2017 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers Football Schedule, Results & ATS Record

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The 2017 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers went 6-7 (4-4 in the Conference USA). They scored 25.5 and allowed 26.8 points per game. Against the closing spread they went 3-10-0; games went 7-5-0 on the total. SP+ rated them No. 88 nationally.

Team details

  • Conference: Conference USA
  • Record: 6-7
  • Conference record: 4-4
  • Against the spread: 3-10-0
  • Over/under: 7-5-0
  • SP+ rank: No. 88

2017 schedule and results

WkOpponentDateResultScoreSpreadATSO/U
1Eastern Kentucky2017-09-02W31-17-39L
2at Illinois2017-09-10L7-20-6.5LU 51.5
3Louisiana Tech2017-09-16L22-23-4.5LU 62
4Ball State2017-09-23W33-21-12.5LO 50
6at UTEP2017-10-08W15-14-16.5LU 53
7Charlotte2017-10-14W45-14-17.5WO 47.5
8at Old Dominion2017-10-20W35-31-6.5LO 50
9Florida Atlantic2017-10-28L28-42+6.5LO 67.5
10at Vanderbilt2017-11-04L17-31+12.5LU 54
11at Marshall2017-11-11L23-30+10.5WP 53
12Middle Tennessee2017-11-18W41-38+0.5WO 56
13at Florida International2017-11-25L17-41-3LO 56.5
Bowlvs Georgia State2017-12-16L17-27-2LU 54.5

Passing leaders

PlayerGCmpAttYdsTDINT
Mike White133685604177268
Steven Duncan122200

Rushing leaders

PlayerGAttYdsTD
D'Andre Ferby111173733
Jakairi Moses11672682
Quinton Baker7652331
Marquez Trigg9511672
Drew Eckels712270

Receiving leaders

PlayerGRecYdsTD
Nacarius Fant13747044
Deon Yelder12526887
Lucky Jackson10396003
Cameron Echols-Luper9424734
Quin Jernighan10363933

Defensive leaders

PlayerGTacklesTFLSacksINTPD
Joel Iyiegbuniwe1311711.521
Devon Key12914.5012
Drell Greene12743.5022
Ta'Corian Darden12716.506
Masai Whyte1263103

2017 Western Kentucky players who reached the NFL

PlayerPosNFL teamDraftedCollege seasons
DeAngelo MaloneLBATL2022 R3 #822017–2021
Devon KeySAFDEN2021 UDFA2017–2020
Mike WhiteQBCAR2018 R5 #1712016–2017
Joel IyiegbuniweLBCAR2018 R4 #1152016–2017
Deon YelderTENYG2018 UDFA2016–2017

Data provided by CollegeFootballData.com