1978 Western Carolina Catamounts football team

1978 Western Carolina Catamounts football
ConferenceSouthern Conference
Record6–5 (4–2 SoCon)
Head coach
Home stadiumE. J. Whitmire Stadium
1978 Southern Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Furman + 4 1 0 8 3 0
Chattanooga + 4 1 0 7 3 1
Appalachian State 4 2 0 7 4 0
Western Carolina 4 2 0 6 5 0
The Citadel 2 3 0 5 6 0
VMI 1 4 0 3 8 0
Marshall 0 5 0 1 10 0
Davidson 0 0 0 5 5 0
East Tennessee State 0 0 0 4 7 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • The conference was a hybrid of NCAA Division I-A and I-AA teams. Davidson was classified as I-AA. All the other teams were classified as I-A. Davidson and East Tennessee State were ineligible for the conference title. VMI's games against William & Mary and Richmond and Chattanooga's game against Richmond were designated as conference games and counted in the SoCon standings.

The 1978 Western Carolina Catamounts team was an American football team that represented Western Carolina University as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon) during the 1978 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their 10th year under head coach Bob Waters, the team compiled an overall record of 6–5, with a mark of 4–2 in conference play, tying for third place in the SoCon.