UTC linebacker Wes Dothard makes a tackle against Appalachian State in 2012.The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga football team has lost eight straight games to Appalachian State, the Mocs’ opponent this afternoon at Kidd Brewer Stadium in Boone, N.C. Fifth-year Mocs coach Russ Huesman is 0-for-4 against the Mountaineers, who have a 26-10 advantage in the series.
Here’s a brief look at the past four losses:
2009 — App State 35, UTC 20: The seventh-ranked Mountaineers jumped on the Mocs early and led 21-0 after the first quarter. The Mocs’ first two possessions ended in interceptions, but they didn’t crumble. UTC outscored ASU 17-0 in the second and third quarters, followed by a field goal early in the fourth to make it 21-20.
The wheels fell off after that as App State scored, intercepted another B.J. Coleman pass and scored again.
2010 — App State 42, UTC 41: Still one of the most exciting games of the Huesman era, and probably the Mocs’ best start to a game. UTC was rolling from the beginning and led 28-7 at halftime. It would have been 31-7 but UTC missed three extra points, which loomed very large late.