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1993 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football team

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1993 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
FCS CoachesNo. 19
Record8–3
Head coach
Home stadiumHouchens Industries–L. T. Smith Stadium
Seasons
← 1992
1994 →
1993 NCAA Division I-AA independents football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 1 Troy State ^     11 0 1
Youngstown State ^     10 2 0
UAB     9 2 0
Wagner     9 2 0
No. 12 UCF ^     9 3 0
No. 24 Towson     8 2 0
No. 19 Western Kentucky     8 3 0
Hofstra     6 3 1
Saint Mary's     6 3 1
Davidson     6 4 0
Central Connecticut State     5 5 0
Liberty     5 5 0
Marist     5 5 0
Samford     5 6 0
Duquesne     4 6 0
Saint Francis     3 7 0
Charleston Southern     3 8 0
Monmouth     2 5 0
Buffalo     1 10 0
  • ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network poll

The 1993 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football team represented Western Kentucky University in the 1993 NCAA Division I-AA football season and were led by head coach Jack Harbaugh. The team primarily ran an option offense and were ranked 1st in Rush Offence for NCAA Division I-AA for the season. They missed making the NCAA Playoffs but finished the season ranked 19th in final 1AA postseason national poll.[1] Western Kentucky's roster included future NFL player Robert Jackson.[2]

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResult
September 2at No. 10 Eastern KentuckyW 15–10
September 11at D-1A Kansas StateL 13–38
September 18at Austin PeayW 28–27
September 25UABW 40–13
October 2Jacksonville StatedaggerNo. 25
  • L. T. Smith Stadium
  • Bowling Green, KY
W 12–7
October 16at Southern IllinoisNo. 21W 51–24
October 23at Indiana StateNo. 18L 14–41
October 30Western Illinois
  • L. T. Smith Stadium
  • Bowling Green, KY
W 41–9
November 6at No. 4 Troy StateNo. 24L 24–31
November 13Eastern IllinoisNo. 25
  • L. T. Smith Stadium
  • Bowling Green, KY
W 24–21
November 20Murray StateNo. 20
W 44–14

References

  1. ^ "NCAA I-AA". The Orlando Sentinel. Orlando, Florida. December 1, 1993. p. B-4. Retrieved April 29, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.Open access icon
  2. ^ WKU Football Media Guide retrieved 31 March 2020.