1980 Chattanooga Moccasins football team

The 1980 Chattanooga Moccasins football team represented the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon) in the 1980 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Moccasins were led by first-year head coach Bill Oliver and played their home games at Chamberlain Field. They finished the season 8–3 overall and 5–2 in SoCon play to place second.[1]

1980 Chattanooga Moccasins football
ConferenceSouthern Conference
1980 record8–3 (5–2 SoCon)
Head coach
Home stadiumChamberlain Field
(Capacity: 10,501)
1980 Southern Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Furman $ 7 –0 –0  9 –1 –0
Chattanooga 5 –2 –0  8 –3 –0
Appalachian State 4 –2 –1  6 –4 –1
The Citadel 3 –2 –0  7 –4 –0
Western Carolina 2 –4 –1  3 –7 –1
VMI 1 –4 –1  3 –7 –1
East Tennessee State 1 –4 –0  2 –9 –0
Marshall 0 –5 –1  2 –8 –1
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendance
September 6at Jacksonville State*W 16–13
September 13at Middle Tennessee State*W 32–7
September 20Appalachian State
  • Chamberlain Field
  • Chattanooga, TN
W 14–7
September 27The CitadelL 13–2918,345
October 4Furman
  • Chamberlain Field
  • Chattanooga, TN
L 28–42
October 11at VMIW 55–10
October 18at MarshallW 21–11
October 25East Tennessee State
  • Chamberlain Field
  • Chattanooga, TN
W 26–14
November 8Western Carolina
  • Chamberlain Field
  • Chattanooga, TN
W 39–14
November 15Illinois State*W 27–17
November 22at Vanderbilt*L 29–31
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming

References

  1. "1980 Football Schedule". Tennessee at Chattanooga, University of.
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