2020 Western Carolina Catamounts football team

2020 Western Carolina Catamounts football
2020 Western Carolina Catamounts football
Conference	Southern Conference
Record	1–8 (1–5 SoCon)
Head coach	Mark Speir (9th season);
Offensive coordinator	John Holt (2nd season)
Defensive coordinator	Andy McCollum (1st season)
Home stadium	Bob Waters Field at E. J. Whitmire Stadium
	Seasons ← 2019 2021 →

2020 Southern Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
No. 11 VMI $^	6	–	1	6	–	2
No. 22 East Tennessee State	4	–	1	4	–	1
Chattanooga†	3	–	1	3	–	2
Mercer	5	–	3	5	–	6
Samford	4	–	3	4	–	3
Furman	3	–	4	3	–	4
Wofford†	1	–	4	1	–	4
The Citadel	2	–	6	2	–	10
Western Carolina	1	–	5	1	–	8

$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant † – Chattanooga and Wofford opted out of the remainder of the spring season on March 29 and April 5, 2021, respectively. Rankings from STATS Poll

The 2020 Western Carolina Catamounts team represented Western Carolina University as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon) during the 2020–21 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Led by Mark Speir in his ninth and final season as head coach, the Catamounts compiled an overall record of 1–8 with a mark of 1–5 in conference play, placing last out of nine teams in the SoCon. Western Carolina played their home games at Bob Waters Field at E. J. Whitmire Stadium in Cullowhee, North Carolina.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
November 14	12:00 p.m.	at No. 22 (FBS) Liberty*	Williams Stadium Lynchburg, VA	ESPNU	L 14–58	1,000
November 21	3:00 p.m.	at Eastern Kentucky*	Roy Kidd Stadium Richmond, KY	ESPN3	L 17–49	3009
December 5	12:00 p.m.	at No. 17 (FBS) North Carolina*	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC	ACCN	L 9–49	3535
February 20	2:00 p.m.	at No. 15 Furman	Paladin Stadium Greenville, SC	ESPN+	L 7–35	1994
February 27	1:00 p.m.	at Samford	Seibert Stadium Homewood, AL	ESPN+	L 27–55	1276
March 6	1:00 p.m.	VMI	Bob Waters Field at E. J. Whitmire Stadium Cullowhee, NC	ESPN+	L 7–30	1300
March 13	1:00 p.m.	The Citadel	Bob Waters Field at E. J. Whitmire Stadium Cullowhee, NC	ESPN+	W 21–14	980
March 20	3:30 p.m.	at Mercer	Five Star Stadium Macon, GA	ESPN+	L 28–45	3527
March 27	1:00 p.m.	at East Tennessee State	William B. Greene Jr. Stadium Johnson City, TN	ESPN+	L 17–24	2442
April 3	1:00 p.m.	Chattanooga	Bob Waters Field at E. J. Whitmire Stadium Cullowhee, NC	ESPN+	Canceled^[a]
April 10	2:00 p.m.	Wofford	Bob Waters Field at E. J. Whitmire Stadium Cullowhee, NC	ESPN+	Canceled^[b]
*Non-conference game Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

^ On March 29, 2021, Chattanooga announced that it would opt out of the remainder of the 2021 spring season due to safety concerns related to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[1]
^ On April 5, 2021, Wofford announced that it was opting out of the remainder of the spring 2021 season as a result of injuries and player opt-outs due to COVID-19.^[2]