Western Carolina Catamounts @ Samford Bulldogs — Nov 14, 2026

NCAA Division FCS·Round 1 November 14, 2026
Catamounts Western Carolina WCU 3-4, 0-3 Away
November 14, 2026 8:30 pm
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Bulldogs Samford SAMF 2-5, 1-2 Home
Key Players
Western Carolina
L. Thomas QB
1513 PASS
248 RUSH
4 REC
J. Perry RB
0 PASS
345 RUSH
110 REC
A. Colombo WR
0 PASS
4 RUSH
323 REC
Samford
G. Johnson QB
1115 PASS
-4 RUSH
0 REC
M. Henderson ATH
0 PASS
24 RUSH
335 REC
K. Cherry RB
0 PASS
266 RUSH
34 REC
Stats Comparison
Overall Away vs Home
League Percentile Ranking
Western Carolina
Samford
Scoring 2–1
32.7 30th
Points
113th 18.4
28.4 81st
Opp Points
33rd 21.7
4.3 46th
Point Diff
78th -3.3
Offense 3–3
46.7 86th
Total Yds
69th 69.7
229.0 19th
Pass Yds
47th 200.4
126.4 56th
Rush Yds
102nd 79.4
2.3 92nd
1st Downs
65th 4.4
15.4 98th
3rd Down%
9th 54.5
100.0 1st
Red Zone%
81st 0.0
Kicking & Discipline 1–0
83.3 37th
FG%
93rd 40.0
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
L vs CHT 18-41
L @ MER 14-17
W vs TNT 44-20
L @ ETS 31-58
W vs PRES 58-14
Samford
W @ FUR 13-6
L vs MER 21-31
L @ CHT 3-19
L @ UAB 14-33
W vs VMI 45-7
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