Catawba Indians

South AtlanticSalisbury, NCShuford Stadium

2026: 4–⁠4 (3–⁠3 South Atlantic). Last: won at Anderson (SC) 37–⁠33. Next: Carson Newman, Saturday, Oct 31, 1 p.m. ET.

  1. W 13–⁠7at Ferrum
  2. L 38–⁠40North Greenville
  3. L 16–⁠22at Mars Hill
  4. W 24–⁠10Emory & Henry
  5. L 22–⁠27at Tusculum
  6. W 35–⁠24Wingate
  7. L 17–⁠28Newberry
  8. W 37–⁠33at Anderson (SC)
  9. Oct 31Carson Newman
  10. Nov 7at UVA Wise
  11. Nov 14Lenoir Rhyne

Catawba has played football since at least 1910 and is 38–⁠71 in the 109 games on record. This season, they’re 4–⁠4.

Résumé

Record on file
38–⁠71 .349; how we count
Postseason
2–⁠0 bowls, title games, playoff
AP No. 1 finishes
0
Weeks at No. 1
0 of 1 ranked
Elo now
1200
Best season by Elo
1945 rated 1245
Seasons
42 since 1910, 109 games

2026 season 4–⁠4

RosterFull 2026 season

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

This season, game by game

Catawba’s Elo through 2026: 1191 going into the opener, 1200 after the latest game.117512001225Elo 1191 going in; beat Ferrum 13–7Elo 1203 going in; lost to North Greenville 40–38Elo 1190 going in; lost to Mars Hill 22–16Elo 1174 going in; beat Emory & Henry 24–10Elo 1202 going in; lost to Tusculum 27–22Elo 1178 going in; beat Wingate 35–24Elo 1207 going in; lost to Newberry 28–17Elo 1182 going in; beat Anderson (SC) 37–33Now: Elo 1200 after the latest game1200
Elo going into each game, then after the latest. Filled dots: wins; open: losses.

Program strength since 1910

Best seasons ever
Catawba end-of-season Elo from 1910 to 2026, best in 1945 at 1245.13001500170019001920194019601980200020201945 peak: Elo 1245
End-of-season Elo. Dashed line: 1500, an average FBS team.

Most-played series

All rivalries
OpponentGamesCAT record
Davidson164–⁠12
VMI94–⁠5
Newberry71–⁠6
Wingate61–⁠5
Tusculum63–⁠3
Lenoir Rhyne50–⁠5
Carson Newman52–⁠3
Mars Hill51–⁠4
Every opponent (35)

Every program Catawba has played, A to Z, with Catawba’s record against it. Each links to the series, game by game.

In the NFL Draft

By college
Drafted, rounds 1–⁠7
2 since 1971
First-round picks
0

Season by season

National champions
SeasonRecordConf.AP preAP finalCoachEloSP+
20264–⁠43–⁠31200
20257–⁠45–⁠41211
20243–⁠82–⁠71085
20235–⁠63–⁠61105
20221–⁠100–⁠9959
20215–⁠42–⁠41128
20200–⁠21146
20171–⁠01212
20151–⁠01205
20141–⁠11200
20110–⁠11196
20061–⁠01215
20030–⁠11164
19631–⁠01170
19620–⁠11138
19610–⁠11148
19600–⁠11151
19590–⁠11163
19581–⁠01186
19570–⁠11152
19560–⁠11158
19550–⁠11165
19540–⁠11178
19530–⁠11185
19510–⁠21194
Every season back to 1910 (17 more)
SeasonRecordConf.AP preAP finalCoachEloSP+
19501–⁠11220
19480–⁠11213
19471–⁠11235
19461–⁠11238
19452–⁠11245
19442–⁠11203
19420–⁠21172
19410–⁠11176
19400–⁠11175
19360–⁠11175
19350–⁠11171
19340–⁠11167
19330–⁠21161
19320–⁠11158
19290–⁠11182
1911few games on file0–⁠11190
1910few games on file0–⁠11193

No season on file for 1912–⁠28, 1930–⁠31, 1937–⁠39, 1943, 1949, 1952, 1964–⁠2002, 2004–⁠05, 2007–⁠10, 2012–⁠13, 2016, 2018–⁠19: the program may not have played, or our source may be missing them.

All 42 seasons on file are complete, game by game: every win and loss in the record has its game here.

Records are computed from every game on file at CollegeFootballData.com, whose coverage of the earliest seasons can be incomplete. Elo is this site’s own rating; see how it works on the records page.