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Lees–McRae Bobcats football

The Lees–McRae Bobcats football team represented Lees–McRae College in college football at the NCAA Division II level. The Bobcats were independents, fielding its team as an independent from becoming a four-year college in 1991 until the program shut down in 1993.

Lees–McRae Bobcats football
First season1929; 95 years ago
Last season1993; 31 years ago
Athletic directorMarty Favret
Head coachJohn Pate
3rd season, 4–21–1 (.173)
LocationBanner Elk, North Carolina
NCAA divisionDivision II
ConferenceIndependent
All-time record268–228–30 (.538)
Bowl record2–7 (.222)
Playoff appearances1
Playoff record0–1 (NJCAA playoffs)
Conference titles2 CFC (1987–1988)
1 R10 (1967)
6 WCJCC (1951, 1953–1956, 1960)
3 NJCC / CJCC (1948–1950)
Division titles1 CFC Southern Division (1975)
ColorsForest green and gold[1]
   
MascotBobcats

Conference affiliations

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Championships

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Conference championships

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Lees–McRae claims twelve conference titles, the most recent of which came in 1988.

Year Conference Overall record Conference record Coach
1948 North Carolina Junior College Conference / Carolinas Junior College Conference 6–1–1 4–0–1 Fred I. Dickerson
1949 9–2–1 5–0
1950 7–1–1 5–0
1951 Western Carolina Junior College Conference 4–2 3–2
1953 8–2 5–1
1954 5–0–3 4–0–2
1955† 4–3–1 2–1–1
1956† 4–3 2–2
1960 7–1 6–0
1967 Region 10 Conference 8–1–1 5–0–1 George Litton
1987 Coastal Football Conference 12–0 5–0 Mac Bryan
1988† 9–2 4–1

† Co-champions

Division championships

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Lees–McRae claims one division title, with the only one coming in 1975.

Year Conference Overall record Conference record Coach
1975 Coastal Football Conference Southern Division 7–3 4–2 Warren Klawiter

Postseason games

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NJCAA playoff games

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Lees–McRae has appeared in the NJCAA playoffs just once, with an overall record of 0–1.

Year Round Opponent Result
1967 Savannah Shrine Bowl NE Oklahoma A&M L, 35–13

Bowl games

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Lees–McRae has participated in nine bowl games, and has a record of 2–7.

Season Coach Bowl Opponent Result
1949 Fred I. Dickerson Little Sugar Bowl Wharton County L, 49–0
1950 Golden Isles Bowl South Georgia L, 24–6
1953 Golden Isles Bowl South Georgia L, 20–7
1968 George Litton El Toro Bowl Arizona Western L, 27–6
1986 Mac Bryan East Bowl Mississippi Gulf Coast L, 14–13
1987 East Bowl Grand Rapids W, 20–13
1988 Mid-America Bowl NE Oklahoma A&M L, 36–7
1989 East Bowl Itawamba W, 27–18
1990 East Bowl Butler County L, 23–8

List of head coaches

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Key

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Key to symbols in coaches list
General Overall Conference Postseason[A 1]
No. Order of coaches[A 2] GC Games coached CW Conference wins PW Postseason wins
DC Division championships OW Overall wins CL Conference losses PL Postseason losses
CC Conference championships OL Overall losses CT Conference ties PT Postseason ties
NC National championships OT Overall ties[A 3] C% Conference winning percentage
† Elected to the College Football Hall of Fame O% Overall winning percentage[A 4]

Coaches

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List of head football coaches showing season(s) coached, overall records, conference records, postseason records, championships and selected awards
No. Name Season(s) GC OW OL OT O% CW CL CT C% PW PL PT DC CC NC Awards
1 Dick Flinn 1929 4 2 2 0 0.500 – 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Charlie Zimmerman 1930–1931 16 5 8 3 0.406 – 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Don King 1932 8 2 5 1 0.313 1 4 1 0.250 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Fred I. Dickerson 1933–1935, 1946–1961 153 75 62 16 0.542 51 38 12 0.564 0 0 0 0 6 0 0
5 Johnny Mackorell 1936–1939 29 9 19 1 0.328 – 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 George Litton 1962–1969 77 41 32 4 0.558 15 22 2 0.408 0 1 0 0 1 0 0
7 Jim Osborne 1970 10 6 4 0 0.591 2 4 0 0.333 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Mike Cook 1971–1974 37 22 14 1 0.608 12 10 1 0.543 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Warren Klawiter[5] 1975 10 7 3 0 0.700 4 2 0 0.667 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Cole Proctor 1976–1978 29 14 15 0 0.483 6 10 0 0.375 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Bill Bomar 1979 10 6 4 0 0.600 4 2 0 0.667 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Soupy Campbell 1980–1984 59 30 27 2 0.525 15 21 1 0.419 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Mac Bryan 1986–1990 54 44 9 1 0.824 19 5 0 0.792 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
14 John Pate 1991–1993 30 5 24 1 0.183 – 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Year-by-year results

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National champions Conference champions Division champions Bowl game berth Playoff berth
Season Year Head coach Association Division Conference Record Postseason Final ranking
Overall Conference
Win Loss Tie Finish Win Loss Tie
Lees–McRae Bulldogs
1929 1929 Dick Flinn — — Independent 2 2 0
1930 1930 Charlie Zimmerman 2 4 2 [6]
1931 1931 3 4 1 [7]
1932 1932 Don King[8] NCJCC 2 5 1 8th[8][9] 1 4 1
1933 1933[10] Fred I. Dickerson[11] 5 3 2 T–3rd[12] 3 2 0
1934 1934 3 6 0 4th[13] 2 2 0
1935 1935 2 5 1 6th[14] 2 4 1
1936 1936[15] Johnny Mackorell[16] Independent 2 5 0
1937 1937 3 4 0
Lees–McRae Bobcats
1938 1938[17] Johnny Mackorell IAA — Independent 1 5 1
1939 1939[18] 3 5 0 — —
No team from 1940 to 1945
1946 1946[19] Fred I. Dickerson NJCAA — NCJCC / CJCC 0 7 1 7th[20] 0 5 1 — —
1947 1947[21] 2 5 2 6th[22] 1 3 2 — —
1948 1948[23] 6 1 1 1st[24] 4 0 1 — —
1949 1949[25] 9 2 1 1st[26] 5 0 0 L Little Sugar Bowl —
1950 1950[27] 7 1 1 1st 5 0 0 L Golden Isles Bowl —
1951 1951[28] WCJCC[29] 4 2 0 1st[30] 3 2 0 — —
1952 1952[31] 3 3 1 3rd 3 3 1 — —
1953 1953[32] 8 2 0 1st[33] 5 1 0 L Golden Isles Bowl —
1954 1954[34] 5 0 3 1st 4 0 2 — —
1955 1955[35] 4 3 1 T–1st 2 1 1 — —
1956 1956[36] 4 3 0 T–1st 2 2 0 — —
1957 1957[37] 3 3 1 4th 1 2 1 — —
1958 1958[38] 1 5 2 4th 1 4 1 — —
1959 1959[39] 1 6 1 4th 1 4 1 — —
1960 1960[40] 7 1 0 1st[41] 6 0 0 — —
1961 1961[42] 1 4 1 4th 1 3 1 — —
1962 1962[43] George Litton 2 7 0 4th 1 3 0 — —
1963 1963[44] R10 2 6 1 4th[45] 1 5 0 — —
1964 1964[46] 3 6 0 4th[47] 2 4 0 — —
1965 1965[48] 5 5 0 4th 1 4 0 — —
1966 1966[49] 6 4 0 4th 1 4 0 — —
1967 1967[50] 8 1 1 1st 5 0 1 L Savannah Shrine Bowl 2
1968 1968[51] 8 2 1 2nd 3 1 0 L El Toro Bowl 10
1969 1969[52] 7 1 1 2nd 1 1 0 — 10
1970 1970[53] Jim Osborne CFC 6 4 0 5th 2 4 0 — —
1971 1971[54] Mike Cook 6 3 1 2nd 4 1 1 — —
1972 1972[55] 3 6 0 T–4th 2 4 0 — —
1973 1973[56] 7 2 0 3rd 3 2 0 — —
1974 1974[57] 6 3 0 4th 3 3 0 — —
1975 1975[58] Warren Klawiter 7 3 0 1st (Southern) 4 2 0 — —
1976 1976[59] Cole Proctor 5 4 0 3rd (Southern) 3 2 0 — —
1977 1977[60] 4 6 0 7th 1 4 0 — —
1978 1978[61] 5 5 0 6th 2 4 0 — —
1979 1979[62] Bill Bomar 6 4 0 2nd 4 2 0 — —
1980 1980[63] Soupy Campbell 7 3 0 5th 3 3 0 — —
1981 1981[64] 4 6 0 8th 2 6 0 — —
1982 1982[65] 6 3 1 3rd 3 2 1 — —
1983 1983[66] 2 7 0 8th 1 5 0 — —
1984 1984[67] 5 5 0 6th 2 4 0 — —
1985 1985[68] 6 3 1 3rd 3 2 0 — —
1986 1986[69] Mac Bryan 9 1 1 1st 5 0 0 L East Bowl 4
1987 1987[70] 12 0 0 1st 5 0 0 W East Bowl 2
1988 1988[71] 9 2 0 T–1st 4 1 0 L Mid-America Bowl 7
1989 1989[72] 8 2 0 2nd 3 1 0 W East Bowl —
1990 1990[73] 6 4 0 4th 2 3 0 L East Bowl —
1991 1991[74] John Pate NCAA Division II Independent 1 9 0 — —
1992 1992[75] 1 9 0 — —
1993 1993[76] 3 6 1 — —

Individual accomplishments

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All-Americans

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Lees–McRae produced 27 All-Americans with Robert Hardy being the only two-time All-American. Seventeen of the 27 were First Team.

Notes

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  1. ^ Although the first Rose Bowl Game was played in 1902, it has been continuously played since the 1916 game, and is recognized as the oldest bowl game by the NCAA. "—" indicates any season prior to 1916 when postseason games were not played.[2]
  2. ^ A running total of the number of head coaches, with coaches who served separate tenures being counted only once. Interim head coaches are represented with "Int" and are not counted in the running total. "—" indicates the team played but either without a coach or no coach is on record. "X" indicates an interim year without play.
  3. ^ Overtime rules in college football were introduced in 1996, making ties impossible in the period since.[3]
  4. ^ When computing the win–loss percentage, a tie counts as half a win and half a loss.[4]


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