2014 Chattanooga Mocs football team

2014 Chattanooga Mocs football

Southern Conference Champions
FCS Playoffs Quarterfinals vs. New Hampshire, L 30–35
Conference	Southern Conference
Ranking
Sports Network	No. 8
FCS Coaches	No. 8
2014 record	10–4 (7–0 SoCon)
Head coach	Russ Huesman (6th year)
Offensive coordinator	Jeff Durden
Defensive coordinator	Adam Braithwaite
Home stadium	Finley Stadium (Capacity: 20,668)

2014 Southern Conference football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
#8 Chattanooga $^		7	–	0		10	–	4
Samford		5	–	2		7	–	4
Western Carolina		5	–	2		7	–	5
Wofford		4	–	3		6	–	5
The Citadel		3	–	4		5	–	7
Furman		2	–	5		3	–	9
Mercer		1	–	6		6	–	6
VMI		1	–	6		2	–	10

$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant As of poll=The Sports Network Poll^[1]; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2014 Chattanooga Mocs football team represented the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga in the 2014 NCAA Division I FCS football season as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon). The Mocs were led by sixth year head coach and alum Russ Huesman and played their home games at Finley Stadium in Chattanooga, Tennessee. 2014 was a historic season for the Mocs.^[2] The Mocs won ten games in a season for the first time in program history, won the SoCon Conference outright for the first time in program history, went undefeated in the SoCon for the first time in program history, and went to the playoffs for the first time since 1984, netting a number eight seed and a first-round bye.^[3]^[4] Chattanooga advanced to the quarterfinals, beating Indiana State at home for the program's first-ever home playoff win in the playoffs' second round before falling to New Hampshire 30–35.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 28	7:00 PM	at Central Michigan*	No. 14	Kelly/Shorts Stadium • Mount Pleasant, MI	ESPN3	L 16–20	15,793
September 6	6:00 PM	No. 9 Jacksonville State*	No. 13	Finley Stadium • Chattanooga, TN		L 23–26 ^OT	14,285
September 13	5:00 PM	at Austin Peay*	No. 14	Governors Stadium • Clarksville, TN		W 42–6	6,883
September 27	7:00 PM	Samford	No. 14	Finley Stadium • Chattanooga, TN	ASN	W 38–24	8,872
October 4	4:00 PM	VMI	No. 14	Finley Stadium • Chattanooga, TN		W 55–7	8,848
October 11	4:00 PM	at Tennessee*	No. 13	Neyland Stadium • Knoxville, TN	SECN	L 10–45	93,097
October 18	12:00 PM	at The Citadel	No. 17	Johnson Hagood Stadium • Charleston, SC	ASN	W 34–14	8,037
October 25	12:00 PM	Mercer	No. 15	Finley Stadium • Chattanooga, TN	ASN	W 38–31	10,763
November 1	2:00 PM	at Western Carolina	No. 14	E. J. Whitmire Stadium • Cullowhee, NC	SDN	W 51–0	8,705
November 8	1:00 PM	Wofford	No. 13	Finley Stadium • Chattanooga, TN	ESPN3	W 31–13	9,692
November 15	2:30 PM	at Tennessee Tech*	No. 9	Tucker Stadium • Cookeville, TN		W 38–17	4,009
November 22	3:30 PM	at Furman	No. 9	Paladin Stadium • Greenville, SC	ASN	W 45–19	4,377
December 6	1:00 PM	No. 25 Indiana State*	No. 8	Finley Stadium • Chattanooga, TN (FCS Playoffs Second Round)	ESPN3	W 35–14	8,419
December 12	8:00 PM	at No. 1 New Hampshire*	No. 8	Cowell Stadium • Durham, NH (FCS Playoffs Quarterfinals)	ESPN2	L 30–35	6,380
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from The Sports Network FCS Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Schedule source:^[5]

Ranking movements

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. ( ) = First place votes.
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	Final
Sports Network	14	13	14	15	14	14	13	17	15	14	13	9	9	8	8
Coaches	16	15	17	14	15	14	12	15	14	12	11	9	9	8	8

References

↑ "The Sports Network FCS Poll". The Sports Network.
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↑ "Football - Schedule - University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Official Athletics Site". University of Tennessee–Chattanooga Department of Athletics. Retrieved May 30, 2014.

Chattanooga Mocs football

Venues	Chamberlain Field (1908–1996) Finley Stadium (1997–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games

Culture & lore	Scrappy Moc "Fight Chattanooga" "Chattanooga Choo Choo" Marching Mocs Chief Moccanooga

People	Head coaches NFL draftees

Seasons	1899 1900 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

Southern Conference football champions

Pre-SEC	Vanderbilt, Georgia Tech & North Carolina (1922) Vanderbilt & Washington and Lee (1923) Alabama (1924) Alabama & Tulane (1925) Alabama (1926) Georgia Tech, Tennessee, & NC State (1927) Georgia Tech (1928) Tulane (1929) Alabama & Tulane (1930) Tulane (1931) Tennessee & Auburn & LSU (1932)

Pre-ACC	Duke (1933) Washington and Lee (1934) Duke (1935) Duke (1936) Maryland (1937) Duke (1938) Duke (1939) Clemson (1940) Duke (1941) William & Mary (1942) Duke (1943) Duke (1944) Duke (1945) North Carolina (1946) William & Mary (1947) Clemson (1948) North Carolina (1949) Washington and Lee (1950) Maryland & VMI (1951) Duke (1952)

Post-ACC	West Virginia (1953) West Virginia (1954) West Virginia (1955) West Virginia (1956) VMI (1957) West Virginia (1958) VMI (1959) VMI (1960) The Citadel (1961) VMI (1962) VPI (1963) West Virginia (1964) West Virginia (1965) East Carolina & William & Mary (1966) West Virginia (1967) Richmond (1968) Davidson & Richmond (1969) William & Mary (1970) Richmond (1971) East Carolina (1972) East Carolina (1973) VMI (1974) Richmond (1975) East Carolina (1976) Chattanooga & VMI (1977) Chattanooga & Furman (1978) Chattanooga (1979) Furman (1980) Furman (1981)

I-AA/FCS	Furman (1982) Furman (1983) Chattanooga (1984) Furman (1985) Appalachian State (1986) Appalachian State (1987) Furman & Marshall (1988) Furman (1989) Furman (1990) Appalachian State (1991) The Citadel (1992) Georgia Southern (1993) Marshall (1994) Appalachian State (1995) Marshall (1996) Georgia Southern (1997) Georgia Southern (1998) Appalachian State, Furman, & Georgia Southern (1999) Georgia Southern (2000) Furman & Georgia Southern (2001) Georgia Southern (2002) Wofford (2003) Furman & Georgia Southern (2004) Appalachian State (2005) Appalachian State (2006) Appalachian State & Wofford (2007) Appalachian State (2008) Appalachian State (2009) Appalachian State & Wofford (2010) Georgia Southern (2011) Appalachian State, Georgia Southern, & Wofford (2012) Chattanooga, Furman, & Samford (2013) Chattanooga (2014) Chattanooga & The Citadel (2015) The Citadel (2016)

National championships in bold

2014 NCAA Division I FCS playoff participants

Chattanooga Coastal Carolina Eastern Kentucky Eastern Washington Fordham Illinois State Indiana State Jacksonville State James Madison Liberty Montana Montana State Morgan State New Hampshire North Dakota State Northern Iowa Richmond Sacred Heart Sam Houston State San Diego South Dakota State Southeastern Louisiana Stephen F. Austin Villanova

Champion – North Dakota State

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