2024 Western Illinois Leathernecks football team
American college football season
The 2024 Western Illinois Leathernecks football team represented Western Illinois University as a member of the Big South–OVC Football Association during the 2024 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Led by first-year head coach Joe Davis the Leathernecks compiled an overall record of 4–8 with a mark of 3–5 in conference play, tying for sixth place in the Big South–OVC.
This was the team's first season as a member of the Ohio Valley Conference after leaving the Missouri Valley Football Conference (MFVC).
Schedule
Preseason
Preseason poll
The Big South-OVC Conference released their preseason poll on July 17, 2024. The Leathernecks were picked to finish last in the conference.
Game summaries
at Northern Illinois
at Indiana (FBS)
at No. 18 Illinois State
McKendree (DII)
at Charleston Southern
UT Martin
Tennessee Tech
at Lindenwood
at Eastern Illinois
Tennessee State
at No.
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