2008 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football team

The 2008 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football team represented Western Kentucky University (WKU) during the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team's head coach was David Elson. WKU competed as an NCAA Division I FBS independent team in 2008 before their move to the Sun Belt Conference in 2009.[1] The Hilltoppers played their home games at Houchens Industries–L. T. Smith Stadium in Bowling Green, Kentucky.[2]

2008 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record2–10
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorKevin Wright (2nd season)
Offensive schemeSpread
Base defense3–4
Home stadiumHouchens Industries–L. T. Smith Stadium
Seasons
← 2007
2009 →
2008 NCAA Division I FBS independents football records
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
Navy       8 5  
Notre Dame       7 6  
Army       3 9  
WKU       2 10  
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
August 3011:00 a.m.at IndianaBTNL 13–3130,067
September 65:00 p.m.at No. 22 FCS Eastern KentuckyW 37–1318,500
September 136:00 p.m.at No. 11 AlabamaPPVL 7–4192,138
September 206:00 p.m.Murray StateW 50–922,297
September 276:00 p.m.at KentuckyWKYTL 3–4170,731
October 412:30 p.m.at No. 20 Virginia TechL 13–2766,233
October 116:00 p.m.No. 25 Ball State
  • Houchens Industries–L. T. Smith Stadium
  • Bowling Green, KY
L 7–2416,319
October 186:00 p.m.Florida Atlantic
  • Houchens Industries–L. T. Smith Stadium
  • Bowling Green, KY
L 20–2414,171
November 13:30 p.m.North Texas 
  • Houchens Industries–L. T. Smith Stadium
  • Bowling Green, KY
Sun Belt NetworkL 40–5118,879
November 82:30 p.m.at TroySun Belt NetworkL 7–1719,066
November 1512:00 p.m.Middle Tennessee
Sun Belt NetworkL 10–2111,817
December 66:00 p.m.at Florida InternationalL 3–279,405

Coaching staff

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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

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Indiana

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1 2 3 4 Total
Hilltoppers 0 0 6 7 13
Hoosiers 10 7 7 7 31

Eastern Kentucky

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1 2 3 4 Total
Hilltoppers 7 9 7 14 37
Colonels 3 10 0 0 13

Alabama

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1 2 3 4 Total
Hilltoppers 0 7 0 0 7
#11 Crimson Tide 17 14 10 0 41

Murray State

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1 2 3 4 Total
Racers 0 6 3 0 9
Hilltoppers 10 17 16 7 50

Kentucky

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1 2 3 4 Total
Hilltoppers 0 3 0 0 3
Wildcats 3 14 14 10 41

Virginia Tech

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1 2 3 4 Total
Hilltoppers 0 3 3 7 13
#20 Hokies 10 10 7 0 27

Ball St

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1 2 3 4 Total
#25 Cardinals 0 7 7 10 24
Hilltoppers 0 0 0 7 7

Florida Atlantic

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1 2 3 4 Total
Owls 0 21 0 3 24
Hilltoppers 3 14 3 0 20

North Texas

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1 2 3 4 Total
Mean Green 21 3 7 20 51
Hilltoppers 14 0 20 6 40

Troy

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1 2 3 4 Total
Hilltoppers 0 0 7 0 7
Trojans 7 7 3 0 17

Middle Tennessee

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1 2 3 4 Total
Blue Raiders 7 7 0 7 21
Hilltoppers 0 3 0 7 10

Florida International

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1 2 3 4 Total
Hilltoppers 3 0 0 0 3
Golden Panthers 0 7 6 14 27

References

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