As they were walking off the Finley Stadium field Saturday, one University of Tennessee at Chattanooga assistant coach told another, “Now we’ve got to find ways to win.
“We can’t keep making excuses.”
The next step in what has been a frustrating season for the Mocs is to figure out exactly how to pull out wins. Their 20-14 loss to The Citadel was the fourth straight defeat but was the first game decided by fewer than 14 points as UTC has limped to a 1-7 record.
The Mocs’ lone win was by a 56-point margin over Virginia Military Institute. Their average margin of defeat in their first six losses was 23.7 points, so Saturday’s game was the first time the Mocs had an opportunity to execute down the stretch and claim what would have been a significant victory.
And they almost did.