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Western Kentucky University Hilltopper Football '92 ■ 1992 1992 Hllltogper Hllltop~r 1992 Western Kentucky Football Foot all Football 1992 Hilltopper Schedule Al Almond Award ...... .. ... ............... .............. 75 Review, The '91 Season in .......... .. ... .... 41-44 Date Opponent Site (Time -- Central) '91 Record Series Record Last Year All-Americans .... ...................... ... ................ 74 Rosters .................. ............................... 14-15 Western Kentucky Alma Mater .. ... .. ... .. ......................... ... ... ... ... 21 Schedules- Athlete-of-the-Year Winners, WKU ............. 77 1992 WKU .................... Inside Front Cover Sept. 5 Eastern Kentucky ................. Bowling Green, Ky. (7 pm) 12-2-0# WKU 37-29-3 EKU 37-22 Athletic Administration .. ... .. ... ........................ 4 1992 Composite .... ..... .. ....... ... ................ 36 Hilltoppers (Hall of Fame Day) Big Red .. .. .. .................................. ... .. ......... 29 Series Records - Coaches Records ... .. ................ ... ... ........... 66 All-Time .................................. .. ... ... ..... .. 30 Location: CoHegeHeights 12 Indiana State ......................... Bowling Green, Ky. (7 pm) 5-6-0 ISU 2-1-1 ISU 31-14 Coaches Roster, All-Time ... ................ .. ....... 8 Smith Stadium .. ...... .. ..... .................... .. .. ... 7 Bowling Green, Ky. 42101 (Parents Day I United Way Day) . Coaching Staff ........................................ 9-12 Signees .. .. ... ...... ... ... ... .. .... ...................... .. .. 29 Founded: 1906 ' Division I-AA Football ........ Inside Front Cover Smith Stadium .... .............. ......... .. ........... ... 6-7 Enrollment: 15,720 Depth Chart .... ............................................ 16 Statistical Leaders, Year-by-Year .......... 62-63 President: Dr. Thomas C. Meredith 19 at Western Illinois ....................... Macomb, Ill. (6 pm) 7-4-1# WKU 3-0-0 Feast & Famine .. .. .. .. .. ......... .. .. ........ ........... 66 Statistics, 1991 Final ....................... ...... 38-40 Hall of Fame, WKU .. .. .......................... ...... 62 Travel Plans .. ............ ....... .. ............. .. .. .. .. ... 36 Head Coach: Jack Harbaugh 26 at Southwestern Louisiana .......... Lafayette, La. (7 pm) 2-8-1 first meeting Hilltopper Athletic Foundation .. ..... .... .. ... ....... 5 Western Kentucky University .. .................. 1-3 Alma Mater: Bowling Green State '61 Hilltopper Nickname ... .... .................... .... ... 58 Collegiate Record: 36-48-3 (8 years) open date Hilltopper Radio Network .............................. 5 About The Cover - The cover of Hilltopper Record at WKU: 11-21-0 (3 years) Oct. 3 Homecoming Record ................................. 46 Footbal/ '92is a tribute to Jimmy Feix, one of the Office Phone: (502) 745-2984 Honor Roll ................ .. .. ...... .. .... ..... ... ..... 7 4-77 dominant figures in the history of Western Assistant Coaches: 10 at Northern Iowa .. ... ................... Cedar Falls, Iowa (6:30 pm) 11-2-0# WKU 2-1-0 UNI 49-21* Hundred-Yard Performances ................ 57-58 athletics. Exactly 40 years ago this fall , Feix led Rick Denstorff (WKU '86), Offensive Line Lettermen .. ..... ......... ... .......... ... .. .. .... ... ... 71 -73 the Toppers to the school's first Ohio Valley Doug Mallory (Michigan '88), Def. Backs 17 open date Media Information ............. .. ... ....................... 8 Conference title and the championship of the Lee Murray (WKU '63), Running Backs Milestones, WKU Grid ... .. .... .. ... ................. 57 Ref~igerator Bowl in Evansville, Ind. That year Soott Kellar (Northern Ill. '86), Def. Line National Stat Leaders, WKU .. ..... .......... 64-65 (1952), he also became WKU's first football All Don Varano (Kentucky '87), Linebackers 24 Central Florida ...................... Bowling Green, Ky. (5 pm) 6-5-0 1-1-0 One-Sided Games .. .................... .. .... .. .. ..... 66 American. Feix returned to the Hill (after a stint Tom Riva (Albion '91), Tight Ends (Homecoming) Opening Game Record ........... ................... 46 in the Air Force) in 1957 as an assistant football Mike Settles (Eastern Ill. '92), Def. Ends Opponents, 1992 .................................. 31-35 coach and then took over as head coach in 1968. 29 Southern Illinois (Thursday) .. Bowling Green, Ky. (7 pm) 7-4-0 first meeting OVC, WKU and the ............ ...... .................. 50 He retired from the coaching ranks in 1983 as the Athletics Director: Dr. Lou Marciani Player Sketches .... .. .. .... .. ............... .. .... 17-28 winningest coach in Western gridiron history. Associate AD: Pam Heniford Polls, WKU in the Final ................ .. ............. 45 Then, he served as athletics director from 1985 Associate AD: Barry Brickman Nov. 7 at Illinois State ............................ Normal, Ill. (1 :30 pm) 5-6-0 WKU 5-1-0 ISU 31-8 Post-Season Appearances .. .. ........ ............ 45 until his retirement in 1991. He and his wife, Trainer: Bill Edwards Pros from Western .. .......... ............... ... .. 76-77 Frankie, reside in Bowling Green. Pictured on Assistant: Alice Burk 14 at Eastern Illinois ..... ................... Charleston, Ill. (1 :30 pm) 4-7-0 EIU 7-2-0 WKU 28-26* Records- the cover are items from Feix' 1952 senior year Assistant: tba Team ... ... .... ........... .. ... .. ... ................. 48-50 - his letter blanket; the Refrigerator Bowl Team Physicians: Dr. Bob Goodwin 21 at Murray State ................ ...... .... Murray, Ky. (1 :30 pm) 3-8-0 WKU 27-22-7 WKU 14-0* Individual .. .. .............. ... ...................... 51-57 trophy, game ball (he earned the ball as the Dr: Jerry Martin Smith Stadium ... .. .. ... ............. .. .... .. .... 59-61 game's MVP) and program; a photo of Feix as Dr. Craig Beard Red Belt ......... .. ......................... ... ..... .. .. ..... 35 the Hilltopper quarterback (compete with his SID: Paul Just * 1991 WKU Home Game # 1991 NCAA I-AA Playoff participant Red Towe I ...... ..................... ..... .... .............. 44 number-66); and a letter sweater. Office: (502) 745-4298 Results- Photography and creative assistance provided FAX: (502) 745-3444 All-Time ...... .. ............ .. .... ... ... ...... ... ... 68-70 by John Baker, Shutterbug Photo, 1207 Home: (502) 781-4852 1991 .... .... .. .. ............................ ............... 38 Broadway, Bowling Green, Ky. Associate SID: Sally Raque 1992 NCAA I-AA Football Home: (502) 842-9392 Stadium: L.T. Smith Stadium (17,500) Eaat Others South_.tem Northwestern (La.) State The 1992 NCAA I-AA football champion Press Box Phone: (502) 745-4298 ships will again feature 16 teams in its playoffs Patriot League James Madison Athletic Conference Sam Houston State Southwest Texas staff as an assistant football coach, head golf Playing Surface: Natural to determine a national champion among the Bucknell Liberty Alabama State Colgate Northeastern Alcorn State Stephen F. Austin coach and as the school's first director of Colors: Red and White 85 institutions that compete at the I-AA level. Fordham Towson State Grambling State intramurals. He coached Hilltopperfootball for Affiliation: NCAA-I-AA The first round games will be played Holy Cross William&Mary Jackson State 19 years (1946-64) and he directed the golf '91 Record: 3-8-0 Nov.30; thequarter-finalsandsemi-finalswill Dedication Lafayette Mississippi Valley State Gateway Conference team's efforts for 32 years (1947-78). The All-Time Record: 391-258-30 (.598) be Dec. 5 and 12, respectively; and, the Lehigh Prarie View A&M Eastern Illinois South football teams he worked with won 58 percent Basic Offense: Option national championship game is scheduled for lvyLeague SoutlHH'n Conference Southern University Illinois State oftheirgames, twoconferencechampionships Basic Defense: Stack Dec. 19 at Marshall University in Huntington, Brown Appalachian State Texas Southern Indiana State Frank Griffin and two bowl games. His golf teams were 212- Lettermen LoSVRetuming: 16 / 34 W.Va. Columbia The Citadel Others Northern Iowa Cornell East Tennessee Central Florida Southern Illinois 1919-1992 61-9 (76.8%) in dual meet competition and Offense: 8 / 18 Six conferences (Big Sky, Gateway, Ohio Dartmouth Furman Southwest Missouri won nine conference titles. And, he is Defense: 6/ 15 Valley, Southern, Southland and Yankee) re Harvard Georgia Southern West Western Illinois considered the founder of intramural sports on Kickers: 2 / 1 ceive automatic bids to the playoffs. The Pennsylvania Marshall Big Sky Conference Ohio va,,.y ConfenHH:tl The Hilltopper Footbal/ '92 media guide is the Hill. He directed the operations of that Starters Lost/Returning: 9 / 15 remaining teams in the field will be selected on Princeton UT-Chattanooga Boise State Austin Peay dedicated to the memory of Frank Griffin, who officefor38 years (1946 until his retirement in Offense: 2 / 9 an at-large basis with a minimum of two of Yale Virginia Military Eastern Washington Eastern Kentucky passed away July 29, 1992, at the age of 73. 1984). "Coach Griff" also served as the color Defense: 5/6 those teams coming from outside the six Yankee Conference Western Carolina Idaho Middle Tennessee Coach Griffin was a fixture on the athletic analyst on the broadcast of Topper footbal I for Kickers: 2 /0 leagues with automatic bids. However, mem Boston Unill'erslty Mid-Eastern Idaho State Morehead State Connecticut Athletic Conference Montana Murray State