WKU Football: Gameday Information for Game 2 Against Liberty
Football returns to the Hill as WKU hosts the Liberty Flames in their 2020 home opener. The Hilltoppers are looking to get back on track after a disappointing loss against Louisville.
If you need to know any of the game information, look no further — we have you covered.
Location
Houchens Industries L.T. Smith Stadium
Time
11:00 AM CT
Weather Forecast
TV
ESPNU
Radio
Gameday Information
2020 Football Gameday Information
Betting Lines from Sportsline.com
Western Kentucky -14
Over/ Under: 52
Moneyline: -600
Current Records
WKU: 0–1
Liberty 0–0
Last Game
WKU traveled to Louisville for their season opener. After taking a quick 7–0 lead in the first quarter, Louisville scored 28 straight to take a commanding lead into the locker room. The Hilltoppers would make it respectable but lost by a final margin of 35–21 moving to 0–1 on the season.
Last season Liberty headed down to Orlando to face Georgia Southern in the Cure Bowl. After being deadlocked at 7 in the second quarter, the Flames would reel off 16 straight points to take a 23–7 early in the third quarter. Georgia Southern would score the games final 9 points but couldn’t find the endzone as Liberty would win 23–16 finishing 8–5 in Hugh Freeze’s debut season in Lynchburg.
Coaches
Tyson Helton- 2nd Season- 9–5 Overall
Hugh Freeze- 2nd Season at Liberty 8–5 at school. 8th season 57–33 Overall
Series
Last Meeting
Back in October of 1996, WKU hosted Liberty in front of 7100 fans at Smith Stadium. Willie Taggart quarterbacked WKU to a 7–7 tie at the half and the teams would trade scores as WKU tied it at 14 on a 1 yard Latravis Powell touchdown run with 13:07 remaining. The Flames would take over from there scoring a touchdown and a field goal over the games last nine minutes to escape Bowling Green with a 23–14 win. WKU would rebound and finish the 1996 season at 7–4.
Relevant Reading
Injury Report by USA Today
For WKU:
- LB- Clay Davis- Out- ACL
For Liberty:
- RB- Frank Boyd- Questionable- Football
- WR- CJ Daniels- Out- Knee
- WR- Noah Frith- Probable- Knee
- S- Tim Kidd-Glass- Out- Undisclosed
- DT- Elisha Mitchell- Out- Personal
- S- Isaac Steele- Out- Personal
- WR- D.J. Stubbs- Probable- Ankle
- WR- CJ Yarborough- Probable- Foot
Excitement Level — 7
WKU may not have lived up to their potential last week but everything else is still on the table for a big season. Getting to come home and get on track against a well renowned coach on national tv sounds like a great opportunity to build buzz. With the cancelations across the sport, we should cherish every game regardless of the current stakes. Lets hope the Tops get their season back on track before the bye week.
Go Tops. We’ll be providing live coverage and reaction. If you’re one of the lucky few attending the game, please send us your game pictures via Twitter at @TheTowelRackWKU or on our Facebook page and we’ll share.
