List of Western Carolina Catamounts football seasons

This is a list of seasons completed by the Western Carolina Catamounts football team. Representing Western Carolina University in Cullowhee, North Carolina, the Catamounts compete in the Southern Conference in the NCAA Division I FCS. The school began playing football in 1931, and plays their home games out of 13,742-seat Bob Waters Field at E. J. Whitmire Stadium. The Catamounts are currently led by head coach Mark Speir.

Historically, Western Carolina has struggled on the gridiron, amassing a .410 all-time winning percentage as of the end of the 2017 season, which ranks 113th among the 125 active FCS programs.[1] The Catamounts' first and currently only conference championship came in 1949 where they went 8–3 and participated in the now-defunct Smoky Mountain Bowl. While the program has never won a conference championship, they did make an appearance in the 1983 NCAA Division I-AA championship, winning three postseason contests before falling to Southern Illinois in the title game. The 1983 campaign was the winningest season in program history with an 11–3–1 record.

Seasons

National champions Conference champions * Division champions Bowl game berth ^
List of Western Carolina Catamounts football seasons[2]
Season Team Head coach Conference Division Regular season results Postseason results Final ranking[3][1]
Overall Conference[4] Bowl game/Playoff result TSN/STATS Poll Coaches' Poll
Win Loss Tie Win Loss Tie Finish
Western Carolina Catamounts
1931 1931 C. C. Poindexter Independent 4 4 0
1932 1932 2 9 0
1933 1933 North State 1 6 2
1934 1934 3 7 0
1935 1935 Ralph James 1 10 0
1936 1936 2 7 0
1937 1937 1 6 2
1938 1938 0 7 1
1939 1939 James Whatley 1 6 1
1940 1940 2 4 0
1941 1941 3 5 0
1942 1942 No team Season cancelled due to World War II.
1943 1943 Season cancelled due to World War II.
1944 1944 Season cancelled due to World War II.
1945 1945 Marion McDonald 1 3 0
1946 1946 Tom Young 6 3 1
1947 1947 3 5 1
1948 1948 7 3 0
1949 1949 8 3 0 Lost 1949 Smoky Mountain Bowl against West Liberty State, 0–20  ^
1950 1950 3 6 0
1951 1951 3 6 0
1952 1952 2 8 0
1953 1953 1 9 0
1954 1954 4 5 1
1955 1955 2 7 1
1956 1956 Dan Robinson 1 9 0
1957 1957 2 5 1
1958 1958 1 8 1
1959 1959 7 2 1
1960 1960 6 5 0
1961 1961 CIAC 4 6 0
1962 1962 3 5 1
1963 1963 2 6 1
1964 1964 5 4 0
1965 1965 7 2 0
1966 1966 5 5 0
1967 1967 4 5 1
1968 1968 Independent 4 5 0
1969 1969 Bob Waters 9 1 0
1970 1970 6 3 0
1971 1971 4 6 0
1972 1972 7 2 1
1973 1973 6 3 1
1974 1974 9 2 0 NCAA Division II Playoffs — First Round  ^
1975 1975 3 7 0
1976 1976 6 4 0
1977 1977 Southern 6 4 1 2 2 1 5th
1978 1978 6 5 0 4 2 0 T–3rd
1979 1979 6 5 0 2 4 0 7th
1980 1980 3 7 1 2 4 1 5th
1981 1981 4 7 0 3 4 0 6th
1982 1982 6 5 0 4 2 0 3rd
1983 1983 11 3 1 5 0 1 2nd NCAA Division I-AA Playoffs — Runner-up ^ 9
1984 1984 8 3 0 5 2 0 2nd 14
1985 1985 4 6 1 2 4 1 T–5th
1986 1986 6 5 0 5 2 0 2nd
1987 1987 4 7 0 2 4 0 T–5th
1988 1988 2 9 0 1 6 0 8th
1989 1989 Dale Strahm 3 7 1 1 4 1 T–6th
1990 1990 Steve Hodgin 3 8 0 2 5 0 6th
1991 1991 2 9 0 2 5 0 T–6th
1992 1992 7 4 0 5 2 0 T–2nd
1993 1993 6 5 0 5 3 0 3rd
1994 1994 6 5 0 5 3 0 T–3rd
1995 1995 3 7 0 2 6 0 T–7th
1996[lower-alpha 1] 1996 4 7 1 7 9th
1997 1997 Bill Bleil 3 8 3 5 7th
1998 1998 6 5 5 3 3rd
1999 1999 3 8 2 6 7th
2000 2000 4 7 3 5 7th
2001 2001 7 4 5 3 4th
2002 2002 Kent Briggs 5 6 3 5 T–5th
2003 2003 5 7 3 5 T–6th
2004 2004 4 7 2 5 T–5th
2005 2005 5 4 4 3 4th
2006 2006 2 9 0 7 8th
2007 2007 1 10 0 7 8th
2008 2008 Dennis Wagner 3 9 1 7 8th
2009 2009 2 9 1 7 9th
2010 2010 2 9 1 7 T–8th
2011 2011 Dennis Wagner
Mark Rhea
1 10 0 8 9th
2012 2012 Mark Speir 1 10 0 8 9th
2013 2013 2 10 1 7 T–8th
2014 2014 7 5 5 2 T–2nd
2015 2015 7 4 5 2 3rd
2016 2016 2 9 1 7 8th
2017 2017 7 5 5 3 4th
2018 2018 3 8 1 7 8th
2019 2019 3 9 2 6 8th
Totals All-time:
341–402–23
(.409)
Conference:
111–190–5
(.371)
Postseason:
3–3
(.500)

Notes

  1. Overtime rules were added to college football in 1996, thereby eliminating ties.

References

  1. "2018 Football Championship Subdivision Records" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved 26 December 2018.
  2. "Western Carolina 2018 Football Media Guide". CatamountSports.com. Retrieved 26 December 2018.
  3. "Western Carolina In the Polls". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved 26 December 2018.
  4. "2017 SoCon Football Media Guide: History" (PDF). Southern Conference. Retrieved 26 December 2018.
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