1986 Chattanooga Moccasins football team

1986 Chattanooga Moccasins football
Conference	Southern Conference
Record	4-7 (2-4 SoCon)
Head coach	Buddy Nix (3rd season)
Home stadium	Chamberlain Field (Capacity: 10,501)

1986 Southern Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 6 Appalachian State $^	6	–	0	–	1			9	–	2	–	1
Western Carolina	5	–	2	–	0			6	–	5	–	0
No. 15 Furman ^	4	–	2	–	1			7	–	3	–	2
East Tennessee State	4	–	3	–	0			6	–	5	–	0
Marshall	3	–	3	–	0			6	–	4	–	1
Chattanooga	2	–	4	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
VMI	1	–	5	–	0			1	–	10	–	0
The Citadel	0	–	6	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee poll

The 1986 Chattanooga Moccasins football team represented the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga in the 1986 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Mocs were led by third year head coach Buddy Nix and played their home games at Charmerlain Field. They are a member of the Southern Conference. They finished the season 4–7,2–4 in Southern Conference play to finish in 6th place.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
Sep 6	at No. 14 Auburn*	Jordan-Hare Stadium Auburn, AL	L 14-42	58,000
Sep 13	at No. 13 Eastern Kentucky*	Roy Kidd Stadium Richmond, KY	L 3-23	14,400
Sep 20	Tennessee Tech*	Chamberlain Field Chattanooga, TN	W 33-3	9,487
Sep 27	at No. 4 Georgia Southern*	Paulson Stadium Statesboro, GA	L 14-34	15,234
Oct 11	No. 6 Appalachian State	Chamberlain Field Chattanooga, TN	L 15-20	9,044
Oct 18	at The Citadel	Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, SC	W 42-7	10,584
Oct 25	East Tennessee State	Chamberlain Field Chattanooga, TN	L 17-18	3,127
Nov 1	at No. 20 Marshall	Fairfield Stadium Huntington, WV	L 20-41	11,011
Nov 8	Western Carolina	Chamberlain Field Chattanooga, TN	W 34-7	6,063
Nov 15	at Furman	Chamberlain Field Chattanooga, TN	L 10-21	7,127
Nov 22	Western Kentucky*	Houchens Industries–L. T. Smith Stadium Bowling Green, KY	W 21-17	4,000
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from The Sports Network FCS Poll released prior to game Poll released prior to the game