The 2017 season's largest margin: Western Kentucky 45, Charlotte 14. A 31-point win — the year's high-water mark.
2017 — The Correction
2017 is a losing-side chapter for Western Kentucky. The program metabolises it; the voice does not apologize.
The Shape — week-by-week · cumulative W–L below
Who carried it
- Mike WhiteQB4,177 passing yards
- D'Andre FerbyRB373 rushing yards
- Jakairi MosesRB268 rushing yards
- Quinton BakerRB233 rushing yards
- Nacarius FantWR704 receiving yards
- Deon YelderTE688 receiving yards
- Lucky JacksonWR600 receiving yards
- Joel IyiegbuniweLB117 tackles
- Devon KeyDB91 tackles
- Drell GreeneDB74 tackles
- Derik OverstreetDL3 sacks
Season leaders, 2017.
The season's deepest loss: Western Kentucky 17, Florida International 41. A 24-point margin the season is remembered by.
The season's last act: Western Kentucky fell to Georgia State 17-27 in the postseason.
"Hilltopper Nation"
2017 sits in Western Kentucky's crisis ledger. The program does not moralise it. The next season begins the day this one ended and the crisis chapter closes when the ledger does.