1938 Western Kentucky State Teachers Hilltoppers football team

The 1938 Western Kentucky State Teachers Hilltoppers football team represented Western Kentucky State Teachers College (now known as Western Kentucky University) as a member of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA) during the 1938 college football season. Led by first-year head coach Gander Terry, the Hilltoppers compiled an overall record of 7–2 with a mark of 4–1 in conference play. Tom Triplett was the team's captain and Joe Gili was the alternate captain.[1]

1938 Western Kentucky State Teachers Hilltoppers football
ConferenceSouthern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
1938 record7–2 (4–1 SIAA)
Head coach
CaptainTom Triplett
Alternate CaptainJoe Gili
1938 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
West Tennessee State Teachers $ 7 0 010 0 0
Centre 4 0 07 2 0
Miami (FL) 3 0 08 2 0
Centenary 2 0 07 4 0
Mississippi State Teachers 6 1 07 2 0
Presbyterian 6 1 06 4 0
Mississippi College 5 1 07 2 0
Western Kentucky State Teachers 4 1 07 2 0
SW Louisiana 4 1 18 2 1
Murray State 4 1 06 2 1
Tennessee Tech 4 1 06 3 0
Eastern Kentucky State Teachers 3 1 16 1 1
Morehead State 2 1 15 1 1
Stetson 4 2 16 2 1
Newberry 4 2 05 5 0
Rollins 3 2 16 2 1
Louisiana Normal 3 3 05 5 0
Georgetown (KY) 2 3 04 4 0
Union (TN) 2 3 04 6 0
Louisiana College 2 4 14 4 1
Union (KY) 1 2 04 4 0
Transylvania 2 4 03 5 0
Louisiana Tech 2 4 03 7 1
Delta State 2 5 02 7 0
Oglethorpe 2 5 02 9 0
Middle Tennessee State Teachers 1 5 02 6 0
Howard (AL) 0 2 02 5 0
Emory and Henry 0 2 01 6 2
Troy State 0 3 14 4 1
Louisville 0 3 02 6 0
Jacksonville State 0 3 11 6 1
Erskine 0 3 11 7 2
Tampa 0 4 03 7 0
Wofford 0 4 10 8 1
Millsaps 0 7 01 10 0
  • $ Conference champion

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
September 24Emporia StateBowling Green, KYW 34–0
October 1 at Vanderbilt L 0–12
October 8 Howard (AL) Bowling Green, KY W 6–0
October 15 Tennessee Tech Bowling Green, KY L 6–7
October 29 Western State Teachers (MI) Bowling Green, KY W 13–6
November 5 at Eastern Kentucky Richmond, KY (rivalry) W 32–7
November 12 Western Carolina Bowling Green, KY W 55–0
November 19 at Murray State
W 21–7
December 3 at Tampa Tampa, FL W 50–7
  • Homecoming

References

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