The 1986 Chattanooga Moccasins football team represented the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon) in the 1986 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Moccasins were led by third-year head coach Buddy Nix and played their home games at Chamberlain Field. They finished the season 4–7 overall 2–4 in SoCon play to place in sixth.^[1]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 6	at No. 14 (I-A) Auburn*	Jordan-Hare Stadium Auburn, AL	L 14–42	58,000	[2]
September 13	at No. 13 Eastern Kentucky*	Roy Kidd Stadium Richmond, KY	L 3–23	14,400	[3]
September 20	Tennessee Tech*	Chamberlain Field Chattanooga, TN	W 33–3	9,487
September 27	at No. 4 Georgia Southern*	Paulson Stadium Statesboro, GA	L 14–34	15,235
October 11	No. 6 Appalachian State	Chamberlain Field Chattanooga, TN	L 15–20	9,044	[4]
October 18	at The Citadel	Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, SC	W 42–7	10,584
October 25	East Tennessee State	Chamberlain Field Chattanooga, TN	L 17–18	3,127
November 1	at No. 20 Marshall	Fairfield Stadium Huntington, WV	L 20–41	11,011
November 8	Western Carolina	Chamberlain Field Chattanooga, TN	W 34–7	6,063
November 15	at Furman	Chamberlain Field Chattanooga, TN	L 10–21	7,127	[5]
November 22	Western Kentucky*	Houchens Industries–L. T. Smith Stadium Bowling Green, KY	W 21–17	4,000
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee Poll released prior to the game