2018 Western Carolina Catamounts football team

2018 Western Carolina Catamounts football
Conference Southern Conference
2018 record 3–2 (1–2 SoCon)
Head coach Mark Speir (7th season)
Offensive coordinator Brad Glenn (7th season)
Offensive scheme Spread
Defensive coordinator John Wiley (2nd season)
Base defense 3-4
Home stadium E.J. Whitmire Stadium
(Capacity: 13,742)
2018 Southern Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 23 East Tennessee State  4 –0     6 –1  
No. 6 Wofford  3 –1     4 –2  
Mercer  2 –1     3 –3  
Furman  2 –1     2 –3  
Chattanooga  3 –2     5 –2  
Samford  2 –2     3 –4  
Western Carolina  1 –3     3 –3  
The Citadel  1 –3     1 –4  
VMI  0 –5     0 –6  
Rankings from STATS FCS Poll

The 2018 Western Carolina Catamounts football team represents Western Carolina University in the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season as a member of the Southern Conference. They are led by seventh-year head coach Mark Speir and play their home games at Bob Waters Field at E. J. Whitmire Stadium.

Previous season

The Catamounts finished the 2017 season 7–5, 5–3 in SoCon play to finish in fourth place.

Preseason

Award watch lists

Award Player Position Year
Walter Payton Award[1] Tyrie Adams QB JR
Buck Buchanan Award[2] Marvin Tillman S SR

Preseason media poll

The SoCon released their preseason media poll on July 25, 2018, with the Catamounts predicted to finish in fifth place.[3] The same day the coaches released their preseason poll with the Catamounts predicted to finish in fourth place.[4]

Media poll
Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1Samford204 (20)
2Furman174 (2)
3Wofford163 (1)
4Mercer133
5Western Carolina114
6Chattanooga88
7The Citadel83
8East Tennessee State53
9VMI23
Coaches poll
Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1Samford63 (7)
2Wofford53 (1)
3Furman52 (1)
4Western Carolina39
5Chattanooga34
6Mercer32
7The Citadel28
8East Tennessee State15
9VMI8

Preseason All-SoCon Teams

The Catamounts placed six players on the preseason all-SoCon teams.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 16:00 p.m.Newberry*
ESPN+W 33–2612,111
September 14[lower-alpha 1]6:00 p.m.at Gardner–Webb*
ESPN+W 28–102,257
September 223:30 p.m.VMI
  • E.J. Whitmire Stadium
  • Cullowhee, NC
ESPN+W 52–5012,759
September 292:00 p.m.at Furman
ESPN+L 38–447,201
October 61:30 p.m.at Samford
ESPN3L 28–663,178
October 133:30 p.m.Chattanooga
  • E.J. Whitmire Stadium
  • Cullowhee, NC
ESPN+L 6–267,362
October 204:00 p.m.at Mercer
ESPN+
October 273:30 p.m.at East Tennessee State
ESPN+
November 33:30 p.m.The Citadeldagger
  • E.J. Whitmire Stadium
  • Cullowhee, NC
ESPN+
November 103:30 p.m.Wofford
  • E.J. Whitmire Stadium
  • Cullowhee, NC
ESPN3
November 17at North Carolina*
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time
  1. ↑ This game was originally scheduled for September 15. It was moved up one day in anticipation of Hurricane Florence.

Game summaries

Newberry

1 2 3 4 Total
Wolves 7 10 3 6 26
Catamounts 3 16 0 14 33
Overall record Last meeting Result
10–4 1993 WCU, 56–10

at Gardner–Webb

1 2 3 4 Total
Catamounts 7 14 0 7 28
Runnin' Bulldogs 7 3 0 0 10
Overall record Last meeting Result
5–2 2017 WCU, 42–27

VMI

1 2 3 4 Total
Keydets 14 10 13 13 50
Catamounts 14 7 21 10 52
Overall record Last meeting Result
20–3 2017 WCU, 26–7

at Furman

1 2 3 4 Total
Catamounts 7 3 14 14 38
Paladins 14 17 7 6 44
Overall record Last meeting Result
30–12–2 2017 FUR, 28–6

at Samford

1 2 3 4 Total
Catamounts 0
Bulldogs 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
3–12 2017 WCU, 38–34

Chattanooga

1 2 3 4 Total
Mocs 0
Catamounts 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
17–27 2017 WCU, 45–7

at Mercer

1 2 3 4 Total
Catamounts 0
Bears 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
2–2 2017 MERC, 35–33

at East Tennessee State

1 2 3 4 Total
Catamounts 0
Buccaneers 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
23–22–1 2017 WCU, 49–10

The Citadel

1 2 3 4 Total
Bulldogs 0
Catamounts 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
16–24–1 2017 WCU, 31–19

Wofford

1 2 3 4 Total
Terriers 0
Catamounts 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
14–26 2017 WOF, 35–28

at North Carolina

1 2 3 4 Total
Catamounts 0
Tar Heels 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
0–1 2017 UNC, 65–10

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 RV RV RV RV RV NR  
Coaches RV RV RV RV RV NR

References

  1. ↑ "FCS football: 2018 Walter Payton Award watch list". August 1, 2018. Retrieved August 1, 2018.
  2. ↑ "FCS football: 2018 Buck Buchanan Award watch list announced". August 2, 2018. Retrieved August 2, 2018.
  3. ↑ http://www.soconsports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=21895&SPID=1781&DB_LANG=C&ATCLID=211735859&DB_OEM_ID=4000
  4. ↑ http://www.soconsports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=21895&SPID=1781&DB_LANG=C&ATCLID=211735863&DB_OEM_ID=4000
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