Terrell Hudgins broke Jerry Rice's all-time Football Championship Subdivision record for receiving yards, and Brandon Newsome ran for 143 yards and four touchdowns Saturday as Elon beat Western Carolina 42-17. Hudgins caught...
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CULLOWHEE — The Southern Conference has named Western Carolina running back Michael Johnson the Freshman of the Week. During Saturday’s football game against sixth-ranked Elon, Johnson rushed for a career high 116 yards. He...
Weak finish cancels WCU's strong start CULLOWHEE — Very early Saturday afternoon, there were hints the Western Carolina football team had grown up a bit this season. Facing the Southern Conference's best rushing defense,...
CULLOWHEE — Elon's Terrell Hudgins broke Jerry Rice's FCS career receiving yards record on the first play from scrimmage, and the Phoenix took a 21-14 halftime lead over WCU this afternoon. After both teams’ promising opening...
CULLOWHEE — Antoine George and his Western Carolina teammates barely had time to recover from last week's loss before someone popped in footage of this week's opponent: Sixth-ranked Elon. Any hope things were about to get...