2018 Chattanooga Mocs football team

2018 Chattanooga Mocs football
Conference	Southern Conference
2018 record	6–5 (4–4 SoCon)
Head coach	Tom Arth (2nd season)
Offensive coordinator	Justin Rascati (2nd season)
Defensive coordinator	Brandon Staley (2nd season)
Home stadium	Finley Stadium (capacity: 20,668)
Seasons ← 2017 2019 →

2018 Southern Conference football standings
v t	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 13 Wofford +^		6	–	2					9	–	4
No. 22 East Tennessee State +^		6	–	2					8	–	4
Furman +		6	–	2					6	–	4
Samford		5	–	3					6	–	5
Chattanooga		4	–	4					6	–	5
The Citadel		4	–	4					5	–	6
Mercer		4	–	4					5	–	6
Western Carolina		1	–	7					3	–	8
VMI		0	–	8					1	–	10
+ – Conference co-champions ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from STATS FCS Poll

The 2018 Chattanooga Mocs football team represented the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga in the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon). The Mocs were led by second-year head coach Tom Arth and played their home games at Finley Stadium in Chattanooga, Tennessee. They finished the season 6–5 overall and 4–4 in SoCon play to place in a three-way tie for fifth.

On December 14, head coach Arth resigned to become the head coach at Akron.^[1] He finished at Chattanooga with a two-year record of 9–13.

Previous season[]

The Mocs finished the 2017 season 3–8, 3–5 in SoCon play to finish in a tie for sixth place.

Preseason[]

Preseason media poll[]

The SoCon released their preseason media poll on July 25, 2018, with the Mocs predicted to finish in sixth place.^[2] The same day the coaches released their preseason poll with the Mocs predicted to finish in fifth place.^[3]

Media poll

Predicted finish	Team	Votes (1st place)
1	Samford	204 (20)
2	Furman	174 (2)
3	Wofford	163 (1)
4	Mercer	133
5	Western Carolina	114
6	Chattanooga	88
7	The Citadel	83
8	East Tennessee State	53
9	VMI	23

Coaches poll

Predicted finish	Team	Votes (1st place)
1	Samford	63 (7)
2	Wofford	53 (1)
3	Furman	52 (1)
4	Western Carolina	39
5	Chattanooga	34
6	Mercer	32
7	The Citadel	28
8	East Tennessee State	15
9	VMI	8

Preseason All-SoCon Teams[]

The Mocs placed six players on the preseason all-SoCon teams.

Schedule[]

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 30	7:00 p.m.	Tennessee Tech*		Finley Stadium Chattanooga, TN	ESPN3	W 34–10	9,020
September 8	6:00 p.m.	at The Citadel		Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, SC	ESPN+	W 29–28 OT	8,076
September 15	4:00 p.m.	at UT Martin*		Graham Stadium Martin, TN	ESPN+	W 34–24	4,414
September 22	7:00 p.m.	No. 17 Samford		Finley Stadium Chattanooga, TN	ESPN+	W 27–20	10,469
September 29	7:30 p.m.	at East Tennessee State	No. 20	William B. Greene Jr. Stadium Johnson City, TN	ESPN+	L 14–17	9,277
October 6	3:00 p.m.	No. 7 Wofford		Finley Stadium Chattanooga, TN	ESPN+	L 10–21	8,010
October 13	3:30 p.m.	at Western Carolina		E. J. Whitmire Stadium Cullowhee, NC	ESPN+	W 26–6	7,362
October 27	3:00 p.m.	VMI		Finley Stadium Chattanooga, TN	ESPN+	W 34–27	8,201
November 3	1:00 p.m.	at Furman		Paladin Stadium Greenville, SC	ESPN3	L 10–16	4,332
November 10	1:00 p.m.	Mercer		Finley Stadium Chattanooga, TN	ESPN+	L 9–13	8,014
November 17	7:30 p.m.	at South Carolina*		Williams-Brice Stadium Columbia, SC	SECN Alternate	L 9–49	72,832
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

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Game summaries[]

Tennessee Tech[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Golden Eagles	0	7	3	0	10
Mocs	6	7	21	0	34

at The Citadel[]

	1	2	3	4	OT	Total
Mocs	14	7	0	0	8	29
Bulldogs	0	14	7	0	7	28

at UT Martin[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Mocs	10	10	7	7	34
Skyhawks	0	7	0	17	24

Samford[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 17 Bulldogs	0	10	3	7	20
Mocs	10	7	7	3	27

at East Tennessee State[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 20 Mocs	0	0	0	14	14
Buccaneers	14	3	0	0	17

Wofford[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 7 Terriers	7	7	0	7	21
Mocs	10	0	0	0	10

at Western Carolina[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Mocs	9	10	7	0	26
Catamounts	0	3	0	3	6

VMI[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Keydets	14	7	0	6	27
Mocs	7	14	6	7	34

at Furman[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Mocs	0	0	3	7	10
Paladins	7	6	0	3	16

Mercer[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bears	0	0	0	13	13
Mocs	0	0	3	6	9

at South Carolina[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Mocs	0	3	0	6	9
Gamecocks	14	14	7	14	49

Ranking movements[]

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ 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 FCS	NR	RV	RV	RV	20	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	NR
Coaches	NR	NR	NR	RV	24	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	NR

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