Western Carolina Athletics Hall of Fame
The 1949 Football Team
The 1949 Football Catamounts won Western Carolina's first conference football championship and was the first team to receive a postseason bid. Head Coach Tom Young's team won the North State Conference championship by going unbeaten in league play, swept conference rivals Appalachian State, East Carolina and Lenoir-Rhyne by holding them to a combined 12 points, and finished with an 8-2 regular-season record - the best record in the first 16 seasons history of the program. WCU was invited to play in the Smoky Mountain Bowl in Bristol, Virginia.
