1983 Chattanooga Moccasins football
ConferenceSouthern Conference
Record7–4 (5–2 SoCon)
Head coach
CaptainGame captains
Home stadiumChamberlain Field
1983 Southern Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 2 Furman $^ 6 –0 –110 –2 –1
No. 9 Western Carolina ^ 5 –0 –111 –3 –1
Chattanooga 5 –2 –07 –4 –0
Appalachian State 4 –3 –06 –5 –0
Marshall 3 –4 –04 –7 –0
VMI 1 –5 –02 –9 –0
The Citadel 1 –6 –03 –8 –0
East Tennessee State 1 –6 –03 –8 –0
Davidson 0 –5 –02 –8 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee poll

The 1983 Chattanooga Moccasins football team represented the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon) in the 1983 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Moccasins were led by fourth-year head coach Bill Oliver and played their home games at Chamberlain Field. They finished the season 7–4 overall and 5–2 in SoCon play to place third.[1]

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 3Jacksonville State*W 13–610,254[2]
September 10Arkansas State*
  • Chamberlain Field
  • Chattanooga, TN
L 14–279,721[3]
September 17at Southwestern Louisiana*W 38–1420,157
October 1at Louisiana Tech*L 14–1716,600[4]
October 8at No. 10 Appalachian StateW 30–913,264[5]
October 15The Citadeldagger
  • Chamberlain Field
  • Chattanooga, TN
W 30–910,203
October 22Marshall
  • Chamberlain Field
  • Chattanooga, TN
W 23–167,122
October 29at Western CarolinaNo. 17L 15–259,245
November 5VMI
  • Chamberlain Field
  • Chattanooga, TN
W 23–67,488[6]
November 12at No. 4 FurmanL 14–2810,021[7]
November 19at East Tennessee StateW 13–104,113

References

  1. ↑ "1983 Football Schedule". Tennessee at Chattanooga, University of.
  2. ↑ "Gamecocks fall short again..." The Anniston Star. September 4, 1983. Retrieved November 30, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ "Ark. St. 27, Tn.–Chat. 14". Asheville Citizen-Times. September 11, 1983. Retrieved October 8, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ "Louisiana Tech comes from behind for initial victory, 17–14". Longview News-Journal. October 2, 1983. Retrieved July 2, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ "App. St. blitzed by UT–Chattanooga". Rocky Mount Telegram. October 9, 1983. Retrieved December 2, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ "UTC wins". The Daily News-Journal. November 6, 1983. Retrieved February 4, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ "'Heisman-like' Jennings effort rallies Furman past UTC 28–14". The State. November 13, 1983. Retrieved November 30, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
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