Cullowhee, NC (SportsNetwork.com) – The Western Carolina and East Carolina football programs will end a 35-year hiatus in their in-state series when they kick off the 2016 season against each other.
They have signed a contract for a Sept. 3, 2016 meeting at Dowdy-Ficklen
Stadium in Greenville, North Carolina.
Western Carolina opted out of a game that week at North Dakota State, the four-
time reigning FCS champion, to face East Carolina.
East Carolina has won the last seven meetings at home against the Catamounts
and holds a 17-13 series lead.
Western Carolina is coming off a 7-5 season, its first winning record since
2005 and the most wins since 2001. With a 5-2 mark in the Southern Conference,
coach Mark Speir’s program tied for second place to match the best finish in
school history.
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