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 Western Carolina will play six games at home at E.J. Whitmire Stadium/Bob Waters Field in 2008. |
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Feb. 11, 2008
2008 Western Carolina Football Schedule
Cullowhee, N.C. - Western Carolina today released the start times for the upcoming 2008 season of Catamount Football at E.J. Whitmire Stadium/Bob Waters Field. The first two home dates will kickoff under the lights, with the remaining four home games scheduled to again begin at 1:00 pm. (All times are subject to change).
Western has yet to secure the starting times for its six road contests.
WCU will open the Dennis Wagner era with the return of a pre-Labor Day Weekend tradition by hosting Shorter College at 7:00 pm on Thursday, Aug. 28. The only other home date to be contested under the lights will come two weeks later as Western entertains Big South foe, Liberty, at 6:00 pm in Cullowhee.
The remaining four home dates will all kickoff at 1:00 pm.
New Southern Conference foe, Samford, visits Cullowhee on Homecoming 2008, on Sat., Oct. 4, with the Georgia Southern Eagles flying into Whitmire Stadium/Waters Field three weeks later on Family Weekend (Sat., Oct. 25). Western will honor its 2008 Hall of Fame induction class on Sat., Nov. 1 against the Chattanooga Mocs, with the regular-season finale pitting the arch-rival Appalachian State Mountaineers against the Catamounts in the annual "Battle for the Old Mountain Jug" on Sat., Nov. 22
The football buzz continues next week as area fans can meet Coach Wagner and the new WCU Coaching Staff at Nick & Nate's in downtown Sylva on Tuesday, Feb. 19. The event runs from 5:00 pm until 8:00 pm.
Spring drills for the returning Catamounts begins on Monday, March 31 and will culminate with the annual Spring Game on Saturday, April 19th at Whitmire Stadium/Waters Field in Cullowhee.
For Western Carolina Football season ticket information, call (800) 34-GOWCU, or visit us online at www.CatamountSports.com.
2008 Western Carolina Football Home Schedule:
Thurs., Aug. 28 - vs. Shorter College - 7:00 pm
Sat., Sept. 13 - vs. Liberty - 6:00 pm
Sat., Oct. 4 - vs. Samford * (Homecoming 2008) - 1:00 pm
Sat., Oct. 25 - vs. Georgia Southern * (Family Weekend) - 1:00 pm
Sat., Nov. 1 - vs. Chattanooga * (Hall of Fame Weekend) - 1:00 pm
Sat. Nov. 22 - vs. Appalachian State * (Battle for the Old Mountain Jug) - 1:00 pm
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