2001 Chattanooga Mocs football team

2001 Chattanooga Mocs football
ConferenceSouthern Conference
Record3–8 (1–7 SoCon)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorDonnie Kirkpatrick (4th season)
Defensive coordinatorWill Holthouser (2nd season)
Home stadiumFinley Stadium
2001 Southern Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 2 Furman $^   7 1     12 3  
No. 3 Georgia Southern $^   7 1     12 2  
No. 6 Appalachian State ^   6 2     9 4  
Western Carolina   5 3     7 4  
East Tennessee State   4 4     6 5  
Wofford   3 5     4 7  
The Citadel   2 6     3 7  
  1 7     3 8  
VMI   1 7     1 10  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network I-AA Poll

The 2001 Chattanooga Mocs football team represented the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon) in the 2001 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Mocs were led by second-year head coach Donnie Kirkpatrick and played their home games at Finley Stadium. They finished the season 3–8 overall and 1–7 in SoConConference play to tie for eighth place.[1]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
August 308:00 p.m.at Samford*W 28–146,403[2]
September 88:00 p.m.at Memphis*L 10–4324,053[3]
September 221:00 p.m.at No. 1 Georgia SouthernL 7–7014,656[4]
September 297:00 p.m.Wofford
  • Finley Stadium
  • Chattanooga, TN
W 29–267,815[5]
October 131:00 p.m.at VMIL 16–19 OT7,622[6]
October 187:00 p.m.Western Carolina
  • Finley Stadium
  • Chattanooga, TN
L 3–214,821[7]
October 272:00 p.m.at No. 12 Appalachian StateL 14–5115,337[8]
November 31:30 p.m.The Citadeldagger
  • Finley Stadium
  • Chattanooga, TN
L 17–20 2OT8,495[9]
November 102:00 p.m.at East Tennessee StateL 10–328,748[10]
November 177:00 p.m.No. 4 Furman
  • Finley Stadium
  • Chattanooga, TN
L 10–426,366[11]
November 241:00 p.m.Kentucky State*
  • Finley Stadium
  • Chattanooga, TN
W 73–05,834[12]

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References

  1. ^ "2001 Football Game Results". Tennessee at Chattanooga, University of.
  2. ^ "Offense struggles in first-game loss". Birmingham Post-Herald. August 31, 2001. Retrieved July 6, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Tigers romp past Chattanooga". The Commercial Appeal. September 9, 2001. Retrieved July 12, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Only Peterson's streak in question". The Atlanta Journal & Constitution. September 23, 2001. Retrieved July 12, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Chattanooga 29, Wofford 26". The State. September 30, 2001. Retrieved July 12, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "VMI beats Mocs in OT". The News-Virginian. October 14, 2001. Retrieved July 12, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Western Carolina wins". The Salisbury Post. October 19, 2001. Retrieved July 12, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Balanced offense carries ASU". The Charlotte Observer. October 28, 2001. Retrieved December 1, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "The Citadel scores victory in double OT". Sun-News. November 4, 2001. Retrieved July 12, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "ETSU bests rival Mocs". Bristol Herald Courier. November 11, 2001. Retrieved July 12, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Paladins wake up to knock off Mocs". The Greenville News. November 18, 2001. Retrieved September 24, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "Chattanooga 73, Kentucky State 0". The Courier-Journal. November 25, 2001. Retrieved July 12, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ^ "2001 Chattanooga Football". stats.gomocs.com. Retrieved July 17, 2025.