2025 Chattanooga Football
Postgame Notes & Records
Oct. 18 – ETSU – Finley Stadium
 
SETTING THE SCENE
- The Chattanooga Mocs captured a 42-38 comeback win over ETSU in Finley Stadium…the Mocs are now 3-4, 2-1 in the league…the Bucs are 3-5, 1-3 in conference play.
- Trailed 38-21 with 10:17 remaining in the fourth quarter…the Mocs scored at 7:20 and 2:29 to close to within three, 38-35…onside kick was recovered by the Mocs but replay concluded the recovery was out of bounds…the defense stopped the Bucs on four plays giving the offense the ball with 1:55 to go on own 33…11 plays later, Camden Orth hit Jamarii Robinson with a 4-yard strike in the back right corner of the endzone with 11 seconds left to claim the victory.
- Largest fourth quarter comeback since coming back from 28-10 at Furman on Oct. 23, 2010 winning 36-28…the time was 13:53 on that win…largest fourth quarter comeback in Finley Stadium (15-The Citadel/Nov. 14, 2009)…ETSU head coach Will Healy was the Mocs WR coach at the time.
- 6th straight win in the series for the Mocs…eighth triumph in the last nine meetings.
- 48th matchup with the Bucs…8-1 record since their return to the SoCon in 2016.
- 66thgame following a bye week (10+ game schedule): 37-28-1 overall, 27-13-1 at home.
- 10-1 coming off the last 11 bye weeks vs FCS opponents, 9-1 coming back into SoCon play
- 4-1 when facing ETSU after a bye week…2-0 when it's game seven.
- Coach Rusty Wright is 6-1 coming off a bye (6-0 FCS/5-0 SoCon)…his squads are 14-2 in subsequent games after a midseason off week (4th): 5-1 (2021), 3-1 (2022), 5-0 (2024) & 1-0 (2025).
- For an old-ish feeling rivalry, the first matchup was Sept. 29, 1961, a 27-6 Mocs win on Chamberlain Field.
- Bucs head coach Will Healy was an assistant at Chattanooga under Russ Huesman from 2009-
15 sharing the sidelines with Rusty Wright over the last three…was a QB assistant his first
season before shifting to lead the WR room over the last six.
- Game captain: QB Camden Orth…6th straight game serving as a captain, second time alone…Chattanooga won toss & deferred... 1-3 when winning toss, 2-1 when losing it.
 
COACH RUSTY WRIGHT
- 40-31 in his sixth season…31-16 in SoCon play.
- 5th Mocs head coach to reach 40 career wins.
- 15-9 in Finley Stadium.
- 6-0 against ETSU…4-0 in Chattanooga.
- 18-5 all-time in the month of October.
 
SERIES
Meeting: 48
Record: 28-19-1 | As SoCon Members: 19-15
In Chattanooga: 18-8 | As SoCon Members: 11-6
Last 5: 5-0 | Streak: +6 | Home: +6
 
TEAM NOTES
- First fourth quarter game-winning drive since Oct. 5, 2024 at…ETSU…that one came with 43 seconds on the clock in a 17-10 triumph.
- Chattanooga led by 11, 21-10, midway through the third quarter before 28 straight points put the Bucs up 38-21.
- 21 fourth quarter points are the most since 2022…that was another Rail Rivalry win, 24-16 in Johnson City on Oct. 1, 2022.
- The two teams COMBINED for 42 fourth quarter points and 386 yards in the period…241 of the Mocs total came in the final 15 minutes.
- There was 1,036 yards of combined total offense…519 for Chattanooga and 517 for ETSU…most since 1,094 in the 52-50 shootout loss to Western Carolina in 2023 (543/551).
- Season-high 343 passing yards…most since 396 in the 45-30 win over Portland State on Sept. 28, 2024.
- 176 rushing yards on 40 carries…fourth time in the last five games with 150+.
- Four passing scores are also the most since the Portland State win last season.
- Fourth time in the last five games the Mocs scored a TD on first possession.
- ETSU rushed for 321 yards and passed for 196…most by an opponent since the last home game against The Citadel (336).
- 51 COMBINED first downs with 26 for the home team and 25 for the visitors.
- The Bucs were 40 percent (6-15) on third downs and 75 percent (3-4) on fourth…the last two non-conversions were the difference in the game.
- Zero turnovers for the Mocs…first time all season…last time was Nov. 9 last year in the win at The Citadel.
 
PLAYER NOTES
- QB Camden Orth was 20 of 32 for 343 yards and four touchdowns…second-highest passing total throwing for 348 at LIU against Duquesne on Nov. 6, 2021.
- Orth's 374 yards of total offense is a career best…most by a Moc since 403 by Chase Artopoeus in the Portland State win last season...tied with Tony Merendino (Oct. 7, 178 vs Appalachian State) for 19th-highest total in school history.
- Now has 28 career TD passes with nine coming this season.
- WR Markell Quick had six catches for 125 yards…new career highs for receptions and yards…beat previous high by one yard (124 at NC Central vs Norfolk State)…one TD (21 yards).
- Quick has 967 career receiving yards in three collegiate seasons (2 at NC Central).
- Quick's 155 all-purpose yards (30 on KO return) is a new career best topping 151 earlier this season at Tennessee Tech.
- RB Justus Durant had a team-high 95 yards on 21 carries…workmanlike performance with no carry greater than eight yards but still averaged better than 4-and-a-half yards per carry…career-high 50 receiving yards on four catches.
- Durant now had 2,184 career rushing yards and 2,652 all-purpose.
- RB Ryan Ingram's 23-yard touchdown on his first carry is his longest TD carry since an 83-yarder at VMI on Sept. 23, 2023 for Wofford…eight carries for 37 yards and the touchdown…TD was 24th of his career.
- WR Jamarii Robinson had two catches for 24 yards…they produced 20 and four-yard TDs making the final two scores at 2:29 and 0:11 on the clock.
- Career-high 76 receiving yards for AJ Little (3 rec.).
- Kicker Jude Kelley's 8-yard TD run in the third quarter was the Mocs first score on a fake FG since 2013…that was 7-yard scamper by holder/QB Jacob Huesman in the win at Appalachian State on Nov. 2.
- First career start for LB Landon Feggins…six tackles...opened for Zion Rutledge who missed the opening half due to a targeting call last time out at VMI…Rutledge also finished with six stops.
- Team-high 10 tackles for Amanuel Dickson…two for loss (3 yds).
- DE Orlando Daniels collected five stops including the TFL on Bucs runner Jason Albritton giving the ball back to the offense for the game-winning drive.
 
SOCON SCOREBOARD
at Wofford 31, Furman 13
Samford 24, at VMI 22
Western Carolina 45, at The Citadel 38
 
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