The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga football program — coming off a 7-5 season which fell just short of a Football Championship Subdivision playoff bid — announced its 2025 schedule Monday.
“It’s a hard start to the season, but you line up when and where they tell you,” UTC head coach Rusty Wright said. “The (Southern Conference) is one of the few leagues where every team plays everyone else. It’s a grind, but we’ll compete and work to put ourselves in the best position week-in, week-out.”
Here’s a breakdown of the 12-game slate:
Aug. 30, Memphis (at Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium, Memphis) — The Tigers are coming off an 11-win season in the Football Bowl Subdivision — with a victory in the Scooter’s Coffee Frisco Bowl — and are playing the Mocs for the first time since 2006, when UTC was one of the Tigers two wins in a 33-14 triumph in Memphis. Former Moc Eldra Buckley did have 125 total yards (105 rushing) in that game, but the rest of the team finished with 124.
Sept. 6, Tennessee Tech (at Tucker Stadium, Cookeville) — The Golden Eagles finished 7-5 and claimed a share of the 2024 Ohio Valley Conference championship but like the Mocs they were kept out of the playoffs. The teams haven’t played since 2018, when former head coach and current Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback coach Tom Arth saw his team dominate the visitors in a 34-10 win in a game that was prolonged by horrible weather in the second half and took nearly six hours to complete.