2002 Chattanooga Mocs football team

American college football season

2002 Chattanooga Mocs football
Conference	Southern Conference
Record	2–10 (2–6 SoCon)
Head coach	Donnie Kirkpatrick (3rd season)
Offensive coordinator	Donnie Kirkpatrick (5th season)
Defensive coordinator	Tim Burke (1st season)
Home stadium	Finley Stadium
Seasons← 2001 2003 →

2002 Southern Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
No. 3 Georgia Southern $^	7	–	1	11	–	3
No. 14 Wofford	6	–	2	9	–	3
No. 10 Appalachian State ^	6	–	2	8	–	4
No. 9 Furman ^	6	–	2	8	–	4
VMI	3	–	5	6	–	6
Western Carolina	3	–	5	5	–	6
East Tennessee State	2	–	6	4	–	8
Chattanooga	2	–	6	2	–	10
The Citadel	1	–	7	3	–	9

$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant Rankings from The Sports Network I-AA Poll

The 2002 Chattanooga Mocs football team represented the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon) in the 2002 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Mocs were led by third-year head coach Donnie Kirkpatrick and played their home games at Finley Stadium. They finished the season 2–10 overall and 2–6 in SoCon play to tied for seventh place.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
August 31	at West Virginia*	Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV	L 7–56	54,455
September 7	Alabama State*	Finley Stadium Chattanooga, TN	L 23–41	7,180
September 14	at Tennessee Tech*	Tucker Stadium Cookeville, TN	L 3–13	8,235
September 21	Gardner–Webb*	Finley Stadium Chattanooga, TN	L 24–26	4,317
September 28	No. 18 Georgia Southern	Finley Stadium Chattanooga, TN	L 10–38	8,566
October 5	at No. 20 Wofford	Gibbs Stadium Spartanburg, SC	L 21–27	9,107
October 19	VMI	Finley Stadium Chattanooga, TN	L 31–35	5,237
October 26	at Western Carolina	Whitmire Stadium Cullowhee, NC	L 28–45	7,021
November 2	No. 14 Appalachian State	Finley Stadium Chattanooga, TN	L 17–20	7,139
November 9	at The Citadel	Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, SC	W 34–31	18,818
November 16	East Tennessee State	Finley Stadium Chattanooga, TN	W 27–10	3,813
November 23	at No. 8 Furman	Paladin Stadium Greenville, SC	L 7–35	7,423
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from The Sports Network Poll released prior to the game

"2002 Football Schedule". Tennessee at Chattanooga, University of.
"UTC "Reassigns" Football Coach Donnie Kirkpatrick". The Chattanoogan.
"Alabama St. 41, Chattanooga 23". The Knoxville News-Sentinel. September 8, 2002. Retrieved July 30, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
"Win keeps ASU's playoff hopes alive". Asheville Citizen-Times. November 3, 2002. Retrieved December 1, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
"Paladins whip Mocs, wait for NCAA's call". The Greenville News. November 24, 2002. Retrieved September 24, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.

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