HILLTOPPER NATION · CUSA · SINCE 1925
Western Kentucky Season by Season
Every Western Kentucky football season on one page back to 1925: won-lost records, conference records, bowl results and final rankings for all 56 of them.
SEASON BY SEASON
56 SEASONS · 1925–2026 · 166–158 ALL-TIME · 12 NAMED BOWL GAMES
| SEASON | RECORD | CONFERENCE | BOWL | FINAL RANK |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0–0 | 0–0 | – | – |
| 2025 | 9–4 | 6–2 | New Orleans Bowl (W) | – |
| 2024 | 8–6 | 6–3 | Boca Raton Bowl (L) | – |
| 2023 | 8–5 | 5–3 | Famous Toastery Bowl (W) | – |
| 2022 | 9–5 | 6–2 | R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl (W) | – |
| 2021 | 9–5 | 7–2 | RoofClaim.com Boca Raton Bowl (W) | – |
| 2020 | 5–7 | 4–3 | LendingTree Bowl (L) | – |
| 2019 | 9–4 | 6–2 | SERVPRO FIRST RESPONDER BOWL (W) | – |
| 2018 | 3–9 | 2–6 | – | – |
| 2017 | 6–7 | 4–4 | AUTONATION CURE BOWL (L) | – |
| 2016 | 11–3 | 8–1 | BOCA RATON BOWL (W) | – |
| 2015 | 12–2 | 9–0 | MIAMI BEACH BOWL (W) | #24 |
| 2014 | 8–5 | 4–4 | POPEYES BAHAMAS BOWL (W) | – |
| 2013 | 8–4 | 4–3 | – | – |
| 2012 | 7–6 | 4–4 | LITTLE CAESARS BOWL (L) | – |
| 2011 | 7–5 | 7–1 | – | – |
| 2010 | 2–10 | 2–6 | – | – |
| 2009 | 0–12 | 0–8 | – | – |
| 2008 | 2–10 | – | – | – |
| 2007 | 6–5 | – | – | – |
| 2006 | 6–5 | 4–3 | – | – |
| 2005 | 5–5 | 4–3 | – | – |
| 2004 | 10–3 | 6–1 | – | – |
| 2003 | 6–3 | 5–2 | – | – |
| 2002 | 0–1 | 0–0 | – | – |
| 2001 | 0–1 | 0–0 | – | – |
| 2000 | 0–1 | 0–0 | – | – |
| 1998 | 0–2 | – | – | – |
| 1997 | 0–1 | – | – | – |
| 1996 | 0–1 | – | – | – |
| 1993 | 0–1 | – | – | – |
| 1992 | 0–1 | – | – | – |
| 1990 | 0–1 | – | – | – |
| 1989 | 0–1 | – | – | – |
| 1988 | 0–1 | – | – | – |
| 1986 | 0–1 | – | – | – |
| 1985 | 0–1 | – | – | – |
| 1984 | 0–1 | – | – | – |
| 1983 | 0–1 | – | – | – |
| 1982 | 0–1 | – | – | – |
| 1979 | 0–2 | 0–0 | – | – |
| 1978 | 1–1 | 0–0 | – | – |
| 1977 | 0–1 | 0–0 | – | – |
| 1976 | 1–0 | 0–0 | – | – |
| 1975 | 3–0 | 0–0 | – | – |
| 1974 | 1–0 | 0–0 | – | – |
| 1973 | 1–0 | 0–0 | – | – |
| 1972 | 0–1 | 0–0 | – | – |
| 1969 | 1–0 | 0–0 | – | – |
| 1963 | 1–0 | 0–0 | Postseason (not named) | – |
| 1942 | 0–1 | – | – | – |
| 1938 | 0–1 | – | – | – |
| 1935 | 1–0 | – | – | – |
| 1932 | 0–1 | – | – | – |
| 1931 | 0–2 | – | – | – |
| 1925 | 0–1 | – | – | – |
Conference records aren’t recorded for earlier seasons, so those rows show overall records only.
One further season includes a postseason game our source doesn’t name. They may be bowls, conference championship games or other postseason games, so they aren’t added to the bowl total above.
Final rankings begin with the 1936 season, when the AP poll started. Earlier seasons are blank because no poll existed, not because the team was unranked.