The 2014 Chattanooga Mocs football team represented the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga in the 2014 NCAA Division I FCS football season as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon). The Mocs were led by sixth-year head coach Russ Huesman and played their home games at Finley Stadium in Chattanooga, Tennessee. 2014 was a historic season for the Mocs. The Mocs won ten games in a season for the first time in program history, won the SoCon Conference outright for the first time in program history, went undefeated in the SoCon for the first time in program history, and went to the postseason for the first time since 1984, netting a number eight seed and a first-round bye.[1] Chattanooga beat Indiana State at home for the program's first-ever home playoff win in the Second Round of the NCAA Division I Football Championship playoffs before falling to New Hampshire, 35–30, in the Quarterfinal.
2014 Chattanooga Mocs football | |
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SoCon champion | |
NCAA Division I Quarterfinal, L 30–35 vs. New Hampshire | |
Conference | Southern Conference |
Ranking | |
Sports Network | No. 8 |
FCS Coaches | No. 8 |
Record | 10–4 (7–0 SoCon) |
Head coach |
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Offensive coordinator | Jeff Durden (2nd season) |
Defensive coordinator | Adam Braithwaite (2nd season) |
Home stadium | Finley Stadium |
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Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 8 Chattanooga $^ | 7 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Samford | 5 | – | 2 | 7 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Western Carolina | 5 | – | 2 | 7 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wofford | 4 | – | 3 | 6 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Citadel | 3 | – | 4 | 5 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Furman | 2 | – | 5 | 3 | – | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mercer | 1 | – | 6 | 6 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
VMI | 1 | – | 6 | 2 | – | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
editDate | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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August 28 | 7:00 pm | at Central Michigan* | No. 14 | ESPN3 | L 16–20 | 15,793 | |
September 6 | 6:00 pm | No. 9 Jacksonville State* | No. 13 | L 23–26 OT | 14,285 | ||
September 13 | 5:00 pm | at Austin Peay* | No. 14 | W 42–6 | 6,883 | ||
September 27 | 7:00 pm | Samford | No. 14 |
| ASN | W 38–24 | 8,872 |
October 4 | 4:00 pm | VMI | No. 14 |
| W 55–7 | 8,848 | |
October 11 | 4:00 pm | at Tennessee* | No. 13 | SECN | L 10–45 | 93,097 | |
October 18 | 12:00 pm | at The Citadel | No. 17 | ASN | W 34–14 | 8,037 | |
October 25 | 12:00 pm | Mercer | No. 15 |
| ASN | W 38–31 | 10,763 |
November 1 | 2:00 pm | at Western Carolina | No. 14 | SDN | W 51–0 | 8,705 | |
November 8 | 1:00 pm | Wofford | No. 13 |
| ESPN3 | W 31–13 | 9,692 |
November 15 | 2:30 pm | at Tennessee Tech* | No. 9 | W 38–17 | 4,009 | ||
November 22 | 3:30 pm | at Furman | No. 9 | ASN | W 45–19 | 4,377 | |
December 6 | 1:00 pm | No. 25 Indiana State* | No. 8 |
| ESPN3 | W 35–14 | 8,419 |
December 12 | 8:00 pm | at No. 1 New Hampshire* | No. 8 |
| ESPN2 | L 30–35 | 6,380 |
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Ranking movements
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Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | Final |
Sports Network | 14 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 |
Coaches | 16 | 15 | 17 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 |
NFL draft
editYear | Round | Overall | Player | Team | Position |
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2015 | 5 | 148 | Davis Tull | New Orleans Saints | OLB |
References
edit- ^ Hargis, Stephen (November 7, 2014). "Chattanooga Mocs poised to end 30-year drought". Chattanooga Times Free Press. Chattanooga, Tennessee. Retrieved September 14, 2020.
- ^ "Football - Schedule - University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Official Athletics Site". University of Tennessee–Chattanooga Department of Athletics. Archived from the original on May 31, 2014. Retrieved May 30, 2014.