Western Carolina Catamounts vs East Tennessee State Buccaneers

College Football

W Carolina

2-3

31-58

Final

ETSU

3-2

William B. Greene Jr. Stadium

Drive chart

Drives

End of Game
Touchdown
Touchdown
Touchdown
Touchdown
Field Goal

Team	1	2	3	4	T
WCU	0	7	7	17	31
ETSU	14	20	10	14	58

Who won: ETSU 58-31

The East Tennessee State Buccaneers beat the Western Carolina Catamounts 58-31 on Saturday, September 26, 2026 at William B. Greene Jr. Stadium. The ETSU outscored the W Carolina 14-0 in the 1st quarter. Mason Mims led the ETSU in passing yards (20/27, 220 YDS, 1 TD). Lex Thomas led the W Carolina in passing yards (16/32, 163 YDS).

WCU

ETSU

Passing	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT
Lex Thomas	16/32	163	5.1	0	0
Patrick Harding	4/6	24	4.0	1	0

Rushing	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Lex Thomas	11	52	4.7	3	37
Josh Perry	12	50	4.2	0	10
Marlin Cochran	7	28	4.0	0	12
Anthony Benjamin	5	27	5.4	0	8
Patrick Harding	3	24	8.0	0	9

Receiving	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
AJ Colombo	5	60	12.0	0	25
Michael Rossin	5	40	8.0	0	14
Santana Carlos	4	37	9.3	1	20
Kha'leal Sterling	2	18	9.0	0	11
Marcus Striggles	1	11	11.0	0	11
Josh Perry	1	8	8.0	0	8
Austin Cunningham	1	7	7.0	0	7
Jai Boyd	1	6	6.0	0	6

Defensive	TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD
Braylon Jones	8	6	0	1.5	0
Jayden Cornelius	6	3	0	0	2
Marco Patierno	6	2	0	0	0
Na'koma Simpson-Nealy	6	1	1	1.5	0
Andre Jackson Jr.	5	3	0	0	0
Joshua Collins	5	2	0	0	0
Ryan McKinnis	5	0	0	0.5	0
Gavin Rowell	4	3	0	0	0
Blue Monroe	4	2	0	0	0
Trystan Anderson	4	1	1	1	0
Ja'Torian Mack	2	2	0	0	0
Nassor Ashenafi	2	2	0	0	0
Terrell Poyser	2	2	0	0	0
Da'Shawn Davis	2	0	0	0	0
Vanier Baptiste III	2	0	0	0	0
Adrian Stone	2	0	0	0	0
Jeremy Johnson II	2	0	0	0.5	0
Chase Kerns	2	0	0	0	0
Fernando Jeanty	2	0	0	0	0
Ken Moore Jr.	1	1	0	1	0
Marseille Taylor	1	1	0	1	0
Caleb Turner-Allen	1	1	0	0	0
Braeden Barger	1	1	0	0	0
Christian Robbins	1	1	0	0	0
Alant'e Reese	1	1	0	0	0
Jayden Joselin	1	1	0	0	0
Isaac McLellan	1	0	0	0	0
Julian Quintero	1	0	0	0	0
Jaden Meeks	1	0	0	0	0
Jakoby Diamond	1	0	0	0	0