2009 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football team

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2009 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football
WKU Hilltoppers wordmark.png
Conference Sun Belt Conference
Record0–12 (0–8 SBC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorWalter Wells (1st season)
Offensive scheme Spread
Defensive coordinatorMike Dietzel (3rd season)
Base defense 3–4
Home stadium Houchens Industries–L. T. Smith Stadium
Seasons
←  2008
2010  →
2009 Sun Belt Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
Team W L  W L 
Troy $  8 –0   9 –4  
Middle Tennessee  7 –1   10 –3  
Louisiana–Monroe  5 –3   6 –6  
Florida Atlantic  5 –3   5 –7  
Louisiana–Lafayette  4 –4   6 –6  
Arkansas State  3 –5   4 –8  
FIU  3 –5   3 –9  
North Texas  1 –7   2 –10  
Western Kentucky  0 –8   0 –12  
  • $ – Conference champion

The 2009 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football team represented Western Kentucky University (WKU) during the 2009 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team's head coach was David Elson. This year was their first year as a member of the Sun Belt Conference following one year as an FBS independent. [1] The Hilltoppers played their home games at Houchens Industries–L. T. Smith Stadium in Bowling Green, Kentucky. [2]

Contents

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 511:21 amat Tennessee *
 SEC Network L 7–6398,761 [3]
September 126:30 pm South Florida *
 Big East Network L 13–3520,568 [4]
September 196:00 pmNo. 13 FCS Central Arkansas *
  • Houchens Industries–L. T. Smith Stadium
  • Bowling Green, KY
L 7–2817,295 [5]
September 262:30 pmat Navy *
 CBSCS L 22–3829,009 [6]
October 106:00 pm Florida International
  • Houchens Industries–L. T. Smith Stadium
  • Bowling Green, KY
L 20–3713,574 [7]
October 176:00 pm Louisiana-Lafayette
  • Houchens Industries–L. T. Smith Stadium
  • Bowling Green, KY
L 22–3011,919 [8]
October 242:30 pmat Middle Tennessee
Sun Belt Network L 24–6217,787 [9]
October 313:30 pmat North Texas
Sun Belt NetworkL 49–6811,214 [10]
November 74:00 pm Troy Dagger-14-plain.png
  • Houchens Industries–L. T. Smith Stadium
  • Bowling Green, KY
L 20–4016,747 [11]
November 143:00 pmat Louisiana-Monroe
L 18–2116,229 [12]
November 283:00 pmat Florida Atlantic
L 23–2914,671 [13]
December 36:00 pm Arkansas State
  • Houchens Industries–L. T. Smith Stadium
  • Bowling Green, KY
Sun Belt NetworkL 20–244,513 [14]

Coaching change

On November 9, 2009, David Elson was officially released as Western Kentucky's head coach. He remained as head coach until the end of the 2009 season. He was replaced by Stanford's running backs coach Willie Taggart, a Western Kentucky University alumnus. [15]

References

  1. ↑ 2019 Sun Belt Conference Football Media Guide, retrieved 30 April 2020
  2. ↑ WKU Football Media Guide retrieved 31 March 2020.
  3. ↑ "Western Kentucky Hilltoppers vs. Tennessee Volunteers Box Score". ESPN.com. Retrieved April 23, 2010.
  4. ↑ "South Florida Bulls vs. Western Kentucky Hilltoppers Box Score". ESPN.com. Retrieved April 23, 2010.
  5. ↑ "Central Arkansas Bears vs. Western Kentucky Hilltoppers Box Score". ESPN.com. Retrieved April 23, 2010.
  6. ↑ "Western Kentucky Hilltoppers vs. Navy Midshipmen Box Score". ESPN.com. Retrieved April 23, 2010.
  7. ↑ "FIU Golden Panthers vs. Western Kentucky Hilltoppers Box Score". ESPN.com. Retrieved April 23, 2010.
  8. ↑ "Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns vs. Western Kentucky Hilltoppers Box Score". ESPN.com. Retrieved April 23, 2010.
  9. ↑ "Western Kentucky Hilltoppers vs. Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders Box Score". ESPN.com. Retrieved April 23, 2010.
  10. ↑ "Western Kentucky Hilltoppers vs. North Texas Mean Green Box Score". ESPN.com. Retrieved April 23, 2010.
  11. ↑ "Troy Trojans vs. Western Kentucky Hilltoppers Box Score". ESPN.com. Retrieved April 23, 2010.
  12. ↑ "Western Kentucky Hilltoppers vs. Louisiana-Monroe Warhawks Box Score". ESPN.com. Retrieved April 23, 2010.
  13. ↑ "Western Kentucky Hilltoppers vs. Florida Atlantic Owls Box Score". ESPN.com. Retrieved April 23, 2010.
  14. ↑ "Arkansas State Red Wolves vs. Western Kentucky Hilltoppers Box Score". ESPN.com. Retrieved April 23, 2010.
  15. ↑ Graves, Will (November 23, 2009). "WKU Hires Stanford's Taggart as Coach". Associated Press.[ dead link ]
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