1988 Chattanooga Moccasins football team

1988 Chattanooga Moccasins football
Conference	Southern Conference
Record	4-7 (3-3 SoCon)
Head coach	Buddy Nix (5th season)
Home stadium	Chamberlain Field (Capacity: 10,501)

1988 Southern Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 4 Furman +^	6	–	1	–	0			13	–	2	–	0
No. 6 Marshall +^	6	–	1	–	0			11	–	2	–	0
No. 14 The Citadel ^	5	–	2	–	0			8	–	4	–	0
Appalachian State	4	–	3	–	0			6	–	4	–	1
Chattanooga	3	–	3	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
VMI	1	–	5	–	0			2	–	9	–	0
East Tennessee State	1	–	6	–	0			2	–	9	–	0
Western Carolina	1	–	6	–	0			2	–	9	–	0
+ – Conference co-champions ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee poll

The 1988 Chattanooga Moccasins football team represented the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga in the 1988 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Mocs were led by fifth 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 4–7,3–3 in Southern Conference play to finish in 3rd place.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
Sep 3	at Middle Tennessee State*	Louisiana Superdome New Orleans, LA	L 19-33	21,777
Sep 10	at Georgia Tech*	Bobby Dodd Stadium at Historic Grant Field Atlanta, GA	L 10-24	22,720
Sep 17	No. 6 Georgia Southern*	Chamberlain Field Chattanooga, TN	L 3-13	8,717
Sep 24	at Tennessee Tech*	Tucker Stadium Cookeville, TN	W 41-0	2,989
Oct 1	East Tennessee State	Chamberlain Field Chattanooga, TN	W 33-10	8,301
Oct 8	Western Carolina	Chamberlain Field Chattanooga, TN	W 19-14	6,,008
Oct 15	at The Citadel	Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, SC	L 17-23	16,457
Oct 22	at No. 3 Marshall	Fairfield Stadium Huntington, WV	L 7-38	13,298
Oct 29	vs. Western Kentucky*	Houchens Industries–L. T. Smith Stadium Bowling Green, KY	L 29-31	18,200
Nov 5	at No. 10 Furman	Chamberlain Field Chattanooga, TN	L 7-10	4,105
Nov 12	No. 16 Appalachian State	Chamberlain Field Chattanooga, TN	W 28-24	4,212
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from The Sports Network FCS Poll released prior to game Poll released prior to the game