en 1996 Chattanooga Moccasins football team

1996 Chattanooga Moccasins football
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.