2017 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football team information
American college football season
2017Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football
Cure Bowl, L 17–27 vs. Georgia State
Conference
Conference USA
Division
East Division
Record
6–7 (4–4 C-USA)
Head coach
Mike Sanford Jr. (1st season)
Offensive coordinator
Junior Adams (1st season)
Offensive scheme
Multiple
Defensive coordinator
Clayton White (1st season)
Base defense
4–2–5
Home stadium
Houchens Industries–L. T. Smith Stadium
Seasons
← 2016
2018 →
2017 Conference USA football standings
v
t
e
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
W
L
East Division
Florida Atlantic x$
8
–
0
11
–
3
FIU
5
–
3
8
–
5
Marshall
4
–
4
8
–
5
Western Kentucky
4
–
4
6
–
7
Middle Tennessee
4
–
4
7
–
6
Old Dominion
3
–
5
5
–
7
Charlotte
1
–
7
1
–
11
West Division
North Texas x
7
–
1
9
–
5
UAB
6
–
2
8
–
5
Southern Miss
6
–
2
8
–
5
Louisiana Tech
4
–
4
7
–
6
UTSA
3
–
5
6
–
5
Rice
1
–
7
1
–
11
UTEP
0
–
8
0
–
12
Championship: Florida Atlantic 41, North Texas 17
$ – Conference champion
x – Division champion/co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll
The 2017 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football team (WKU) represented Western Kentucky University in the 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Hilltoppers played 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 were led by first-year head coach Mike Sanford Jr. The Hilltoppers finished the season 6–7, 4–4 in C-USA play to finish in a tie for third place in the East Division. They received an invite to the Cure Bowl where they lost to Georgia State.[1]
^WKU Football Media Guide retrieved 31 March 2020.
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