1986 Chattanooga Moccasins football team

The 1986 Chattanooga Moccasins football team represented the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon) in the 1986 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Moccasins were led by third-year head coach Buddy Nix and played their home games at Chamberlain Field. They finished the season 4–7 overall 2–4 in SoCon play to place in sixth.[1]

1986 Chattanooga Moccasins football
ConferenceSouthern Conference
Record4–7 (2–4 SoCon)
Head coach
CaptainTim Couch, Spanky Thomas
Home stadiumChamberlain Field
(capacity: 10,501)
1986 Southern Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 6 Appalachian State $^ 6 0 19 2 1
Western Carolina 5 2 06 5 0
No. 15 Furman ^ 4 2 17 3 2
East Tennessee State 4 3 06 5 0
Marshall 3 3 06 4 1
Chattanooga 2 4 04 7 0
VMI 1 5 01 10 0
The Citadel 0 6 03 8 0
Davidson 0 6 00 9 0
  • $ Conference champion
  • ^ NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee poll

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 6at No. 14 (I-A) Auburn*L 14–4258,000
September 13at No. 13 Eastern Kentucky*L 3–2314,400
September 20Tennessee Tech*W 33–39,487
September 27at No. 4 Georgia Southern*L 14–3415,235
October 11No. 6 Appalachian Statedagger
  • Chamberlain Field
  • Chattanooga, TN
L 15–209,044[2]
October 18at The CitadelW 42–710,584
October 25East Tennessee State
  • Chamberlain Field
  • Chattanooga, TN
L 17–183,127
November 1at No. 20 MarshallL 20–4111,011
November 8Western Carolina
  • Chamberlain Field
  • Chattanooga, TN
W 34–76,063
November 15at Furman
  • Chamberlain Field
  • Chattanooga, TN
L 10–217,127
November 22Western Kentucky*W 21–174,000

References

  1. "1986 Football Schedule". Tennessee at Chattanooga, University of.
  2. "Settle leads Appalachian State to win". The Herald. October 12, 1986. Retrieved November 17, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
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