2015 Chattanooga Mocs football team

2015 Chattanooga Mocs football
Southern Conference Co–champions
FCS Playoffs Second Round vs Jacksonville State, L 35–41 ^OT
Conference	Southern Conference
Ranking
STATS	No. 9
FCS Coaches	No. 8
2015 record	9–4 (6–1 SoCon)
Head coach	Russ Huesman (7th year)
Offensive coordinator	Jeff Durden
Defensive coordinator	Adam Braithwaite
Home stadium	Finley Stadium (Capacity: 20,668)

2015 Southern Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
#9 Chattanooga +^		6	–	1					9	–	4
#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 Rankings from 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 and alum Russ Huesman and played their home games at Finley Stadium in Chattanooga, Tennessee. They finished the season 9–4, 6–1 in SoCon play to finish in a share for the SoCon title with The Citadel. They earned the SoCon's automatic bid to the FCS 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 20–23	15,812
September 12	1:00 PM	Mars Hill*	No. 12	Finley Stadium • Chattanooga, TN	SDN	W 44–34	9,491
September 19	2:30 PM	at Samford	No. 10	Seibert Stadium • Homewood, AL	ASN	W 31–21	9,088
September 26	7:00 PM	at Presbyterian*	No. 8	Bailey Memorial Stadium • Clinton, SC	BSN	W 21–0	3,582
October 10	1:00 PM	Furman	No. 6	Finley Stadium • Chattanooga, TN	ESPN3	W 31–3	7,630
October 17	1:30 PM	at VMI	No. 6	Alumni Memorial Field • Lexington, VA	ESPN3	W 33–27	6,104
October 24	1:30 PM	at Wofford	No. 5	Gibbs Stadium • Spartanburg, SC	SDN	W 20–17	8,713
October 31	2:00 PM	Western Carolina	No. 4	Finley Stadium • Chattanooga, TN	ESPN3	W 41–13	11,495
November 7	4:00 PM	at Mercer	No. 3	Moye Complex • Macon, GA	ESPN3	L 14–17	9,527
November 14	2:00 PM	No. 21 The Citadel	No. 8	Finley Stadium • Chattanooga, TN	SDN	W 31–23	11,594
November 21	3:00 PM	at No. 16 (FBS) Florida State*	No. 8	Doak Campbell Stadium • Tallahassee, FL	ACCRSN	L 13–52	66,412
November 28	1:00 PM	No. 13 Fordham*	No. 7	Finley Stadium • Chattanooga, TN (FCS Playoffs First Round)	ESPN3	W 50–20	4,888
December 5	2:00 PM	at No. 1 Jacksonville State*	No. 7	JSU Stadium • Jacksonville, AL (FCS Playoffs Second Round)	ESPN3	L 35–41 ^OT	21,452
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from STATS FCS Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

• Schedule source:^[1]

Game summaries

Jacksonville State

	1	2	3	4	Total
#7 Jacksonville State	3	7	3	10	23
#8 Mocs	10	0	3	7	20

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
26–12	2014	L 23–26 ^OT

Mars Hill

	1	2	3	4	Total
Mountain Lions	7	14	0	13	34
#12 Mocs	7	14	14	9	44

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

at Samford

	1	2	3	4	Total
#10 Mocs	7	17	0	7	31
Bulldogs	14	0	0	7	21

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
27–10–3	2014	W 38–24

at Presbyterian

	1	2	3	4	Total
#8 Mocs	7	7	0	7	21
Blue Hose	0	0	0	0	0

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
4–2	2009	W 29–13

Furman

	1	2	3	4	Total
Paladins	3	0	0	0	3
#6 Mocs	0	21	3	7	31

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
17–27	2014	W 45–19

at VMI

	1	2	3	4	Total
#6 Mocs	3	17	3	10	33
Keydets	7	14	0	6	27

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
13–7–1	2014	W 55–7

at Wofford

	1	2	3	4	Total
#5 Mocs	7	0	10	3	20
Terriers	0	9	0	8	17

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
10–11	2014	W 31–13

Western Carolina

	1	2	3	4	Total
Catamounts	6	0	7	0	13
#4 Mocs	14	21	3	3	41

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
25–16	2014	W 51–0

at Mercer

	1	2	3	4	Total
#3 Mocs	0	7	0	7	14
Bears	7	3	7	0	17

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
18–6–1	2014	W 38–31

The Citadel

	1	2	3	4	Total
#21 Bulldogs	0	0	14	9	23
#8 Mocs	14	7	3	7	31

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
30–17–2	2014	W 34–14

at Florida State

	1	2	3	4	Total
#8 Mocs	3	3	0	7	13
#16 (FBS) Seminoles	7	17	21	7	52

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–2	2002	L 7–46

FCS Playoffs

First Round–Fordham

	1	2	3	4	Total
#13 Rams	0	0	14	6	20
#7 Mocs	21	10	10	9	50

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

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

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
26–13	9/5/2015	L 20–23

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	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

1. "Football - Schedule". University of Tennessee–Chattanooga Department of Athletics. Retrieved April 20, 2015.