WESTERN CAROLINA CATAMOUNT FOOTBALL 2018 GAME NOTES FOOTBALL CONTACT: Daniel Hooker /// OFFICE: 828.227.2339 /// CELL: 828.508.2494 /// EMAIL: [email protected]
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WESTERN CAROLINA CATAMOUNT FOOTBALL 2018 GAME NOTES FOOTBALL CONTACT: Daniel Hooker /// OFFICE: 828.227.2339 /// CELL: 828.508.2494 /// EMAIL: [email protected] WESTERN CAROLINA ATHLETICS MEDIA RELATIONS /// RAMSEY CENTER – 92 CATAMOUNT ROAD /// @CATAMOUNTS /// CATAMOUNTSPORTS.COM • wcu quick facts • GAME #6: CHATTANOOGA MOCS (4-2, 2-1) AT WESTERN CAROLINA CATAMOUNTS (3-2, 1-2) Location: ................................................. Cullowhee, N.C., 28723 Saturday, Oct. 13, 2018 • 3:30 pm • Cullowhee, N.C. • E.J. Whitmire Stadium / Bob Waters Field (13,742) ..............................................................................................Pronounced “KULL - uh - whee” Founded: ...............................................................................1889 Enrollment: ..........................................................................11,456 GAME COVERAGE: CHATTANOOGA ................................................................. Catamounts Nickname: TV BROADCAST: Head Coach: Tom Arth ..................................................................... Purple & Gold Colors: TALENT: Daniel Hooker, Dan Gibson, & Summer McMahan Stadium: ....................................... E.J. Whitmire Stadium (13,742) Record at UTC: 7-10, 2nd yr RADIO: Catamount Sports Network Field: .......................... Bob Waters Field (Desso Challenge Pro 2) Career Record: , 7th yr Affiliation: ........... NCAA Div. I – Championship Subdivision (FCS) TALENT: Gary Ayers, Greg McLamb, & Jeff Bryson Conference: ....................................................................Southern ONLINE AUDIO: CatamountSports.com WESTERN CAROLINA Chancellor: .................................Alison Morrison-Shetler (acting) TWITTER: @Catamounts Head Coach: Mark Speir Athletics Director: ................. Randy Eaton (UT-San Antonio, ‘90) SERIES HISTORY: WCU trails, 3-12 (W–1) Record at WCU: 29-45, 7th yr In Birmingham, Ala.: ........ WCU trails, 1-7; Last Mtg, SAM, 30-17 (2016) FOOTBALL HISTORY: Career Record: same First Year of Football: ............................................................1931 In Cullowhee, N.C.: ........ WCU trails, 2-5; Last Mtg: WCU, 38-34 (2017) Seasons of Football: ............................................................. 85th All-Time Record: ...............................................343-498-23 (.410) 2018 CATAMOUNT FOOTBALL SCHEDULE / RESULTS NCAA Postseason Appearances (Div. I): ............................. 2 (1) Postseason Record (Div. I): ............................................3-2 (3-1) DATE OPPONENT SITE TIME/RESULT TV NOTES ...........1983 National Finalist (lost 43-7 to So. Illinois) Best Finish: SEPT. 1 NEWBERRY CULLOWHEE W, 33-26 ESPN+ T. Adams with 3 rushing TDs, 2 in 4th; WCU has won 9-straight Last Appearance: ..................................................................1983 2017 Record: .....................................7-5 (Home: 3-2 | Away: 4-3) Sept. 8 BYE WEEK After playing 12-straight weeks of football in 2017 because of Hawai’i, WCU had an early bye week in Week Two in 2018 2017 SoCon Record (Finish): .........5-3 (4th) (Home: 2-2 | Away: 3-1) Sept. 15 at Gardner-Webb Boiling Springs, N.C. W, 28-10 ESPN+ Young with 2 scores, defense 2nd half shutout; WCU, 4-straight W’s WCU FOOTBALL COACHING STAFF: SEPT. 22 VMI * CULLOWHEE W, 52-50 My40/ESPN+ T. Adams accounts for 4 TDs; 102 combined pts, 1,100 yds of offense Head Coach: ..................................... Mark Speir (Clemson, 1990) Sept. 29 at Furman * Greenville, S.C. L, 38-44 CW62/ESPN+ Road loss despite 577 yds total offense, T. Adams with 5 TD passes • Head Coaching Record at WCU: ...................29-45, 17-31 SoCon • Overall Record: ...................................................................Same Oct. 6 at Samford * Birmingham, Ala. L, 66-28 ESPN3 Early turnovers are costly; Samford raced to 35-0 lead at end of 1st qtr ASSISTANT COACHES / S U P P O R T STAFF OCT. 13 CHATTANOOGA * CULLOWHEE 3:30 pm ESPN+ HALL OF FAME; Halted an 8-game series slide with a 45-7 road win in ‘17 Brad Glenn (Clemson, 1995) ......................Offensive Coord. / QBs Oct. 20 at Mercer * Macon, Ga. 4:00 pm ESPN+ WCU lost 35-33 despite amassing 507 yards of total offense John Wiley (East Texas State, 1984) ............Defense Coord. / ILBs Oct. 27 at ETSU * Johnson City, Tenn. 3:30 pm ESPN+ First meeting at ETSU’s new stadium; “Blue Ridge Border Battle” Mark Rhea (Toledo, 1991).................. AHC / Recruiting Coord. / DL John Holt (Appalachian, 2008)...................Run Game Coord. / OL NOV. 3 THE CITADEL * CULLOWHEE 3:30 pm ESPN+ HOMECOMING; WCU defense forced five turnovers in road win in 2017 Tripp Weaver (East Carolina, 2012)..........Pass Game Coord. / DBs NOV. 10 WOFFORD * CULLOWHEE 3:30 pm ESPN3 SENIOR DAY; Overtime road loss to ranked Terriers in 2017 Pat Mills (Appalachian, 2010) ...............Special Teams Coord. / TE Nov. 17 at North Carolina Chapel Hill, N.C. TBA TBA Second-consecutive visit to the flagship school of UNC system Tyler Carlton (Tulsa, 2009) ......................................................WRs Justin Hood (Ashland, 2008) ................................................. OLBs * denotes Southern Conference game /// All times listed are Eastern Reuben Wright (Catawba, 1994) ...............................................RBs Deane Cheatham (James Madison, 2015)...............Def Asst / CBs • Western Carolina enters the 2018 season on the heels of Al Degraffenreid (Western Carolina, 2017) .......Quality Control (O) A WESTERN CAROLINA WIN WOULD: a third, seven-win season over the past four years with a Michael Painter (Bowling Green, 2006) ..........Dir. of Football Ops • Halt a two-game seasonal slide for the Catamounts giv- 7-5 mark posted in 2017, just missing out on returning to Tommy Chandler (Auburn, 2009) .......................... Dir. of Scouting ing WCU its first win since Sept. 22 while sending UTC to the NCAA post-season for the first time since 1983 ... WCU Evan Barr (Tennessee, 2008) ............ Dir. of Athletic Performance was picked sixth last preseason; Steven Honbarger (Appalachian, 2001) .... Dir. of Sports Medicine its third-straight defeat; • Mike Taylor .....................................Athletics Equipment Manager • Represent back-to-back series victories for WCU over WCU has 15 seniors on its 2018 squad – EIGHT players on Sandy Neuenschwander ...........Football Administrative Assistant Chattanooga for the first time since it won three-straight offense, SIX on defense, and ONE specialist; • WCU returns 13 out of a possible 25 starters between its WESTERN CAROLINA MEDIA RELATIONS INFORMATION: from 2000-2002 ... It would also be WCU’s first home offense, defense, and special teams units ... That includes Asst. AD/Media Relations (FB Contact): .................Daniel Hooker win over the Mocs since 2008, ending a four-game win- • Email Address: [email protected] less drought against UTC in Cullowhee; SEVEN starters on offense, justTHREE on defense, and THREE back on special teams in specialist starters; • Office / Cell Phone: ................ (828) 227-2339 / (828) 508-2494 • Give WCU head coach Mark Speir his 30th career vic- Director of Media Relations (Secondary FB): ........Steven Grandy tory at the helm in Cullowhee. • Among WCU’s 44 returning letter winners from the 2017 • Email Address: ..................................... [email protected] season, NINE earned some sort of postseason honors at ...................................Denise Gideon Director of Media Relations: A WESTERN CAROLINA LOSS WOULD: the end of the year; • Email Address: [email protected] • On offense, WCU shattered its single-season rushing re- • Represent the third-straight defeat on the season – and Director of Video Operations: .................................. Noah Sautter cord with 2,772 yards on the ground while scoring a school • Email Address: [email protected] the fifth-consecutive home loss to Chattanooga in the all- benchmark 389 points, averaging 32.4 points per game Athletics Fax:...........................................................(828) 227-7688 time series; ... the Catamount defensive returns three defenders who Football Press Box Phone: ......................................(828) 227-2116 • Relegate WCU to a 3-3, .500 start through its first six Athletics Mailing & Overnight Address: ..................WCU Athletics posted 50-or-more tackles a season ago; games after a 3-0 start to the year which had been its 92 Catamount Road – Ramsey Center • A combined 15 Western Carolina football players SHARE a Cullowhee, N.C. 28723 best since 1976. LAST name – none of which are related: HARRIS ...................................................... Alan (LB), Ty (LB) CATAMOUNT QUICK SLANTS: CAMPBELL .............................................Chris (LB) Nick (OL) • Western Carolina’s 2018 roster includes a combined 48 CURRY ...................................................A.J. (QB), Joey (QB) players from the state of North Carolina ... Georgia is sec- JOHNSON ..................................Charles (WR), Dawson (OL) ond with 27, followed by South Carolina (11), Tennessee (4), JONES ................................................ Reggie (DB), Will (QB) Florida (3), Alabama & Ohio (2) ... One each from California, SMITH ..............................Darrius (LB), Jess (WR), Tyler (OL) Kentucky, Louisiana, New York, Pennsylvania and Virginia;