The 2024 season's largest margin: Western Kentucky 31, Eastern Kentucky 0. A 31-point win — the year's high-water mark.
2024 — The Winning Chapter
Western Kentucky's 2024 season (8-6) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.
The Shape — week-by-week · cumulative W–L below
Who carried it
- Caden VeltkampQB3,108 passing yards
- TJ FinleyQB490 passing yards
- Elijah YoungRB883 rushing yards
- George Hart IIIRB204 rushing yards
- Kisean JohnsonWR925 receiving yards
- Easton MesserWR793 receiving yards
- Dalvin SmithWR397 receiving yards
- Devonte' MathewsDB99 tackles
- Keyshawn SwansonDB63 tackles
- Hosea WheelerDL62 tackles
- Darius ThomasLB4 sacks
- Sebastian BenjaminLB3.5 sacks
- Kylan GuidryLB3 sacks
Season leaders, 2024.
The season's deepest loss: Western Kentucky 0, Alabama 63. A 63-point margin the season is remembered by.
The season's last act: Western Kentucky fell to James Madison 17-27 in the postseason.
"Hilltopper Nation"
2024 is a middle chapter for Western Kentucky — neither a crown year nor a crisis. It is the kind of season that fills the ledger between the named ones and gives the arc its shape.