Mocs football team represented the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga in the 2016 NCAA Division I FCS football season as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon). The Mocs were led by eighth-year head coach Russ Huesman and played their home games at Finley Stadium in Chattanooga, Tennessee . They finished the season 9–4 overall and 6–2 in SoCon play to tie for second place. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Division I Football Championship playoffs, where they defeated Weber State in the first round before losing to Sam Houston State in the second round.
Schedule [ ]
Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance September 1 7:00 pm Shorter * No. 6 SDN W 66–09,588
September 10 2:00 pm Presbyterian * No. 6 Finley Stadium Chattanooga, TN SDN W 34–08,370
September 17 7:00 pm at Furman No. 6 ESPN3 W 21–145,347
September 24 2:00 pm Samford No. 5 Finley Stadium Chattanooga, TN SDN W 41–218,714
October 1 12:00 pm at East Tennessee State No. 5 SDN W 37–77,411
October 8 4:00 pm Mercer No. 5 Finley Stadium Chattanooga, TN SDN W 52–3111,039
October 15 3:00 pm at No. 8 The Citadel No. 5 FSN L 14–2214,590
October 22 2:00 pm VMI No. 11 Finley Stadium Chattanooga, TN SDN W 30–1310,505
October 29 3:30 pm at Western Carolina No. 10 SDN W 38–2510,760
November 12 2:00 pm Wofford No. 7 Finley Stadium Chattanooga, TN SDN L 28–368,750
November 19 7:00 pm at No. 1 (FBS ) Alabama * No. 12 ESPN2 L 3–31101,821
November 26 2:00 pm No. 25 Weber State * No. 11 Finley Stadium Chattanooga, TN (FCS Playoffs First Round ) ESPN3 W 45–145,238
December 3 3:00 pm at No. 1 Sam Houston State * No. 11 ESPN3 L 36–414,897
*Non-conference game Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time
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Game summaries [ ]
Shorter [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Hawks
0
0
0
0
0
#6 Mocs
24
21
14
7
66
at Presbyterian [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Blue Hose
0
0
0
0
0
#6 Mocs
7
13
14
0
34
at Furman [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
#6 Mocs
0
7
14
0
21
Paladins
0
0
0
14
14
Samford [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Bulldogs
0
7
7
7
21
#5 Mocs
7
14
10
10
41
at East Tennessee State [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
#5 Mocs
3
14
14
6
37
Buccaneers
0
0
0
7
7
Mercer [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Bears
3
0
14
14
31
#5 Mocs
14
24
14
0
52
at The Citadel [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
#5 Mocs
7
7
0
0
14
#8 Bulldogs
7
10
2
3
22
VMI [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Keydets
0
0
13
0
13
#11 Mocs
7
10
6
7
30
at Western Carolina [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
#10 Mocs
14
17
7
0
38
Catamounts
10
0
7
8
25
Wofford [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Terriers
10
16
7
3
36
#7 Mocs
14
7
0
7
28
at Alabama [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
#12 Mocs
3
0
0
0
3
#1 (FBS) Crimson Tide
0
14
7
10
31
FCS Playoffs [ ]
First Round–Weber State [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
#25 Wildcats
0
0
7
7
14
#11 Mocs
14
10
7
14
45
Second Round–Sam Houston State [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
#11 Mocs
0
14
10
12
36
#1 Bearkats
14
7
14
6
41
Ranking movements [ ]
Ranking movementsLegend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll
Pre
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
STATS
6
6
6
5
5
5
5
11
10
9
7
12
11
13
Coaches
7
6
4
3
3
3
3
8
8
8
7
11
9
10
FCS Playoffs
Not released
8
7
NR
Not released
NFL Draft Selections [ ]
References [ ]
^ "Football - Schedule" . University of Tennessee–Chattanooga Department of Athletics. Retrieved April 6, 2016 .
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