GAME NOTES | STATS | SCHEDULE | TICKETS
 
1) Basics
Kickoff: Noon
 
TV: SEC+/ESPN+ – Mike Morgan (PxP), Ben Hartsock (Analysis) & Paul Carcaterra (Sideline). Access broadcast link on the GoMocs.com football schedule page.
 
Radio: WFLI 97.7 FM/1070 AM: Jim Reynolds (PxP), Todd Agne (Analysis) & Will Poindexter (Sideline). The game is also available via Varsity Network App or you can listen on GoMocs.com. You can also access the Mocs Sports Network on the GoMocs.com football schedule page.
 
Reading/Viewing Material: Game Notes | Preview
 
Tickets: Here is the link to UK's ticket page. It's also found on the football schedule page on GoMocs.com by scrolling to the Kentucky  game and click the "Tickets" link. Home tickets, for instance the Oct. 2 SoCon opener against Western Carolina, are available by calling (423) 266-MOCS (6627) or online here at GoMocs.com. Fans also can go through the GoMocs app available on Android and Apple IOS devices in their respective app stores.
 
Social Media: Score updates from Twitter on @GoMocsFB. Photos and more @GoMocsFB on Twitter & Instagram.
 
2) Details
The Mocs head north on I-75 to square off with SEC leader Kentucky. Chattanooga is 1-1 coming off a 20-0 defensive demolition at North Alabama, while Wildcats are 2-0, 1-0 in their league after last week's 35-28 triumph over Missouri. Both teams feature a fearsome run game and stout offensive and defensive fronts.
 
3) History
Chattanooga has 126 all-time games against 10 different SEC programs. However, this is the first against UK. There are four wins over the century-plus of football against the current membership with two over Tennessee and one each against Ole Miss and Vanderbilt. The last? 14-6, Nov. 8, 1958 at Tennessee which you can learn more about here.

 

4) Pick Parade
The Mocs are sixth nationally in the FCS in interceptions with four. Villanova and New Hampshire lead with six. All four come from safeties Brandon Dowdell (3) and Jerrell Lawson (1). Dowdell is tied for second nationally behind Villanova's Christian Benford with four.
 
Dowdell needs one more for 10 in his career which would make him the 13th in school history to reach double digits. His ninth last weekend matched former head coach Russ Huesman (1978-81), current secondary coach Jordan Tippit (2008-11) and Quintez Smith (2003, '05-06), who was smart enough to stay out of coaching, in 13th on the all-time list.
 
5) Three Notes to Notice

• There are four Mocs who started their careers at SEC schools and nine at "Power 5"+ level:
  Mississippi State (2): Blake Mitchell, Harrison Moon
  South Carolina (2): Zay Brown, KeShawn Toney
  Louisville (2): Kam Jones, Telly Plummer
  Purdue (1): Giovanni Reviere
  Cincinnati (2): Tyrin Summers, Colin Truett
• Six or more tackles for loss in eight of the last nine for the defense. That's a total of 62, or nearly eight per game, with a high of 10 the last time the fearsome formation played in Kentucky (Oct. 24, 2020 at Western Ky.).
• Sophomore Ailym Ford is chasing the fastest trip to 1,500 yards in school history by a high school signee. He set the school freshman rushing record in 2019 with 1,081 yards in 10 contests. He has 1,347 through 13 to date. The fastest to 1,500 in school history?

Name	Years	G	Opp	Notes
Gwain Durden	1977-78	16	Appalachian State
James Roberts	1989-91	17	at Marshall	tied Mike Smith's frosh record w/1,067 yds
Jacob Huesman	2012-15	19	The Citadel
Mike Smith	1977-80	19	McNeese State	1st set frosh record w/1,067 yds

*Junior college transfer Eldra Buckley (2005-06) reached 1,500 in his 13th game coming at Memphis*
 
NEXT 3 WEEKS
Sept. 25: BYE WEEK
Oct. 2: Western Carolina, 1:30 p.m. | Current Record: 0-2/0-0 | This Week: Samford
Oct. 9: at No. 22 VMI, 1:30 p.m. | Current Record: 1-1/0-0 | This Week: at Cornell
 
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