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American college football season
The 2018 Chattanooga Mocs football team represented the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga in the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon). The Mocs were led by second-year head coach Tom Arth and played their home games at Finley Stadium in Chattanooga, Tennessee . They finished the season 6–5, 4–4 in SoCon play to finish in a three-way tie for fifth place.
On December 14, head coach Tom Arth resigned to become the head coach at Akron .[1] He finished at Chattanooga with a two-year record of 9–13.
Previous season
The Mocs finished the 2017 season 3–8, 3–5 in SoCon play to finish in a tie for sixth place.
Preseason
Preseason media poll
The SoCon released their preseason media poll on July 25, 2018, with the Mocs predicted to finish in sixth place.[2] The same day the coaches released their preseason poll with the Mocs predicted to finish in fifth place.[3]
Media poll
Predicted finish
Team
Votes (1st place)
1
Samford
204 (20)
2
Furman
174 (2)
3
Wofford
163 (1)
4
Mercer
133
5
Western Carolina
114
6
Chattanooga
88
7
The Citadel
83
8
East Tennessee State
53
9
VMI
23
Coaches poll
Predicted finish
Team
Votes (1st place)
1
Samford
63 (7)
2
Wofford
53 (1)
3
Furman
52 (1)
4
Western Carolina
39
5
Chattanooga
34
6
Mercer
32
7
The Citadel
28
8
East Tennessee State
15
9
VMI
8
Preseason All-SoCon Teams
The Mocs placed six players on the preseason all-SoCon teams.
Offense
2nd team
Tyrell Price – RB
Malcolm White – OL
Bingo Morton – WR
Defense
1st team
Isaiah Mack – DL
2nd team
Kareem Orr – DB
Specialists
1st team
Brandon Dowdell – RS
Schedule
Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance 7:00 p.m. Tennessee Tech * ESPN3 W 34–109,020
September 8 6:00 p.m. at The Citadel ESPN+ W 29–28 OT 8,076
September 15 4:00 p.m. at UT Martin * ESPN+ W 34–244,414
September 22 7:00 p.m. No. 17 Samford Finley Stadium Chattanooga, TN ESPN+ W 27–2010,469
September 29 7:30 p.m. at East Tennessee State No. 20 ESPN+ L 14–179,277
October 6 3:00 p.m. No. 7 Wofford Finley Stadium Chattanooga, TN ESPN+ L 10–218,010
October 13 3:30 p.m. at Western Carolina ESPN+ W 26–67,362
October 27 3:00 p.m. VMI Finley Stadium Chattanooga, TN ESPN+ W 34–278,201
November 3 1:00 p.m. at Furman ESPN3 L 10–164,332
November 10 1:00 p.m. Mercer Finley Stadium Chattanooga, TN ESPN+ L 9–138,014
November 17 7:30 p.m. at South Carolina * SECN Alternate L 9–4972,832
*Non-conference game HomecomingRankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time
[4]
Game summaries
Tennessee Tech
1
2
3
4
Total
Golden Eagles
0
7
3
0
10
Mocs
6
7
21
0
34
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
29–10
2014
CHAT, 38–17
at The Citadel
1
2
3
4 OT
Total
Mocs
14
7
0
0 8
29
Bulldogs
0
14
7
0 7
28
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
30–18–2
2017
CIT, 20–14
at UT Martin
1
2
3
4
Total
Mocs
10
10
7
7
34
Skyhawks
0
7
0
17
24
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
3–2
2017
UTM, 21–7
Samford
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 17 Bulldogs
0
10
3
7
20
Mocs
10
7
7
3
27
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
30–10–3
2017
CHAT, 23–21
at East Tennessee State
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 20 Mocs
0
0
0
14
14
Buccaneers
14
3
0
0
17
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
22–17–1
2017
CHAT, 10–3
Wofford
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 7 Terriers
7
7
0
7
21
Mocs
10
0
0
0
10
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
10–13
2017
WOF, 24–21 OT
at Western Carolina
1
2
3
4
Total
Mocs
9
10
7
0
26
Catamounts
0
3
0
3
6
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
27–17
2017
WCU, 45–7
VMI
1
2
3
4
Total
Keydets
14
7
0
6
27
Mocs
7
14
6
7
34
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
16–7–1
2017
CHAT, 63–7
at Furman
1
2
3
4
Total
Mocs
0
0
3
7
10
Paladins
7
6
0
3
16
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
19–27
2017
FUR, 41–17
Mercer
1
2
3
4
Total
Bears
0
0
0
13
13
Mocs
0
0
3
6
9
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
19–8–1
2017
MERC, 30–10
at South Carolina
1
2
3
4
Total
Mocs
0
3
0
6
9
Gamecocks
14
14
7
14
49
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
First meeting
Ranking movements
Ranking movementsLegend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking — = Not ranked RV = Received votes Week Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final STATS FCS — RV RV RV 20 RV RV RV RV RV RV RV — Coaches — — — RV 24 RV RV RV RV RV RV RV —
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