2020 Western Carolina Catamounts football team

2020 Western Carolina Catamounts football
Conference	Southern Conference
Record	0–0 (0–0 SoCon)
Head coach	Mark Speir (9th season)
Home stadium	E.J. Whitmire Stadium (Capacity: 13,742)

2020 Southern Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
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 football team will represent Western Carolina University in the 2020 NCAA Division I FCS football season as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon). They will be led by ninth-year head coach Mark Speir and play their home games at Bob Waters Field at E. J. Whitmire Stadium.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 5		at Eastern Kentucky*	Roy Kidd Stadium Richmond, KY	ESPN+
September 12		at Mercer	Five Star Stadium Macon, GA
September 19		Gardner–Webb*	E. J. Whitmire Stadium Cullowhee, NC
September 26		at Furman	Paladin Stadium Greenville, SC
October 3		Chattanooga	E. J. Whitmire Stadium Cullowhee, NC
October 17		at East Tennessee State	William B. Greene Jr. Stadium Johnson City, TN
October 24		at Samford	Seibert Stadium Homewood, AL
October 31		Wofford	E. J. Whitmire Stadium Cullowhee, NC
November 7		VMI	E. J. Whitmire Stadium Cullowhee, NC
November 14		at Liberty*	Williams Stadium Lynchburg, VA
November 21		The Citadel	E. J. Whitmire Stadium Cullowhee, NC
*Non-conference game Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time