Week 8 · 2026
Chattanooga at Western Carolina
Sat 10/24/2026 02:30 PME. J. Whitmire StadiumConference
69°Clear0 mph N · 40% humidityMeasured at kickoff, by an official weather station
Chattanooga
41
6–3
Western Carolina
18
4–5
Attendance
—
not yet reported
ChattanoogaUTC
Western CarolinaWCU
Passing
| C/ATT | YDS | AVG | TD | INT | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UTC | Battle Alberson | 5/11 | 103 | 9.4 | 0 | 0 |
| WCU | Lex Thomas | 29/42 | 266 | 6.3 | 1 | 0 |
| WCU | Isaac Lee | 1/3 | 18 | 6.0 | 0 | 2 |
Rushing
| CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UTC | Kevin Lalin | 20 | 135 | 6.8 | 2 | 39 |
| UTC | Journey Wyche | 17 | 105 | 6.2 | 1 | 19 |
| UTC | Battle Alberson | 11 | 37 | 3.4 | 2 | 19 |
| UTC | Harrison Bey-Buie | 5 | 18 | 3.6 | 0 | 18 |
| WCU | Josh Perry | 11 | 30 | 2.7 | 0 | 10 |
| WCU | AJ Colombo | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 0 | 11 |
| WCU | Anthony Benjamin | 3 | 17 | 5.7 | 0 | 15 |
| WCU | Lex Thomas | 6 | 6 | 1.0 | 0 | 8 |
| WCU | Corey Swint | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 3 |
| WCU | Isaac Lee | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 |
Receiving
| REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UTC | Taylor Crumedy | 3 | 79 | 26.3 | 0 | 37 |
| UTC | Ashton Schumann | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 0 | 12 |
| UTC | Landon Strickland | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 0 | 12 |
| WCU | Santana Carlos | 6 | 75 | 12.5 | 1 | 21 |
| WCU | AJ Colombo | 4 | 42 | 10.5 | 0 | 27 |
| WCU | Richard Hollis | 1 | 42 | 42.0 | 0 | 42 |
| WCU | Bode Burns | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 0 | 23 |
| WCU | Josh Perry | 5 | 24 | 4.8 | 0 | 14 |
| WCU | Michael Rossin | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 0 | 14 |
| WCU | Kha'leal Sterling | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 0 | 10 |
| WCU | Jai Boyd | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 0 | 11 |
| WCU | Joshua Balloon | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | 7 |
| WCU | Anthony Benjamin | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 0 | 3 |
| WCU | Marcus Striggles | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 6 |
| WCU | Jake Young | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 3 |
Defense
| TOT | SOLO | TFL | SACKS | QB HUR | PD | TD | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UTC | Zion Rutledge | 17 | 9 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| UTC | Kristian Ozane | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| UTC | Jaden Nelson | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| UTC | Martez Cooksey Jr. | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| UTC | Kam Baah-Slay | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| UTC | Kaden Edwards | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| UTC | Keyshawn Jackson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| UTC | Orlando Daniels | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| UTC | TJ Fields | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| UTC | Bryce Washington | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| UTC | Gavin Helton | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| UTC | Jestin Gilmore | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| UTC | Ryan Bell | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| UTC | D.J. Adams | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| UTC | Isaiah Harvey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| UTC | Jermaine Stinson | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| UTC | LaRawn Robinson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| UTC | Mason Bryant | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| UTC | Montrell Henderson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| UTC | Myles Mays | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| UTC | Nick Coates | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| UTC | Rahmaan Rinkin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| UTC | Will Davidson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| UTC | AJ Wallace | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| UTC | Mekhi Bell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| WCU | Jayden Cornelius | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| WCU | Blue Monroe | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| WCU | Caleb Turner-Allen | 5 | 2 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| WCU | Trystan Anderson | 5 | 2 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| WCU | Alant'e Reese | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| WCU | Andre Jackson Jr. | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| WCU | Fernando Jeanty | 4 | 0 | 1.5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| WCU | Joshua Collins | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| WCU | Julian Quintero | 4 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| WCU | Na'koma Simpson-Nealy | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| WCU | Braylon Jones | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| WCU | Marco Patierno | 3 | 2 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| WCU | AJ Mintze | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| WCU | Chase Kerns | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| WCU | Da'Shawn Davis | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| WCU | Hank Bodine | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| WCU | Adrian Stone | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| WCU | Caleb Young Jr. | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| WCU | Gavin Rowell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| WCU | Isaac Lee | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| WCU | Jake Young | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| WCU | Jeremy Johnson II | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| WCU | Josh Perry | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| WCU | Ken Moore Jr. | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| WCU | Vanier Baptiste III | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| WCU | AJ Colombo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Interceptions
| INT | YDS | TD | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UTC | Jaden Nelson | 1 | 42 | 0 |
| UTC | Kristian Ozane | 1 | 11 | 0 |
Kicking
| FG | PCT | LONG | XP | PTS | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UTC | Jude Kelley | 2/2 | 100.0 | 57 | 5/5 | 11 |
| WCU | Bryan McCollum | 1/1 | 100.0 | 28 | 1/1 | 4 |
Punting
| NO | YDS | AVG | TB | In 20 | LONG | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UTC | Heath Jehu | 4 | 164 | 41.0 | 0 | 1 | 54 |
| WCU | Mark Fitzgerald | 5 | 204 | 40.8 | 1 | 2 | 48 |
Kick returns
| NO | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WCU | Richard Hollis | 5 | 122 | 24.4 | 0 | 32 |
Punt returns
| NO | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WCU | AJ Colombo | 2 | 97 | 48.5 | 1 | 86 |
Previous 10 meetings vs. Chattanooga
Western Carolina 5–5 vs Chattanooga
- 2025 · wk 10Western Carolina 35 @ Chattanooga 28
- 2024 · wk 10Chattanooga 34 @ Western Carolina 38
- 2023 · wk 6Western Carolina 52 @ Chattanooga 50
- 2022 · wk 12Chattanooga 29 @ Western Carolina 32
- 2021 · wk 5Western Carolina 17 @ Chattanooga 45
- 2019 · wk 5Western Carolina 36 @ Chattanooga 60
- 2018 · wk 7Chattanooga 26 @ Western Carolina 6
- 2017 · wk 5Western Carolina 45 @ Chattanooga 7
- 2016 · wk 9Chattanooga 38 @ Western Carolina 25
- 2015 · wk 9Western Carolina 13 @ Chattanooga 41
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