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1993 Western Carolina Catamounts football team

1993 Western Carolina Catamounts football
ConferenceSouthern Conference
Record6–5 (5–3 SoCon)
Head coach
Home stadiumE. J. Whitmire Stadium
Seasons
← 1992
1994 →
1993 Southern Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 2 Georgia Southern $^ 7 1 0 10 3 0
No. 9 Marshall ^ 6 2 0 11 4 0
Western Carolina 5 3 0 6 5 0
Furman 4 4 0 5 5 1
The Citadel 4 4 0 7 5 0
Appalachian State 4 4 0 4 7 0
East Tennessee State 3 5 0 5 6 0
Chattanooga 2 6 0 4 7 0
VMI 1 7 0 1 10 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network poll

The 1993 Western Carolina Catamounts team was an American football team that represented Western Carolina University as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon) during the 1993 NCAA Division I-AA football season. In their fourth year under head coach Steve Hodgin, the team compiled an overall record of 6–5, with a mark of 5–3 in conference play, and finished third in the SoCon.

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 4at Kansas*No. 8L 3–4631,500[1]
September 18The CitadelNo. 13W 38–189,286[2]
September 25No. 12 North Carolina A&T*No. 11
  • E. J. Whitmire Stadium
  • Cullowhee, NC
L 7–3411,288[3]
October 2FurmanNo. 22
  • E. J. Whitmire Stadium
  • Cullowhee, NC
W 23–2011,632[4]
October 9at No. 8 Georgia SouthernNo. 20L 18–1914,133[5]
October 16at East Tennessee StateNo. 25W 25–246,061[6]
October 23at ChattanoogaNo. 24W 41–108,523[7]
October 30Newberry*No. 22
  • E. J. Whitmire Stadium
  • Cullowhee, NC
W 56–105,238[8]
November 6VMNo. 20
  • E. J. Whitmire Stadium
  • Cullowhee, NC
W 38–1410,116[9]
November 13at Appalachian StateNo. 16L 16–2014,767[10]
November 20at No. 9 MarshallL 16–2018,055[11]

References

  1. ^ "Kansas takes out frustrations on Western Carolina". The Mercury. September 5, 1992. Retrieved January 25, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "The Citadel's freefall continues against WCU". The State. September 19, 1993. Retrieved January 25, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Cats declawed in loss to A&T". Asheville Citizen-Times. September 26, 1993. Retrieved January 25, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Western QB, kicker provide heroics in win over Furman". The Charlotte Observer. October 3, 1993. Retrieved January 25, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "'6-Trojan' lifts Georgia Southern past Western Carolina". The Macon Telegraph. October 10, 1993. Retrieved January 25, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Buccaneers lose homecoming tilt". Elizabethton Star. October 17, 1993. Retrieved January 25, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Cats claw Mocs, 41–10". Asheville Citizen-Times. October 24, 1993. Retrieved January 25, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Catamounts take 56–10 win over Newberry". The Times and Democrat. October 31, 1993. Retrieved January 25, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Western rolls over Keydets". Asheville Citizen-Times. November 7, 1993. Retrieved January 25, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Apps upend Cats, 20–16". Asheville Citizen-Times. November 14, 1993. Retrieved January 25, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Herd slips by WCU". The Charlotte Observer. November 21, 1993. Retrieved January 25, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.