2023 Chattanooga Mocs football team

2023 Chattanooga Mocs football
2023 Chattanooga Mocs football
NCAA Division I Second Round, L 7–26 at Furman
Conference	Southern Conference
Ranking
STATS	No. 18
FCS Coaches	No. 19
Record	8–5 (6–2 SoCon)
Head coach	Rusty Wright (5th season);
Offensive coordinator	Joe Pizzo (5th season)
Defensive coordinator	Lorenzo Ward (5th season)
Home stadium	Finley Stadium
	Seasons ← 2022 2024 →

2023 Southern Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
No. 7 Furman $^	7	–	1	10	–	3
No. 14 Chattanooga ^	6	–	2	8	–	5
No. 17 Mercer ^	6	–	2	9	–	4
No. 23 Western Carolina	5	–	3	7	–	4
Samford	4	–	4	6	–	5
VMI	4	–	4	5	–	6
East Tennessee State	2	–	6	3	–	8
Wofford	2	–	6	2	–	9
The Citadel	0	–	8	0	–	11

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

The 2023 Chattanooga Mocs football team represented the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon) during the 2023 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Mocs were led by fifth-year head coach Rusty Wright and played home games at Finley Stadium in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

The Mocs finished the 2022 season with a record of 7–4, 6–2 SoCon play to finish in a tie for second place.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 2	7:00 p.m.	at North Alabama*		Braly Municipal Stadium Florence, AL	ESPN+	L 27–41	9,361
September 9	6:00 p.m.	Kennesaw State*		Finley Stadium Chattanooga, TN	ESPN+	W 27–20	8,123
September 16	6:00 p.m.	The Citadel		Finley Stadium Chattanooga, TN	ESPN+	W 48–3	6,440
September 23	1:00 p.m.	at No. 20 Samford		Seibert Stadium Homewood, AL	ESPN+	W 47–24	10,870
September 30	6:00 p.m.	at Wofford		Gibbs Stadium Spartanburg, SC	ESPN+	W 23–13	2,956
October 7	4:00 p.m.	No. 11 Western Carolina	No. 24	Finley Stadium Chattanooga, TN	ESPN+	L 50–52	8,978
October 14	4:00 p.m.	at Mercer	No. 25	Five Star Stadium Macon, GA	ESPN+	W 22–10	8,729
October 21	1:00 p.m.	East Tennessee State	No. 21	Finley Stadium Chattanooga, TN	ESPN+	W 34–3	8,144
October 28	1:30 p.m.	at VMI	No. 17	Alumni Memorial Field Lexington, VA	ESPN+	W 24–23	5,318
November 4	1:30 p.m.	No. 2 Furman	No. 14	Finley Stadium Chattanooga, TN	ESPN+	L 14–17	9,201
November 18	12:00 p.m.	at No. 8 (FBS) Alabama*	No. 18	Bryant-Denny Stadium Tuscaloosa, AL	SECN+/ESPN+	L 10–66	100,077
November 25	3:00 p.m.	at No. 13 Austin Peay*	No. 18	Fortera Stadium Clarksville, TN (NCAA Division I First Round)	ESPN+	W 24–21	7,249
December 2	1:00 p.m.	at No. 7 Furman*	No. 18	Paladin Stadium Greenville, SC (NCAA Division I Second Round)	ESPN+	L 7–26	8,117
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

^ "2023 Chattanooga Football Schedule". FBSchedules. Retrieved April 11, 2023.

v t e Chattanooga Mocs football
Venues	Chamberlain Field (1908–1997) 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	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 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024

v t e 2023 NCAA Division I FCS playoff participants
Albany Austin Peay Chattanooga Delaware Drake Duquesne Furman Gardner–Webb Idaho Lafayette Mercer Montana Montana State Nicholls North Carolina Central North Dakota North Dakota State Richmond Sacramento State South Dakota South Dakota State Southern Illinois Villanova Youngstown State
Champion – South Dakota State