1996 Chattanooga Moccasins football team

1996 Chattanooga Moccasins football
Conference	Southern Conference
Record	3–8 (2–6 SoCon)
Head coach	Buddy Green (3rd season)
Offensive coordinator	Frankie DeBusk (1st season)
Defensive coordinator	Rick Whitt (3rd season)
Captain	Jeff Peters, Ron Faugue, Stefan Alston, Tyrone Coleman
Home stadium	Chamberlain Field
Seasons ← 1995 1997 →

1996 Southern Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
No. 1 Marshall $^	8	–	0	15	–	0
No. T–8 East Tennessee State ^	7	–	1	10	–	3
No. 13 Furman ^	6	–	2	9	–	4
No. 25 Appalachian State	5	–	3	7	–	4
The Citadel	3	–	5	4	–	7
Georgia Southern	2	–	6	4	–	7
VMI	2	–	6	3	–	8
Chattanooga	2	–	6	3	–	8
Western Carolina	1	–	7	4	–	7

$ – Conference champion Rankings from The Sports Network poll

The 1996 Chattanooga Moccasins football team represented the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon) in the 1996 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Moccasins were led by third-year head coach Buddy Green and played their home games at Chamberlain Field. They finished the season 3–8 overall and 2–6 in SoCon play to tie for sixth place.^[1]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
August 31	at Colorado State*	Hughes Stadium Fort Collins, CO	L 19–61	27,171
September 14	at Middle Tennessee State*	Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium Murfreesboro, TN	L 9–16	13,571
September 21	Mississippi Valley State*	Chamberlain Field Chattanooga, TN	W 26–7	2,917	^[2]
September 28	No. 23 Georgia Southern	Chamberlain Field Chattanooga, TN	W 23–21	6,324
October 6	at No. 1 Marshall	Marshall University Stadium Huntington, WV	L 0–45	22,078
October 19	VMI	Chamberlain Field Chattanooga, TN	L 14–28	6,490	^[3]
October 26	at Western Carolina	Whitmire Stadium Cullowhee, NC	W 20–6	10,826
November 2	Appalachian State	Chamberlain Field Chattanooga, TN	L 6–20	6,487	^[4]
November 9	at The Citadel	Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, SC	L 13–16	17,914
November 16	East Tennessee State	Chamberlain Field Chattanooga, TN	L 24–28	6,190
November 23	at No. 15 Furman	Paladin Stadium Greenville, SC	L 21–42	8,152	^[5]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from The Sports Network Poll released prior to the game

^ "1996 Football Schedule". Tennessee at Chattanooga, University of.
^ "Offense irks Dorsey in Devil loss". The Clarion-Ledger. September 22, 1996. Retrieved August 26, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "VMI 28, Tenn–Chatt 14". Daily Press. October 20, 1996. Retrieved February 6, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Scott's 2 scores lead Mountaineers". The Charlotte Observer. November 3, 1996. Retrieved November 28, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Furman hopes victory worth a playoff spot". The Greenville News. November 24, 1996. Retrieved September 22, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.

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