1988 Chattanooga Moccasins football team

1988 Chattanooga Moccasins football
Conference	Southern Conference
Record	4–7 (3–3 SoCon)
Head coach	Buddy Nix (5th season)
Captain	Tony Bowick, Travis McNeal
Home stadium	Chamberlain Field

1988 Southern Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 4 Furman +^	6	–	1	–	0			13	–	2	–	0
No. 6 Marshall +^	6	–	1	–	0			11	–	2	–	0
No. 14 The Citadel ^	5	–	2	–	0			8	–	4	–	0
Appalachian State	4	–	3	–	0			6	–	4	–	1
Chattanooga	3	–	3	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
VMI	1	–	5	–	0			2	–	9	–	0
East Tennessee State	1	–	6	–	0			2	–	9	–	0
Western Carolina	1	–	6	–	0			2	–	9	–	0
+ – Conference co-champions ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee poll

The 1988 Chattanooga Moccasins football team represented the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon) in the 1988 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Moccasins were led by fifth-year head coach Buddy Nix and played their home games at Chamberlain Field. They finished the season 4–7, overall and 3–3 in SoCon play to place third.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 3	at Tulane*	Louisiana Superdome New Orleans, LA	L 19–33	21,777
September 10	at Georgia Tech*	Bobby Dodd Stadium Atlanta, GA	L 10–24	22,720
September 17	No. 6 Georgia Southern*	Chamberlain Field Chattanooga, TN	L 3–13	8,717
September 24	at Tennessee Tech*	Tucker Stadium Cookeville, TN	W 41–0	2,989
October 1	East Tennessee State	Chamberlain Field Chattanooga, TN	W 33–10	8,301
October 8	Western Carolina	Chamberlain Field Chattanooga, TN	W 19–14	6,008
October 15	at The Citadel	Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, SC	L 17–23	16,457
October 22	at No. 3 Marshall	Fairfield Stadium Huntington, WV	L 7–38	13,298
October 29	vs. Western Kentucky*	Houchens Industries–L. T. Smith Stadium Bowling Green, KY	L 29–31	18,200
November 5	at No. 10 Furman	Chamberlain Field Chattanooga, TN	L 7–10	4,105
November 12	No. 16 Appalachian State	Chamberlain Field Chattanooga, TN	W 28–24	4,212
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee Poll released prior to the game