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2019 Liberty Flames football Conference Independent Record 8–5 Head coach Co-offensive coordinator Kent Austin (1st season)Co-offensive coordinator Maurice Harris (1st season) Defensive coordinator Scott Symons (1st season) Home stadium Williams Stadium (Capacity: 25,000)Seasons
The 2019 Liberty Flames football team represented Liberty University in the 2019 NCAA Division I FBS football season . They were led by first-year head coach Hugh Freeze and played their home games at Williams Stadium .
Previous season
In 2018 , the Flames went 6–6. It was their first season as an FBS team. Head coach Turner Gill retired at the end of the season. The team completed their final year of postseason ineligibility due to the transition from FCS to NCAA Division I FBS .
Schedule
Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance August 31 6:00 p.m. No. 22 Syracuse ESPN+ L 0–2421,671
September 7 7:30 p.m. at Louisiana ESPN+ L 14–3516,231
September 14 6:00 p.m. Buffalo Williams Stadium Lynchburg, VA ESPN+ W 35–1714,584
September 21 6:00 p.m. Hampton Williams Stadium Lynchburg, VA ESPN+ W 62–2718,944
September 28 6:00 p.m. New Mexico Williams Stadium Lynchburg, VA ESPN+ W 17–1017,101
October 5 8:00 p.m. at New Mexico State FloSports W 20–1323,140
October 19 6:00 p.m. Maine Williams Stadium Lynchburg, VA ESPN+ W 59–4418,657
October 26 12:00 p.m. at Rutgers BTN L 34–4423,854
November 2 12:00 p.m. at UMass NESN /FloSportsW 63–2110,184
November 9 7:30 p.m. at BYU ESPNU L 24–3154,683
November 23 12:00 p.m. at Virginia ACCRSN L 27–5537,329
November 30 2:00 p.m. New Mexico State Williams Stadium Lynchburg, VA ESPN+ W 49–2818,674
December 21 2:30 p.m. vs. Georgia Southern CBSSN W 23–1618,158
Personnel
Coaching staff
Game summaries
Syracuse
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 22 Orange
3
7
7
7
24
Flames
0
0
0
0
0
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
First meeting
at Louisiana
1
2
3
4
Total
Flames
7
7
0
0
14
Ragin' Cajuns
7
14
14
0
35
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
First meeting
Buffalo
1
2
3
4
Total
Bulls
0
7
3
7
17
Flames
7
21
7
0
35
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
1–0
Oct. 24, 1998
W , 27–24
Hampton
1
2
3
4
Total
Pirates
12
0
8
7
27
Flames
27
14
7
14
62
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
4–2
Oct. 10, 1998
L , 0–21
New Mexico
1
2
3
4
Total
Lobos
0
3
0
7
10
Flames
7
7
3
0
17
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
1–0
Sep. 29, 2018
W , 52–43
at New Mexico State
1
2
3
4
Total
Flames
3
7
3
7
20
Aggies
0
0
6
7
13
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
1–1
Nov. 24, 2018
W , 28–21
Maine
1
2
3
4
Total
Black Bears
3
14
7
20
44
Flames
17
28
7
7
59
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
0–1
Oct. 10, 1992
L , 20–42
at Rutgers
1
2
3
4
Total
Flames
14
7
3
10
34
Scarlet Knights
7
14
17
6
44
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
First meeting
at UMass
1
2
3
4
Total
Flames
28
21
14
0
63
Minutemen
7
7
7
0
21
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
0–1
Nov. 3, 2018
L , 59–62 3OT
at BYU
1
2
3
4
Total
Flames
7
0
10
7
24
Cougars
7
10
7
7
31
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
First meeting
at Virginia
1
2
3
4
Total
Flames
7
7
7
6
27
Cavaliers
10
14
14
17
55
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
0–1
Nov. 10, 2018
L , 24–45
New Mexico State
1
2
3
4
Total
Aggies
7
7
7
7
28
Flames
10
10
15
14
49
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
2–1
Oct. 5, 2019
W , 20–13
vs. Georgia Southern (Cure Bowl)
1
2
3
4
Total
Flames
7
9
7
0
23
Eagles
0
7
6
3
16
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
First meeting
Liberty defeated Georgia Southern at the first American football game played at Exploria Stadium
Players drafted into the NFL
References
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