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	#9
FCS Coaches	#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	#7 Jacksonville State*	#8	Finley Stadium • Chattanooga, TN	SDN	L 20–23	15,812
September 12	1:00 PM	Mars Hill*	#12	Finley Stadium • Chattanooga, TN	SDN	W 44–34	9,491
September 19	2:30 PM	at Samford	#10	Seibert Stadium • Homewood, AL	ASN	W 31–21	9,088
September 26	7:00 PM	at Presbyterian*	#8	Bailey Memorial Stadium • Clinton, SC	BSN	W 21–0	3,582
October 10	1:00 PM	Furman	#6	Finley Stadium • Chattanooga, TN	ESPN3	W 31–3	7,630
October 17	1:30 PM	at VMI	#6	Alumni Memorial Field • Lexington, VA	ESPN3	W 33–27	6,104
October 24	1:30 PM	at Wofford	#5	Gibbs Stadium • Spartanburg, SC	SDN	W 20–17	8,713
October 31	2:00 PM	Western Carolina	#4	Finley Stadium • Chattanooga, TN	ESPN3	W 41–13	11,495
November 7	4:00 PM	at Mercer	#3	Moye Complex • Macon, GA	ESPN3	L 14–17	9,527
November 14	2:00 PM	#21 The Citadel	#8	Finley Stadium • Chattanooga, TN	SDN	W 31–23	11,594
November 21	3:00 PM	at #16 (FBS) Florida State*	#8	Doak Campbell Stadium • Tallahassee, FL	ACCRSN	L 13–52	66,412
November 28	1:00 PM	#13 Fordham*	#7	Finley Stadium • Chattanooga, TN (FCS Playoffs First Round)	ESPN3	W 50–20	4,888
December 5	2:00 PM	at #1 Jacksonville State*	#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.

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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

See also: 2015 Jacksonville State Gamecocks football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
26–12	2014	JSU, 26–23 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

See also: 2015 Samford Bulldogs football team

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

at Presbyterian

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

See also: 2015 Presbyterian Blue Hose football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
4–2	2009	CHAT, 29–13

Furman

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

See also: 2015 Furman Paladins football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
17–27	2014	CHAT, 45–19

at VMI

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

See also: 2015 VMI Keydets football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
13–7–1	2014	CHAT, 55–7

at Wofford

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

See also: 2015 Wofford Terriers football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
10–11	2014	CHAT, 31–13

Western Carolina

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

See also: 2015 Western Carolina Catamounts football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
25–16	2014	CHAT, 51–0

at Mercer

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

See also: 2015 Mercer Bears football team

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

The Citadel

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

See also: 2015 The Citadel Bulldogs football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
30–17–2	2014	CHAT, 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

See also: 2015 Florida State Seminoles football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–2	2002	FLST, 46–7

FCS Playoffs

First Round–Fordham

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

See also: 2015 Fordham Rams football team

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

See also: 2015 Jacksonville State Gamecocks football team

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

Ranking movements

Main article: 2015 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	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