Seniors in the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga football program have lost three consecutive games against Jacksonville State.
In each case, both teams were ranked. All three games were decided by a single possession.
And bad tastes were left in the mouths of the Mocs.
* Sept. 6, 2014, JSU 26, UTC 23 (OT): Then UTC freshman defensive back Lucas Webb was one of two players to make interception returns for touchdowns for the Mocs, but the offense never got on track against the stout JSU defense. The Gamecocks outgained UTC 409-111, but the Mocs’ defense limited JSU to a pair of first-half touchdowns. The Mocs scored first in the overtime period on a 29-yard Henrique Ribeiro field goal, but JSU quarterback Eli Jenkins scored from 13 yards out for the game-winner.
* Sept. 5, 2015, JSU 23, UTC 20: Again the Gamecocks dominated the yardage battle, outgaining UTC 411-198, but it was the Mocs who led 20-16 after a strip-fumble return for a touchdown by freshman Montrell Pardue with 8:16 to play. JSU responded with a methodical 10-play, 79-yard drive that took 5:30 of game time, scoring on a 1-yard run by Miles Jones with 2:41 to play.