WKU Football: Gameday Information for Game 11 Against UTEP
WKU Football’s listless season slowly move forward tonight as Mike Sanford’s hot seat continues to get warmer. It’s senior night on the…
WKU Football’s listless season slowly move forward tonight as Mike Sanford’s hot seat continues to get warmer. It’s senior night on the Hill as the Tops host the 1–9 UTEP Miners with the winner getting to slightly dig out of the C-USA basement.
If you need to know any of the game information, look no further — we have you covered.
Location
Houchens Industries L.T. Smith Stadium
Time
6:30 p.m.CT
Weather Forecast
TV
beIN Sports*
*beIN is available if you have any of the following TV subscriptions. It was recently dropped by Direct TV & Comcast Xfinity. In Kentucky that means you need Spectrum or Dish. If you are looking to stream the game and don’t want to pay, I would recommend signing up for a free trial of Fubo TV or Sling TV.
Radio
Gameday Information
WKU Alumni Association Tailgate & Celebrate
Betting Lines from Sportsline.com
Western Kentucky -7
Over/ Under: 47
Moneyline : WKU -278
Current Records
WKU: 1–9
UTEP: 1–9
Last Week
WKU traveled down to Boca Raton to face FAU. Despite only being down 10–9 at the half, familiar struggles persisted in the second half as FAU ran for 315 yards and WKU’s offense couldn’t finish drives in a 34–15 defeat moving WKU to 1–9 on the season.
Coming off their first victory of the 2018 season over Rice, UTEP hosted Middle Tennessee in the Sun Bowl. The Blue Raiders jumped out to a big lead leading by as much as 48–18 before the Miners made is respectable in garbage time scoring two touchdowns and losing 48–32 also moving them to 1–9 on the season.
Coaches
Mike Sanford — 2nd season, 7–16 overall
Dana Dimel- 7th season, 31–48 overall. 1st season at UTEP, 1–9 overall
Series
Last Meeting
Last season WKU came off a bye and traveled to El Paso to take on a winless UTEP team with an interim coach. The Tops came out sluggish and trailed 14–8 at the half. Mike White ran for his second touchdown early in the 3rd quarter and WKU hung on to escape with a 15–14 victory thanks to three missed UTEP field goals on the day.
Relevant Reading
Injury Report from Don Best
For WKU:
WR Jacquez Sloan — Out: ACL
RB Jakairi Moses — Out: Knee
OL Cole Spencer — Out: Knee
WR Xavier Lane — Out: Suspension
QB Drew Eckles —Doubful: Shoulder
For UTEP:
QB Ryan Metz — Out: Concussion
FB Winston Dimel — Out: Shoulder
LB Dylan Parsee — Out: ACL
OL Derron Gatewood — Out: Leg
OL Greg Long — Out: Undisclosed
LB Jayson VanHook — Out: Academics
Excitement Level — 1
While it’s senior night and we appreciate all of the hard work that seniors (D’Andre Ferby, Mik’Quan Dean, Drew Eckles, Der’Quione Mobley, Julien Lewis, Ryan Nuss, Evan Sayner, Masai Whyte, Drell Greene & DeAndre Ferris), have done for the team over the years, it’s hard to get excited for a season that fans have checked out on weeks ago and a game pitting 1–9 teams. The intrigue is to see how the team responds to Mike Sanford’s job being in jeopardy and if they Play for him and each other.
Go Tops! We’ll be providing live coverage of this game. If you’re in Bowling Green for the game, please send us your tailgating and in-game pictures via Twitter at @TheTowelRackWKU or on our Facebook page and we’ll share.