1978 Chattanooga Moccasins football team

1978 Chattanooga Moccasins football
SoCon co-champion
ConferenceSouthern Conference
Record7–3–1 (3–1 SoCon)
Head coach
CaptainGame captains
Home stadiumChamberlain Field
1978 Southern Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Furman + 4 1 0 8 3 0
Chattanooga + 4 1 0 7 3 1
Appalachian State 4 2 0 7 4 0
Western Carolina 4 2 0 6 5 0
The Citadel 2 3 0 5 6 0
VMI 1 4 0 3 8 0
Marshall 0 5 0 1 10 0
Davidson 0 0 0 5 5 0
East Tennessee State 0 0 0 4 7 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • The conference was a hybrid of NCAA Division I-A and I-AA teams. Davidson was classified as I-AA. All the other teams were classified as I-A. Davidson and East Tennessee State were ineligible for the conference title. VMI's games against William & Mary and Richmond and Chattanooga's game against Richmond were designated as conference games and counted in the SoCon standings.

The 1978 Chattanooga Moccasins football team represented the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon) during the 1978 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by first-year head coach Joe Morrison, the Moccasins compiled an overall record of 7–3–1 overall with a mark of 4–1 conference play, sharing the SoCon title with Furman. The team played home games at Chamberlain Field in Chattanooga, Tennessee.