The 1997 Chattanooga Mocs football team represented the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon) in the 1997 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Mocs were led by fourth-year head coach Buddy Green and played first three home games at Chamberlain Field before moving to newly-opened Finley Stadium on October 18. They finished the season 7–4 overall and 4–4 in SoCon play to tie for fifth place.^[1]

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 6	Tennessee Tech*		Chamberlain Field Chattanooga, TN	W 13–10	8,377
September 11	Middle Tennessee State*		Chamberlain Field Chattanooga, TN	W 33–24	8,298
September 27	at No. 20 Georgia Southern	No. 22	Paulson Stadium Statesboro, GA	L 10–37	10,128
October 4	Wofford		Chamberlain Field Chattanooga, TN	W 20–17	9,102
October 11	at VMI		Alumni Memorial Field Lexington, VA	W 27–24	6,745	[2]
October 18	Tennessee State*		Finley Stadium Chattanooga, TN	W 28–7	22,646	[3]
October 25	Western Carolina		Finley Stadium Chattanooga, TN	W 24–21	6,352
November 1	at No. 18 Appalachian State	No. 23	Kidd Brewer Stadium Boone, NC	L 7–41	16,761	[4]
November 8	The Citadel		Finley Stadium Chattanooga, TN	L 3–7	7,209
November 15	at East Tennessee State		Memorial Center Johnson City, TN	W 17–13	6,181
November 22	Furman		Finley Stadium Chattanooga, TN	L 23–43	10,102	[5]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from The Sports Network Poll released prior to the game