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  • Western Carolina University
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  • HL_WesternCarolinian_1971-10-28_Vol37_No15_09

Snakebitten' Cats face strong Elon Thursday, October 28, 1971 THE WESTERN CAROLINIAN 9 Bob Waters has never been associated with a losing foot ball team in his five year coaching career. Suddenly; a losing season is staring the young Western Carolina coach squarely in the face. Western's Catamounts, with a disappointing 2-5 record, must win their three remaining games to save face and regain somt of the respect Waters built in two pre nous winning campaigns. "Operation Respect" begins this weekend in Burlington where the Catamounts meet the Carolina Conference's top team, Elon College. "We are a snakebitten team'" was Water's comment after watching his team lose 15-9 last week to Livingston (Ala.) University, the NAIA 9th ranked squad. All of Livingston's points were set up by Cata= mount miscaes which has been a common occurrence for WCU this season. "Our defense held Livingston to 119 yards of offense and our offensive unit gained over 200 yards, but lost five fumbles and had two passes intercepted. We played well enough to win if you take away the mistakes," Waters added. The Catamounts will have a very tough assignment Saturday night in their attempt to bounce back in the victory column, Elon, the only Carolinas Conference team to keep WCU on its schedule after the Cats left the league two years ago8 is having one of its best seasons ever with a current mark of 5-2. The Christians have given Western fits the last two years indroppingl7-13and 17-10 verdicts in underdog roles. This year, the Cats will enter this, the 26th meeting, as the definite underdogs. Coach Waters has deve» loped a respect for Elon over the last two seasons and thinks this edition is by far the best Christian squad he has faced. "They are well balanced offensively and big and tough defensively," the Catamount coach offered. "Their offense makes very few mistakes and is hard to defense because of the multiple set such as the shot gun, veer and pro alignments," "Joe W«st (Eion's quarterback) is a winner type—he always seems to get the iobdone. Mike Lawton (Running back) is as determined as we have seen this season," commented the Catamount's coach, Lawton leads the Carolinas Conference in rushing with almost 100 yards per game, while West has a fantastic 62% completion percentage passing. "Our luck hasgottochange," said Waters, This week WCU plans to experiment some more with the Catamount offense as Waters looks for the winning combination, WESTEUM CAItOIJHA UUIVEIUilTY FOOTBALL STATISTICS SEVEN OAMB TOTALS Uz e 101, 261 STATISTICS OPPOKHIT 8USHIN0 1st downs rushing w PLATER ATT rjam LOSS NET AVO. let downs passing 36 Mcintosh m "05 TT Bo" uTfl let downs penalty 12 Hackett 53 316 19 297 5.60 total 1st downs 98 Sveum U6 211 17 197 It. 26 rushing attempts 3US Hewitt 10 66 0 66 6.60 1191 yds. gained rushing 1228 Moss 10 35 23 12 1.20 867 yds. lost rushing 260 Kin. In 2 9 0 9 lt.50 921l net yds. rushing 914 Burr 1 3 0 3 3.00 176 68 passes attempted 129 Corpenlng 1 2 0 2 2.00 passes oonnleted 59 met> 3 19 26 -7 2.33 12 passes had Intercepted 15 Walton 1 0 8 -6 -6.00 1093 yds. gained passing 862 Mote 6 7 53 -It6 -7.67 US9 total run-pass plays m Conner 23 30 96 -68 -2.96 2025 total offensive ydage. 1773 IS opp. passes Intercepted 12 PASSDIO 15U net yds. intercept. *otum 163 FLAIEa ATT COtiP INT YDS TD U7 punts U2 Conner loO* 51 T3 03T T 1 punts had blocked 1 Hots 11 5 2 39 0 35.1 punting average 38.14 Diets 7 2 0 23 0 1721 punting yards 1615 10 punta returned 19 PASS HiiCEIVmO 78 net yards punts returned 205 pursn NO YDS. TEE, 21* kiok-offa returned 27 Oalnos ir WT 107 net yards KO returned 520 Moss 13 271 0 19 fumbles 30 Sveum 20 ?0li 0 16 own fumbles lost 19 Powers 7 61 1 Wt net yds. rumble-reo. ret. 0 Lawson 1 39 0 277 ret. yds.(int.,fun.. )unte) 368 Hackett 2 21i 0 37 times penalized ItO Lynch 3 12 0 315 total yds. penalizec U35 Walton Smith 2 1 18 6 1 0 SCORPIO Hewitt 2 h 0 I10I1 ^ TD FO PAT tosh "7 0^5 C£0* ey 0 5-10 12-15 PAT(2) 0-0 TP m 27 PASS MTiHCEPTIONS YDS. Corl PLAIER NO. TD. Qstnea 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 18 Hunter TT ■5T TT Hackett 3 0-0 0-0 0-0 18 Stubblefield 3 18 0 Cater 1 0-0 0-0 Safety 8 Orr 2 0 0 Walton 10-0 0-0 0-0 6 Ray 2 17 0 Sreun 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 6 Cater 1 S3 1 Klrwin 10-0 0-0 0-0 6 jlathbum 1 0 0 Powers 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 6 Callis 1 7 0 Corbin 1 3 0 SCORKO BI 1U.WTERS 1 2 3 ji Tl 29 135 PUNTEIO purr RETURNS WCU IIS PLAYEK NO YDS., 'avo. R NO. YDS. OPPONENTS 20 li8 21 « Goree 9 31.7/38.6 Sveum " T "So 61t 79 56 Walton 23 785/Sli.l Callis 1 19 Corbin 13 L68/36.0 Moss il it SEASON'S M3ULTS (2-5) KICK-OFF rtETUHXS FIDDLE RBC. RETURNS L 22 Murray State u. 32 PLATER NO. YDS PLAYER NO TDS. L 17 at Tennessee Tech 27 Corpenlng 1 I5TI Stubblefield ~S ~6~ U '6 at Appalachian State 0 Hackett . 103 Willl aas 3 0 L III at Jacksonville State Id Callis b 59 Hunter 2 0 L 1U at Furman Univsrfjity 21 Forehand 2 32 Dougherty 2 0 W J7 Mleolasippl Collee e 0 Hoes 1 22 Cater 2 0 L 9 at Livingston Lhlversity 15 Orr 3 21 Thompson 2 0 Oct 30 at Elon College Hewitt 1 1U Orr 1 Ut Nov 6 ilest Virginia State Lawson 1 2 Herrln 1 0 Mot 13 Wofford College Svoum 1 0 Ray 1 0 Ooonell 1 0 Davis 1 0 Ham 1 0 THE STORY OF THE SEASON—This photo was made against Mississippi College, but it tells the story of the Catamounts this season. Notice the Cats have fumbled and Hal Mote (9) trying to get to the ball, also notice five Mississippi College defenders are also. This season when the ball was fumbled the odds and luck nearly always leaned away from Western Carolina, (Pnoto by Livingston Kelly) Elon College has announced reduced ticket prices for this week's game against Western Carolina in Burlington, Any WCU students, faculty, or staff that present proper identification will be admitted for $1,50, but identification is mandatory. The most Meaningful Semester you'll ever spend... could be the one on World Campus Afloat Sailing Feb. 1972 to Africa and the Orient Through a transfer format, more than 5.000 students from 450 campuses have participated for a semester in this unique program in inter national education. WCA will broaden your horizons, literally and figuratively ... and give you a better chance to make it -meaningfully—in this changing world. 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Astor Station Boston, Massachusetts 02123 Williams , Cater Cats co-winners this week Steve Williams and Mike Carter, Western Carolina's Mutt and Jeff defensive tackle combine, were named co-winners this week of the "Cat of the Week" award that goes to the outstanding player or players of the Saturday game selected by a vote of the WCU coaching staff. Williams and Cater anchored the WCU defense that limited the NAIA's ninth-ranked Mv~ ington, Ala„v to 30 yards rush- in* and 89 yards passing in Western's 15-9 loss« The 262-pound Williams, a prime candidate for the pros, made 15 individual tackles, recovered one fumble and on six occasions threw the Livingston quarterback for a loss. 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The Western Carolinian is Western Carolina University’s student-run newspaper. The paper was published as the Cullowhee Yodel from 1924 to 1931 before changing its name to The Western Carolinian in 1933.

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  • Western Carolina University
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  • Publications (documents)
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• Date
  • Date original: 1971-10-28;
  • Date digitized: 2017-11-14
• Extent
  • Dimension: 15.75" x 11"
  • Pages: 12 pages
• Subject - Topic
  • College student newspapers and periodicals
  • Cullowhee (N.C.) -- Newspapers
  • Universities and colleges -- North Carolina -- Cullowhee -- Newspapers
• Location
  • Jackson County (N.C.)
  • Cullowhee (N.C.)
• Source institution
  • Western Carolina University
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  • WCU Students Newspapers Collection
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  • HL_WesternCarolinian_1971-10-28_Vol37_No15
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  • Western Carolina University Hunter Library