2009 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football team

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

2009 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football
ConferenceSun Belt Conference
Record0–12 (0–8 SBC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorWalter Wells
Defensive coordinatorMike Dietzel
Home stadiumHouchens Industries–L. T. Smith Stadium
(Capacity: 22,113)
2009 Sun Belt Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Troy $  8 –0   9 –4  
Middle Tennessee  7 –1   10 –3  
Louisiana–Monroe  5 –3   6 –6  
Florida Atlantic  5 –3   5 –7  
Louisiana–Lafayette  4 –4   6 –6  
Arkansas State  3 –5   4 –8  
FIU  3 –5   3 –9  
North Texas  1 –7   2 –10  
Western Kentucky  0 –8   0 –12  
  • $ – Conference champion

Schedule
DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 511:21 amat Tennessee*
SEC NetworkL 7–6398,761[3]
September 126:30 pmSouth Florida*
Big East NetworkL 13–3520,568[4]
September 196:00 pmNo. 13 FCS Central Arkansas*
  • Houchens Industries–L. T. Smith Stadium
  • Bowling Green, KY
L 7–2817,295[5]
September 262:30 pmat Navy*
CBSCSL 22–3829,009[6]
October 106:00 pmFlorida International
  • Houchens Industries–L. T. Smith Stadium
  • Bowling Green, KY
L 20–3713,574[7]
October 176:00 pmLouisiana-Lafayette
  • Houchens Industries–L. T. Smith Stadium
  • Bowling Green, KY
L 22–3011,919[8]
October 242:30 pmat Middle Tennessee
Sun Belt NetworkL 24–6217,787[9]
October 313:30 pmat North Texas
Sun Belt NetworkL 49–6811,214[10]
November 74:00 pmTroydagger
  • Houchens Industries–L. T. Smith Stadium
  • Bowling Green, KY
L 20–4016,747[11]
November 143:00 pmat Louisiana-Monroe
L 18–2116,229[12]
November 283:00 pmat Florida Atlantic
L 23–2914,671[13]
December 36:00 pmArkansas State
  • Houchens Industries–L. T. Smith Stadium
  • Bowling Green, KY
Sun Belt NetworkL 20–244,513[14]

Coaching change

On November 9, 2009, David Elson was officially released as Western Kentucky's head coach. He remained as head coach until the end of the 2009 season. He was replaced by Stanford's running backs coach Willie Taggart, a Western Kentucky University alumnus.[15]

References
  1. 2019 Sun Belt Conference Football Media Guide, retrieved 30 April 2020
  2. WKU Football Media Guide retrieved 31 March 2020.
  3. "Western Kentucky Hilltoppers vs. Tennessee Volunteers Box Score". ESPN.com. Retrieved April 23, 2010.
  4. "South Florida Bulls vs. Western Kentucky Hilltoppers Box Score". ESPN.com. Retrieved April 23, 2010.
  5. "Central Arkansas Bears vs. Western Kentucky Hilltoppers Box Score". ESPN.com. Retrieved April 23, 2010.
  6. "Western Kentucky Hilltoppers vs. Navy Midshipmen Box Score". ESPN.com. Retrieved April 23, 2010.
  7. "FIU Golden Panthers vs. Western Kentucky Hilltoppers Box Score". ESPN.com. Retrieved April 23, 2010.
  8. "Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns vs. Western Kentucky Hilltoppers Box Score". ESPN.com. Retrieved April 23, 2010.
  9. "Western Kentucky Hilltoppers vs. Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders Box Score". ESPN.com. Retrieved April 23, 2010.
  10. "Western Kentucky Hilltoppers vs. North Texas Mean Green Box Score". ESPN.com. Retrieved April 23, 2010.
  11. "Troy Trojans vs. Western Kentucky Hilltoppers Box Score". ESPN.com. Retrieved April 23, 2010.
  12. "Western Kentucky Hilltoppers vs. Louisiana-Monroe Warhawks Box Score". ESPN.com. Retrieved April 23, 2010.
  13. "Western Kentucky Hilltoppers vs. Florida Atlantic Owls Box Score". ESPN.com. Retrieved April 23, 2010.
  14. "Arkansas State Red Wolves vs. Western Kentucky Hilltoppers Box Score". ESPN.com. Retrieved April 23, 2010.
  15. Graves, Will (November 23, 2009). "WKU Hires Stanford's Taggart as Coach". Associated Press.


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