The 1988 Chattanooga Moccasins football team represented the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon) in the 1988 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Moccasins were led by fifth-year head coach Buddy Nix and played their home games at Chamberlain Field. They finished the season 4–7, overall and 3–3 in SoCon play to place third.^[1]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 3	at Tulane*	Louisiana Superdome New Orleans, LA	L 19–33	21,777	[2]
September 10	at Georgia Tech*	Bobby Dodd Stadium Atlanta, GA	L 10–24	22,720
September 17	No. 6 Georgia Southern*	Chamberlain Field Chattanooga, TN	L 3–13	8,717
September 24	at Tennessee Tech*	Tucker Stadium Cookeville, TN	W 41–0	2,989
October 1	East Tennessee State	Chamberlain Field Chattanooga, TN	W 33–10	8,301
October 8	Western Carolina	Chamberlain Field Chattanooga, TN	W 19–14	6,008
October 15	at The Citadel	Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, SC	L 17–23	16,457
October 22	at No. 3 Marshall	Fairfield Stadium Huntington, WV	L 7–38	13,298
October 29	vs. Western Kentucky*	Houchens Industries–L. T. Smith Stadium Bowling Green, KY	L 29–31	18,200
November 5	at No. 10 Furman	Chamberlain Field Chattanooga, TN	L 7–10	4,105	[3]
November 12	No. 16 Appalachian State	Chamberlain Field Chattanooga, TN	W 28–24	4,212	[4]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee Poll released prior to the game

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