2000 Chattanooga Mocs football team

2000 Chattanooga Mocs football
Conference	Southern Conference
Record	5–6 (3–5 SoCon)
Head coach	Donnie Kirkpatrick (1st season)
Offensive coordinator	Donnie Kirkpatrick (3rd season)
Defensive coordinator	Will Holthouser (1st season)
Captain	Billy Hutchins, Chris Sanders, Brent Tinker
Home stadium	Finley Stadium

2000 Southern Conference football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 1 Georgia Southern $^		7	–	1					13	–	2
No. 4 Appalachian State ^		6	–	2					10	–	4
No. 10 Furman ^		6	–	2					9	–	3
No. 23 Wofford		5	–	3					7	–	4
East Tennessee State		4	–	4					6	–	5
Chattanooga		3	–	5					5	–	6
Western Carolina		3	–	5					4	–	7
The Citadel		1	–	7					2	–	9
VMI		1	–	7					2	–	9
$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant Rankings from The Sports Network I-AA Poll

The 2000 Chattanooga Mocs football team represented the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon) in the 2000 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Mocs were led by first-year head coach Donnie Kirkpatrick and played their home games at Finley Stadium. They finished the season 5–6 overall and 3–5 in SoCon play to tied for sixth place.[1]

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
August 31	7:00 pm	Samford*	Finley Stadium Chattanooga, TN	W 23–6	13,186
September 7	7:00 pm	at UAB*	Legion Field Birmingham, AL	L 15–20	18,000	[2]
September 16	1:30 pm	Mississippi Valley State*	Finley Stadium Chattanooga, TN	W 72–17	8,316	[3]
September 23	7:00 pm	No. 2 Georgia Southern	Finley Stadium Chattanooga, TN	L 10–31	15,072
September 30	1:30 pm	at Wofford	Gibbs Stadium Spartanburg, SC	L 33–41	7,879
October 14	7:00 pm	VMI	Finley Stadium Chattanooga, TN	W 27–14	8,842
October 21	1:00 pm	at Western Carolina	Whitmire Stadium Cullowhee, NC	L 36–41	8,312
October 28	1:30 pm	No. 6 Appalachian State	Finley Stadium Chattanooga, TN	W 30–27	4,012	[4]
November 4	2:00 pm	at The Citadel	Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, SC	W 20–13	15,442
November 11	1:30 pm	East Tennessee State	Finley Stadium Chattanooga, TN	L 22–24	6,432
November 18	2:00 pm	at No. 6 Furman	Paladin Stadium Greenville, SC	L 44–45 ^OT	8,573
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from The Sports Network Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

References

1. "2000 Football Schedule". Tennessee at Chattanooga, University of.
2. "Dugger, Quinnie power Blazer win". The Montgomery Advertiser. September 8, 2000. Retrieved December 14, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
3. "Chattanooga 72, Mississippi Valley State 17". The Sun Herald. September 17, 2000. Retrieved August 28, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
4. "Late field goal sinks Appalachian". The Charlotte Observer. October 29, 2000. Retrieved November 30, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.