1979 Western Carolina Catamounts football team

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1979 Western Carolina Catamounts football
ConferenceSouthern Conference
Record6–5 (2–4 SoCon)
Head coach
Home stadiumE. J. Whitmire Stadium
Seasons
← 1978
1980 →
1979 Southern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Chattanooga $ 5 – 1 – 0 9 – 2 – 0
VMI 4 – 1 – 0 6 – 4 – 1
The Citadel 4 – 2 – 0 6 – 5 – 0
Furman 4 – 3 – 0 5 – 6 – 0
Appalachian State 3 – 4 – 0 3 – 8 – 0
East Tennessee State 2 – 3 – 0 7 – 4 – 0
Western Carolina 2 – 4 – 0 6 – 5 – 0
Marshall 0 – 6 – 0 1 – 10 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1979 Western Carolina Catamounts team was an American football team that represented Western Carolina University as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon) during the 1979 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their 11th year under head coach Bob Waters, the team compiled an overall record of 6–5, with a mark of 2–4 in conference play, and finished in seventh place in the SoCon.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 1at East Carolina*
L 6–3125,500[1]
September 8Tennessee Tech*
W 24–78,650[2]
September 15at Marshall
W 24–0[3]
September 22at Appalachian State
L 27–3517,124[4]
September 29
Elon*
  • E. J. Whitmire Stadium
  • Cullowhee, NC
W 20–75,712[5]
October 6at The Citadel
L 19–2114,750[6]
October 20Wofford*
  • E. J. Whitmire Stadium
  • Cullowhee, NC
W 56–216,725[7]
October 27Lenoir–Rhyne*
  • E. J. Whitmire Stadium
  • Cullowhee, NC
W 42–6[8]
November 3Chattanooga
  • E. J. Whitmire Stadium
  • Cullowhee, NC
L 35–427,109[9]
November 10at Furman
L 14–238,854[10]
November 17East Tennessee State
  • E. J. Whitmire Stadium
  • Cullowhee, NC
W 13–98,115[11]
  • *Non-conference game

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