WKU Football to play Georgia State in LendingTree Bowl

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – For the seventh time in the last nine season, the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers will be participating in college football’s bowl season.

WKU will face Georgia State in the LendingTree Bowl on December 26th in Mobile, Alabama, as first reported by Stadium.com’s Brett McMurphy on Sunday night and confirmed by the program shortly thereafter.

The Hilltoppers (5-6, 4-3) got off to a disappointing 1-4 start to the 2020 campaign, but have turned things around with wins in 4 of their final 6 contests, including a current three game winning streak to close out the regular season.

Tyson Helton’s squad will take on the Georgia State Panthers (5-4, 4-4), who similarly finished strong with wins in three of their last four games.

The LendingTree Bowl will be held at Ladd–Peebles Stadium in Mobile, Alabama on December 26th at 2:30 p.m. CST and broadcasted on ESPN.