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 | |
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SoCon co-champion | |
| Conference | Southern Conference |
| Record | 7–3–1 (3–1 SoCon) |
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| Captain | Game captains |
| Home stadium | Chamberlain Field |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Furman + | 4 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chattanooga + | 3 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Appalachian State | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Western Carolina | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The Citadel | 2 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| VMI | 0 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Marshall | 0 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 10 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
edit| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 9 | at Western Kentucky* | W 42–15 | 13,500 | [2] | |
| September 16 | at Louisiana Tech* | W 12–7 | 14,212 | [3] | |
| September 23 | at Marshall | W 27–23 | [4] | ||
| September 30 | at Middle Tennessee State* | T 14–14 | 3,800 | [5] | |
| October 7 | Appalachian State | W 72–14 | 10,501 | [6] | |
| October 14 | No. 9 Jacksonville State* |
| W 28–21 | 10,501 | [7] |
| October 21 | at Furman | W 13–9 | 7,618 | [8] | |
| October 28 | at McNeese State* | L 24–28 | [9] | ||
| November 4 | Western Carolina |
| L 21–31 | 10,000 | [10] |
| November 11 | Richmond* |
| W 30–3 | [11] | |
| November 18 | at Tennessee State* | L 23–27 | 10,000 | [12] | |
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References
edit- ^ "1978 Football Schedule". Tennessee at Chattanooga, University of.
- ^ "Powerful Mocs scortch Western". Messenger-Inquirer. September 10, 1978. Retrieved January 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Chattanooga stumps Tech for first time". The Shreveport Times. September 17, 1978. Retrieved July 1, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Mocs edge Herd". The Greenville News. September 24, 1978. Retrieved January 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Raiders tie 14–14 with soggy Mocs". The Tennessean. October 1, 1978. Retrieved January 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Appalachian trounced 72–14". The Charlotte Observer. October 8, 1978. Retrieved December 3, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Merendino leads UT–C to 4th win". The Knoxville News-Sentinel. October 15, 1978. Retrieved November 29, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Moccasins sneak past Paladins". The Greenville News. October 22, 1978. Retrieved December 3, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "UT–Chattanooga beaten". The Tennessean. October 29, 1978. Retrieved March 3, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Harp strums touchdown tunes in Cats 31–21 victory". The News and Observer. November 5, 1978. Retrieved February 14, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Mocs hang 30–3 defeat on Richmond". The Knoxville News-Sentinel. November 12, 1978. Retrieved October 28, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Late blitz sparks TSU". The Tennessean. November 19, 1978. Retrieved January 27, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.