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2008 WKU Hilltoppers football Conference Independent 2008 record 2–10 Head coach Offensive coordinator T. J. Weist Defensive coordinator Kevin Wright Home stadium Houchens Industries–L. T. Smith Stadium (22,113)Seasons
The 2008 WKU 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]
Schedule [ ]
Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance August 30 11:00 a.m. at Indiana Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN BTN L 13–3130,067
September 6 5:00 p.m. at No. 22 FCS Eastern Kentucky W 37–1318,500
September 13 6:00 p.m. at No. 11 Alabama PPV L 7–4192,138
September 20 6:00 p.m. Murray State W 50–922,297
September 27 6:00 p.m. at Kentucky Commonwealth Stadium Lexington, KY WKYT L 3–4170,731
October 4 12:30 p.m. at No. 20 Virginia Tech L 13–2766,233
October 11 6:00 p.m. No. 25 Ball State Houchens Industries–L. T. Smith Stadium Bowling Green, KY L 7–2416,319
October 18 6:00 p.m. Florida Atlantic Houchens Industries–L. T. Smith Stadium Bowling Green, KY L 20–2414,171
November 1 3:30 p.m. North Texas Houchens Industries–L. T. Smith Stadium Bowling Green, KY Sun Belt Network L 40–5118,879
November 8 2:30 p.m. at Troy Movie Gallery Stadium Troy, AL Sun Belt Network L 7–1719,066
November 15 12:00 p.m. Middle Tennessee Sun Belt Network L 10–2111,817
December 6 6:00 p.m. at Florida International L 3–279,405
HomecomingRankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time
Coaching staff [ ]
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 [ ]
Indiana [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Hilltoppers
0
0
6
7
13
Hoosiers
10
7
7
7
31
Eastern Kentucky [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Hilltoppers
7
9
7
14
37
Colonels
3
10
0
0
13
Alabama [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Hilltoppers
0
7
0
0
7
#11 Crimson Tide
17
14
10
0
41
Murray State [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Racers
0
6
3
0
9
Hilltoppers
10
17
16
7
50
Kentucky [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Hilltoppers
0
3
0
0
3
Wildcats
3
14
14
10
41
Virginia Tech [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Hilltoppers
0
3
3
7
13
#20 Hokies
10
10
7
0
27
Ball St [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
#25 Cardinals
0
7
7
10
24
Hilltoppers
0
0
0
7
7
Florida Atlantic [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Owls
0
21
0
3
24
Hilltoppers
3
14
3
0
20
North Texas [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Mean Green
21
3
7
20
51
Hilltoppers
14
0
20
6
40
Troy [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Hilltoppers
0
0
7
0
7
Trojans
7
7
3
0
17
Middle Tennessee [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Blue Raiders
7
7
0
7
21
Hilltoppers
0
3
0
7
10
Florida International [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Hilltoppers
3
0
0
0
3
Golden Panthers
0
7
6
14
27
References [ ]
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