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 Kerwin Bell.

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. The program made an appearance in the 1983 NCAA Division I-AA national championship game, winning three games before falling to Southern Illinois in the championship 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 ^
Year Coach Conference Conference finish[1] Record Bowl/Postseason Final ranking
Wins Losses Ties TSN/STATS Poll
 Coaches' Poll
Western Carolina Catamounts
1931 C.C. Poindexter Ind—440—N/AN/A
1932Ind—290—N/AN/A
1933North State—162—N/AN/A
1934North State—370—N/AN/A
1935 Ralph James North State—1100—N/AN/A
1936North State—270—N/AN/A
1937North State—162—N/AN/A
1938North State—071—N/AN/A
1939 James Whatley North State—161—N/AN/A
1940North State—240—N/AN/A
1941North State—350—N/AN/A
1942 No team Season cancelled due to World War II.
1943 No team Season cancelled due to World War II.
1944 No team Season cancelled due to World War II.
1945 Marion McDonald North State—130—N/AN/A
1946 Tom Young North State—631—N/AN/A
1947North State—351—N/AN/A
1948North State—730—N/AN/A
1949North State1st830Lost 1949 Smoky Mountain Bowl vs West Liberty State, 0-20N/AN/A
1950North State—360—N/AN/A
1951North State—360—N/AN/A
1952North State—280—N/AN/A
1953North State—190—N/AN/A
1954North State—451—N/AN/A
1955North State—271—N/AN/A
1956 Dan Robinson North State—190—N/AN/A
1957North State—251—N/AN/A
1958North State—181—N/AN/A
1959North State—721—N/AN/A
1960North State—650—N/AN/A
1961CIAC—460—N/AN/A
1962CIAC—351—N/AN/A
1963CIAC—261—N/AN/A
1964CIAC—540—N/AN/A
1965CIAC—720—N/AN/A
1966CIAC—550—N/AN/A
1967CIAC—451—N/AN/A
1968Ind—450—N/AN/A
1969 Bob Waters Ind—910—N/AN/A
1970Ind—630—N/AN/A
1971Ind—460—N/AN/A
1972Ind—721—N/AN/A
1973Ind—631—N/AN/A
1974Ind—920NCAA Division II Playoffs - First RoundN/AN/A
1975Ind—370—N/AN/A
1976Southern—640—N/AN/A
1977Southern5th641—N/AN/A
1978SouthernT-3rd650—N/AN/A
1979Southern7th650—N/AN/A
1980Southern5th371—N/AN/A
1981Southern6th470—N/AN/A
1982Southern3rd650—N/AN/A
1983Southern2nd1131NCAA Division I-AA Playoffs - Runner Up9N/A
1984Southern2nd830—14N/A
1985SouthernT-5th461—N/AN/A
1986Southern2nd650—N/AN/A
1987SouthernT-5th470—N/AN/A
1988SouthernT-7th290—N/AN/A
1989 Dale Strahm SouthernT-6th371—N/AN/A
1990 Steve Hodgin Southern6th380—N/AN/A
1991SouthernT-6th290—N/AN/A
1992SouthernT-2nd740—N/AN/A
1993Southern3rd650—N/AN/A
1994SouthernT-3rd650—N/AN/A
1995SouthernT-7th370—N/AN/A
1996Southern9th47-—N/AN/A
1997 Bill Bleil Southern7th38-—N/AN/A
1998Southern3rd65-—N/AN/A
1999Southern7th38-—N/AN/A
2000SouthernT-6th47-—N/AN/A
2001Southern4th74-—N/AN/A
2002 Kent Briggs SouthernT-5th56-—N/AN/A
2003Southern6th57-—N/AN/A
2004SouthernT-5th47-—N/AN/A
2005Southern4th54-—N/AN/A
2006Southern8th29-—N/AN/A
2007Southern8th110-—N/AN/A
2008 Dennis Wagner Southern8th39-—N/AN/A
2009Southern9th29-—N/AN/A
2010Southern9th29-—N/AN/A
2011Southern9th110-—N/AN/A
2012 Mark Speir Southern9th110-—N/AN/A
2013SouthernT-8th210-—N/AN/A
2014SouthernT-2nd75-—N/AN/A
2015Southern3rd74-—N/AN/A
2016SouthernT-8th29-—N/AN/A
2017Southern4th75-—N/AN/A
2018Southern8th38-—N/AN/A
2019Southern8th39-—N/AN/A
2020Southern9th18-—N/AN/A
2021 Kerwin Bell SouthernT-4th47-—N/AN/A
2022Southern5th65-—N/AN/A
2023Southern-—N/AN/A
Total Totals through the 2019 season 347 522 23 (all games)

Notes

    References
    1. . catamountsports.com. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
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