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2019 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football team

American college football team season

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 16, 2026
Entity authorityQ60617738 ↗
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The 2019 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football team (WKU) represented Western Kentucky University in the 2019 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Hilltoppers played their home games at the Houchens Industries–L. T. Smith Stadium in Bowling Green, Kentucky, as members of the East Division of Conference USA (C–USA). They were led by first-year head coach Tyson Helton.

Preseason

Award watch lists

Listed in the order that they were released

Preseason media poll

The preseason poll was released prior to the Conference USA media days on July 17–18, 2019. The Hilltoppers were predicted to finish in fifth place in the C–USA East Division.

Preseason All–Conference USA teams

2019 Preseason All-Conference USA

Schedule

Game summaries

Central Arkansas

At FIU

Vs. Louisville

UAB

At Old Dominion

Army

Charlotte

At Marshall

Florida Atlantic

At Arkansas

At Southern Miss

Middle Tennessee

Vs.

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