2020 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football team

The 2020 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football team (WKU) will represent Western Kentucky University in the 2020 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Hilltoppers will play their home games at the Houchens Industries–L. T. Smith Stadium in Bowling Green, Kentucky, as members of the East Division of Conference USA (C–USA). They will be led by second-year head coach Tyson Helton.

2020 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football
ConferenceConference USA
DivisionEast Division
2020 record0–0 (0–0 C-USA)
Head coachTyson Helton (2nd season)
Offensive coordinatorBryan Ellis (2nd season)
Co-offensive coordinatorRyan Aplin (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorClayton White (4th season)
Co-defensive coordinatorMaurice Crum Jr. (1st season)
Home stadiumHouchens Industries–L. T. Smith Stadium
(Capacity: 22,113)
2020 Conference USA football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
East Division
Charlotte  0 –0     0 –0  
FIU  0 –0     0 –0  
Florida Atlantic  0 –0     0 –0  
Marshall  0 –0     0 –0  
Middle Tennessee  0 –0     0 –0  
Western Kentucky  0 –0     0 –0  
Old Dominion†   –      –  
West Division
Louisiana Tech  0 –0     0 –0  
North Texas  0 –0     0 –0  
Rice  0 –0     0 –0  
Southern Miss  0 –0     0 –0  
UAB  0 –0     0 –0  
UTEP  0 –0     0 –0  
UTSA  0 –0     0 –0  
Championship: December 5, 2020
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • Note: † Due to COVID-19, Old Dominion has suspended the 2020 football season.
As of August 18, 2020; Rankings from AP Poll

Previous season

The Hilltoppers finished the 2019 regular season 9–4, 6–2 in CUSA which they tied for second in the West Division with Marshall. The team was invited to play in the First Responder Bowl against Western Michigan, where the Hilltoppers took their ninth win of the season.[1]

Preseason

Award watch lists

Listed in the order that they were released

Award Player Position Year
TBD

CUSA media days

The CUSA Media Days will be held virtually for the first time in conference history.[2]

Preseason All-CUSA teams

To be released

Schedule

Western Kentucky announced its 2020 football schedule on January 8, 2020.[3] The 2020 schedule consists of 6 home and 5 away games in the regular season.

The Hilltoppers had games scheduled against Indiana and Old Dominion, which were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[4][5][6]

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 12 at Louisville*
  • Cardinal Stadium
  • Louisville, KY
September 19 Liberty*
  • Houchens Industries–L. T. Smith Stadium
  • Bowling Green, KY
October 3 at Middle Tennessee
October 10 Marshall
  • Houchens Industries–L. T. Smith Stadium
  • Bowling Green, KY
October 17 at UAB
November 7 at Florida Atlantic
November 14 Southern Miss
  • Houchens Industries–L. T. Smith Stadium
  • Bowling Green, KY
November 21 FIU
  • Houchens Industries–L. T. Smith Stadium
  • Bowling Green, KY
November 28 at Charlotte
TBD Chattanooga*
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

[7]

Game summaries

Chattanooga
1 2 3 4 Total
Mocs 0 0 0 0 0
Hilltoppers 0 0 0 0 0
See also: 2020 Chattanooga Mocs football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
5–8 Nov. 3, 2007 WKU, 28–21

Liberty
1 2 3 4 Total
Flames 0 0 0 0 0
Hilltoppers 0 0 0 0 0
See also: 2020 Liberty Flames football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
0–2 Oct. 19, 1996 LU, 23–14

at Louisville
1 2 3 4 Total
Hilltoppers 0 0 0 0 0
Cardinals 0 0 0 0 0
See also: 2020 Louisville Cardinals football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
12–21 Sept. 14, 2019 UofL, 38–21

at Middle Tennessee
1 2 3 4 Total
Hilltoppers 0 0 0 0 0
Blue Raiders 0 0 0 0 0
See also: 2020 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team and 100 Miles of Hate
Overall record Last meeting Result
33–36–1 Nov. 29, 2019 WKU, 31–26

Marshall
1 2 3 4 Total
Thundering Herd 0 0 0 0 0
Hilltoppers 0 0 0 0 0
See also: 2020 Marshall Thundering Herd football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
4–7 Oct. 26, 2019 Marshall, 26–23

at UAB
1 2 3 4 Total
Hilltoppers 0 0 0 0 0
Blazers 0 0 0 0 0
See also: 2020 UAB Blazers football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
4–3 Sept. 28, 2019 WKU, 20–13

at Florida Atlantic
1 2 3 4 Total
Hilltoppers 0 0 0 0 0
Owls 0 0 0 0 0
See also: 2020 Florida Atlantic Owls football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
3–8 Nov. 2, 2019 FAU, 35–24

Southern Miss
1 2 3 4 Total
Golden Eagles 0 0 0 0 0
Hilltoppers 0 0 0 0 0
See also: 2020 Southern Miss Golden Eagles football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
3–0 Nov. 23, 2019 WKU, 28–10

FIU
1 2 3 4 Total
Panthers 0 0 0 0 0
Hilltoppers 0 0 0 0 0
See also: 2020 FIU Panthers football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
7–6 Sept. 7, 2019 WKU, 20–14

at Charlotte
1 2 3 4 Total
Hilltoppers 0 0 0 0 0
49ers 0 0 0 0 0
See also: 2020 Charlotte 49ers football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
2–1 Oct. 19, 2019 WKU, 30–14

References
  1. "Western Kentucky vs. Western Michigan". ESPN.com. Retrieved December 30, 2019.
  2. "Conference USA to hold virtual football media days due to COVID-19". ktsm.com. May 5, 2020. Retrieved June 11, 2020.
  3. "Hilltopper Football 2020 Schedule Features 6 Home Games, 9 Bowl Teams". Western Kentucky University Department of Athletics. January 8, 2020. Retrieved June 11, 2020.
  4. Myerberg, Paul. "Big Ten football reduces season schedule to only conference games, maybe setting stage for others to follow". USA TODAY. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
  5. "ACC Announces Plans for Football and Fall Olympic Sports". TheACC.com. July 29, 2020. Retrieved July 29, 2020.
  6. "Old Dominion postponing football and fall sports". The Virginian Pilot. Retrieved 2020-08-10.
  7. "2020 WKU Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved March 14, 2020.
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