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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 #8: WESTERN CAROLINA CATAMOUNTS (3-4, 1-4) at #25 ETSU BUCCANEERS (6-2, 4-1) Location: ................................................. Cullowhee, N.C., 28723 Saturday, Oct. 27, 2018 • 3:30 pm • Johnson City, Tenn. • William B. Greene, Jr. Stadium (7,694) ..............................................................................................Pronounced “KULL - uh - whee” Founded: ...............................................................................1889 Enrollment: ..........................................................................11,456 GAME COVERAGE: WESTERN CAROLINA Nickname: ................................................................. Catamounts TV BROADCAST: Head Coach: Mark Speir ..................................................................... Purple & Gold Colors: TALENT: David Jackson, Mark Hutsell, and Kasey Marler Stadium: ....................................... E.J. Whitmire Stadium (13,742) Record at WCU: 29-47, 7th yr Catamount Sports Network Field: .......................... Bob Waters Field (Desso Challenge Pro 2) RADIO: Career Record: same Affiliation: ........... NCAA Div. I – Championship Subdivision (FCS) TALENT: Gary Ayers, Daniel Hooker, Greg McLamb, & Jeff Bryson Conference: ....................................................................Southern ONLINE AUDIO: CatamountSports.com ETSU (25 / 25) Chancellor: .................................Alison Morrison-Shetler (acting) TWITTER: @Catamounts Head Coach: Randy Sanders Athletics Director: ................. Randy Eaton (UT-San Antonio, ‘90) SERIES HISTORY: Western Carolina leads, 24-22-1 (W–1) Record at ETSU: 6-2, 1st yr FOOTBALL HISTORY: In Johnson City ......... WCU trails, 11-12-1; Last Mtg: WCU, 39-16 (2003) Career Record: same First Year of Football: ............................................................1931 In Cullowhee: .............. WCU leads, 12-10, Last Mtg: WCU, 49-10 (2017) Seasons of Football: ............................................................. 85th All-Time / SoCon Record: ......... 343-500-23 (.410) / 113-179-3 (.389) 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, 44-38 CW62/ESPN+ Road loss despite 577 yds total offense, T. Adams with 5 TD passes • Head Coaching Record at WCU: .................. 29-47, 18-33 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 L, 26-6 ESPN+ Three turnovers, safety; WCU held to a pair of Will Horton FGs Brad Glenn (Clemson, 1995) ......................Offensive Coord. / QBs Oct. 20 at Mercer * Macon, Ga. L, 59-46 ESPN+ Lost despite amassing 710 yards of total offense; Adams with 545 yds 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 A WESTERN CAROLINA WIN WOULD: Al Degraffenreid (Western Carolina, 2017) .......Quality Control (O) a third, seven-win season over the past four years with a Michael Painter (Bowling Green, 2006) ..........Dir. of Football Ops • Halt the four-game seasonal slide for the Catamounts, 7-5 mark posted in 2017, just missing out on returning to Tommy Chandler (Auburn, 2009) .......................... Dir. of Scouting giving WCU its first win since Sept. 22 over VMI while also the NCAA post-season for the first time since 1983 ... WCU Evan Barr (Tennessee, 2008) ............ Dir. of Athletic Performance sending ETSU to its first consecutive defeats this year; was picked sixth last preseason; Steven Honbarger (Appalachian, 2001) .... Dir. of Sports Medicine Mike Taylor .....................................Athletics Equipment Manager • End WCU’s 44-game losing skid to nationally-ranked • WCU has 15 seniors on its 2018 squad – EIGHT players on Sandy Neuenschwander ...........Football Administrative Assistant FCS opponents on the road ... It’d be WCU’s first road offense, SIX on defense, and ONE specialist; win over a ranked FCS team since Oct. 27, 1984 – 34 • WCU returned 13 out of a possible 25 starters between its WESTERN CAROLINA MEDIA RELATIONS INFORMATION: years to the exact date; offense, defense, and special teams units ... That includes Asst. AD/Media Relations (FB Contact): .................Daniel Hooker • Email Address: [email protected] • Give head coach Mark Speir his 30th career victory at SEVEN starters on offense, justTHREE on defense, and • Office / Cell Phone: ................ (828) 227-2339 / (828) 508-2494 the helm in Cullowhee making him just the fifth WCU THREE back on special teams in specialist starters; Director of Media Relations (Secondary FB): ........Steven Grandy head coach to win 30-or-more games ... It would put him • Among WCU’s 44 returning letter winners from the 2017 • Email Address: ..................................... [email protected] one win shy of matching Steve Hodgin (31, 1990-96) for season, NINE earned some sort of postseason honors at Director of Media Relations: ...................................Denise Gideon fourth on the WCU career coaching chart. the end of the year; • Email Address: [email protected] A WESTERN CAROLINA LOSS WOULD: • On offense, WCU shattered its single-season rushing re- Director of Video Operations: .................................. Noah Sautter cord with 2,772 yards on the ground while scoring a school • Email Address: [email protected] • Represent the fifth-straight defeat on the season, the benchmark 389 points, averaging 32.4 points per game ... Athletics Fax:...........................................................(828) 227-7688 longest such losing skid since dropping six-straight back the Catamount defensive returned three defenders who Football Press Box Phone: ......................................(828) 227-2116 in 2016; Athletics Mailing & Overnight Address: ..................WCU Athletics posted 50-or-more tackles a season ago; 92 Catamount Road – Ramsey Center • Relegate WCU to a 3-5, .375 overall record after a 3-0 • A combined 15 Western Carolina football players SHARE a Cullowhee, N.C. 28723 start to the year which had been its 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,