2009 Western Carolina Catamounts football team

2009 Western Carolina Catamounts football
Conference	Southern Conference
Record	2–9 (1–7 SoCon)
Head coach	Dennis Wagner (2nd season)
Offensive coordinator	Keith Heckendorf (2nd season)
Defensive coordinator	Matt Pawlowski (2nd season)
Home stadium	Bob Waters Field at E. J. Whitmire Stadium

2009 Southern Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 3 Appalachian State $^		8	–	0					11	–	3
No. 9 Elon ^		7	–	1					9	–	3
Furman		5	–	3					6	–	5
Chattanooga		4	–	4					6	–	5
Georgia Southern		4	–	4					5	–	6
Samford		3	–	5					5	–	6
Wofford		2	–	6					3	–	8
The Citadel		2	–	6					4	–	7
Western Carolina		1	–	7					2	–	9
$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from The Sports Network poll

The 2009 Western Carolina Catamounts team represented Western Carolina University as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon) during the 2009 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Led by second-year head coach Dennis Wagner, the Catamounts compiled an overall record of 2–9 with a mark of 1–7 in conference play, placing last out of nine teams in the SoCon. Western Carolina played their home games at Bob Waters Field at E. J. Whitmire Stadium in Cullowhee, North Carolina.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 5	7:30 pm	at Vanderbilt*	Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, TN	CSS	L 0–45	36,350
September 12	6:00 pm	Gardner–Webb*	Bob Waters Field at E. J. Whitmire Stadium Cullowhee, NC		L 20–27	9,673
September 19	6:00 pm	at Georgia Southern	Allen E. Paulson Stadium Statesboro, GA		L 3–27	17,633
September 26	7:00 pm	Furman	Bob Waters Field at E. J. Whitmire Stadium Cullowhee, NC		L 14–33	2,034
October 3	3:00 pm	at Samford	Seibert Stadium Homewood, AL		L 3–16	4,377
October 17	4:00 pm	The Citadel	Bob Waters Field at E. J. Whitmire Stadium Cullowhee, NC	SCTV	W 14–10	6,821
October 24	4:00 pm	Wofford	Bob Waters Field at E. J. Whitmire Stadium Cullowhee, NC		L 26–35	10,017
October 31	2:00 pm	at Chattanooga	Finley Stadium Chattanooga, TN		L 20–24	9,320
November 7	1:00 pm	No. 6 Elon	Bob Waters Field at E. J. Whitmire Stadium Cullowhee, NC		L 17–42	6,943
November 14	1:00 pm	at Eastern Kentucky	Roy Kidd Stadium Richmond, KY		W 24–7	4,200
November 21	3:30 pm	at No. 6 Appalachian State	Kidd Brewer Stadium Boone, NC (Battle for the Old Mountain Jug)		L 14–19	30,098
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from The Sports Network Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time