Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football
Bowl games
WKU competed in two "College Division" bowl games prior to the NCAA instituting playoffs for lower division teams in 1973, with a record of 2–0.

Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football

Section Title: Bowl games
Table Section Text: WKU competed in two "College Division" bowl games prior to the NCAA instituting playoffs for lower division teams in 1973, with a record of 2–0.

Season	Coach	Bowl	Opponent	Result

2012	Lance Guidry (interim)	Little Caesars Pizza Bowl	Central Michigan	L 24–21

2014	Jeff Brohm	Bahamas Bowl	Central Michigan	W 49–48

2015	Jeff Brohm	Miami Beach Bowl	South Florida	W 45–35

2016	Nick Holt (interim)	Boca Raton Bowl	Memphis	W 51–31

2017	Mike Sanford Jr.	Cure Bowl	Georgia State	L 27–17

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The Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football team lost in the 2017 Cure Bowl to Georgia State by a score of 27–17.

final_sentence: The Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football team lost in the 2017 Cure Bowl to Georgia State by a score of 27–17.