Western Carolina Catamounts @ Samford Bulldogs — Nov 14, 2026

NCAA Division FCSRound 1 November 14, 2026
Catamounts Western Carolina WCU 4-4, 1-3 Away
November 14, 2026 8:30 pm
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Bulldogs Samford SAMF 3-5, 2-2 Home
Key Players
Western Carolina
L. Thomas QB
1708 PASS
284 RUSH
4 REC
J. Perry RB
0 PASS
359 RUSH
113 REC
A. Colombo WR
0 PASS
4 RUSH
358 REC
Samford
G. Johnson QB
1334 PASS
23 RUSH
0 REC
K. Cherry RB
0 PASS
312 RUSH
61 REC
M. Henderson ATH
0 PASS
24 RUSH
344 REC
Stats Comparison
Overall Away vs Home
League Percentile Ranking
Western Carolina
Samford
Scoring 2–1
32.0 34th
Points
116th 17.4
28.1 81st
Opp Points
20th 20.1
3.9 45th
Point Diff
75th -2.7
Offense 3–3
81.0 77th
Total Yds
67th 99.8
224.8 26th
Pass Yds
46th 202.8
126.4 61st
Rush Yds
106th 80.9
4.1 80th
1st Downs
69th 5.4
17.9 108th
3rd Down%
73rd 34.8
100.0 1st
Red Zone%
98th 0.0
Kicking & Discipline 1–0
87.5 33rd
FG%
96th 42.9
0.0 1st
Turnovers
1st 0.0
0.0 1st
Penalties
1st 0.0
0.0 1st
Penalty Yds
1st 0.0
Recent Form
Western Carolina
W @ FUR 27-26
L vs CHT 18-41
L @ MER 14-17
W vs TNT 44-20
L @ ETS 31-58
Samford
W vs WOFF 10-9
W @ FUR 13-6
L vs MER 21-31
L @ CHT 3-19
L @ UAB 14-33
Form Comparison
Western Carolina vs Samford
10 20 50
Win-loss trend: each win +1, each loss −1
League
NCAA Division FCS
Season
NCAA 26/27
Round
Round 1
Date
November 14, 2026
Time
8:30 pm