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CHATTANOOGA---The Chattanooga Mocs have a proud athletics history. At the foundation of it is one man.
 
A.C. "Scrappy" Moore is a legend of Chattanooga sports history both on campus and in the community. Words have been written. Stories have been told. But what can be more iconic in this day & age than the mascot, a towering sledgehammer-wielding Mockingbird with a heart of blue & gold, named for "the man".
 
Scrappy is a College Football Hall of Famer. He's one of two to lead the Mocs joined by Frank Thomas (1925-28). When he retired after 35 seasons, he did so as the NCAA coach with the longest continuous tenure at one school.
 
He was a force of nature in the south. His coaching fraternity was embedded within the SEC programs that he would beat on occasion, and sometimes come close to the upset, but were always on perhaps the hardest small college schedules year in and year out of his times.
 
We could wax poetic for many paragraphs and pages…but we already have. Former student writer Shane Shoemaker did the written journey in a project led by MocsVision video storyteller extraordinaire Tate Johnson that tells the tale in full.
 
Chapter 1: In His Time
Chapter 2: The Team
Chapter 3: The Game
Chapter 4: The Legend
 
It's an especially prevalent time to remember Scrappy with the trip to Knoxville this weekend. He led the Mocs in 23 of the 39 all-time meetings with all his matchups coming on the road.
 
ICYMI (This week's stories): Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday
 
Notes
- All four of the Chattanooga Mocs SEC wins came under Scrappy's leadership: 1939: Chattanooga 10, Sewanee 7; 1945: Chattanooga 31, Ole Miss 6; 1945: Chattanooga 13, @Vanderbilt 6; 1958: Chattanooga 14, @Tennessee 6.
- He had six more close chances with 1-score losses: 1948: @Georgia 14, Chattanooga 7; 1951: @Vanderbilt 19, Chattanooga 14; 1953: @#20 Alabama 21, Chattanooga 14; 1954: @Tennessee 20, Chattanooga 14; 1954: @LSU 26, Chattanooga 19; 1964: @Tennessee 10, Chattanooga 6; 1971.
- The last time the Mocs had a 1-score margin against an SEC opponent? 2021 losing 28-23 at Kentucky which went on to capture a New Year's Day Bowl win.
 
2024 Preview Series
June 5: QB – Y2Chase | Meet The Mocs Radio Interview
June 12: RB – Uncertain Certainty | Meet The Mocs Radio Interview
June 19: WR – All Growns Up
June 26: TE – One More Year | Meet The Mocs Radio Interview
July 3: OL – Who's Next | Meet The Mocs Radio Interview
July 10: DB – Let's Stay Together | Meet The Mocs Radio Interview
July 17: LB – Stocked Up | Meet The Mocs Radio Interview
July 24: DL – Emerging | Meet The Mocs Radio Interview
July 31: ST – Reset | Meet the Mocs Radio Interview
 
Tickets on Sale
Season Tickets are the best option for Mocs fans. Prices start at $60 for general admission. Mocs Club members have the option for reserved seats beginning at the $250 donation level which includes a season parking pass to go with the season ticket. Other choices:

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• A voucher for tickets is at each of the five branches of the Chattanooga Public Library.

 
SoCon Favorites
The Mocs claimed five first-place votes for a total of 61 points in a preseason poll of Southern Conference head coaches. A maximum of 80 was available as the Mocs were either one or two on every ballot. Furman was second including three top votes with Western Carolina in third with the other. Mercer was next followed by Samford, ETSU, VMI, Wofford and The Citadel. Ten student-athletes made the preseason all-league squad with four on the first team: DT Marlon Taylor (Preseason DPOTY), OL Reid Williams, DB Jordan Walker and WR Javin Whatley.
 
Preseason All-America Teams
Stats Perform: DT Marlon Taylor (2nd), WR Javin Whatley (2nd)
FCS Football Central: DT Marlon Taylor (1st), WR Javin Whatley (1st), OL Reid Williams (2nd)
Phil Steele: DT Marlon Taylor (1st), WR Javin Whatley (2nd), OL Reid Williams (2nd)
 
Watch Lists
Walter Payton Award: QB Chase Artopoeus, WR Javin Whatley
Senior Bowl: DT Marlon Taylor, DB Reuben Lowery III
Shrine Bowl 1000: DT Marlon Taylor, WR Javin Whatley
 
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