1988 Chattanooga Moccasins football team

1988 Chattanooga Moccasins football
1988 Chattanooga Moccasins football
Conference	Southern Conference
Record	4–7 (3–3 SoCon)
Head coach	Buddy Nix (5th season);
Captain	Tony Bowick, Travis McNeal
Home stadium	Chamberlain Field
	Seasons ← 1987 1989 →

The 1988 Chattanooga Moccasins football team represented the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon) in the 1988 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Moccasins were led by fifth-year head coach Buddy Nix and played their home games at Chamberlain Field. They finished the season 4–7, overall and 3–3 in SoCon play to place third.^[1]

1988 Southern Conference football standings
v t e	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	3	–	8	–	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

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 3	at Tulane*	Louisiana Superdome New Orleans, LA	L 19–33	21,777	^[2]
September 10	at Georgia Tech*	Bobby Dodd Stadium Atlanta, GA	L 10–24	22,720	^[3]
September 17	No. 6 Georgia Southern*	Chamberlain Field Chattanooga, TN	L 3–13	8,717	^[4]
September 24	at Tennessee Tech*	Tucker Stadium Cookeville, TN	W 41–0	2,989
October 1	East Tennessee State	Chamberlain Field Chattanooga, TN	W 33–10	8,301	^[5]
October 8	Western Carolina	Chamberlain Field Chattanooga, TN	W 19–14	6,008	^[6]
October 15	at The Citadel	Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, SC	L 17–23	16,457	^[7]
October 22	at No. 3 Marshall	Fairfield Stadium Huntington, WV	L 7–38	13,298	^[8]
October 29	vs. Western Kentucky*	L. T. Smith Stadium Bowling Green, KY	L 29–31	18,200	^[9]
November 5	at No. 10 Furman	Chamberlain Field Chattanooga, TN	L 7–10	4,105	^[10]
November 12	No. 16 Appalachian State	Chamberlain Field Chattanooga, TN	W 28–24	4,212	^[11]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee Poll released prior to the game

^ "1988 Football Schedule". Tennessee at Chattanooga, University of.
^ "Green Wave rolls over UTC Moccasins". The Daily Advertiser. September 4, 1988. Retrieved February 7, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Better late than...Jackets 24–10". The Atlanta Journal & Constitution. September 11, 1988. Retrieved December 8, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Southern's defense drills UTC 13–3". The Atlanta Journal & Constitution. September 18, 1988. Retrieved December 8, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Mocs embarrass Bucs 33–10". Bristol Herald Courier. October 2, 1988. Retrieved December 8, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "UT–Chattanooga slips past Western Carolina 19–14". Winston-Salem Journal. October 9, 1988. Retrieved December 8, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Citadel chews up Moccasins". The Island Packet. October 16, 1988. Retrieved December 8, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Marshall 38, Tennessee–Chattanooga 7". The Charlotte Observer. October 23, 1988. Retrieved December 8, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Western survives UTC's comeback to claim victory". The Park City Daily News. October 30, 1988. Retrieved December 8, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Turnovers key Paladins, 10–7". The Greenville News. November 6, 1988. Retrieved September 18, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Moccasins clinch SC victory over Appy State". Kingsport Times-News. November 13, 1988. Retrieved November 18, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.