First Look
Life on the road. If there's one thing these Chattanooga Mocs know about, it's life on the road in 2025. This weekend's trip to VMI is the fourth road game in six matchups for the Mocs. League road games have been good to the Mocs of late. The program has won seven of the last eight and is 15-7 overall under Coach Rusty Wright on the SoCon highways and byways.
 
Matchup
Chattanooga (1-4/0-1) at VMI (1-3/0-0)
Oct. 4 | Foster Stadium | 1:30 p.m.
 
Resources
Game Notes | Stats | Roster | Schedule | Tickets (Home)
 
Media
TV: ESPN+ - Wade Branner (PxP) & Phil Marcello (Analysis)
 
Radio: WFLI Chattanooga (96.1 FM, 100.3 FM & 1070 AM) - Jim Reynolds (PxP), Todd Agne (Analysis) & Will Poindexter (Sideline). Also available online at GoMocs.com.
 
App: Go Mocs & Varsity Network
 
Coaches
Chattanooga: Rusty Wright (UTC '96) | UTC: 38-31 (7th) | Career: Same | vs. VMI: 3-2
VMI: Danny Rocco (Wake Forest '83) | VMI: 7-20 (3rd) | Career: 128-85 (19th) | vs. UTC: 0-2
 
Series
Game: 31st | Record: 20-9-1 | H: 11-3-1, A: 9-6-0 | Last 5: 3-2 | Streak: +3 | History
 
About the Mocs

• 350th SoCon game for the Mocs. Enter 175-172-2 (.504) in 49 seasons in the league.
• Scored on first possession in each of the last three weeks, all by touchdown.
• LB Zion Rutledge has back-to-back weeks recording new career highs for tackles. He corralled 13 Texans at Tarleton State followed up by leashing 17 Bulldogs last weekend against The Citadel.
• Career-high 19 tackles last Saturday for safety Kam Baah-Slay. 16 of the stops were solo. 19 total is most by a Moc since Christian Snyder's 20 against Mercer on March 27, 2021. It's the most ever by a DB and the 16 solo stops are also a record.
• RBs Ryan Ingram (2,237 yds/21 TDs) and Justus Durant (1,945 yds/20 TD) have a combined 4,182 rushing yards and 41 TDs in their careers.
• Twenty-two Mocs made their first career starts (at UTC) this season.
• One of six FCS schools to start a true freshman in the secondary and the only one to start two: CB KJ Sejour & slot safety Kamari Todd.
• 7.2 yards per carry over the last three weeks: 119-858, 9 TDs. 2.4 yards per tote (65-154, 1 TD) over first two weeks.
• Kick returner Markell Quick and punt returner AJ Little each has a house call (TD) this season. They are tied for the national lead in their respective return positions.

 
About the Keydets

• 8-2 against the Keydets since they returned to the SoCon in 2014. Both losses came in Lexington. Average score at Foster Stadium over last five visits? 35.6-23.0, but that includes the 63-7 win in 2018. Take that out and it's 28.8-27.0 in four 1-score games.
• In 15 trips to Lexington, nine games ended within a 1-score difference (3-6) with three going to OT (0-3).
• Just second home game in five outings for the Keydets.
• QB Collin Shannon has a 142.1 efficiency rating and averages 245.5 yards per game with nine TDs and just two interceptions.
• WR Owen Sweeney is his favorite target averaging 21.6 yards per catch (17-367) with six TDs. Sweeney is third nationally in receiving TDs.
• VMI is one of just 11 teams in the nation not to lose a fumble this season.
• Keydets are one of seven to score on every trip in the red zone and one of two (Northwestern State) to do it with all TDs.
• Jacob Moore is second in the nation in TFLs (2.0/gm).

 
Tickets
Game tickets are available on GoMocs.com. It's important to buy ahead with a $2 discount for online purchases prior to gameday. Ticket breakdown: Saturday | 2-game Mini-Plan | 3-game Mini-Plan
 
The Mocs are on their "bye week" following the Keydets matchup while the ticket office is on a "buy week". From Monday, Oct. 6, at 10 a.m., through Sunday, Oct. 12, at 11:59 p.m., fans can get special savings on single game tickets using the promo code "BUYWEEK". There is a $10 savings on reserved chairback seating ($18 including fees) and $8 off general admission ($10). Go here to enter promo code and purchase.
 
Call the ticket office for more information at (423) 266-MOCS (6627).
 
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