1978 Chattanooga Moccasins football team

The 1978 Chattanooga Moccasins football team represented the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga in the 1978 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Moccasins were led by first-year head coach Joe Morrison and played their home games at Charmerlain Field. They finished the season 7–3–1 overall and 3–1 in Southern Conference (SoCon) play to finish tied for first place.[1]

1978 Chattanooga Moccasins football
SoCon co-champion
ConferenceSouthern Conference
Record7–3–1 (3–1 SoCon)
Head coach
CaptainGame captains
Home stadiumChamberlain Field
(capacity: 10,501)
1978 Southern Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Furman + 4 –1 –08 –3 –0
Chattanooga + 3 –1 –07 –3 –1
Appalachian State 4 –2 –07 –4 –0
Western Carolina 4 –2 –06 –5 –0
The Citadel 2 –3 –05 –6 –0
VMI 0 –4 –03 –8 –0
Marshall 0 –5 –01 –10 –0
  • + – Conference co-champions

Schedule
DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 9at Western Kentucky*
W 42–1513,500
September 16at Louisiana Tech*
W 12–714,212[2]
September 23at Marshall
W 27–23
September 30at Middle Tennessee State*
T 14–14
October 7Appalachian State
  • Chamberlain Field
  • Chattanooga, TN
W 72–1410,501[3]
October 14No. 9 Jacksonville State*dagger
W 28–2110,501[4]
October 21at Furman
W 13–97,618[5]
October 28McNeese State*
L 24–28[6]
November 4Western Carolina
  • Chamberlain Field
  • Chattanooga, TN
L 21–3110,000[7]
November 11Richmond
  • Chamberlain Field
  • Chattanooga, TN
W 30–3[8]
November 18at Tennessee State*
L 23–27
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References
  1. "1978 Football Schedule". Tennessee at Chattanooga, University of.
  2. "Chattanooga stumps Tech for first time". The Shreveport Times. September 17, 1978. Retrieved July 1, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Appalachian trounced 72–14". The Charlotte Observer. October 8, 1978. Retrieved December 3, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Merendino leads UT–C to 4th win". The Knoxville News-Sentinel. October 15, 1978. Retrieved November 29, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Moccasins sneak past Paladins". The Greenville News. October 22, 1978. Retrieved December 3, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. "UT–Chattanooga beaten". The Tennessean. October 29, 1978. Retrieved March 3, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. "Harp strums touchdown tunes in Cats 31–21 victory". The News and Observer. November 5, 1978. Retrieved February 14, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. "Mocs hang 30–3 defeat on Richmond". The Knoxville News-Sentinel. November 12, 1978. Retrieved October 28, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
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