1987 Western Carolina Catamounts football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=December 2024}}
{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 1987
| team = Western Carolina Catamounts
| sport = football
| image =
| image_size =
| conference = Southern Conference
| short_conf = SoCon
| record = 4–7
| conf_record = 2–4
| head_coach = Bob Waters
| hc_year = 19th
| captain =
| stadium = E. J. Whitmire Stadium
}}
{{1987 Southern Conference football standings}}
The 1987 Western Carolina Catamounts team was an American football team that represented Western Carolina University as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon) during the 1987 NCAA Division I-AA football season. In their 19th year under head coach Bob Waters, the team compiled an overall record of 4–7, with a mark of 2–4 in conference play, and finished tied for fifth in the SoCon.
Schedule
{{CFB schedule
| rankyear = 1987
| rankdivision = NCAA Division I-AA
| poll = NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 12
| w/l = l
| away = y
| nonconf = y
| opponent = Clemson
| opprank = 9 (I-A)
| site_stadium = Memorial Stadium
| site_cityst = Clemson, SC
| score = 0–43
| attend = 71,465
| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/tampa-bay-times-clemson-slides-by-w-car/140071545/|work=St. Petersburg Times|title=Clemson slides by W. Carolina|date=September 6, 1987|accessdate=December 7, 2024|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 12
| w/l = l
| away = y
| nonconf = y
| opponent = South Carolina
| site_stadium = Williams–Brice Stadium
| site_cityst = Columbia, SC
| score = 6–31
| attend = 66,573
| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-state-gamecocks-blister-western-316/140070689/|work=The State|title=Gamecocks blister Western 31–6|date=September 13, 1987|accessdate=December 7, 2024|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 19
| w/l = w
| opponent = Furman
| opprank = 10
| site_stadium = E. J. Whitmire Stadium
| site_cityst = Cullowhee, NC
| score = 20–14
| attend = 10,334
| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/109756840/rejuvenated-w-carolina-fends-off-furman/|work=The Charlotte Observer|title=Rejuvenated W. Carolina fends off Furman 20–14|date=September 20, 1987|accessdate=December 7, 2024|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 26
| w/l = w
| away = y
| opponent = East Tennessee State
| site_stadium = Memorial Center
| site_cityst = Johnson City, TN
| score = 37–20
| attend = 9,475
| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/news-and-record-western-carolina-wins-37/160465682/|work=News and Record|title=Western Carolina wins 37–20|date=September 27, 1987|accessdate=December 7, 2024|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 10
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| rank = 12
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1987|team=Mars Hill Lions|title=Mars Hill}}
| site_stadium = E. J. Whitmire Stadium
| site_cityst = Cullowhee, NC
| score = 41–0
| attend = 9,270
| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/asheville-citizen-times-wcu-routs-mars-h/160465831/|work=Asheville Citizen-Times|title=WCU routs Mars Hill; Cottrell Hurt|date=October 11, 1987|accessdate=December 7, 2024|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 17
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| rank = 12
| opponent = North Carolina A&T
| site_stadium = E. J. Whitmire Stadium
| site_cityst = Cullowhee, NC
| score = 55–34
| attend = 7,448
| source ={{cite news|last1=Northington|first1=Tom|title=Western overwhelms Aggies|work=Greensboro News & Record|date=18 October 1987|access-date=31 May 2024|pages=C3|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/news-and-record-western-overwhelms-aggie/148471724/|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 24
| w/l = l
| nonconf = y
| rank = 9
| opponent = Georgia Southern
| opprank = 20
| site_stadium = E. J. Whitmire Stadium
| site_cityst = Cullowhee, NC
| score = 16–37
| attend = 13,460
| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-charlotte-observer-defending-champ-g/160466052/|work=The Charlotte Observer|title=Defending champ Georgia Southern rips Catamounts|date=October 25, 1987|accessdate=December 7, 2024|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 31
| w/l = l
| away = y
| rank = 18
| opponent = The Citadel
| site_stadium = Johnson Hagood Stadium
| site_cityst = Charleston, SC
| score = 24–38
| attend = 10,339
| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-herald-the-citadel-guns-down-wcu-38/160464082/|work=The Herald|title=The Citadel guns down WCU, 38–24|date=November 1, 1987|accessdate=December 7, 2024|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 7
| w/l = l
| opponent = Chattanooga
| site_stadium = E. J. Whitmire Stadium
| site_cityst = Cullowhee, NC
| score = 11–13
| attend = 5,216
| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-charlotte-observer-miscues-key-in-we/160464442/|work=The Charlotte Observer|title=Miscues key in Western's 13–11 loss|date=November 8, 1987|accessdate=December 7, 2024|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 14
| w/l = l
| away = y
| opponent = Marshall
| opprank = 20
| site_stadium = Fairfield Stadium
| site_cityst = Huntington, WV
| score = 16–47
| attend = 14,423
| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-salisbury-post-marshall-sets-sc-reco/160465076/|work=The Salisbury Post|title=Marshall sets SC records in romp over Catamounts|date=November 15, 1987|accessdate=December 7, 2024|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 21
| w/l = l
| opponent = Appalachian State
| opprank = 2
| site_stadium = E. J. Whitmire Stadium
| site_cityst = Cullowhee, NC
| score = 13–33
| gamename = rivalry
| attend = 11,154
| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/89185577/appalachian-romps-past-wcu-3313/|work=Asheville Citizen-Times|title=Appalachian romps past WCU, 33–13|date=November 22, 1987|accessdate=December 7, 2024|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
}}
References
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