2021 Chattanooga Mocs Football 
The Citadel – Nov. 20 – Finley Stadium
Postgame Notes
 
GENERAL
- The Chattanooga Mocs lost 24-21 in the season finale against The Citadel Saturday afternoon at Finley Stadium in Southern Conference play...UTC ends at 6-5, 5-3 in the league…the Bulldogs complete the campaign 4-7 overall, 3-5 in the SoCon.
- End the year with the 55th winning season in school history...that's over 103 ledgers dating back to 1904...1st winning slate was 1905 going 6-1 under Dr. Walter Hullihen captained by Collis Spencer.
- It's the 11th winning campaign over the last 30...24th since the move to the SoCon in 1977...Coach Rusty Wright has been a part of six of those.
- 69-63 all-time at Finley Stadium...8-5 under Wright...7-5 all-time against The Citadel at the facility (1-1 under Wright).
- 555-545-35 all-time at Chattanooga...159-163-2 in the SoCon.
- 24 points for The Citadel gives opponents 188 for the campaign (17.1 ppg)…fewest points allowed in a season since 1985 (180).
 
SERIES
All-Time Meetings: 55
Record: 33-20-2 | Home: 19-8-1 | Away: 14-12-1

• 26-16-1 in SoCon matchups…15-7-1 in Chattanooga.
• Last 5: 3-2 | Last 10: 7-3 | Last 20: 12-8 | Streak: -1
• Loss snaps 3-game win streak over the Bulldogs…it was the sixth streak of three or longer against The Citadel…Bulldogs have three of three each.

 
COACH
Rusty Wright (Chattanooga '96)

• Record: 15-13 | Home: 8-5 | Away: 7-8
• vs. SoCon: 13-7 | Home: 7-3 | Away: 6-4
• vs. The Citadel: 2-1 | Home: 1-1 | Away: 1-0

 
TEAM
- 8th straight meeting the Mocs opened their scoring with a 60+-yard play:
2014: C.J. Board 66 yard pass from Jacob Huesman
2015: Xavier Borishade 75 yard pass from Alejandro Bennifield from Jacob Huesman
2016: C.J. Board 75 yard pass from Alejandro Bennifield
2017: Darrell Bridges 61 yard run
2018: Bryce Nunnelly 76 yard pass from Nick Tiano
2019: Tyrin Summers 75 yard pass from Nick Tiano
2020-21: Juwan Tyus 75 yard pass from Drayton Arnold
2021: Tyrell Price 75 yard run
- The Citadel's second quarter touchdown off a Drayton Arnold fumble is just the 4th score by an opponent this season after a Mocs turnover (16th TO) & first since 51-yard 3rd quarter Tyler Keltner field goal in the win over ETSU…20 total points off 18 turnovers for the season.
- Entered the game allowing just two rushing touchdowns on the season…the Bulldogs doubled that total to four for the year.
- 378 yards allowed…had allowed just 656 over the previous four weeks.
- Season-high 330 yards rushing allowed…last time an opponent ran for 300+? The Citadel in our 2019 win gaining 351…the 330 yards came on 73 carries.
- 48 yards passing allowed…just 342 yards passing given up over the last five games (68.4 ypg)…5th opponent this season limited to less than 100 yards passing: at Wofford (9), Furman (47) and at North Alabama (52).
- O-line allowed one sack…tied season record for sacks allowed with nine (2005, 2006, 2009).
- 230 rushing yards for the Mocs on 30 carries…season-best 7.7 yards per rush…2,264 yards for the season is the seventh time in 30 years exceeding 2,000 yards narrowly ranking seventh…topped 200 yards in 16 of 20 SoCon games under Rusty Wright…18 of 27 total games has at least one 100-yard rusher as we segue to individual.
 
INDIVIDUAL
- Tyrell Price had a career-best 144 yards on just 14 carries…moves him to 1,809 for his career…season 853 yards for the season is also a career high.
- 75-yard TD run for Price is the longest by a Moc since 79 by Bryan Fitzgerald against Western Carolina on Oct. 13, 2007…22 rushing TDs for his career…7th most in UTC history behind Mike Smith (1977-80) and Tony Merendino (1975-78) with 24 apiece.
- Ailym Ford topped the 1,000-yard mark early in the game…he' the 4th Moc to record 1,000 yards in two different seasons with Eldra Buckley (2005, 2006), Jacob Hueman (2014, 2015) & Derrick Craine (2015, 2016)…ends season with 1,071 yards.
- Ford had 80 yards on 13 carries and two TDs…11th TD of the season, 19th career…2,244 career yards which is 40 yards shy of the top 10 (Mike Smith-2,284)…11 rushing TDs ties for eighth most in a campaign with Dick Brady (1942), Tony Merendino (1978), Lironnie Davis (2004) & Eldra Buckley (2005).
- Devonnsha Maxwell's fourth quarter sack was his 12th of the season…left him 1.5 behind Keionta Davis's 13.5 in 2015…now has 29.5 for his career which is third all-time behind Davis Tull (2011-14) with 37.0 and Davis' (2013-16) 31.0…11 of his 12 sacks came in the fourth quarter.
- Team-high 12 tackles for Ty Boeck…4th game with double digits this season…228 for his career.
- Career-high 11 tackles for Jay Person…added a tackle for loss and quarterback hurry.
- Maxwell also had double-digit tackles with 10…ties career high set in March at The Citadel.
- Lawson tied his career-high for tackles with 10…both instances came against the academies with 10 at VMI in October.
- Gabe Boring averaged 45.2 yards per punt with three downed inside the 20…that tied a career high with the February win over Wofford.
 
SOCON SCOREBOARD
at North Carolina 34, Wofford 14
Western Carolina 52, at VMI 24
Furman 41, at Samford 34
at ETSU 38, Mercer 35