1998 Chattanooga Mocs football team

1998 Chattanooga Mocs football
Conference	Southern Conference
Record	5–6 (4–4 SoCon)
Head coach	Buddy Green (5th season)
Offensive coordinator	Donnie Kirkpatrick (1st season)
Captain	Brent Cates, Brian Hampton, Mark Hill, Kenny Sanders
Home stadium	Finley Stadium
Seasons ← 1997 1999 →

1998 Southern Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
No. 2 Georgia Southern $^	8	–	0	14	–	1
No. 6 Appalachian State ^	6	–	2	10	–	3
Western Carolina	5	–	3	6	–	5
Chattanooga	4	–	4	5	–	6
The Citadel	4	–	4	5	–	6
East Tennessee State	3	–	5	4	–	7
Wofford	3	–	5	4	–	7
Furman	3	–	5	5	–	6
VMI	0	–	8	1	–	10

$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant Rankings from The Sports Network I-AA Poll

The 1998 Chattanooga Mocs football team represented the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon) in the 1998 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Mocs were led by fifth-year head coach Buddy Green and played their home games at Finley Stadium. They finished the season 5–6 overall and 4–4 in SoCon play to tie for fourth place.^[1]

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 3	7:00 pm	Samford*	Finley Stadium Chattanooga, TN	W 23–13	9,778
September 12	4:00 pm	at East Carolina*	Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium Greenville, NC	L 0–31	34,028	^[2]
September 19	3:30 pm	No. 25 Troy State*	Finley Stadium Chattanooga, TN	L 6–23	7,618
September 26	12:00 pm	No. 3 Georgia Southern	Finley Stadium Chattanooga, TN	L 25–42	6,574
October 3	2:00 pm	at Wofford	Gibbs Stadium Spartanburg, SC	W 31–3	6,791
October 17	7:00 pm	VMI	Finley Stadium Chattanooga, TN	W 45–7	10,329
October 24	1:00 pm	at Western Carolina	Whitmire Stadium Cullowhee, NC	L 21–24	7,747
October 31	1:30 pm	No. 4 Appalachian State	Finley Stadium Chattanooga, TN	L 7–28	5,231	^[3]
November 7	2:00 pm	at The Citadel	Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, SC	W 13–10	16,842
November 14	1:30 pm	East Tennessee State	Finley Stadium Chattanooga, TN	W 10–7	4,320
November 21	1:30 pm	at Furman	Paladin Stadium Greenville, SC	L 28–31	6,215	^[4]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from The Sports Network Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

^ "1998 Football Schedule". Tennessee at Chattanooga, University of.
^ "Pirates open upper deck with shutout of Mocs". Rocky Mount Telegram. September 13, 1998. Retrieved November 30, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Appalachian State beats Chattanooga". The Jackson Sun. November 1, 1997. Retrieved November 30, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Paladins nip Mocs in finale". The Greenville News. November 22, 1998. Retrieved September 22, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.

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