Saturday night’s road matchup against Illinois will be a game head coach Mike Sanford and company will want to put behind them. The Hilltoppers fell to Illinois 20-7 in one of the more nightmarish offensive nights in recent WKU memory.
The seven total points scored is the lowest single-game margin for WKU since being shut out 35-0 at Alabama in 2012, and is the lowest margin since redshirt senior quarterback Mike White took over the reigns quarterback.
The running game netted just six total yards while White turned it over twice. Senior wide receiver Nacarius Fant caught a career high 10 passes for 110 yards, but it wasn’t enough as the WKU offense didn’t find the end zone until the 4th quarter.