Chattanooga Mocs
SouthernChattanooga, TNFinley Stadium
2026: 4–3 (3–2 Southern). Last: beat Samford 19–3 at home. Next: at Western Carolina, Saturday, Oct 24, 2:30 p.m. ET.
- W 24–10at West Georgia
- L 9–24Tennessee Tech
- L 17–22at Eastern Kentucky
- W 41–7Wofford
- W 27–8at The Citadel
- L 3–14at East Tennessee State
- W 19–3Samford
- Oct 24at Western Carolina
- Oct 31VMI
- Nov 7Mercer
- Nov 14at Furman
- Nov 21at Alabama
Chattanooga has played football since 1904 and is officially 577–568–33; 645 of its 1,178 games are in our file. They have won seven Southern Conference titles (the last in 2015), plus four Dixie Conference titles, four Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association titles, counting shared titles. Since 1959, the NFL Draft has taken 16 players from here in its first seven rounds, 1 of them in the first round. The AAFC draft also took one player from here. The College Football Hall of Fame holds 2 coaches from Chattanooga. Joe Morrison (1973–1979) won more games here than any other coach: 44. The most-played rival is Tennessee: 42 meetings, Tennessee leads 37–2–2 (one Tennessee win vacated). This season, they’re 4–3.
Résumé
- All-time record
- 577–568–33 official; 262–365–18 on file; how we count
- Postseason
- 1–1 bowls, title games, playoff
- AP No. 1 finishes
- 0
- Weeks at No. 1
- 0 of 0 ranked
- Elo now
- 1337
- Computer rankings
- Massey No. 31 · Composite No. 29 in FCS, Oct 17; up 3 since Oct 11. From Massey Ratings
- Conference titles
- 15 last in 2015
- Seasons
- 114 since 1904, 645 games
Identity
- Fight song
- Fight Chattanooga
- Band
- Marching Mocs since 1886, 125 members
2026 season 4–3
RosterFull 2026 season| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 27 | at West Georgia | W 24–10 | 38% |
| Sep 5 | vs Tennessee Tech | L 9–24 | 46% |
| Sep 12 | at Eastern Kentucky | L 17–22 | 47% |
| Sep 19 | vs Wofford | W 41–7 | 53% |
| Sep 26 | at The Citadel | W 27–8 | 55% |
| Oct 3 | at East Tennessee State | L 3–14 | 42% |
| Oct 10 | vs Samford | W 19–3 | 80% |
| Oct 24 | at Western Carolina | Preview | 40% |
| Oct 31 | vs VMI | Preview | 89% |
| Nov 7 | vs Mercer | Preview | 44% |
| Nov 14 | at Furman | Preview | 54% |
| Nov 21 | at Alabama | Preview | 9% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
This season, game by game
Players
The 2026 rosterThe moneyOn the 2026 team
- Kevin Lalin690 rushing yards, 6 TD (leads Chattanooga in rushing yards)
- Zion Rutledge63 tackles, 1 sack (leads Chattanooga in tackles)
- Kristian Ozane49 tackles, 2 INT
- Journey Wyche439 rushing yards, 2 TD
- Battle Alberson602 passing yards, 2 TD (leads Chattanooga in passing yards)
- Ashton Schumann23 catches, 354 yards, 1 TD (leads Chattanooga in receiving yards)
Program strength since 1904
Best seasons everHead coaches
| Coach | Years | Record |
|---|---|---|
| Bill Oliver | 1980–1981 | 15–6–1 |
 Joe Morrison | 1973–1979 | 44–29–4 |
| Scrappy Moore | 1946–1950 | 14–20 |
| Harold Drew | 1929–1930 | 0–3–1 |
 Frank Thomas | 1925–1928 | 4–5 |
| Bill McAllester | 1922–1924 | 10–13–4 |
| Silas Williams | 1919–1921 | 7–11–1 |
| Johnny Spiegel | 1915–1916 | 0–4–2 |
| Mike Balenti | 1914 | 0–3 |
| Leslie Stauffer | 1910–1913 | 5–7–1 |
| W.A. Roddick | 1909 | 2–3–2 |
| Jones Beene | 1908 | 0–2 |
| Sam McAllister | 1907 | 0–2 |
| Arthur Rueber | 1906 | 0–1 |
| Walter Hullihen | 1904–1905 | 1–2 |
Most-played series
All rivalries- Tennessee
2–37–2 † in 42
- 1960 L 0–35
- 1961 L 7–20
- 1962 L 14–48
- 1963 L 7–49
- 1964 L 6–10
- 1966 L 10–28
- 1969 L 0–31
- 2014 L 10–45
- 2019 L 0–45
- 2024 L 3–69
Lost the last 10.
- The Citadel
23–14–1 in 38
- 2017 L 14–20
- 2018 W 29–28
- 2019 W 34–33
- 2020 W 25–24
- 2021 L 21–24
- 2022 W 31–21
- 2023 W 48–3
- 2024 W 31–7
- 2025 L 10–28
- 2026 W 27–8
Won the last one.
- Furman
17–17 in 34
- 2017 L 17–41
- 2018 L 10–16
- 2019 L 20–35
- 2020 W 20–18
- 2021 W 13–3
- 2022 L 20–24
- 2023 L 14–17
- 2023 L 7–26
- 2024 W 41–10
- 2025 W 45–28
Won the last two.
Next: Nov 14
| Opponent | Games | UTC record |
|---|---|---|
| Tennessee | 42 | 2–37–2 † |
| The Citadel | 38 | 23–14–1 |
| Furman | 34 | 17–17 |
| Western Carolina | 30 | 20–10 |
| Samford | 26 | 17–7–2 |
| Mercer | 24 | 11–12–1 |
| Wofford | 24 | 11–13 |
| Jacksonville State | 21 | 8–13 |
Official records. † Without wins the NCAA vacated. ‡ The rivalry’s own count, where it differs from the games on file. Each series page gives both.
Rivals the program names: East Tennessee State, Jacksonville State, Mercer, Samford.
Every opponent (112)
Every program Chattanooga has played, A to Z, with Chattanooga’s record against it. Each links to the series, game by game.
- 11th Cavalry 1–2
- Alabama 0–14
- App State 6–10
- Arkansas 0–1
- Arkansas State 2–1
- Army 0–1
- Athens 2–0
- Auburn 0–21
- Austin Peay 4–1
- Birmingham 1–0
- Birmingham-Southern 2–2–1
- Bowling Green 2–0
- Bryson 3–0
- Carson Newman 1–1
- Centenary (LA) 1–1
- Central Michigan 0–1
- Centre 0–0–1
- Cincinnati 0–1
- Clemson 0–1
- Colorado State 0–1
- Cumberland (TN) 2–1–2
- Dayton 3–0
- Duquesne 2–0
- East Carolina 0–2
- East Tennessee State 14–5
- Eastern Illinois 2–0
- Eastern Kentucky 2–2–1
- Elon 5–6
- Emory & Henry 1–0
- Evansville 1–0
- Florida State 0–3
- Fordham 1–0
- Furman 17–17
- Gardner-Webb 0–1
- Georgetown (Kentucky) 1–2
- Georgia 0–8–1
- Georgia Southern 3–8
- Georgia State 1–1
- Georgia Tech 0–8
- Glenville State 2–0
- Houston 0–1
- Illinois 0–1
- Illinois State 4–0
- Indiana State 1–0
- Jacksonville State 8–13
- James Madison 0–1
- Kennesaw State 1–0
- Kentucky 0–0 †
- Liberty 1–1
- Louisiana 3–2
- Louisiana Tech 2–4
- Louisville 0–3
- LSU 0–2
- Mars Hill 1–0
- Marshall 5–0
- Maryville (TN) 2–1
- McNeese 0–2
- Memphis 0–8
- Mercer 11–12–1
- Miami 0–4
- Middle Tennessee 6–3–1
- Minnesota Morris 1–0
- Mississippi State 0–4
- Murray State 2–0
- NC State 0–2
- Nebraska 0–1
- New Hampshire 0–1
- Newberry 1–0
- North Alabama 2–1
- North Texas 2–4
- Oglethorpe 1–5–1
- Oklahoma 0–1
- Ole Miss 1–14
- Portland State 1–0
- Presbyterian 4–0
- Richmond 2–0
- Rollins 1–0
- Sam Houston 0–1
- Samford 17–7–2
- Sewanee 3–9–2
- Shorter 1–0
- South Carolina 0–1
- South Florida 0–1
- Southern Miss 1–4
- Stetson 1–0
- Tampa 1–3
- Tarleton State 0–1
- Tennessee 2–37–2 †
- Tennessee Medical College 0–1
- Tennessee State 2–3–2
- Tennessee Tech 9–6
- The Citadel 23–14–1
- Transylvania 2–1
- Tulane 0–2
- Tusculum 1–0
- UAB 0–1
- UL Monroe 0–1
- Union (Tennessee) 1–1
- UT Martin 1–2
- Vanderbilt 1–18
- Virginia Tech 1–0
- VMI 11–3
- Wake Forest 0–1
- Washington & Jefferson 0–1
- Weber State 1–0
- West Georgia 1–0
- West Virginia 0–1
- Western Carolina 20–10
- Western Kentucky 3–4
- Wisconsin–Milwaukee 1–0
- Wofford 11–13
- Xavier 2–2
Official records. † Without wins the NCAA vacated, or with forfeits counted. ‡ The rivalry’s own count, where it differs from the games on file.
Conference titles
15, counting shared titlesAs the program counts them in its Wikipedia article, shared titles included, and listed under each conference’s current name (a Western Conference title of the 1900s counts as a Big Ten title); season pages use the name the conference had that year. A title the article files under a conference the team wasn’t in that season is listed under the one it was. Division titles include years the team tied for its division.
Conferences
- Independent 1899–1913
- SIAA 1914–1916 and 1919–1930
- Dixie Conference 1931–1941
- Independent 1942 and 1945–1976
- Southern Conference since 1982
Chattanooga’s football conferences by season, from CollegeFootballData.com’s memberships (renamed conferences keep the name of the time).
Led the nation 5
| 1979 | Gwain Durden yards per carry (7.8) |
| 1979 | Joe Burke yards per catch (28.1) |
| 1977 | Tony Ball kickoff return average (36.4) |
| 1973 | Larry Stokes yards per catch (27.9) |
| 1946 | Gene Roberts points (117 pts) |
The NCAA’s official national leaders since 1937, from Wikipedia’s yearly leader lists.
In the Hall of Fame
Every inductee- Players
- 0
- Coaches
- 2
| 1980 | Scrappy Moore coach here, 1946–1950 |
| 1951 | Frank Thomas coach here, 1925–1928 |
In the draft
By college- NFL picks, rounds 1–7
- 16 since 1959
- First-round picks
- 1
- AAFC picks
- 1 1949
| 2022 | Cole Strange OG | No. 29, New England Patriots |
The school
The University of Tennessee–Chattanooga- Enrollment
- 11,775 10,202 undergraduates, fall 2024
- Where
- Chattanooga, Tennessee
- Public or private
- Public
- Founded
- 1886
- Graduates’ median earnings
- $51,151 10 years after starting
Enrollment, place and Carnegie research tier from the National Center for Education Statistics (IPEDS, public domain). Earnings from the US Department of Education’s College Scorecard (CC BY 4.0): the median for students who received federal aid and were working, not in school. Founding year from Wikidata. Every school’s in the data.
Season by season
National champions| Season | Record | Conf. | AP pre | AP final | Coach | Elo | SP+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 4–3 | 3–2 | 1337 | ||||
| 2025 | 5–7 | 4–4 | 1291 | ||||
| 2024 | 7–5 | 5–3 | 1398 | ||||
| 2023 | 8–5 | 6–2 | 1419 | ||||
| 2022 | 7–4 | 5–3 | 1392 | ||||
| 2021 | 6–5 | 5–3 | 1366 | ||||
| 2020 | 3–2 | 1316 | |||||
| 2019 | 6–6 | 5–3 | 1306 | ||||
| 2018 | 6–5 | 4–4 | 1313 | ||||
| 2017 | 3–8 | 3–5 | 1274 | ||||
| 2016 | 9–4 | 6–2 | 1474 | ||||
| 2015 | 9–4 | 6–1 | 1508 | ||||
| 2014 | 10–4 | 7–0 | 1512 | ||||
| 2013 | 8–4 | 6–2 | 1434 | ||||
| 2012 | 6–5 | 5–3 | 1400 | ||||
| 2011 | 5–6 | 3–5 | 1400 | ||||
| 2010 | 6–5 | 5–3 | 1347 | ||||
| 2009 | 6–5 | 4–4 | 1263 | ||||
| 2008 | 1–11 | 0–8 | 1081 | ||||
| 2007 | 2–9 | 2–5 | 1160 | ||||
| 2006 | 3–8 | 2–5 | 1207 | ||||
| 2005 | 6–5 | 3–4 | 1225 | ||||
| 2004 | 2–9 | 2–5 | 1109 | ||||
| 2003 | 3–9 | 3–5 | 1147 | ||||
| 2002 | 0–1 | 1265 |
Every season back to 1904 (89 more)
| Season | Record | Conf. | AP pre | AP final | Coach | Elo | SP+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 0–1 | 1269 | |||||
| 2000 | 0–1 | 1276 | |||||
| 1999 | 0–1 | 1274 | |||||
| 1998 | 0–1 | 1274 | |||||
| 1996 | 0–1 | 1280 | |||||
| 1995 | 0–1 | 1282 | |||||
| 1994 | 0–1 | 1282 | |||||
| 1993 | 0–1 | 1280 | |||||
| 1992 | 0–1 | 1282 | |||||
| 1991 | 0–1 | 1284 | |||||
| 1990 | 0–1 | 1286 | |||||
| 1988 | 0–2 | 1293 | |||||
| 1986 | 0–1 | 1329 | |||||
| 1985 | 0–2 | 1354 | |||||
| 1984 | 1–1 | 1412 | |||||
| 1983 | 1–0 | 1464 | |||||
| 1982 | 0–1 | 1481 | |||||
| 1981 | 7–3–1 | 3–2–1 | Bill Oliver | 1498 | -9.6 | ||
| 1980 | 8–3 | 5–2 | Bill Oliver | 1533 | -1.8 | ||
| 1979 | 9–2 | 5–1 | Joe Morrison | 1544 | 2.4 | ||
| 1978 | 7–3–1 | 3–1 | Joe Morrison | 1488 | 14.1 | ||
| 1977 | 9–1–1 | 4–1 | Joe Morrison | 1423 | -2.7 | ||
| 1976 | 6–4–1 | Joe Morrison | 1329 | 11.8 | |||
| 1975 | 5–5–1 | Joe Morrison | 1269 | -11.1 | |||
| 1974 | 4–7 | Joe Morrison | 1175 | -18.7 | |||
| 1973 | 4–7 | Joe Morrison | 1095 | -16.7 | |||
| 1972 | 2–9 | 1077 | -16.3 | ||||
| 1971 | 2–9 | 1109 | -7.4 | ||||
| 1970 | 1–3 | 1144 | |||||
| 1969 | 1–2 | 1172 | |||||
| 1968 | 2–1 | 1159 | |||||
| 1967 | 0–3 | 1085 | |||||
| 1966 | 0–4 | 1102 | |||||
| 1965 | 1–3 | 1123 | |||||
| 1964 | 1–3 | 1141 | |||||
| 1963 | 0–4 | 1085 | |||||
| 1962 | 0–3 | 1102 | |||||
| 1961 | 0–4 | 1113 | |||||
| 1960 | 0–4 | 1136 | |||||
| 1959 | 1–3 | 1172 | |||||
| 1958 | 1–1 | 1192 | |||||
| 1957 | 1–3 | 1164 | |||||
| 1956 | 0–3 | 1122 | |||||
| 1955 | 1–3 | 1162 | |||||
| 1954 | 1–3 | 1159 | |||||
| 1953 | 0–3 | 1190 | |||||
| 1952 | 0–2 | 1251 | |||||
| 1951 | 0–3 | 1338 | |||||
| 1950 | 1–4 | Scrappy Moore | 1290 | ||||
| 1949 | 1–3 | 1390 | |||||
| 1948 | 4–5 | Scrappy Moore | 1359 | ||||
| 1947 | 4–6 | Scrappy Moore | 1318 | ||||
| 1946 | 5–5 | Scrappy Moore | 1293 | ||||
| 1945 | 5–3 | 1263 | |||||
| 1942 | 0–3 | 1152 | |||||
| 1941 | 1–1 | 1195 | |||||
| 1940 | 1–1 | 1184 | |||||
| 1939 | 1–1 | 1162 | |||||
| 1938 | 0–2 | 1165 | |||||
| 1936 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1207 | ||||
| 1935 | 1–1–1 | 1–0 | 1162 | ||||
| 1934 | 0–1–1 | 0–0–1 | 1176 | ||||
| 1933 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1218 | ||||
| 1932 | 0–1 | 1306 | |||||
| 1931 | 0–2 | 1419 | |||||
| 1930 | 0–1–1 | Harold Drew | 1439 | ||||
| 1929 | 0–2 | Harold Drew | 1439 | ||||
| 1928 | 1–1 | 1–0 | Frank Thomas | 1466 | |||
| 1927 | 1–1 | Frank Thomas | 1399 | ||||
| 1926 | 1–1 | 1–0 | Frank Thomas | 1368 | |||
| 1925 | 1–2 | 1–0 | Frank Thomas | 1283 | |||
| 1924 | 1–7–1 | 0–2 | Bill McAllester | 1193 | |||
| 1923 | 3–4–2 | 0–1–1 | Bill McAllester | 1313 | |||
| 1922 | 6–2–1 | 1–0 | Bill McAllester | 1344 | |||
| 1921 | 4–6 | 1–2 | Silas Williams | 1269 | |||
| 1920 | 3–4–1 | 1–1 | Silas Williams | 1297 | |||
| 1919few games on file | 0–1 | Silas Williams | 1357 | ||||
| 1916few games on file | 0–4 | 0–2 | Johnny Spiegel | 1377 | |||
| 1915few games on file | 0–0–2 | 0–0–1 | Johnny Spiegel | 1417 | |||
| 1914few games on file | 0–3 | 0–2 | Mike Balenti | 1366 | |||
| 1913few games on file | 0–3 | Leslie Stauffer | 1381 | ||||
| 1912few games on file | 0–2 | Leslie Stauffer | 1424 | ||||
| 1910 | 5–2–1 | Leslie Stauffer | 1438 | ||||
| 1909 | 2–3–2 | W.A. Roddick | 1365 | ||||
| 1908few games on file | 0–2 | Jones Beene | 1387 | ||||
| 1907few games on file | 0–2 | Sam McAllister | 1372 | ||||
| 1906few games on file | 0–1 | Arthur Rueber | 1451 | ||||
| 1905few games on file | 1–1 | Walter Hullihen | 1452 | ||||
| 1904few games on file | 0–1 | Walter Hullihen | 1447 |
Officially 577–568–33 since 1904 (per Wikipedia, rechecked weekly); game by game here, 262–365–18 (645 of its 1,178 games are on file). Some games are missing from our source.
No season on file for 1911, 1917–18, 1937, 1943–44, 1987, 1989, 1997: the program may not have played, or our source may be missing them.
Records are computed from every game on file at CollegeFootballData.com, whose coverage of the earliest seasons can be incomplete. Elo is this site’s own rating; see how it works on the records page.