2015 Chattanooga Mocs football team

2015 Chattanooga Mocs football
2015 Chattanooga Mocs football
SoCon co-champion
NCAA Division I Second Round, L 35–41 OTvs. Jacksonville State
Conference	Southern Conference
Ranking
STATS	No. 9
FCS Coaches	No. 8
Record	9–4 (6–1 SoCon)
Head coach	Russ Huesman (7th season);
Offensive coordinator	Jeff Durden (3rd season)
Defensive coordinator	Adam Braithwaite (3rd season)
Home stadium	Finley Stadium
	Seasons ← 2014 2016 →

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 Russ Huesman and played their home games at Finley Stadium in Chattanooga, Tennessee. They finished the season 9–4 overall and 6–1 in SoCon play to share for the SoCon title with The Citadel. Chattanooga earned the SoCon's automatic bid to the NCAA Division I Football Championship playoffs, where they defeated Fordham in the first round before losing in the second round to Jacksonville State.

2015 Southern Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
No. 9 Chattanooga +^	6	–	1	9	–	4
No. 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 Poll

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 (NCAA Division I First Round)	ESPN3	W 50–20	4,888
December 5	2:00 pm	at No. 1 Jacksonville State*	No. 7	JSU Stadium Jacksonville, AL (NCAA Division I Second Round)	ESPN3	L 35–41 ^OT	21,452
*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

Jacksonville State

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

Mars Hill

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

At Samford

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

At Presbyterian

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

Furman

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

At VMI

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

At Wofford

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

Western Carolina

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

At Mercer

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

The Citadel

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

At Florida State

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

FCS playoffs

First Round–Fordham

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

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

Ranking movements

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
	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

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

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

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