2017 Western Carolina Catamounts football team

2017 Western Carolina Catamounts football
Conference Southern Conference
2017 record 7–5 (5–3 SoCon)
Head coach Mark Speir (6th season)
Offensive coordinator Brad Glenn (6th season)
Offensive scheme Spread
Defensive coordinator John Wiley (1st season)
Base defense 3-4
Home stadium E.J. Whitmire Stadium
(Capacity: 13,742)
2017 Southern Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 6 Wofford $^  7 –1     10 –3  
No. 18 Samford ^  6 –2     8 –4  
No. 19 Furman ^  6 –2     8 –5  
Western Carolina  5 –3     7 –5  
Mercer  4 –4     5 –6  
The Citadel  3 –5     5 –6  
Chattanooga  3 –5     3 –8  
East Tennessee State  2 –6     4 –7  
VMI  0 –8     0 –11  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant
Rankings from STATS FCS Poll

The 2017 Western Carolina Catamounts football team represented Western Carolina University in the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season as a member of the Southern Conference. They were led by sixth-year head coach Mark Speir and played their home games at Bob Waters Field at E. J. Whitmire Stadium. They finished the season 7–5, 5–3 in SoCon play to finish in fourth place.

Schedule

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
September 2 12:00 a.m. at Hawaii* Aloha Stadium • Honolulu, HI SPEC L 18–41   25,472
September 9 6:00 p.m. Davidson* E.J. Whitmire Stadium • Cullowhee, NC ESPN3 W 63–17   11,763
September 16 6:00 p.m. at Gardner–Webb* Ernest W. Spangler Stadium • Boiling Springs, NC WMYA W 42–27   6,152
September 23 3:30 p.m. No. 18 Samford E.J. Whitmire Stadium • Cullowhee, NC ESPN3 W 38–34   12,018
September 30 6:00 p.m. at Chattanooga Finley Stadium • Chattanooga, TN ESPN3 W 45–7   10,101
October 7 1:30 p.m. at No. 5 Wofford No. 22 Gibbs Stadium • Spartanburg, SC ESPN3 L 28–35 OT  6,982
October 14 3:30 p.m. East Tennessee State No. 21 E.J. Whitmire Stadium • Cullowhee, NC ESPN3 W 49–10   8,300
October 21 1:30 p.m. at VMI No. 19 Alumni Memorial Field • Lexington, VA ESPN3 W 26–7   4,119
October 28 3:30 p.m. Furmandagger No. 18 E.J. Whitmire Stadium • Cullowhee, NC ESPN3 L 6–28   9,973
November 4 2:00 p.m. at The Citadel No. 24 Johnson Hagood Stadium • Charleston, SC ESPN3 W 31–19   7,384
November 11 2:00 p.m. Mercer No. 22 E.J. Whitmire Stadium • Cullowhee, NC ESPN3 L 33–35   10,681
November 18 3:00 p.m. at North Carolina* Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC ACCN Extra L 10–65   43,000
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from STATS FCS Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Game summaries

at Hawaii

1 2 3 4 Total
Catamounts 0 10 8 0 18
Rainbow Warriors 7 14 13 7 41
Overall record Last meeting Result
First meeting

Davidson

1 2 3 4 Total
Wildcats 0 14 0 3 17
Catamounts 28 21 7 7 63
Overall record Last meeting Result
2–0 1985 WCU, 13–0

at Gardner–Webb

1 2 3 4 Total
Catamounts 7 14 14 7 42
Runnin' Bulldogs 0 13 0 14 27
Overall record Last meeting Result
4–2 2016 WCU, 44–14

Samford

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 18 Bulldogs 7 7 13 7 34
Catamounts 10 7 7 14 38
Overall record Last meeting Result
2–12 2016 SAM, 30–17

at Chattanooga

1 2 3 4 Total
Catamounts 10 14 14 7 45
Mocs 0 0 0 7 7
Overall record Last meeting Result
16–27 2016 CHAT, 38–25

at Wofford

1 2 3 4OT Total
No. 22 Catamounts 7 7 7 70 28
No. 5 Terriers 3 10 8 77 35
Overall record Last meeting Result
14–25 2016 WOFF, 31–19

East Tennessee State

1 2 3 4 Total
Buccaneers 3 0 0 7 10
No. 21 Catamounts 0 7 21 21 49
Overall record Last meeting Result
23–22–1 2016 ETSU, 34–31

at VMI

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 19 Catamounts 0 13 3 10 26
Keydets 7 0 0 0 7
Overall record Last meeting Result
20–3 2016 WCU, 32–29

Furman

1 2 3 4 Total
Paladins 0 7 14 7 28
No. 18 Catamounts 0 0 0 6 6
Overall record Last meeting Result
12–30–2 2016 FUR, 49–21

at The Citadel

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 24 Catamounts 7 10 7 7 31
Bulldogs 0 10 9 0 19
Overall record Last meeting Result
16–24–1 2016 CIT, 37–14

Mercer

1 2 3 4 Total
Bears 14 14 0 7 35
Catamounts 7 13 3 10 33
Overall record Last meeting Result
2–1 2016 MERC, 38–24

at North Carolina

1 2 3 4 Total
Catamounts 7 0 0 3 10
Tar Heels 7 35 10 13 65
Overall record Last meeting Result
First meeting

Ranking movements

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final 
STATS FCS NR RV RV RV RV 22 21 19 18 24 22 RV RV RV 
Coaches NR NR NR NR RV RV 25 21 20 RV 25 RV RV RV

References

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