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The 1957 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football team represented Western Kentucky State College (now known as Western Kentucky University) as a member of the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) during the 1957 college football season. Led by first-year head coach Nick Denes, the Hilltoppers compiled an overall record of 5-3-1 with a mark of 1-3-1 in conference play, tying for fourth place in the OVC. The team's captains were Twyman Patterson and Carroll VanHooser.[1]
| 1957 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football | |
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| Conference | Ohio Valley Conference |
| Record | 5–3–1 (1–3–1 OVC) |
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| Captain | Twyman Patterson, Carroll VanHooser |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Middle Tennessee $ | 5 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tennessee Tech | 4 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Eastern Kentucky | 3 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Western Kentucky | 1 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Murray State | 1 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 3 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Morehead State | 0 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | Opponent | Site | Result |
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| September 21 | at Southeast Missouri State* | Cape Girardeau, MO | W 25–20 |
| September 28 | East Tennessee State* | Bowling Green, KY | W 7–26 |
| October 5 | at Middle Tennessee | Murfreesboro, TN (rivalry) | L 7–26 |
| October 12 | at Youngstown State* | Youngstown, OH | W 9–6 |
| October 19 | Tennessee Tech | Bowling Green, KY | L 9-27 |
| November 2 | at Eastern Kentucky | Richmond, KY (rivalry) | L 0–28 |
| November 9 | Morehead State | Bowling Green, KY | W 28–6 |
| November 16 | Wittenberg* | Bowling Green, KY | W 28–13 |
| November 23 | Murray State | Bowling Green, KY (rivalry) | T 7–7 |
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