# 2015 Chattanooga Mocs football team

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.

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| September 5 | 6:00 pm | No. 7 Jacksonville State* | No. 8 | Finley StadiumChattanooga, TN | SDN | L 20–23 | 15,812 |
| September 12 | 1:00 pm | Mars Hill* | No. 12 | Finley StadiumChattanooga, TN | SDN | W 44–34 | 9,491 |
| September 19 | 2:30 pm | at Samford | No. 10 | Seibert StadiumHomewood, AL | ASN | W 31–21 | 9,088 |
| September 26 | 7:00 pm | at Presbyterian* | No. 8 | Bailey Memorial StadiumClinton, SC | BSN | W 21–0 | 3,582 |
| October 10 | 1:00 pm | Furman | No. 6 | Finley StadiumChattanooga, TN | ESPN3 | W 31–3 | 7,630 |
| October 17 | 1:30 pm | at VMI | No. 6 | Alumni Memorial FieldLexington, VA | ESPN3 | W 33–27 | 6,104 |
| October 24 | 1:30 pm | at Wofford | No. 5 | Gibbs StadiumSpartanburg, SC | SDN | W 20–17 | 8,713 |
| October 31 | 2:00 pm | Western Carolina | No. 4 | Finley StadiumChattanooga, TN | ESPN3 | W 41–13 | 11,495 |
| November 7 | 4:00 pm | at Mercer | No. 3 | Moye ComplexMacon, GA | ESPN3 | L 14–17 | 9,527 |
| November 14 | 2:00 pm | No. 21 The Citadel | No. 8 | Finley StadiumChattanooga, TN | SDN | W 31–23 | 11,594 |
| November 21 | 3:00 pm | at No. 16 (FBS) Florida State* | No. 8 | Doak Campbell StadiumTallahassee, FL | ACCRSN | L 13–52 | 66,412 |
| November 28 | 1:00 pm | No. 13 Fordham* | No. 7 | Finley StadiumChattanooga, 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 StadiumJacksonville, AL (NCAA Division I Second Round) | ESPN3 | L 35–41 $^{OT}$ | 21,452 |
| *Non-conference gameHomecomingRankings from STATS Poll released prior to the gameAll times are in Eastern time ||||||||

## 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 | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | 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 |