2022 Chattanooga Mocs Football
Samford – Nov. 12– Finley Stadium
Postgame Notes
 
GENERAL
- The 11th-ranked Chattanooga Mocs dropped a 35-24 decision to #9 Samford at Finley Stadium Saturday afternoon…Mocs are 7-3 overall, 5-2 in the SoCon…the Bulldogs move to 9-1, 7-0 in league play.
- Entered the game ranked No. 11 in the Stats Perform FCS Top 25 and No. 12 in the AFCA FCS Coaches Rankings…Samford was No. 9 in the coaches poll and No. 10 in Stats Perform.
- 5-2 in the SoCon standings…move into a tie for third with Mercer which lost to now second-place Furman at 6-1…Samford is on top at 7-0…Bulldogs and Bears meet next week in Birmingham, the Mocs head to Western Carolina and the Paladins renew their near cross-town rivalry with Wofford.
- All-time record of 561-548-35 (.506) in 1,144th game…115th season.
- 164-165-2 (.499) in 331 SoCon games…46th campaign in the league.
- Loss snaps 7-game win streak over Samford…11-3 against the Bulldogs since their move to the SoCon in 2008.
- Senior Day with 15 honored: WR Tyron Arnett, LB Ty Boeck, P Gabe Boring, DB Zay Brown, EDGE Austin Collier, QB Cole Copeland, OL McClendon Curtis, QB Preston Hutchinson, LB Kam Jones, OL Lucas Lavin, WR Andrew Manning, DT Devonnsha Maxwell, P Jason Pierce, WR Jahmar Quandt & DB CaMiron Smith.
 
SERIES
All-Time Meetings: 47
Overall Record: 33-11-3 | Home: 22-6-2 | Away: 11-5-0
SoCon Meetings: 11-3 | Home: 5-2 | Away: 6-1
Streak: -1 | Last 5: 4-1 | Last 10: 8-2
 
COACH
Rusty Wright (Chattanooga '96)

• Record: 22-16 | Home: 12-6 | Away: 10-10
• SoCon: 18-9 | Home: 10-4 | Away: 8-5
• Samford: 2-1 | Home: 0-1 | Away: 1-1

 
TEAM
- 507 yards of total offense is second-highest total of the season behind 609 in the win over VMI…most yards in a loss since 531 on Dec. 3, 2016 at Sam Houston in the second round of the FCS Playoffs.
- Two teams combined for 981 yards of offense with the Bulldogs netting 474…most yards in a UTC game since 1,086 in the 60-36 2019 home win over Western Carolina...Mocs accumulated 589 that day while the Catamounts recorded 497...823 of those combined yards came on the ground with both topping 400 (400 UTC/423 WCU).
- 187 yards rushing is the third-highest total this season behind 299 against VMI and 193 at Eastern Illinois.
- Samford held a narrow advantage in time of possession at 30:49 to 29:11…held it when it counted holding the ball for nearly 10 (9:56) of the final 15:00 in the fourth quarter.
- No sacks allowed today…just 1.0 allowed in last 17 quarters…Bulldogs managed just two tackles for loss today.
- Allowed 353 yards in the air today with Samford completing 37 of 47 passes with four touchdowns and no interceptions…season highs by an opponent for yards, completions and attempts.
- Chattanooga entered the contest as the SoCon leader in turnover margin at +9…-2 with two interceptions allowed and no takeaways…was tied for third in the nation in takeaways with 21 coming into today.
- Samford was 14 of 22 on third down this afternoon…most third-down conversions by an opponent since most since 16 at Elon in a 38-28 loss on Oct. 27, 2007.
 
INDIVIDUAL
- RB Ailym Ford had 144 yards on 24 carries with two touchdowns…1,097 yards on the season is a career high as is 12 rushing touchdowns.
- Ford eclipsed the 1,000-yard mark in 2022 during a 41-yard TD rush in the first quarter...1st rusher in UTC history with three 1,000-yard seasons.
- Ford ended the day with 144 yards...17th career 100-yard day which is a new school record passing Gwain Durden's (1977-80) 16.
- Ford scored two rushing TDs...second was the 32nd of his career, most by a running back in school history passing Derrick Craine's (2013-16) 31...former QB Jacob Huesman '15 holds the overall record with 43.
- 2nd career multi-sack game for senior edge Austin Collier…registered 2.0 on the day.
- Junior defensive end Ben Brewton also had two sacks…career-high 7.0 on the season…third career multi-sack game…tied career high of 2.0 set earlier this season at Eastern Illinois.
- Freshman wide receiver Sam Phillips had a career day with 11 catches for 163 yards…most catches by a Moc since Wil Young's 13 at ETSU on Sept. 29, 2018…most yards since 268 by Bryce Nunnelly at The Citadel on Sept. 9, 2018.
- Senior defensive tackle Devonnsha Maxwell has three tackles with 1.0 sacks…36.5 career sacks now tied for second in Southern Conference history with Josh Jeffries who played from 1999-02 at Appalachian State…0.5 behind school and conference record holder Davis Tull '14 with 37.0.
- Maxwell now has 53.0 TFLs which is 7.0 shy of Davis Tull's '14 60.0…37.5 of Maxwell's TFLs have come in SoCon contests.
- Junior edge Jay Person had six tackles with 1.0 for loss…17.0 TFLs on the season is two shy of the school record held by Tull in 2012 and matched in 2016 by Dale Warren of 19.0…two QB hurries.
- Senior QB Preston Hutchinson threw for a season-high 320 yards on 24 of 37 passing…337 yards total offense with four carries for 17 yards and a score…had two interceptions.
- Most passing yards by a Mocs signal caller since Nick Tiano '19 threw for 347 at The Citadel in 2018.
- Season-high 15 tackles for Kam Jones…also a game-high number…4th double-digit tackle total of his career and one of his high of 16 at VMI last season.
- Fellow linebacker Ty Boeck had 13 tackles…third time this season and 12th of his career…314 career stops ranks eighth all-time, one behind Spanky Thomas (1984-86) with 315.
 
SOCON SCOREBOARD
#13 Furman 23, at #14 Mercer 13
Western Carolina 20, at ETSU 17
at Wofford 34, VMI 16
at The Citadel 66, UVa-Lynchburg 0