First Look
The Chattanooga Mocs are back on the road this weekend making the short trip down I-59 to the Birmingham suburbs to square off with Samford. The Mocs and Bulldogs are meeting for the 50th time in a series that dates back to November 1906.
 
Kickoff is scheduled for 3:30 p.m., Central time, at Hanna Stadium. It broadcasts on ESPN+ as the Mocs Sports Network in Chattanooga on WFLI as well as GoMocs.com online and the Varsity Sports app.
 
Matchup: Chattanooga (3-4/2-1) at Samford (1-6/1-4) | Oct. 25 | Hanna Stadium | 3:30 p.m.
 
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Media
TV: ESPN+ - Blake Gardner (PXP), Damian Mitchell (Analysis) and Christina Chambers (Sideline)
 
Radio: WFLI Chattanooga (96.1 FM, 100.3 FM & 1070 AM) - Jim Reynolds (PxP), Todd Agne (Analysis) & Will Poindexter (Sideline). Also available online at GoMocs.com.
 
App: Go Mocs & Varsity Network
 
Series
Game: 50th | Record: 34-12-3 | H: 22-7-2, A: 12-5, N: 0-0-1 | Last 5: 3-2 | Streak: -1
 
About the Bulldogs

• A win Saturday would make it three in a row. Wright has had at least one 3-game win streak every season. His 6-year stretch is the longest by a single coach. The team had a 9-season run from 1977-1985 under Joe Morrison, Bill Oliver & Buddy Nix.
• 8-1 in last nine SoCon road games. 16-7 under Wright on the SoCon highways and byways.
• The comeback from a 17-point deficit Saturday (38-21) is the largest fourth quarter comeback since the 36-28 at Furman on Oct. 23, 2010 coming back from 28-10 with 13:53 left on the clock.
• Wright's squads are 14-2 (.875) coming out of the last three midseason byes: 1-0 (2025), 5-0 (2024), 3-1 (2022) & 5-1 (2021).
• The Mocs rank sixth in the nation in red zone offense (94.4%).
• Offensive line is now second in the league in sacks (1.43) & TFLs allowed (5.3). The average was 8.5 TFL after two games but down to 4.0 TFL over the last five including a season-low 2.0 at VMI. There were six sacks in the first two but just four since with zero the last two weeks.
• K Jude Kelley scored on a 8-yard fake FG in the win over ETSU. It is believed to be the 1st kicker TD in school history. He is the SoCon Special Teams Player of the Week.
• QB Camden Orth threw for a season-best 343 passing yards and had a career-high 374 yards total offense in the win over ETSU earning TSWA Offensive Player of the Week plaudits.

 
About the Bulldogs

• Tied for 3rd longest series in school history: 59-The Citadel, 55-Furman & 50-Western Carolina.
• First-ever meeting was on Nov. 3, 1906 in Birmingham, a 63-0 loss. Played 23 times from 1906-45. There were just 12 meetings from then to 2008 prior to Samford's move to the SoCon.
• That 1906 contest was the 15th game in school history. Saturday in Birmingham is No. 1,178.
• 34 wins are second highest total against an opponent. Record is 36 vs The Citadel.
• Mocs have won eight of 10 in the series and are 12-3 against the Bulldogs in SoCon play.
• Five straight wins in Birmingham.
• Coach Chris Hatcher is the longest-serving head coach in the league: 11 years-Hatcher, 9-Clay Hendrix (Furman) & 7-Rusty Wright.
• Bulldogs are 2nd in the SoCon and 7th nationally in completion percentage (68.7%).
• Samford is 2nd in the league and 6th in the country in pass offense (292.9).
• WR Jaden Gibson's 6.5 receptions/game are tops in the SoCon and 5th nationally.

 
Quotable
Check out the Tuesday press conference here. Coach Rusty Wgiht was joined by the Players of the Week Jude Kelley and Camden Orth.
 
Next Up
The Mocs and Samford meet Saturday at 3:30 p.m., Eastern time, in Birmingham. The Mocs return home for the final two regular season home games of the season with Western Carolina (Nov. 1) and Furman (Nov. 8) coming to visit. There is a special 2-game mini-plan ticket available here.
 
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