1990 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football team

1990 NCAA Division I-AA independents football standings
	^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant; Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee poll

1990 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football
1990 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football
Conference	Independent
1990 record	2–8
Head coach	Jack Harbaugh (2nd season);
Captain	Scott Campbell, Eddie Godfrey, Raji Gordon
Home stadium	L. T. Smith Stadium
	Seasons ← 1989 1991 →

The 1990 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football team represented Western Kentucky University as an independent during the 1990 NCAA Division I-AA football season Led by second-year head coach Jack Harbaugh, the Hilltoppers compiled a record of 2–8.^[1]

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance
September 8	at Morehead State		Jayne Stadium Morehead, KY	W 24–0	5,200
September 15	Illinois State		L. T. Smith Stadium Bowling Green, KY	W 19–9	14,500
September 22	at No. 2 Middle Tennessee	No. 14	Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium Murfreesboro, TN	L 7–20	14,000
September 29	No. 7 Eastern Kentucky	No. 19	L. T. Smith Stadium Bowling Green, KY (Battle of the Bluegrass)	L 12–35	18,000
October 6	No. T–6 Youngstown State		L. T. Smith Stadium Bowling Green, KY	L 14–17	14,500
October 13	at Tennessee Tech		Tucker Stadium Cookeville, TN	L 22–33	11,183
October 27	at Louisville		Cardinal Stadium Louisville, KY	L 7–41	35,122
November 3	at Eastern Illinois		O'Brien Field Charleston, IL	L 6–28	9,008
November 10	Indiana State		L. T. Smith Stadium Bowling Green, KY	L 27–29	3,800
November 17	Chattanooga		L. T. Smith Stadium Bowling Green, KY	L 21–22	3,900
Homecoming Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee Poll released prior to the game

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1990 NCAA Division I-AA independents football standings
v t	Conf			Overall
Team	W	L	T	W		L		T
No. 2 Youngstown State ^		–		11	–	1	–	0
No. 7 William & Mary ^		–		10	–	2	–	0
No. 3 Georgia Southern ^		–		9	–	3	–	0
No. 18 UCF ^		–		9	–	3	–	0
Liberty		–		7	–	4	–	0
Samford		–		6	–	4	–	1
James Madison		–		5	–	6	–	0
Nicholls State		–			–	5	–	6
Arkansas State		–		3	–	7	–	1
Western Kentucky		–		2	–	8	–	0
Towson		–		2	–	9	–	0
Northeastern		–		1	–	10	–	0

^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee poll