American college football season
The 2019 Chattanooga Mocs football team represented the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon). The Mocs were led by first-year head coach Rusty Wright and played their home games at Finley Stadium in Chattanooga, Tennessee . They finished the season 6–6 overall and 5–3 in SoCon play to place third.
Preseason
Preseason polls The SoCon released their preseason media poll and coaches poll on July 22, 2019. The Mocs were picked to finish in fifth place by the media and in fourth by the coaches.[ 1] [ 2]
Media poll
Predicted finish
Team
Votes (1st place)
1
Wofford
253 (21)
2
Furman
229 (6)
3
East Tennessee State
187 (2)
4
Mercer
146
5 Chattanooga 134
6
Samford
125
7
The Citadel
111
8
Western Carolina
88
9
VMI
32
Coaches poll
Predicted finish
Team
Votes (1st place)
1
Wofford
63 (7)
2
Furman
55 (1)
3
East Tennessee State
44 (1)
4 Chattanooga 40
5
Mercer
34
6
Samford
33
7
The Citadel
22
8
Western Carolina
21
9
VMI
12
Preseason All-SoCon Teams The Mocs placed six players on the preseason all-SoCon teams.[ 2]
Offense
1st team
Bryce Nunnelly – WR
2nd team
Tyrell Price – RB
Cole Strange – OL
Defense
1st team
Marshall Cooper – LB
Brandon Dowdell – DB
Jerrell Lawson – DB
Schedule Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance 7:00 p.m. Eastern Illinois * ESPN3 W 24–108,254 September 7 7:00 p.m. at No. 18 Jacksonville State * ESPN+ L 20–4119,428 September 14 12:00 p.m. at Tennessee * SECN L 0–4586,208 September 21 4:00 p.m. No. 2 James Madison * ESPN+ L 14–378,795 September 28 4:00 p.m. Western Carolina Finley Stadium Chattanooga, TN ESPN+ W 60–367,636 October 5 4:00 p.m. at Mercer ESPN+ W 34–178,972 7:00 p.m. East Tennessee State Finley Stadium Chattanooga, TN ESPN+ W 16–137,124 October 26 1:30 p.m. at Wofford ESPN+ L 34–35 OT 4,445 November 2 2:00 p.m. No. 13 Furman Finley Stadium Chattanooga, TN ESPN+ L 20–357,431 November 9 2:00 p.m. at Samford ESPN3 W 35–274,835 November 16 2:00 p.m. The Citadel Finley Stadium Chattanooga, TN ESPN+ W 34–337,363 November 23 1:30 p.m. at VMI ESPN+ L 24–31*Non-conference game Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time
[ 3]
Game summaries
Eastern Illinois
1
2
3
4
Total
Panthers
3
7
0
0
10
Mocs
7
10
7
0
24
At Jacksonville State
1
2
3
4
Total
Mocs
3
3
14
0
20
No. 18 Gamecocks
7
14
6
14
41
At Tennessee
1
2
3
4
Total
Mocs
0
0
0
0
0
Volunteers
21
17
7
0
45
James Madison
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 2 Dukes
14
6
10
7
37
Mocs
14
0
0
0
14
Western Carolina
1
2
3
4
Total
Catamounts
7
14
15
0
36
Mocs
6
31
7
16
60
At Mercer
1
2
3
4
Total
Mocs
7
10
10
7
34
Bears
14
0
0
3
17
East Tennessee State
1
2
3
4
Total
Buccaneers
0
13
0
0
13
Mocs
7
0
6
3
16
At Wofford
1
2
3
4 OT
Total
Mocs
7
7
0
14 6
34
Terriers
0
14
7
7 7
35
Furman
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 13 Paladins
0
14
7
14
35
Mocs
3
9
0
8
20
At Samford
1
2
3
4
Total
Mocs
7
21
7
0
35
Bulldogs
7
0
13
7
27
The Citadel
1
2
3
4
Total
Bulldogs
2
7
17
7
33
Mocs
12
0
0
22
34
At VMI
1
2
3
4
Total
Mocs
10
0
7
7
24
Keydets
3
14
14
0
31
Ranking movements Ranking movementsLegend: RV = Received votes Week Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final STATS FCS RV Coaches RV
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