# 2017 Chattanooga Mocs football team

The 2017 Chattanooga Mocs football team represented the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga in the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon). The Mocs were led by first-year head coach Tom Arth and played their home games at Finley Stadium in Chattanooga, Tennessee. They finished the season 3–8 overall and 3–5 in SoCon play to tie for sixth place.

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| August 26 | 7:00 p.m. | vs. No. 6 Jacksonville State* | No. 12 | Cramton BowlMontgomery, AL (FCS Kickoff) | ESPN | L 13–27 | 12,952 |
| September 9 | 6:00 p.m. | at No. 12 (FBS) LSU* | No. 13 | Tiger StadiumBaton Rouge, LA | SECN | L 10–45 | 97,289 |
| September 16 | 6:00 p.m. | UT Martin* | No. 15 | Finley StadiumChattanooga, TN | ESPN3 | L 7–21 | 10,141 |
| September 23 | 1:30 p.m. | at VMI | | Alumni Memorial FieldLexington, VA | STADIUM | W 63–7 | 5,311 |
| September 30 | 6:00 p.m. | Western Carolina | | Finley StadiumChattanooga, TN | ESPN3 | L 7–45 | 10,101 |
| October 7 | 4:00 p.m. | Furman | | Finley StadiumChattanooga, TN | ESPN3 | L 17–41 | 9,651 |
| October 14 | 3:30 p.m. | at Mercer | | Moye ComplexMacon, GA | STADIUM | L 10–30 | 9,864 |
| October 21 | 2:00 p.m. | The Citadel | | Finley StadiumChattanooga, TN | ESPN3 | L 14–20 | 7,521 |
| October 28 | 2:00 p.m. | at No. 9 Samford | | Seibert StadiumHomewood, AL | ESPN3 | W 23–21 | 3,523 |
| November 4 | 1:30 p.m | at No. 8 Wofford | | Gibbs StadiumSpartanburg, SC | ESPN3 | L 21–24 $^{2OT}$ | 5,012 |
| November 18 | 2:00 p.m | East Tennessee State | | Finley StadiumChattanooga, TN | ESPN3 | W 10–3 | 8,434 |
| *Non-conference gameHomecomingRankings from STATS Poll released prior to the gameAll times are in Eastern time ||||||||

## Game summaries
### vs Jacksonville State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| No. 6 Gamecocks | 10 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 27 |
| No. 12 Mocs | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 13 |

### At LSU

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| No. 13 Mocs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 10 |
| No. 12 (FBS) Tigers | 14 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 45 |

### UT Martin

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Skyhawks | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 28 |
| No. 15 Mocs | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 |

### At VMI

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Mocs | 21 | 21 | 7 | 14 | 63 |
| Keydets | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |

### Western Carolina

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Mocs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| Catamounts | 10 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 45 |

### Furman

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Paladins | 7 | 20 | 7 | 7 | 41 |
| Mocs | 3 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 17 |

### At Mercer

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Mocs | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 10 |
| Bears | 0 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 30 |

### The Citadel

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Bulldogs | 0 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 20 |
| Mocs | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 |

### At Samford

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Mocs | 0 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 23 |
| No. 9 Bulldogs | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 21 |

### At Wofford

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | 2OT | Total |
| Mocs | 3 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 21 |
| No. 8 Terriers | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 24 |

### East Tennessee State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Buccaneers | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Mocs | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |

## Ranking movements

Ranking movements Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking — = Not ranked RV = Received votes :
| | 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 | 12 | 13 | 15 | RV | RV | RV | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Coaches | 13 | 14 | 15 | RV | RV | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |