2012 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football team information
American college football season
2012Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football
Little Caesars Pizza Bowl vs. Central Michigan, L 21–24
Conference
Sun Belt Conference
Record
7–6 (4–4 Sun Belt)
Head coach
Willie Taggart (3rd season; regular season)
Lance Guidry (interim; bowl game)
Offensive scheme
West Coast
Defensive coordinator
Lance Guidry (2nd season)
Base defense
4–3
Home stadium
Houchens Industries–L. T. Smith Stadium
Seasons
← 2011
2013 →
2012 Sun Belt Conference football standings
v
t
e
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
W
L
Arkansas State $
7
–
1
10
–
3
Louisiana–Monroe
6
–
2
8
–
5
Middle Tennessee
6
–
2
8
–
4
Louisiana–Lafayette *
4
–
2
5
–
4
Western Kentucky
4
–
4
7
–
6
Troy
3
–
5
5
–
7
North Texas
3
–
5
4
–
8
Florida Atlantic
2
–
6
3
–
9
FIU
2
–
6
3
–
9
South Alabama **
1
–
7
2
–
11
$ – Conference champion
* – Louisiana–Lafayette vacated 4 wins due to NCAA violations. ** – South Alabama was ineligible for the conference title or a bowl game as part of their transition to the FBS.
The 2012 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football team represented Western Kentucky University in the 2012 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They were led by third-year head coach Willie Taggart and played their home games at Houchens Industries–L. T. Smith Stadium. They were a member of the Sun Belt Conference. They finished the season 7–6, 4–4 in Sun Belt play to finish in fifth place.[1] They were invited to the Little Caesars Pizza Bowl, their first bowl appearance since joining FBS in 2007, where they were defeated by Central Michigan.[2]
After a three-year record of 16–20, head coach Willie Taggart resigned in December to become the head coach at South Florida. Defensive coordinator Lance Guidry coached the Hilltoppers in Little Caesars Pizza Bowl. Bobby Petrino was hired as the school's new head coach on December 10, 2012.
^2019 Sun Belt Conference Football Media Guide, retrieved 30 April 2020
^WKU Football Media Guide retrieved 31 March 2020.
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