2017 Chattanooga Mocs football team

The 2017 Chattanooga Mocs football team represented the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga in the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon). The Mocs were led by first-year head coach Tom Arth and played their home games at Finley Stadium in Chattanooga, Tennessee. They finished the season 3–8 overall and 3–5 in SoCon play to tie for sixth place.

2017 Chattanooga Mocs football
Conference	Southern Conference
2017 record	3–8 (3–5 SoCon)
Head coach	Tom Arth (1st season)
Offensive coordinator	Justin Rascati (1st season)
Defensive coordinator	Brandon Staley (1st season)
Home stadium	Finley Stadium (Capacity: 20,668)

2017 Southern Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 6 Wofford $^		7	–	1					10	–	3
No. 18 Samford ^		6	–	2					8	–	4
No. 19 Furman ^		6	–	2					8	–	5
Western Carolina		5	–	3					7	–	5
Mercer		4	–	4					5	–	6
The Citadel		3	–	5					5	–	6
Chattanooga		3	–	5					3	–	8
East Tennessee State		2	–	6					4	–	7
VMI		0	–	8					0	–	11
$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from STATS FCS Poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 26	7:00 p.m.	vs. No. 6 Jacksonville State*	No. 12	Cramton Bowl Montgomery, AL (FCS Kickoff)	ESPN	L 13–27	12,952
September 9	6:00 p.m.	at No. 12 (FBS) LSU*	No. 13	Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, LA	SECN	L 10–45	97,289
September 16	6:00 p.m.	UT Martin*	No. 15	Finley Stadium Chattanooga, TN	ESPN3	L 7–21	10,141
September 23	1:30 p.m.	at VMI		Alumni Memorial Field Lexington, VA	STADIUM	W 63–7	5,311
September 30	6:00 p.m.	Western Carolina		Finley Stadium Chattanooga, TN	ESPN3	L 7–45	10,101
October 7	4:00 p.m.	Furman		Finley Stadium Chattanooga, TN	ESPN3	L 17–41	9,651
October 14	3:30 p.m.	at Mercer		Moye Complex Macon, GA	STADIUM	L 10–30	9,864
October 21	2:00 p.m.	The Citadel		Finley Stadium Chattanooga, TN	ESPN3	L 14–20	7,521
October 28	2:00 p.m.	at No. 9 Samford		Seibert Stadium Homewood, AL	ESPN3	W 23–21	3,523
November 4	1:30 p.m	at No. 8 Wofford		Gibbs Stadium Spartanburg, SC	ESPN3	L 21–24 ^2OT	5,012
November 18	2:00 p.m	East Tennessee State		Finley Stadium Chattanooga, TN	ESPN3	W 10–3	8,434
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

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Game summaries

vs Jacksonville State

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 6 Gamecocks	10	0	10	7	27
No. 12 Mocs	3	3	0	7	13

at LSU

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 13 Mocs	3	0	0	7	10
No. 12 (FBS) Tigers	14	14	14	3	45

UT Martin

	1	2	3	4	Total
Skyhawks	7	7	7	7	28
No. 15 Mocs	0	0	7	0	7

at VMI

	1	2	3	4	Total
Mocs	21	21	7	14	63
Keydets	0	7	0	0	7

Western Carolina

	1	2	3	4	Total
Mocs	0	0	0	7	7
Catamounts	10	14	14	7	45

Furman

	1	2	3	4	Total
Paladins	7	20	7	7	41
Mocs	3	7	0	7	17

at Mercer

	1	2	3	4	Total
Mocs	0	3	0	7	10
Bears	0	13	10	7	30

The Citadel

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bulldogs	0	7	10	3	20
Mocs	7	7	0	0	14

at Samford

	1	2	3	4	Total
Mocs	0	14	6	3	23
No. 9 Bulldogs	7	0	0	14	21

at Wofford

	1	2	3	4	OT	2OT	Total
Mocs	3	3	0	8	7	0	21
No. 8 Terriers	7	0	0	7	7	3	24

East Tennessee State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Buccaneers	3	0	0	0	3
Mocs	0	0	10	0	10

Ranking movements

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
STATS	12	13	15	RV	RV	RV	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
Coaches	13	14	15	RV	RV	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR

References

1. "2017 Football Schedule". Tennessee at Chattanooga, University of. Retrieved February 14, 2017.