2007 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football team

American college football season February 2026 August 2023 2007 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers WKU Hilltoppers wordmark.png 150 Independent Independent 7–5 David Elson 5th Kevin Wright 1st Dennis Springer 1st Spread 3–4 Houchens Industries–L. T. Smith Stadium 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 Conference2019 MVC Football Records, retrieved 30 April 2020 of Division I-AA (now FCS) to the Sun Belt Conference of the FBS.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 The Hilltoppers played their home games at Houchens Industries–L. T. Smith Stadium in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Schedule 2007 AP Central September 1 l y Florida 6 Ben Hill Griffin Stadium Gainesville, FL 3–49 90,086 September 8 w 2007 West Virginia Tech Golden Bears West Virginia Tech Houchens Industries–L. T. Smith Stadium Bowling Green, KY 87–0 16,165 September 15 w Eastern Kentucky Houchens Industries–L. T. Smith Stadium Bowling Green, KY Battle of the Bluegrass 26–6 18,898 Stapleton OJ Colonels collared https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-park-city-daily-news/206125796/ September 16, 2026 Park City Daily News September 16, 2007 B1 Newspapers.com September 20 w y Middle Tennessee State Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium Murfreesboro, TN 100 Miles of Hate 20–17 22,086 September 29 l y Bowling Green Doyt Perry Stadium Bowling Green, OH 21–42 20,622 October 13 l y Ball State Scheumann Stadium Muncie, IN 12–35 15,824 Davis' passing leads Ball State over Western https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-paducah-sun/184154606/ November 2, 2025 The Paducah Sun Associated Press October 14, 2007 3B Newspapers.com October 20 w y 2007 Indiana State Sycamores Indiana State Memorial Stadium Terre Haute, IN 56–7 5,027 October 27 w 2007 North Carolina Central Eagles North Carolina Central Houchens Industries–L. T. Smith Stadium Bowling Green, KY 50–14 15,122 November 3 w y Chattanooga Finley Stadium Chattanooga, TN 28–21 5,668 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-courier-journal-wku-gets-ugly-win/176679296/ The Courier-Journal WKU gets 'ugly' win on last-minute TD November 4, 2007 July 14, 2025 Newspapers.com November 10 l y Troy Houchens Industries–L. T. Smith Stadium Bowling Green, KY 17–21 16,972 November 17 w 2007 Morehead State Eagles Morehead State Houchens Industries–L. T. Smith Stadium Bowling Green, KY 52–12 15,282 November 24 l y North Texas Fouts Field Denton, TX 26–27 5,027 2007 Western Kentucky Football Schedule https://wkusports.com/sports/football/schedule/2007 Western Kentucky University Department of Athletics January 1, 2020 Game summaries At Florida 2007 Florida Gators football team Hilltoppers 0 3 0 0 No. 6 Florida 14 14 7 14 West Virginia Tech West Virginia Tech Golden Bears 0 0 0 0 Hilltoppers 49 3 28 7 Eastern Kentucky Eastern Kentucky Colonels football Colonels 3 0 3 0 Hilltoppers 0 12 7 7 At Middle Tennessee State Middle Tennessee State Blue Raiders football Hilltoppers 0 10 3 7 Blue Raiders 3 7 7 0 At Bowling Green 2007 Bowling Green Falcons football team Hilltoppers 0 0 7 14 Falcons 7 10 14 10 At Ball State 2007 Ball State Cardinals football team Hilltoppers 0 12 0 0 Cardinals 14 0 14 7 At Indiana State Indiana State Sycamores football Hilltoppers 21 21 14 0 Sycamores 0 0 0 7 North Carolina Central North Carolina Central Eagles football Eagles 7 7 0 0 Hilltoppers 13 13 14 0 At Chattanooga 2007 Chattanooga Mocs football team Hilltoppers 7 7 0 14 Mocs 0 14 7 0 Troy 2007 Troy Trojans football team Trojans 14 0 7 0 Hilltoppers 0 7 7 3 Morehead State Morehead State Eagles football Eagles 6 0 0 6 Hilltoppers 14 24 14 0 At North Texas 2007 North Texas Mean Green football team Hilltoppers 7 13 3 3 Mean Green 0 7 14 6 Coaching staff NamePositionAlma materDavid 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 1996Eric Mathies Defensive line Murray State 1998T.J. Weist Assistant head coach/Wide Receivers/passing game Coordinator Alabama 1988 Kevin Wright Offensive coordinator/quarterbacks WKU 1987Walter Wells Running Game Coordinator/offensive line Belmont 1993Andrew KoonGraduate assistant WKU 2006Erik LoseyGraduate assistant WKU 2006Jamison Link Student assistantNick Uhlenhopp Director of operations Graceland 2002Mark Harris Dir. of equipment and facility operationsBill Edwards Head athletic trainer WKU 1974Chris Zuccaro Video coordinator Ole Miss 2004Reference:2007 Western Kentucky Football Media Guide, pp. 58–72 References Western Kentucky Category:Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football seasons Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football