Courtesy of LA Tech Athletic Communications
Louisiana Tech will look to move to 4-0 at home as the Bulldogs return to Origin Bank Field at Joe Aillet Stadium for the first of two consecutive home Conference USA Weekday matchups, hosting Western Kentucky tonight.
Kickoff is set for 6:30 p.m. and the game can be seen on CBS Sports Network.
Tech leads the all-time series 6-5, including last year’s 12-7 win in Bowling Green. The Bulldogs are 3-2 against WKU in Ruston.
LA Tech and WKU renewed its rivalry in 2014 as the Hilltoppers joined the CUSA after spending five years in the Sun Belt. The two schools are 4-4 against each other in that span, which includes the 2016 CUSA Championship game, in which WKU won 58-44.
The two programs first met in 1939 with WKU winning the inaugural game, not before LA Tech evened the series the following season. The programs would meet again 33 years later in the 1973 DII National Championship game in Sacramento Calif., with the Bulldogs earning a 34-0 shutout to claim the DII title.
Tech (4-2, 2-1 CUSA) looks to bounce back from a 35-7 loss at Kennesaw State in it’s last contest while WKU (5-2, 3-1 CUSA) is also coming off it’s first league loss, a 25-6 loss to FIU.
LA Tech will look to win its fifth straight home game when it hosts WKU on Tuesday night. Dating to last season’s finale against Kennesaw State, the Bulldogs have outscored opponents 136-34 while averaging 34 points per game during that four-game stretch and giving up 8.5 defensively. The Bulldogs have not won five straight at home since the 2019 season when they finished 6-0 at Joe Aillet Stadium.
