1949 Western Carolina Catamounts football team

The 1949 Western Carolina Catamounts team represented Western Carolina Teachers College (WCTC)—now known as Western Carolina University—as a member of the North State Conference (NSC) during the 1949 college football season. Led by fourth-year head coach Tom Young, the Catamounts compiled an overall record of 8–3 with a mark of 4–0 in conference play, winning the NSC title.^[1] Western Carolina was invited to the Smoky Mountain Bowl, where the Catamounts lost to West Liberty. The team employed a Single-wing formation on offense.^[2] Western Carolina played home games at Memorial Stadium in Cullowhee, North Carolina

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 17	8:00 p.m.	vs. High Point	Memorial Stadium Asheville, NC	W 20–7	6,500	[2][3]
September 24		at Appalachian State	College Field Boone, NC (rivalry)	W 13–6		[4][5]
October 1		at Tusculum*	Greenville Burley Stadium Greenville, TN	W 20–0	5,000	[6][7][8]
October 8	8:00 p.m.	at East Tennessee State*	State College Stadium Johnson City, TN	W 10–21	8,000	[9][10]
October 15		vs. East Carolina	Canton Memorial Stadium Canton, NC	W 19–6	4,500	[11][12]
October 22	8:00 p.m.	Lenoir Rhyne	Memorial Stadium Cullowhee, NC	W 14–0	5,000	[13][14]
October 29		at Maryville (TN)*	Maryville, TN	L 13–20	3,000–5,000	[15][16]
November 5	8:15 p.m.	at Newberry	Seltzer Field Newberry, SC	W 34–7		[17][18]
November 12	8:00 p.m.	Emory and Henry*	Memorial Stadium Cullowhee, NC	W 26–27		[19][20]
November 19	7:30 p.m.	Carson–Newman*	Memorial Stadium Cullowhee, NC	W 13–6		[21][22]
November 24	2:30 p.m.	vs. West Liberty*	Bristol Municipal Stadium Bristol, Tennessee (Smoky Mountain Bowl)	L 0–20		[23][24]
*Non-conference game Homecoming All times are in Eastern time

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