2003 Chattanooga Mocs football team
Appearance
| 2003 Chattanooga Mocs football | |
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| Conference | Southern Conference |
| Record | 3–9 (3–5 SoCon) |
| Head coach |
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| Offensive coordinator | Jason Simpson (1st season) |
| Defensive coordinator | Gwaine Mathews (1st season) |
| Home stadium | Finley Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 3 Wofford $^ | 8 | – | 0 | 12 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Appalachian State | 6 | – | 2 | 7 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 24 Georgia Southern | 5 | – | 3 | 7 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Furman | 4 | – | 4 | 6 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The Citadel | 4 | – | 4 | 6 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Western Carolina | 3 | – | 5 | 4 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chattanooga | 3 | – | 5 | 3 | – | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| East Tennessee State | 2 | – | 6 | 5 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Elon | 1 | – | 7 | 2 | – | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2003 Chattanooga Mocs football team represented the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon) in the 2003 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Mocs were led by first-year head coach Rodney Allison and played their home games at Finley Stadium. They finished the season 3–9 overall and 3–5 in SoCon play to tie for sixth place.[1][2]
Schedule
[edit]| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| August 28 | 8:00 p.m. | Samford* | L 23–31 | 9,003 | [3] | |
| September 6 | 7:00 p.m. | at Vanderbilt* | L 6–51 | 26,176 | [4] | |
| September 13 | 6:00 p.m. | Tennessee Tech* |
| L 10–35 | 7,802 | [5] |
| September 20 | 6:00 p.m. | at Gardner–Webb* | L 13–23 | 3,789 | [6] | |
| September 27 | 6:00 p.m. | at No. 16 Georgia Southern | L 3–34 | 18,623 | [7] | |
| October 4 | 4:00 p.m. | No. 12 Wofford |
| L 14–42 | 7,409 | [8] |
| October 18 | 2:00 p.m. | at Elon | W 24–7 | 3,271 | [9] | |
| October 25 | 6:00 p.m. | Western Carolina |
| W 38–0 | 6,693 | [10] |
| November 1 | 2:00 p.m. | at No. 6 Appalachian State | L 7–47 | 8,753 | [11] | |
| November 8 | 6:00 p.m. | The Citadel |
| W 29–20 | 6,079 | [12] |
| November 15 | 1:00 p.m. | at East Tennessee State | L 7–68 | 4,419 | [13] | |
| November 22 | 3:30 p.m. | Furman |
| L 21–63 | 5,044 | [14] |
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References
[edit]- ^ "2003 Football Schedule". Tennessee at Chattanooga, University of.
- ^ "UTC-Tennessee Tech game stats". Tennessee at Chattanooga, University of.
- ^ "Bulldogs teach Mocs a lesson". Birmingham Post-Herald. August 29, 2003. Retrieved July 6, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Commodores chew up Chattanooga". The Commercial Appeal. September 7, 2003. Retrieved July 12, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Tennessee Tech defeats Chattanooga". The Jackson Sun. September 14, 2003. Retrieved July 12, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Gardner–Webb 23, Chattanooga 13". Hickory Daily Record. September 21, 2003. Retrieved July 12, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Ga. Southern soars to 34–3 win over Mocs". The Times. September 28, 2003. Retrieved July 12, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Wofford 42, Chattanooga 14". The Charlotte Observer. October 5, 2003. Retrieved July 12, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Elon's mistakes give game to Chattanooga". News and Record. October 19, 2003. Retrieved July 12, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Catamounts fall in road shutout". News and Record. October 26, 2003. Retrieved July 12, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Appalachian State rolls to victory". The News and Observer. November 2, 2003. Retrieved December 1, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Chattanooga 29, The Citadel 20". The Island Packet. November 9, 2003. Retrieved July 12, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Bucs mash Mocs". Bristol Herald Courier. November 16, 2003. Retrieved July 12, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Paladins finish with a flourish". The Greenville News. November 23, 2003. Retrieved September 24, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "2003 Chattanooga Football". stats.gomocs.com. Retrieved July 17, 2025.