| 1979 Chattanooga Moccasins football | |
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SoCon champion | |
| Conference | Southern Conference |
| Record | 9–2 (5–1 SoCon) |
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| Captain | Game captains |
| Home stadium | Chamberlain Field |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chattanooga $ | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| VMI | 4 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The Citadel | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Furman | 4 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Appalachian State | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| East Tennessee State | 2 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Western Carolina | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Marshall | 0 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 10 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1979 Chattanooga Moccasins football team represented the University of Chattanooga as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon) during the 1979 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by Joe Morrison in his seventh and final season as head coach, the Moccasins compiled an overall record of 9–2 with mark of 5–1 in conference play, winning the SoCon title for the third consecutive year.[1]
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 8 | Western Kentucky* | W 41–28 | 10,250 | ||
| September 15 | Louisiana Tech* |
| W 24–7 | 9,100 | [2] |
| September 22 | at Furman | W 45–14 | [3] | ||
| September 29 | Marshall |
| W 27–0 | ||
| October 6 | at Appalachian State | W 24–21 | 16,255 | [4] | |
| October 13 | at East Tennessee State | L 0–35 | |||
| October 20 | Middle Tennessee State* |
| W 59–15 | ||
| October 27 | McNeese State* |
| L 17–24 | [5] | |
| November 3 | at Western Carolina | W 42–35 | |||
| November 10 | The Citadel |
| W 28–7 | ||
| November 17 | Illinois State* | W 42–31 | 2,742 | [6] | |
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References
- ↑ "1979 Football Schedule".
- ↑ "Moccasins win opener". Johnson City Press. September 16, 1979. Retrieved July 1, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Turnovers bury Furman". The Greenville News. September 23, 1979. Retrieved September 17, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "UT–Chattanooga nips Appalachian". The Knoxville News-Sentinel. October 7, 1979. Retrieved December 3, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Millet leads McNeese in win against UTC". The Tennessean. October 28, 1979. Retrieved March 3, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ Kindred, Randy (November 18, 1979). "Chattanooga rally defeats Redbirds". The Pantagraph. p. B1. Retrieved December 18, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
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