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CHATTANOOGA---The 23rd-ranked Chattanooga Mocs are living the Willie Nelson life…on the road again in the Southern Conference. This weekend is a trip to The Citadel for another back-to-back SoCon road weekend set. Kickoff is slated for 2 p.m., on ESPN+.
 
The Mocs are just a game out of first place in the league standings at 4-2, while the Bulldogs enter at 2-4. It is the penultimate SoCon game for both programs with Chattanooga hosting Samford next weekend and The Citadel traveling to Wofford.
 
The Bulldogs have won back-to-back games topping VMI (13-10) and Samford (28-11) before an off week to prepare for the Mocs. UTC saw its 5-game win streak snapped at Western Carolina (38-34). With three games remaining, there's a march to the finish ahead with a path to the playoffs ahead.
 
But first, there's The Citadel.
 
"We just want to figure out if we can get a win Saturday first," Coach Rusty Wright said. "We'll deal with the rest when we get to it. Is there one? Sure there is, but the only thing that matters is this Saturday. It's just like I said last week; that game was big and the rest of them will be. This one is just as big as that one last week.
 
"We got to go get it figured out. We need to control what we can control and try to play as well as we can play every Saturday."
 
Week 11: (23) Chattanooga (5-4/4-2) at The Citadel (4-5/2-4)
Game Time: 2 p.m. | Hagood Stadium (11,427) | Charleston, S.C..
Series: 35-20-2 (History) | Media: ESPN+; Mocs Sports Network; Live Stats
Game Notes: GoMocs.com | Captains: Chase Artopoeus, Jay Gibson, Reuben Lowery III, Quay Wiggles, Reid Williams
 
Daily Stories – Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday
 
Coaches
Chattanooga: Rusty Wright (UTC '96) | UTC: 35-26 (6th) | Career: Same | vs. CIT: 4-1
Citadel: Maurice Drayton (Citadel '99) | CIT: 4-16 (2nd) | Career: Same | vs. UTC: 0-1
 
Media
TV: ESPN+ - Jason Kempf (PxP), Vad Lee (Analysis) & Matison Little (Sideline).
 
Radio: Radio: WFLI Chattanooga (96.1 FM, 100.3 FM & 1070 AM) & 99.1 FM Cleveland - Jim Reynolds (PxP), Todd Agne (Analysis) & Will Poindexter (Sideline). Also available online at GoMocs.com.
 
App: Go Mocs & Varsity Network
 
Series
Game: 58th | Record: 35-20-2 | SoCon: 30-16-2 | H: 20-8-1, A: 15-12-1 | Last 5: 4-1 | Streak: +2
 
vs. The Citadel
- Bulldog rankings in SoCon:
Scoring Offense: 5th (23.0) | Scoring Defense: 2nd (19.8)
Total Offense: 7th (313.0) | Total Defense: 4th (347.9)
Rush Offense: 3rd (154.3) | Rush Defense: 4th (149.9)
Pass Offense: 8th (158.7) | Pass Defense: 3rd (210.3)
- Three straight wins in Charleston with two - 2018 (29-28) & March 2021 (25-24) - coming in OT with 2-point conversions.
- Won 11 of last 15 meetings with 10 of the 15 matchups ending in 1-score games.
- Two UTC student-athletes from S.C.: DT Ky Tayo (Columbia) & WR Josh Williams (Anderson).
- There are no Bulldogs from the Chattanooga area.
 
Notes

• No. 23 in the latest Stats Perform Top 25 & receiving votes in AFCA Coaches poll.
• The Mocs had a 6-game road win streak in SoCon play snapped last weekend at Western Carolina. Winners of seven of the last nine FCS road games.
• Takeaway margin in first three games? -1. +10 over last six with 13 INTs & four FR.
• DE Leroy Harris III is tied for the national lead in fumble recoveries (3) with three other student-athletes. His three recoveries are half of the Mocs six forced fumbles.
• 14 takeaways over the last four games including 10 interceptions.
• Nine different Mocs have interceptions. By position groups: DT: 1 (Jamarr Jones), DE: 1 (Marquise Freeman), LB: 3 (2-Kobe Joseph, 1-Kameron Brown), CB: 7 (3-D'Arco Perkins-McAllister, 2-Beni Mwamba, 2-Jeremiah Batiste) & S: 2 (2-Reuben Lowery III, Josh Battle).
• WR Javin Whatley is eighth in career receiving yards with 2,030. He's 345 shy of Stefpon Hawkins (1996-99) school record of 2,375. Sam Phillips is ninth at 1,970. Transfer Chris Domercant is just two yards shy of 2,000 including his production at Stonehill. The Mocs had just seven 2,000-yard receivers in program history entering the season. Could have three top that milestone this year alone.
• Phillips and Whatley's numbers have all come at Chattanooga. Domercant's total includes 1553 yards & 85 catches in 24 games at Stonehill (2021-23).
• QB Luke Schomburg's first career completion? 57-yard TD to A.J. Little in last year's win over The Citadel in Chattanooga.
• 86-89-1 when ranked...36-63-1 road...71-48-1 when ranked vs. unranked (30-32-1 road).
• 3-2 when ranked No. 23...1-2 on the road...1-0 as #23 vs. unranked.
• 6-2 vs. The Citadel when ranked (3-1 road)...5-1 when ranked vs unranked Citadel (3-0 road).

 
Tickets on Sale

• Single Game | Link
• A voucher for tickets is at each of the five branches of the Chattanooga Public Library.
• There is also a skybox available for rental each game | Link

 
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