Chattanooga Football Postgame Quotes
Chattanooga at Tennessee
Neyland Stadium (102,455) – Knoxville, Tenn.
Saturday – Oct. 11, 2014

Head Coach Russ Huesman
Opening statement:
"I told our guys we played hard, I think we did. Tennessee played very hard. They are a very athletic, physical football team. We knew we were playing a good team. We felt confident coming in, but we made some mistakes.

“You jump offsides on third-and-an-inch (offensively)...the punt return early in the game was a killer to give them. That's a tough way to start when you have them defended there. Kickoff return, we had him but just didn't wrap up.  Jacob throws the interception there, and he returns it down to the red zone.

“They get 340 yards but that doesn't look like 45 points, so I give our defense a lot of credit. I thought we got better offensively as the game wore on, I thought we executed better, it looked like we were getting on people a little bit better. They probably had their 2's in by that point in time. SEC 2s are better than every Southern Conference 1. We were playing against quality people at that point in time.

“Proud of our guys. When they walk out that door they are going to forget about this one.  We have to get ready for the biggest game of the year in Citadel."

On the five sacks recorded:
"I thought we could, we rush the passer really well. We've rushed the passer well since I've been here. I thought our guys did a great job.

“Keionta Davis, Davis Tull and (Derrick) Lott, those guys can run. They are hard to block, hard to handle in there.  Especially when it is a definite passing situation.”