Western Kentucky announced their 2014 football schedule on February 3, 2014. The 2014 schedule consist of 6 home games and 6 away games in the regular season. The Hilltoppers will host CUSA foes Old Dominion , UAB , UTEP , and UTSA , and will travel to Florida Atlantic , Marshall , Middle Tennessee , and Louisiana Tech .[ 2]
The Hilltoppers will play four opponents for the first time this season, Illinois , Old Dominion, UTEP, and UTSA. Western Kentucky will compete for the first time in the East division of Conference USA which has seven schools in total while the West division has six. Due to the two uneven divisions, WKU will only play five schools from the East division and will not play Florida International this season. Western Kentucky will play three teams from the West division, Louisiana Tech, UTEP, and UTSA, which will complete the eight conference games each member of the CUSA has to play.
Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance August 29 7:00 p.m. Bowling Green * CBSSN W 59–3117,215
September 6 11:00 a.m. at Illinois * BTN L 34–4238,561
September 13 6:00 p.m. at Middle Tennessee WKU PBS L 47–50 3OT 24,911
September 27 2:30 p.m. at Navy * CBSSN W 36–2730,537
October 4 6:00 p.m. UAB Houchens Industries–L. T. Smith Stadium Bowling Green, KY L 39–4214,923
October 18 11:00 a.m. at Florida Atlantic ASN L 38–4510,915
October 25 3:00 p.m. Old Dominion Houchens Industries–L. T. Smith Stadium Bowling Green, KY W 66–5117,886
November 1 2:00 p.m. at Louisiana Tech FSN L 10–5920,011
November 8 3:00 p.m. UTEP †Houchens Industries–L. T. Smith Stadium Bowling Green, KY W 35–2718,472
November 15 11:00 a.m. Army * Houchens Industries–L. T. Smith Stadium Bowling Green, KY CBSSN W 52–2416,819
November 22 11:00 a.m. UTSA Houchens Industries–L. T. Smith Stadium Bowling Green, KY FSN W 45–712,518
November 28 11:00 a.m. at No. 19 Marshall FS1 W 67–66 OT 23,576
December 24 11:00 a.m. vs. Central Michigan * ESPN W 49–4813,667
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time
Schedule Source: [ 3]
1
2
3
4
Total
Falcons
0
10
14
7
31
Hilltoppers
14
17
14
14
59
1
2
3
4
Total
Hilltoppers
3
14
10
7
34
Fighting Illini
7
7
7
21
42
1
2
3
4 OT 2OT 3OT
Total
Hilltoppers
3
21
0
10 7 3 3
47
Blue Raiders
14
10
0
10 7 3 6
50
1
2
3
4
Total
Hilltoppers
3
10
9
14
36
Midshipmen
7
6
0
7
20
1
2
3
4
Total
Blazers
14
0
21
7
42
Hilltoppers
20
7
12
0
39
1
2
3
4
Total
Hilltoppers
17
14
7
0
38
Owls
7
7
14
17
45
1
2
3
4
Total
Monarchs
3
27
21
0
51
Hilltoppers
21
21
14
10
66
1
2
3
4
Total
Hilltoppers
7
3
0
0
10
Bulldogs
10
21
21
7
59
1
2
3
4
Total
Miners
17
3
7
0
27
Hilltoppers
7
7
7
14
35
1
2
3
4
Total
Black Knights
7
3
14
0
24
Hilltoppers
14
10
14
14
52
1
2
3
4
Total
Roadrunners
0
0
0
7
7
Hilltoppers
14
14
7
10
45
1
2
3
4 OT
Total
Hilltoppers
28
21
0
10 8
67
#19 Thundering Herd
21
21
7
10 7
66
Central Michigan–Bahamas Bowl
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1
2
3
4
Total
Chippewas
7
7
0
34
48
Hilltoppers
21
21
7
0
49