# 2019 Chattanooga Mocs football team

The 2019 Chattanooga Mocs football team represented the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon). The Mocs were led by first-year head coach Rusty Wright and played their home games at Finley Stadium in Chattanooga, Tennessee. They finished the season 6–6 overall and 5–3 in SoCon play to place third.

## Preseason
### Preseason polls

The SoCon released their preseason media poll and coaches poll on July 22, 2019. The Mocs were picked to finish in fifth place by the media and in fourth by the coaches.
Media poll :
| Predicted finish | Team | Votes (1st place) |
| 1 | Wofford | 253 (21) |
| 2 | Furman | 229 (6) |
| 3 | East Tennessee State | 187 (2) |
| 4 | Mercer | 146 |
| 5 | Chattanooga | 134 |
| 6 | Samford | 125 |
| 7 | The Citadel | 111 |
| 8 | Western Carolina | 88 |
| 9 | VMI | 32 |
Coaches poll :
| Predicted finish | Team | Votes (1st place) |
| 1 | Wofford | 63 (7) |
| 2 | Furman | 55 (1) |
| 3 | East Tennessee State | 44 (1) |
| 4 | Chattanooga | 40 |
| 5 | Mercer | 34 |
| 6 | Samford | 33 |
| 7 | The Citadel | 22 |
| 8 | Western Carolina | 21 |
| 9 | VMI | 12 |

### Preseason All-SoCon Teams

The Mocs placed six players on the preseason all-SoCon teams.

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| August 29 | 7:00 p.m. | Eastern Illinois* | Finley StadiumChattanooga, TN | ESPN3 | W 24–10 | 8,254 |
| September 7 | 7:00 p.m. | at No. 18 Jacksonville State* | JSU StadiumJacksonville, AL | ESPN+ | L 20–41 | 19,428 |
| September 14 | 12:00 p.m. | at Tennessee* | Neyland StadiumKnoxville, TN | SECN | L 0–45 | 86,208 |
| September 21 | 4:00 p.m. | No. 2 James Madison* | Finley StadiumChattanooga, TN | ESPN+ | L 14–37 | 8,795 |
| September 28 | 4:00 p.m. | Western Carolina | Finley StadiumChattanooga, TN | ESPN+ | W 60–36 | 7,636 |
| October 5 | 4:00 p.m. | at Mercer | Moye ComplexMacon, GA | ESPN+ | W 34–17 | 8,972 |
| October 17 | 7:00 p.m. | East Tennessee State | Finley StadiumChattanooga, TN | ESPN+ | W 16–13 | 7,124 |
| October 26 | 1:30 p.m. | at Wofford | Gibbs StadiumSpartanburg, SC | ESPN+ | L 34–35 $^{OT}$ | 4,445 |
| November 2 | 2:00 p.m. | No. 13 Furman | Finley StadiumChattanooga, TN | ESPN+ | L 20–35 | 7,431 |
| November 9 | 2:00 p.m. | at Samford | Seibert StadiumHomewood, AL | ESPN3 | W 35–27 | 4,835 |
| November 16 | 2:00 p.m. | The Citadel | Finley StadiumChattanooga, TN | ESPN+ | W 34–33 | 7,363 |
| November 23 | 1:30 p.m. | at VMI | Alumni Memorial FieldLexington, VA | ESPN+ | L 24–31 | |
| *Non-conference gameHomecomingRankings from STATS Poll released prior to the gameAll times are in Eastern time |||||||

## Game summaries
### Eastern Illinois

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Panthers | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Mocs | 7 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 24 |

### At Jacksonville State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Mocs | 3 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 20 |
| No. 18 Gamecocks | 7 | 14 | 6 | 14 | 41 |

### At Tennessee

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Mocs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Volunteers | 21 | 17 | 7 | 0 | 45 |

### James Madison

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| No. 2 Dukes | 14 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 37 |
| Mocs | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 |

### Western Carolina

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Catamounts | 7 | 14 | 15 | 0 | 36 |
| Mocs | 6 | 31 | 7 | 16 | 60 |

### At Mercer

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Mocs | 7 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 34 |
| Bears | 14 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17 |

### East Tennessee State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Buccaneers | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| Mocs | 7 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 16 |

### At Wofford

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | Total |
| Mocs | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 34 |
| Terriers | 0 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 35 |

### Furman

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| No. 13 Paladins | 0 | 14 | 7 | 14 | 35 |
| Mocs | 3 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 20 |

### At Samford

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Mocs | 7 | 21 | 7 | 0 | 35 |
| Bulldogs | 7 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 27 |

### The Citadel

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Bulldogs | 2 | 7 | 17 | 7 | 33 |
| Mocs | 12 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 34 |

### At VMI

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Mocs | 10 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 24 |
| Keydets | 3 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 31 |

## Ranking movements

Ranking movements Legend: 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 FCS | RV | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Coaches | RV | | | | | | | | | | | | | |