SPARTANBURG, S.C. – The football playoffs will have to wait until next season for the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.
The Mocs needed to beat No. 9 Wofford on Saturday to have a chance at reaching the Football Championship Subdivision playoffs. But the Terriers weren’t biting. Not at all.
Wofford crushed the Mocs and their postseason hopes, while earning itself a share of the Southern Conference championship, with a dominating 45-14 win.
Chattanooga linebacker Ryan Consiglio (45) buries his head in his hands late in the fourth quarter as Wofford defeated the Mocs 45-14 on Saturday Nov. 20, 2010 at Gibbs Stadium in Spartanburg, S.C..(AP Photo/Willis Glassgow)“It hurts,” Mocs senior Garrett Hughes said. “This isn’t the way we wanted to go out. I know all of us seniors, we weren’t ready to be done yet.”
Despite the sour ending, Mocs coach Russ Huesman said UTC made progress and achieved a lot in 2010. The season ends with a record of 6-5 and a 5-3, third-place finish in the league, their highest since 1991.