1980 Chattanooga Moccasins football team

1980 Chattanooga Moccasins football
Conference	Southern Conference
Record	8-3 (5-2 SoCon)
Head coach	"Brother" Bill Oliver (1st season)
Home stadium	Chamberlain Field (Capacity: 10,501)

1980 Southern Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Furman $	7	–	0	–	0			9	–	1	–	1
Chattanooga	5	–	2	–	0			8	–	3	–	0
Appalachian State	4	–	2	–	1			6	–	4	–	1
The Citadel	3	–	2	–	0			7	–	4	–	0
Western Carolina	2	–	4	–	1			3	–	7	–	1
VMI	1	–	4	–	1			3	–	7	–	1
East Tennessee State	1	–	4	–	0			2	–	9	–	0
Marshall	0	–	5	–	1			2	–	8	–	1
$ – Conference champion

The 1980 Chattanooga Moccasins football team represented the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga in the 1980 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Mocs were led by first year head coach Bill Oliver and played their home games at Charmerlain Field. They are a member of the Southern Conference. They finished the season 8–3,5–2 in Southern Conference play to finish in 2nd place.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
September 6	at Jacksonville State*	Paul Snow Stadium Jacksonville, AL	W 16–13
September 13	at Middle Tennessee State*	Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium Murfreesboro, TN	W 32–7
September 20	Appalachian State	Chamberlain Field Chattanooga, TN	W 14–7
September 27	The Citadel	Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, SC	L 13–29
October 4	Furman	Chamberlain Field Chattanooga, TN	L 28–42
October 11	at VMI	Alumni Memorial Field Lexington, VA	W 55–10
October 18	at Marshall	Fairfield Stadium Huntington, WV	W 21–11
October 25	East Tennessee State	Chamberlain Field Chattanooga, TN	W 26–14
November 8	Western Carolina	Chamberlain Field Chattanooga, TN	W 39–14
November 15	Illinois State*	Chamberlain Field Chattanooga, TN	W 27–17
November 22	at Vanderbilt*	Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, TN	L 29–31
*Non-conference game Homecoming