Schedule
Date |
Time |
Opponent# |
Rank# |
Site |
TV |
Result |
Attendance |
August 30 |
11:00 a.m. |
at Indiana |
|
Memorial Stadium • Bloomington, Indiana |
BTN |
L 13–31 |
30,067 |
September 6 |
5:00 p.m. |
at Eastern Kentucky |
|
Roy Kidd Stadium • Richmond, Kentucky |
|
W 37–13 |
18,500 |
September 13 |
6:00 p.m. |
at No. 11 Alabama |
|
Bryant–Denny Stadium • Tuscaloosa, Alabama |
PPV |
L 7–41 |
92,138 |
September 20 |
6:00 p.m. |
Murray State |
|
Houchens Industries–L. T. Smith Stadium • Bowling Green, Kentucky |
|
W 50–9 |
22,297 |
September 27 |
6:00 p.m. |
at Kentucky |
|
Commonwealth Stadium • Lexington, Kentucky |
WKYT |
L 3–41 |
70,731 |
October 4 |
12:30 p.m. |
at No. 20 Virginia Tech |
|
Lane Stadium • Blacksburg, Virginia |
|
L 13–27 |
66,233 |
October 11 |
6:00 p.m. |
No. 25 Ball State |
|
Houchens Industries–L. T. Smith Stadium • Bowling Green, Kentucky |
|
L 7–24 |
16,319 |
October 18 |
6:00 p.m. |
Florida Atlantic |
|
Houchens Industries–L. T. Smith Stadium • Bowling Green, Kentucky |
|
L 20–24 |
14,171 |
November 1 |
3:30 p.m. |
North Texas |
|
Houchens Industries–L. T. Smith Stadium • Bowling Green, Kentucky |
Sun Belt Network |
L 40–51 |
18,879 |
November 8 |
2:30 p.m. |
at Troy |
|
Movie Gallery Stadium • Troy, Alabama |
Sun Belt Network |
L 7–17 |
19,066 |
November 15 |
12:00 p.m. |
Middle Tennessee |
|
Houchens Industries–L. T. Smith Stadium • Bowling Green, Kentucky (100 Miles of Hate) |
Sun Belt Network |
L 10–21 |
11,817 |
December 6 |
6:00 p.m. |
at Florida International |
|
FIU Stadium • Miami |
|
L 3–27 |
9,405 |
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. #Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time. |
Coaching staff
Name | Position | Alma mater |
David Elson | Head Coach | Butler 1994 |
Mike Chism | Recruiting Coordinator/Tight Ends | Kentucky 1990 |
Mike Dietzel | Special Teams Coordinator/Outside Linebackers | Otterbein 1985 |
Stuart Holt | Running Backs | North Carolina 1995 |
Cary Marquell | Inside Linebackers | Ball State 1996 |
Erik Mathies | Defensive Line | Murray State 1998 |
Travaris Robinson | Defensive Backs | Auburn 2007 |
T.J. Weist | Assistant Head Coach/Wide Receivers/Passing Game Coordinator | Alabama 1988 |
Kevin Wright | Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks | WKU 1987 |
Walter Wells | Running Game Coordinator | Belmont 1993 |
Jami DeBerry | Graduate assistant | WKU 2005 |
Jamison Link | Student assistant | |
Nick Uhlenhopp | Director of operations | Graceland 2002 |
Mark Harris | Dir. of equipment and facility operations | |
Jim Nowell | Dir. of strength & conditioning | Southern Miss 1990 |
Duane Hall | Strength & conditioning assistant | WKU 1997 |
Chris Zuccaro | Video coordinator | Ole Miss 2004 |
Game summaries
Indiana
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Hilltoppers |
0 |
0 |
6 |
7 |
13 |
Hoosiers |
10 |
7 |
7 |
7 |
31 |
Eastern Kentucky
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Hilltoppers |
7 |
9 |
7 |
14 |
37 |
Colonels |
3 |
10 |
0 |
0 |
13 |
Alabama
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Hilltoppers |
0 |
7 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
#11 Crimson Tide |
17 |
14 |
10 |
0 |
41 |
Murray State
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Racers |
0 |
6 |
3 |
0 |
9 |
Hilltoppers |
10 |
17 |
16 |
7 |
50 |
Kentucky
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Hilltoppers |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
Wildcats |
3 |
14 |
14 |
10 |
41 |
Virginia Tech
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Hilltoppers |
0 |
3 |
3 |
7 |
13 |
#20 Hokies |
10 |
10 |
7 |
0 |
27 |
Ball St
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
#25 Cardinals |
0 |
7 |
7 |
10 |
24 |
Hilltoppers |
0 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
7 |
Florida Atlantic
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Owls |
0 |
21 |
0 |
3 |
24 |
Hilltoppers |
3 |
14 |
3 |
0 |
20 |
North Texas
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Mean Green |
21 |
3 |
7 |
20 |
51 |
Hilltoppers |
14 |
0 |
20 |
6 |
40 |
Troy
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Hilltoppers |
0 |
0 |
7 |
0 |
7 |
Trojans |
7 |
7 |
3 |
0 |
17 |
Middle Tennessee
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Blue Raiders |
7 |
7 |
0 |
7 |
21 |
Hilltoppers |
0 |
3 |
0 |
7 |
10 |
Florida International
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Hilltoppers |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
Golden Panthers |
0 |
7 |
6 |
14 |
27 |
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