1991 Chattanooga Moccasins football team

1991 Chattanooga Moccasins football
1991 Chattanooga Moccasins football
Conference	Southern Conference
Record	7–4 (4–3 SoCon)
Head coach	Buddy Nix (8th season);
Captain	Pumpy Tudors, Jackie Washington, Muhammad Shamsid-Deen
Home stadium	Chamberlain Field
	Seasons ← 1990 1992 →

The 1991 Chattanooga Moccasins football team represented the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon) in the 1991 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Moccasins were led by eighth-year head coach Buddy Nix and played their home games at Chamberlain Field. Southern Conference. They finished the season 7–4 overall and 4–3 in SoCon play to tie for fourth place.^[1]

1991 Southern Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 17 Appalachian State $^	6	–	1	–	0	8	–	4	–	0
No. 8 Marshall ^	5	–	2	–	0	11	–	4	–	0
No. T–20 The Citadel	5	–	2	–	0	7	–	4	–	0
No. T–20 Furman	4	–	3	–	0	7	–	4	–	0
Chattanooga	4	–	3	–	0	7	–	4	–	0
VMI	2	–	5	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
Western Carolina	2	–	5	–	0	2	–	9	–	0
East Tennessee State	0	–	7	–	0	1	–	10	–	0

$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee poll

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
August 30	Tennessee–Martin*		Chamberlain Field Chattanooga, TN	W 21–14	9,531
September 7	at Tennessee Tech*		Chamberlain Field Chattanooga, TN	W 35–14	9,907
September 21	The Citadel	No. 13	Chamberlain Field Chattanooga, TN	W 33–26	8,921
September 28	at Appalachian State	No. 10	Kidd Brewer Stadium Boone, NC	L 7–42	18,711	^[2]
October 5	at No. 20 Alabama*		Bryant–Denny Stadium Tuscaloosa, AL	L 7–53	76,543	^[3]
October 19	at Western Carolina		Whitmire Stadium Cullowhee, NC	L 24–27	8,870
October 26	No. 6 Marshall		Chamberlain Field Chattanooga, TN	W 38–31	8,026
November 2	Western Kentucky*		Chamberlain Field Chattanooga, TN	W 26–22	7,102
November 9	at East Tennessee State		Memorial Center Johnson City, TN	W 43–26	3,888
November 16	at No. 12 Furman		Paladin Stadium Greenville, SC	L 21–24	16,579	^[4]
November 23	VMI		Chamberlain Field Chattanooga, TN	W 50–14	3,232	^[5]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee Poll released prior to the game

The following Moccasin was selected in the 1992 NFL draft after the season.^[6]

Round	Pick	Player	Position	NFL Team
6	141	Shoun Habersham	Wide receiver	Indianapolis Colts

^ "1991 Football Schedule". Tennessee at Chattanooga, University of.
^ "Appalachian State rips Tennessee–Chattanooga". The Courier-Journal. September 29, 1991. Retrieved November 28, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Alabama swamps Moccasins". The Montgomery Advertiser. October 6, 1991. Retrieved November 28, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Furman escapes on missed field goal". The Charlotte Observer. November 17, 1991. Retrieved September 18, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Tenn–Chatt 50, VMI 14". Daily Press. November 24, 1991. Retrieved February 6, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "1992 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved November 20, 2023.