2007 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football team

2007 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record7–5
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorKevin Wright (1st season)
Offensive schemeSpread
Defensive coordinatorDennis Springer (1st season)
Base defense3–4
Home stadiumHouchens Industries–L. T. Smith Stadium
2007 NCAA Division I FCS independents football standings
Conf. Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
  –     7 – 5  
Stony Brook   –     6 – 5  
Presbyterian   –     6 – 5  
Savannah State   –     1 – 9  

The 2007 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football team represented Western Kentucky University (WKU) during the 2007 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The team's head coach was David Elson. It was the team's first and only season as an NCAA Division I FCS independent team as they made the transition from the Gateway Conference[1] of Division I-AA (now FCS) to the Sun Belt Conference of the FBS.[2] The Hilltoppers played their home games at Houchens Industries–L. T. Smith Stadium in Bowling Green, Kentucky.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 1at No. 6 Florida
L 3–4990,086
September 8West Virginia Tech
W 87–016,165
September 15Eastern Kentucky
W 26–618,898
September 20at Middle Tennessee State
W 20–1722,086
September 29at Bowling Green
L 21–4220,622
October 13at Ball State
L 12–3515,824
October 20at Indiana State
W 56–75,027
October 27North Carolina Central
  • Houchens Industries–L. T. Smith Stadium
  • Bowling Green, KY
W 50–1415,122
November 3at Chattanooga
W 28–215,668[3]
November 10Troydagger
  • Houchens Industries–L. T. Smith Stadium
  • Bowling Green, KY
L 17–2116,972
November 17Morehead State
  • Houchens Industries–L. T. Smith Stadium
  • Bowling Green, KY
W 52–1215,282
November 24at North Texas
L 26–275,027
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Game summaries

At Florida

See also: 2007 Florida Gators football team
1 2 3 4 Total
Hilltoppers 0 3 0 0 3
No. 6 Florida 14 14 7 14 49

West Virginia Tech

See also: West Virginia Tech
1 2 3 4 Total
Golden Bears 0 0 0 0 0
Hilltoppers 49 3 28 7 87

Eastern Kentucky

See also: Eastern Kentucky Colonels football
1 2 3 4 Total
Colonels 3 0 3 0 6
Hilltoppers 0 12 7 7 26

At Middle Tennessee State

See also: Middle Tennessee State Blue Raiders football
1 2 3 4 Total
Hilltoppers 0 10 3 7 20
Blue Raiders 3 7 7 0 17

At Bowling Green

See also: 2007 Bowling Green Falcons football team
1 2 3 4 Total
Hilltoppers 0 0 7 14 21
Falcons 7 10 14 10 41

At Ball State

See also: 2007 Ball State Cardinals football team
1 2 3 4 Total
Hilltoppers 0 12 0 0 12
Cardinals 14 0 14 7 35

At Indiana State

See also: Indiana State Sycamores football
1 2 3 4 Total
Hilltoppers 21 21 14 0 56
Sycamores 0 0 0 7 7

North Carolina Central

See also: North Carolina Central Eagles football
1 2 3 4 Total
Eagles 7 7 0 0 14
Hilltoppers 13 13 14 0 40

At Chattanooga

See also: 2007 Chattanooga Mocs football team
1 2 3 4 Total
Hilltoppers 7 7 0 14 28
Mocs 0 14 7 0 21

Troy

See also: 2007 Troy Trojans football team
1 2 3 4 Total
Trojans 14 0 7 0 21
Hilltoppers 0 7 7 3 17

Morehead State

See also: Morehead State Eagles football
1 2 3 4 Total
Eagles 6 0 0 6 12
Hilltoppers 14 24 14 0 52

At North Texas

See also: 2007 North Texas Mean Green football team
1 2 3 4 Total
Hilltoppers 7 13 3 3 26
Mean Green 0 7 14 6 27

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
Eric Mathies Defensive line Murray State 1998
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/offensive line Belmont 1993
Andrew Koon Graduate assistant WKU 2006
Erik Losey Graduate assistant WKU 2006
Jamison Link Student assistant
Nick Uhlenhopp Director of operations Graceland 2002
Mark Harris Dir. of equipment and facility operations
Bill Edwards Head athletic trainer WKU 1974
Chris Zuccaro Video coordinator Ole Miss 2004
Reference:[5]

References

  1. ^ 2019 MVC Football Records, retrieved 30 April 2020
  2. ^ WKU's move to I-A tops 2006 stories, By OJ STAPLETON and MICHEAL COMPTON, The Daily News, Jan 1, 2007, retrieved 30 April 2020
  3. ^ "WKU gets 'ugly' win on last-minute TD". The Courier-Journal. November 4, 2007. Retrieved July 14, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "2007 Western Kentucky Football Schedule". Western Kentucky University Department of Athletics. Retrieved January 1, 2020.
  5. ^ 2007 Western Kentucky Football Media Guide, pp. 58–72
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