2021 Chattanooga Mocs Football
Austin Peay – Sept. 2 – Finley Stadium
Postgame Notes
 
GENERAL
- The 18th-ranked Mocs dropped a 30-20 decision to 20th-ranked Governors Thursday night at Finley Stadium...,the contest was the season opener for both squads.
- Chattanooga is now 62-51-1 in season openers beginning year 114 as an organized program…76-35-3 in first home game of a campaign, 14-10 at Finley Stadium.
- 2-1 against Austin Peay in an opener…won 23-8 on Sept. 16, 1967 at Chamberlain Field and 41-13 on Sept. 21, 1968 in Clarksville.
- The Mocs were limited to 228 yards total offense – 98 rushing & 130 passing…fewest since 225 in the lone fall contest last season at Western Kentucky, a narrow 16-13 defeat.
 
SERIES
All-Time Meetings: 7
Record: 6-1 | Home: 4-1 | Away: 2-0
Last 10 Years:
9/14/13: W, 42-10, Chattanooga
9/13/14: W, 42-6, Clarksville
 
COACH
Rusty Wright (Chattanooga '96)
Record: 9-9 | Home: 5-4 | Away: 4-5
Vs. Ranked Opponents: 2-4 | Home; 1-3 | Away: 1-1
Last 10 Years:
9/14/13: W, 42-10, Chattanooga
9/13/14: W, 42-6, Clarksville
 
TEAM
- Seven tackles for loss for the defense…7th time in eight games with seven or more.
- Allowed 325 passing yards and 479 yards of total offense…most passing yards since 344 at Jacksonville State on Sept. 7, 2019…highest total O since 499 against The Citadel on Nov. 16, 2019.
- Both teams had two takeaways via interceptions.
- Five of the Govs six third-down conversions came in the fourth quarter…six of 16 for the game, one of 10 in the first 45 minutes…Chattanooga was 2-for-12.
- Mocs scoring drives were 53, 75 and 57 yards.
 
INDIVIDUAL
- Brandon Dowdell's had the first two interception game since Lucas Webb in the 2014 win over Samford on Sept. 27…it was the seventh and eighth career picks for the 5th-year senior.
- Jay Person collected eight stops including a career-high three for loss (15 yards) and a sack…his three TFLs was nearly half of the team's total of seven.
- Ailym Ford led the squad with 61 yards rushing on 17 carries…topped the 1,200-yard mark in the second quarter…now has 1,234 yards and 10 TDs for his career.
- Ford and Tyrell Price both scored on three-yard runs that were set up by long gains the previous play…Price's plunge came after his own 18 carry for the first tally of the game…Ford's was after a 13-yard scamper that lifted him over the 1,200-yard plateau.
- Tyron Arnett set new highs as a Moc with four catches for 43 yards in his first start.
- Gabe Boring averaged 47.8 yards over four punts tonight including two inside the 20…his 66 yarder in the first quarter is the second longest of his career behind a 72-yard burst against Wofford in February…it was his second game with multiple punts ending up inside the 20.