1983 Chattanooga Moccasins football team

1983 Chattanooga Moccasins football
Conference	Southern Conference
Record	7-4 (5-2 SoCon)
Head coach	"Brother" Bill Oliver (4th season)
Home stadium	Chamberlain Field (Capacity: 10,501)

1983 Southern Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 2 Furman $^	6	–	0	–	1			10	–	2	–	1
No. 9 Western Carolina ^	5	–	0	–	1			11	–	3	–	1
Chattanooga	5	–	2	–	0			7	–	4	–	0
Appalachian State	4	–	3	–	0			6	–	5	–	0
Marshall	3	–	4	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
VMI	1	–	5	–	0			2	–	9	–	0
The Citadel	1	–	6	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
East Tennessee State	1	–	6	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee poll

The 1983 Chattanooga Moccasins football team represented the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga in the 1983 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Mocs were led by fourth year head coach "Brother" Bill Oliver and played their home games at Charmerlain Field. They are a member of the Southern Conference. They finished the season 7–4,5-2 in Southern Conference play to finish in 3rd place.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance
Sep 3	Jacksonville State*		Chamberlain Field Chattanooga, TN	W 13-6	10,254
Sep 10	Arkansas State*		Chamberlain Field Chattanooga, TN	L 14-27	9,721
Sep 17	at Southwestern Louisiana*		Cajun Field Lafayette, LA	W 38-14	20,157
Oct 1	at Louisiana Tech*		Joe Aillet Stadium Ruston, LA	L 14-17	16,600
Oct 8	at No. 10 Appalachian State		Conrad Stadium Boone, NC	W 30-9	13,264
Oct 15	The Citadel		Chamberlain Field Chattanooga, TN	W 30-9	10,203
Oct 22	Marshall		Chamberlain Field Chattanooga, TN	W 23-16	7,122
Oct 29	at Western Carolina	No. 17	Whitmire Stadium Cullowhee, NC	L 15-25	9,245
Nov 5	VMI		Chamberlain Field Chattanooga, TN	W 23-6	7,488
Nov 12	at No. 4 Furman		Paladin Stadium Greenville, SC	L 14-28
Nov 19	at East Tennessee State		Memorial Center Johnson City, TN	W 13-10	4,113
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from The Sports Network FCS Poll released prior to game Poll released prior to the game