2018 Chattanooga Mocs football team

{{Infobox college sports team season

| year = 2018

| team = Chattanooga Mocs

| sport = football

| image = Chattanooga Mocs logo.svg

| image_size = 150

| conference = Southern Conference

| short_conf = SoCon

| record = 6–5

| conf_record = 4–4

| head_coach= Tom Arth

| hc_year = 2nd

| off_coach = Justin Rascati

| oc_year = 2nd

| off_scheme =

| def_coach =

| dc_year =

| def_scheme =

| captain =

| stadium = Finley Stadium

}}

The 2018 Chattanooga Mocs football team represented the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga in the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon). The Mocs were led by second-year head coach Tom Arth and played their home games at Finley Stadium in Chattanooga, Tennessee. They finished the season 6–5 overall and 4–4 in SoCon play to place in a three-way tie for fifth.

On December 14, head coach Arth resigned to become the head coach at Akron.{{Cite web|url=http://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/25535870/akron-zips-hiring-tom-arth-chattanooga-mocs-head-football-coach|title=Akron hiring Chattanooga's Arth as new coach|date=14 December 2018}} He finished at Chattanooga with a two-year record of 9–13.

Preseason

=Preseason media poll=

The SoCon released their preseason media poll on July 25, 2018, with the Mocs predicted to finish in sixth place.{{Cite web|url=http://www.soconsports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=21895&SPID=1781&DB_LANG=C&ATCLID=211735859&DB_OEM_ID=4000|title = Media picks Samford to win 2018 SoCon football title}} The same day the coaches released their preseason poll with the Mocs predicted to finish in fifth place.{{Cite web|url=http://www.soconsports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=21895&SPID=1781&DB_LANG=C&ATCLID=211735863&DB_OEM_ID=4000|title = Football coaches select preseason all-conference teams, poll}}

class="wikitable" style="display: inline-table;" \|+Media poll {{CollegePrimaryHeader\|team=Chattanooga Mocs\|Predicted finish\|Team\|Votes (1st place)}}
align="center" \| 1	Samford	204 (20)
align="center" \| 2	Furman	174 (2)
align="center" \| 3	Wofford	163 (1)
align="center" \| 4	Mercer	133
align="center" \| 5	Western Carolina	114
align="center" \| 6	Chattanooga	88
align="center" \| 7	The Citadel	83
align="center" \| 8	East Tennessee State	53
align="center" \| 9	VMI	23

class="wikitable" style="display: inline-table;" \|+Coaches poll
align="center" {{CollegeSecondaryHeader\|team=Chattanooga Mocs\|Predicted finish\|Team\|Votes (1st place)}}
align="center" \| 1	Samford	63 (7)
align="center" \| 2	Wofford	53 (1)
align="center" \| 3	Furman	52 (1)
align="center" \| 4	Western Carolina	39
align="center" \| 5	Chattanooga	34
align="center" \| 6	Mercer	32
align="center" \| 7	The Citadel	28
align="center" \| 8	East Tennessee State	15
align="center" \| 9	VMI	8

==Preseason All-SoCon Teams==

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

Offense

2nd team

Tyrell Price – RB

Malcolm White – OL

Bingo Morton – WR

Defense

1st team

Isaiah Mack – DL

2nd team

Kareem Orr – DB

Specialists

1st team

Brandon Dowdell – RS

Schedule

{{CFB schedule

| rankyear = 2018

| rankdivision = NCAA Division I FCS

| poll = STATS

| timezone = Eastern

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = {{tooltip|August 30|Thursday}}

| time = 7:00 p.m.

| w/l = w

| nonconf = y

| opponent = Tennessee Tech

| site_stadium = Finley Stadium

| site_cityst = Chattanooga, TN

| tv = ESPN3

| score = 34–10

| attend = 9,020

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = September 8

| time = 6:00 p.m.

| w/l = w

| away = y

| opponent = The Citadel

| site_stadium = Johnson Hagood Stadium

| site_cityst = Charleston, SC

| tv = ESPN+

| score = 29–28

| overtime = OT

| attend = 8,076

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = September 15

| time = 4:00 p.m.

| w/l = w

| nonconf = y

| away = y

| opponent = UT Martin

| site_stadium = Graham Stadium

| site_cityst = Martin, TN

| tv = ESPN+

| score = 34–24

| attend = 4,414

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = September 22

| time = 7:00 p.m.

| w/l = w

| opponent = Samford

| opprank = 17

| site_stadium = Finley Stadium

| site_cityst = Chattanooga, TN

| tv = ESPN+

| score = 27–20

| attend = 10,469

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = September 29

| time = 7:30 p.m.

| w/l = l

| away = y

| rank = 20

| opponent = East Tennessee State

| site_stadium = William B. Greene Jr. Stadium

| site_cityst = Johnson City, TN

| tv = ESPN+

| score = 14–17

| attend = 9,277

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 6

| time = 3:00 p.m.

| w/l = l

| opponent = Wofford

| opprank = 7

| site_stadium = Finley Stadium

| site_cityst = Chattanooga, TN

| tv = ESPN+

| score = 10–21

| attend = 8,010

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 13

| time = 3:30 p.m.

| w/l = w

| away = y

| opponent = Western Carolina

| site_stadium = E. J. Whitmire Stadium

| site_cityst = Cullowhee, NC

| tv = ESPN+

| score = 26–6

| attend = 7,362

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 27

| time = 3:00 p.m.

| w/l = w

| homecoming = y

| opponent = VMI

| site_stadium = Finley Stadium

| site_cityst = Chattanooga, TN

| tv = ESPN+

| score = 34–27

| attend = 8,201

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 3

| time = 1:00 p.m.

| w/l = l

| away = y

| opponent = Furman

| site_stadium = Paladin Stadium

| site_cityst = Greenville, SC

| tv = ESPN3

| score = 10–16

| attend = 4,332

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 10

| time = 1:00 p.m.

| w/l = l

| opponent = Mercer

| site_stadium = Finley Stadium

| site_cityst = Chattanooga, TN

| tv = ESPN+

| score = 9–13

| attend = 8,014

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 17

| time = 7:30 p.m.

| w/l = l

| nonconf = y

| away = y

| opponent = South Carolina

| site_stadium = Williams-Brice Stadium

| site_cityst = Columbia, SC

| tv = SECN Alternate

| score = 9–49

| attend = 72,832

}}

{{cite web|url=http://gomocs.com/schedule.aspx?schedule=456&path=fb|title=2018 Football Schedule|website=Tennessee at Chattanooga, University of|access-date=May 20, 2018}}

Game summaries

=Tennessee Tech=

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|Road=Golden Eagles

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|R2= 7

|R3= 3

|R4= 0

|Home=Mocs

|H1= 6

|H2= 7

|H3= 21

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=At The Citadel=

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|R1= 14

|R2= 7

|R3= 0

|R4=0

|R5=8

|Home=Bulldogs

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|H3= 7

|H4= 0

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=At UT Martin=

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|R1= 10

|R2= 10

|R3= 7

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|Home=Skyhawks

|H1= 0

|H2= 7

|H3= 0

|H4= 17

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=Samford=

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|R2= 10

|R3= 3

|R4= 7

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|H2= 7

|H3= 7

|H4= 3

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=At East Tennessee State=

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|R1= 0

|R2= 0

|R3= 0

|R4= 14

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|H2= 3

|H3= 0

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=Wofford=

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|R2= 7

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|H2= 0

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=At Western Carolina=

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|R2= 10

|R3= 7

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|H1= 0

|H2= 3

|H3= 0

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=VMI=

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|Road=Keydets

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|R2= 7

|R3= 0

|R4=6

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|H1= 7

|H2= 14

|H3= 6

|H4= 7

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=At Furman=

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|Road=Mocs

|R1= 0

|R2= 0

|R3= 3

|R4= 7

|Home=Paladins

|H1= 7

|H2= 6

|H3= 0

|H4= 3

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=Mercer=

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|Road=Bears

|R1= 0

|R2= 0

|R3= 0

|R4= 13

|Home=Mocs

|H1= 0

|H2= 0

|H3= 3

|H4= 6

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=At South Carolina=

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|Road=Mocs

|R1= 0

|R2= 3

|R3= 0

|R4= 6

|Home=Gamecocks

|H1= 14

|H2= 14

|H3= 7

|H4= 14

}}

Ranking movements

{{Ranking movements

| poll1title = STATS FCS

| poll1firstweek = 0

| poll1lastweek = 13

| poll1_0=NR

| poll1_1=RV

| poll1_2=RV

| poll1_3=RV

| poll1_4=20

| poll1_5=RV

| poll1_6=RV

| poll1_7=RV

| poll1_8=RV

| poll1_9=RV

| poll1_10=RV

| poll1_11=RV

| poll1_12=NR

| poll1_13=

| poll1_14=

| poll1_15=

| poll1_16=

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| poll1_18=

| poll1_19=

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| poll2title = Coaches

| poll2firstweek = 0

| poll2lastweek = 13

| poll2_0=NR

| poll2_1=NR

| poll2_2=NR

| poll2_3=RV

| poll2_4=24

| poll2_5=RV

| poll2_6=RV

| poll2_7=RV

| poll2_8=RV

| poll2_9=RV

| poll2_10=RV

| poll2_11=RV

| poll2_12=NR

| poll2_13=

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}}

References

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