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2020 Chattanooga Mocs football team


2020 Chattanooga Mocs football
Southern Conference
3–2 (3–1 SoCon)
Rusty Wright (2nd season)
Joe Pizzo (2nd season)
Lorenzo Ward (2nd season)
Finley Stadium

The 2020 Chattanooga Mocs football team represented the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga in the 2020–21 NCAA Division I FCS football season as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon). The Mocs were led by second-year head coach Rusty Wright and played their home games at Finley Stadium in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

On March 29, 2021, Chattanooga announced that it would opt out of the remainder of the 2021 spring season due to safety concerns related to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Chattanooga originally had a game scheduled against James Madison (September 12), but it was canceled on July 17 due to the CAA's decision to cancel fall sports due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Chattanooga's game at Western Kentucky ended in controversy when the Mocs returned a kick off for a touchdown putting them ahead 16-13 with 1:09 remaining. The touchdown was later overturned when officials claimed a fair catch had been called after review, even after video showed no fair catch called. The result of the bad call on the part of the officials would cost Chattanooga the victory.

On October 29, Nebraska attempted to replace their game against Wisconsin game with a game against Chattanooga because Wisconsin had a mass outbreak of COVID-19. However, it was denied by Big Ten commissioner Kevin Warren.

Chattanooga's games against VMI (postponed from February 20), Western Carolina (April 3), Samford (April 10), and East Tennessee State (April 17) were canceled when Chattanooga opted out of the remainder of the spring season.

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
October 244:00 p.m.at Western Kentucky*Houchens Industries–L. T. Smith StadiumBowling Green, KYESPN3L 10–133,905
February 2712:00 p.m.WoffordFinley StadiumChattanooga, TNESPN+W 24–130
March 61:00 p.m.at The CitadelNo. 18Johnson Hagood StadiumCharleston, SCESPN+W 25–243,108
March 201:00 p.m.at No. 13 FurmanNo. 11Paladin StadiumGreenville, SCESPN+W 20–182,102
March 2712:00 p.m.MercerNo. 9Finley StadiumChattanooga, TNESPN+L 28–353,144
*Non-conference gameRankings from STATS Poll released prior to the gameAll times are in Eastern time
StatisticsChattanoogaWestern Kentucky
First downs1314
Total yards225254
Rushing yards135122
Passing yards90132
Turnovers02
Time of possession32:2127:39
TeamCategoryPlayerStatistics
ChattanoogaPassingDrayton Arnold9/23, 90 yards
RushingAilym Ford25 carries, 92 yards
ReceivingTyron Arnett2 receptions, 30 yards
Western KentuckyPassingTyrrell Pigrome4/8, 73 yards, 1 TD
RushingGaej Walker17 carries, 88 yards
ReceivingMitchell Tinsley4 receptions, 46 yards
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