2016 Chattanooga Mocs football team

2016 Chattanooga Mocs football

FCS Playoffs Second Round, L 36–41 vs. Sam Houston State
Conference	Southern Conference
Ranking
STATS	No. 11
FCS Coaches	No. 9
2016 record	9–4 (6–2 SoCon)
Head coach	Russ Huesman (8th year)
Offensive coordinator	Jeff Durden
Defensive coordinator	Adam Braithwaite
Home stadium	Finley Stadium (Capacity: 20,668)

2016 Southern Conference football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
#6 The Citadel $^		8	–	0		10	–	2
#11 Chattanooga ^		6	–	2		9	–	4
#19 Wofford ^		6	–	2		10	–	3
#23 Samford ^		5	–	3		7	–	5
Mercer		4	–	4		6	–	5
Furman		3	–	5		3	–	8
East Tennessee State		2	–	6		5	–	6
VMI		1	–	7		3	–	8
Western Carolina		1	–	7		2	–	9

$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from STATS FCS Poll

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 and alum Russ Huesman and played their home games at Finley Stadium in Chattanooga, Tennessee. They finished the season 9–4, 6–2 in SoCon play to finish in a tie for second place. They received an at-large bid to the FCS 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	Finley Stadium • Chattanooga, TN	SDN	W 66–0	9,588
September 10	2:00 PM	Presbyterian*	No. 6	Finley Stadium • Chattanooga, TN	SDN	W 34–0	8,370
September 17	7:00 PM	at Furman	No. 6	Paladin Stadium • Greenville, SC	ESPN3	W 21–14	5,347
September 24	2:00 PM	Samford	No. 5	Finley Stadium • Chattanooga, TN	SDN	W 41–21	8,714
October 1	12:00 PM	at East Tennessee State	No. 5	Kermit Tipton Stadium • Johnson City, TN	SDN	W 37–7	7,411
October 8	4:00 PM	Mercer	No. 5	Finley Stadium • Chattanooga, TN	SDN	W 52–31	11,039
October 15	3:00 PM	at No. 8 The Citadel	No. 5	Johnson Hagood Stadium • Charleston, SC	FSN	L 14–22	14,590
October 22	2:00 PM	VMI	No. 11	Finley Stadium • Chattanooga, TN	SDN	W 30–13	10,505
October 29	3:30 PM	at Western Carolina	No. 10	E. J. Whitmire Stadium • Cullowhee, NC	SDN	W 38–25	10,760
November 12	2:00 PM	Wofford	No. 7	Finley Stadium • Chattanooga, TN	SDN	L 28–36	8,750
November 19	7:00 PM	at No. 1 (FBS) Alabama*	No. 12	Bryant–Denny Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL	ESPN2	L 3–31	101,821
November 26	2:00 PM	No. 25 Weber State*	No. 11	Finley Stadium • Chattanooga, TN (FCS Playoffs First Round)	ESPN3	W 45–14	5,238
December 3	3:00 PM	at No. 1 Sam Houston State*	No. 11	Bowers Stadium • Huntsville, TX (FCS Playoffs Second Round)	ESPN3	L 36–41	4,897
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from STATS FCS Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Schedule source:^[1]

Game summaries

Shorter

	1	2	3	4	Total
Hawks	0	0	0	0	0
#6 Mocs	24	21	14	7	66

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

at Presbyterian

	1	2	3	4	Total
Blue Hose	0	0	0	0	0
#6 Mocs	7	13	14	0	34

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
5–2	2015	W 21–0

at Furman

	1	2	3	4	Total
#6 Mocs	0	7	14	0	21
Paladins	0	0	0	14	14

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
18–27	2015	W 31–3

Samford

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bulldogs	0	7	7	7	21
#5 Mocs	7	14	10	10	41

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
28–10–3	2015	W 31–21

at East Tennessee State

	1	2	3	4	Total
#5 Mocs	3	14	14	6	37
Buccaneers	0	0	0	7	7

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
20–18–1	2003	L 7–68

Mercer

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bears	3	0	14	14	31
#5 Mocs	14	24	14	0	52

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
18–7–1	2015	L 14–17

at The Citadel

	1	2	3	4	Total
#5 Mocs	7	7	0	0	14
#8 Bulldogs	7	10	2	3	22

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
31–17–2	2015	W 31–23

VMI

	1	2	3	4	Total
Keydets	0	0	13	0	13
#11 Mocs	7	10	6	7	30

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
14–7–1	2015	W 33–27

at Western Carolina

	1	2	3	4	Total
#10 Mocs	14	17	7	0	38
Catamounts	10	0	7	8	25

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
26–16	2015	W 41–13

Wofford

	1	2	3	4	Total
Terriers	10	16	7	3	36
#7 Mocs	14	7	0	7	28

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
11–11	2015	W 20–17

at Alabama

	1	2	3	4	Total
#12 Mocs	3	0	0	0	3
#1 (FBS) Crimson Tide	0	14	7	10	31

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–12	2013	L 0–49

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

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

Second Round–Sam Houston State

	1	2	3	4	Total
#11 Mocs	0	14	10	12	36
#1 Bearkats	14	7	14	6	41

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

Ranking movements

Main article: 2016 NCAA Division I FCS football rankings

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	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	11	10	9	7	12	11
Coaches	7	6	4	3	3	3	3	8	8	8	7	11	9
FCS Playoffs	Not released									8	7	NR	Not released

References

↑ "Football - Schedule". University of Tennessee–Chattanooga Department of Athletics. Retrieved April 6, 2016.

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

2016 NCAA Division I FCS playoff participants

Cal Poly Central Arkansas Charleston Southern Chattanooga The Citadel Eastern Washington Illinois State Jacksonville State James Madison Lehigh New Hampshire North Carolina A&T North Dakota North Dakota State Richmond Saint Francis (PA) Samford Sam Houston State San Diego South Dakota State Villanova Weber State Wofford Youngstown State

Champion – TBD

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