2003 Chattanooga Mocs football team

2003 Chattanooga Mocs football
ConferenceSouthern Conference
Record3–9 (3–5 SoCon)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorJason Simpson (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorGwaine Mathews (1st season)
Home stadiumFinley Stadium
Seasons
← 2002
2004 →
2003 Southern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 3 Wofford $^   8 0     12 2  
Appalachian State   6 2     7 4  
No. 24 Georgia Southern   5 3     7 4  
Furman   4 4     6 5  
The Citadel   4 4     6 6  
Western Carolina   3 5     4 7  
Chattanooga   3 5     3 9  
East Tennessee State   2 6     5 7  
Elon   1 7     2 10  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network I-AA Poll

The 2003 Chattanooga Mocs football team represented the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon) in the 2003 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Mocs were led by first-year head coach Rodney Allison and played their home games at Finley Stadium. They finished the season 3–9 overall and 3–5 in SoCon play to tie for sixth place.[1][2]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
August 28Samford*L 23–319,003
September 6at Vanderbilt*L 6–5126,176
September 13Tennessee Tech*
  • Finley Stadium
  • Chattanooga, TN
L 10–357,802
September 20at Gardner–Webb*L 13–233,789
September 27at No. 16 Georgia SouthernL 3–3418,623
October 4No. 12 Wofforddagger
  • Finley Stadium
  • Chattanooga, TN
L 14–427,409
October 18at ElonW 24–73,271
October 25Western Carolina
  • Finley Stadium
  • Chattanooga, TN
W 38–06,693
November 1at No. 6 Appalachian StateL 7–478,753[3]
November 8The Citadel
  • Finley Stadium
  • Chattanooga, TN
W 29–206,079
November 15at East Tennessee StateL 7–684,419
November 22Furman
  • Finley Stadium
  • Chattanooga, TN
L 21–635,044[4]

References

  1. ^ "2003 Football Schedule". Tennessee at Chattanooga, University of.
  2. ^ "UTC-Tennessee Tech game stats". Tennessee at Chattanooga, University of.
  3. ^ "Appalachian State rolls to victory". The News and Observer. November 2, 2003. Retrieved December 1, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Paladins finish with a flourish". The Greenville News. November 23, 2003. Retrieved September 24, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.