2025 Chattanooga Football
Postgame Notes & Records
Sept. 13, 2025 – Stetson – Finley Stadium
 
SETTING THE SCENE
- The Chattanooga Mocs rolled to a 63-0 win over Stetson Saturday evening in Finley Stadium…the Mocs are now 1-2, while the Hatters move to 1-2.
- 79-36-3 in home openers all-time…17-11 in Finley Stadium.
- First all-time matchup against a Pioneer League opponent.
- 12-6-1 vs. the current membership of the Pioneer League: Dayton (5-4-1) & Presbyterian (6-2).
- Third of four straight non-conference matchups…2021 (Austin Peay, at North Alabama, at Kentucky) is the last time the non-conference portion was cleared before beginning conference play.
- First 1-2 start since 2021 with losses to Austin Peay (20-30) and at Kentucky (23-28) sandwiching the 20-0 blanking of North Alabama…also started 1-2 in the 2014 SoCon Championship season while reaching the FCS Playoffs Quarterfinal round.
- Game captains: QB Camden Orth and DT Montrell Henderson…loss the toss and Stetson chose to receive... 1-0 when losing it.
 
COACH RUSTY WRIGHT
- 38-29 in his sixth season…9-14 in non-conference play…9-5 against FCS opponents.
- 1-0 against Stetson…1-0 in Finley Stadium.
- 5-2 in non-conference home games.
 
SERIES
Meeting: 1
Record: 1-0
In Chattanooga: 1-0
 
TEAM NOTES
- Coach Rusty Wright led the Mocs out for the 67th time as head coach…his is the sixth-longest tenure by games in the history of the program breaking a tie with his former head coach as a player, Buddy Green (1994-99) at 66…fifth place is Rodney Allison with 68 while Joe Morrison (1973-79) looms in fourth with 77.
- The Mocs scored on the first five times they had the ball including AJ Little's first quarter punt return for score.
- 445 yards rushing fell just 23 yards short of the school record of 468 set on Nov. 7, 1931…it's the 6th-highest total in school history and most since 456 at The Citadel on Nov. 5, 1994…highest total in Finley Stadium.
- 8.1 yards per carry (55-455) is a new school record…tops 7.81 (47-367) in the Nov. 3, 2012 win over Western Carolina.
- 539 yards of total offense on 69 plays (7.8 yds/snap)…most yards since 567 in last year's win over Portland State on Sept. 28.
- Five rushing touchdowns ties for 15th most in the record book…seven shy of the 1920 performance of 12 against Carson-Newman (Oct. 30).
- Defense was just as stout…allowed just 126 yards of offense on 56 plays (2.2 yds/snap)…fewest yards since 120 by ETSU on Oct. 21, 2023.
- Extra stingy against the run…Stetson managed just 29 yards on 22 totes…toughest to run against since zero yards at Mercer (28 carries) on Oct. 14, 2023.
- The Hatters' 97 pass yards are the fewest since 44 at The Citadel last Nov. 9…completed 20 of 34 passing averaging 2.85 yards per attempt and 4.85 yards per completion.
- Season highs of nine tackles for loss and two sacks…45th multi-sack game under Rusty Wright.
- Allowed just one sack and four TFLs…41st game with one of fewer sacks allowed in the Wright Era.
 
PLAYER NOTES
- Three rushers with 100 yards tonight: Orth (118), Journey Wyche (115) & Justus Durant (105)...missed four by six yards (94-Ryan Ingram).
- Second time in school history with three 100-yard rushers in same game: QB Tony Merendino (134), RB Gwain Durden (108) & RB Mike Smith (103) vs. Appalachian State on Oct. 7, 1978.
- Orth had 118 yards rushing yards (11 carries) with three TDs…7-14 passing with two TDs and an interception…212 yards total offense.
- Second career multiple rushing TD game…had two at Kent State on Nov. 8, 2023, a 49-19 Bowling Green win.
- Orth's five TD responsible for tonight are the most since Chase Artopoeus on Oct. 7, 2023 against Western Carolina (all passing)…tied for seventh-most all-time behind six different Mocs with six.
- Three rushing TDs are the most by a QB since Terrell Robinson at Georgia Southern on Oct. 8, 2011…Robinson had 114 yards on 21 carries and 176 yards total offense in a relief appearance in a 28-27 loss.
- Orth's 100-yard rushing game is the first by a QB since Nick Tiano '19 had 100 on the nose in the win at Samford on No. 9, 2019.
- 212 yards of total offense for Orth tonight…topped 3500 for his collegiate career (3,517).
- Wyche had a career-high 115 rushing yards…16 carries with a 78-yard touchdown scamper…longest TD run since Ailym Ford's 86-yard romp against Wofford on Sept. 3, 2022.
- Durant ran for 105 yards on 13 carries…had a TD of his own…second 100-yard rushing game at Chattanooga, seventh of his collegiate career.
- Little's 59-yard first quarter punt return for touchdown is the first since Sept. 27, 2014…that was a 66-yard effort by Tommy Hudson against Samford in Finley Stadium…he had three returns for 65 yards (22.7).
- Markell Quick's 91-yard kickoff return touchdown opened the third quarter…1st KO return score in…one home game…Javin Whatley had a 99 yarder last November 16 against Samford…10th longest KO return in school history.
- The last time there were two return TDs for score was against ETSU in on Nov. 7, 1992...both kickoff by Jerry Ellison of 92 and 94 yards.
- Quick led the Mocs with 125 all-purpose yards with 11 rushing, 23 receiving and 91 on returns.
- WR Jamarii Robinson caught a 16-yard touchdown pass for the Mocs' fourth score of the game…it was his first TD since Oct. 21, 2023 for Northern Colorado at Cal Poly…two catches for 41 yards.
- OL Devin Lively made his first career start today.
- LB Amanuel Dickson made his first career interception at the start of the second quarter…led the squad with six tackles including a TFL.
- DE Marquise Freeman and DB Kaelin Drakeford tied for the team lead in TFLs (1.5)…nine defenders record at least a half TFL in the contest.
- Freeman and CJ Smith recorded sacks…Smith's was the first of his career.
 
SOCON SCOREBOARD
at Baylor 42, Samford 7
Elon 37, at Western Carolina 31
Furman 28, at Campbell 24
at Bucknell 35, VMI 28
at West Georgia 35, ETSU 31
at Mercer 22, Wofford 21
at Gardner-Webb 23, The Citadel 13