Catawba

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South Atlantic · Shuford Stadium · 5,000

The nationunrankedAP / Coaches
The marketno line yetvs Emory & Henry · our model 63% Catawba · a number, not a pick

LastL 16–22 at Mars Hill · Sat Sep 12

Nextvs Emory & Henry · Sat Sep 19 · 6 pm ET · Shuford Stadium · series 1-2, last win 2023

Updated Tue Sep 15 · through week 2

Catawba · 2026 schedule & results1-2
WkDateUsOppLineOpponentResultRecordConf
1Aug 29#319#427@FerrumW 13–71-00-0
1Sep 5#319#355North GreenvilleL 38–401-10-0
2Sep 12#342#311@Mars HillL 16–221-20-1
3Sep 19#344#371Emory & Henry
4Sep 26#345#387@Tusculum
5Oct 3Wingate
6Oct 10Newberry
7Oct 17@Anderson (SC)
9Oct 31Carson Newman
10Nov 7@UVA Wise
11Nov 14Lenoir Rhyne

Game Week

4d 22h

until kickoff · vs Emory & Henry · Sat Sep 19 · 6 pm ET

Verdict Begins·Live

Catawba is the Piedmont program that won Tangerine Bowls in the 1940s and set a national consecutive-scoring record that stood for generations — and after decades of shadows, is climbing back under Tyler Haines with the best start since 2017.

Standard GapA 1940s bowl winner and national-record holder with 11-win seasons vs de…

Catawba fans know their team won bowl games before most programs even had fields. The chip is that their own history — 1940s glory that everyone else has forgotten — is the standard they're chasing.

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The season in chapters

What it is like to watch them2025 · 7-4 · last season

Game feel61shootoutscombined pts / game1st highest-scoring of 10 in the South Atlantic
Heart rate0-2rarely closein one-score games (2 of 11)9th most one-score games of 10 in the South Atlantic
Margin+10.5competitiveavg scoring margin4th best margin of 10 in the South Atlantic

✓ measured from 11 games · ranks are among South Atlantic teams the same season

Recent form · last 10 games · incl. 2025

Catawba has won two of its last five.

Cooling. 5-5 over the last 10, and lost the last two.

Streak L2Last 5 · 2-3Last 10 · 5-5
The forecast

Next Sep 19

vs Emory & Henry · at home

Outcome band · Catawba · 2026

Catawba's most likely season is 1-11 — mid-table finish. The floor is 0-12; the ceiling is 4-8.

Floor0-12Rebuild year. Below .500.
Base1-11Mid-table finish.
Ceiling4-8Conference title race. Bracket qualifier in range.

No season-path projection for this program yet, so this is last season's record with a two-win swing down and a three-win swing up, over a 12-game frame.

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Game dayWhat a Saturday in this stadium actually feels like.
The experience

Catawba is the Piedmont program that won Tangerine Bowls in the 1940s and set a national consecutive-scoring record that stood for generations — and after decades of shadows, is climbing back under Tyler Haines with the best start since 2017.

Recruiting buzzWhat fans say about the incoming class right now.

Community pulse

No high-engagement r/cfb discussions tracked for this program in the last year.

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