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American college football season
The 2016 Liberty Flames football team represented Liberty University in the 2016 NCAA Division I FCS football season . They were led by fifth-year head coach Turner Gill and played their home games at Williams Stadium . They were a member of the Big South Conference . They finished the season 6–5, 4–1 in Big South play to share the conference championship with Charleston Southern. Despite the conference title, the Flames were not invited to the FCS playoffs.
Schedule
Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance September 3 12:30 pm at Virginia Tech * ACCN L 13–3662,234
September 10 7:00 pm Jacksonville * ESPN3 W 55–716,625
September 17 7:00 pm at SMU * ESPN3 L 14–2922,127
September 24 7:00 pm No. 3 Jacksonville State * Williams Stadium Lynchburg, VA ESPN3 L 19–4815,354
October 1 7:00 pm Robert Morris * Williams Stadium Lynchburg, VA ESPN3 W 41–711,273
October 15 7:00 pm at Kennesaw State ESPN3 W 36–218,803
October 22 3:30 pm Monmouth Williams Stadium Lynchburg, VA ESPN3 W 52–2816,687
October 29 3:30 pm Gardner–Webb Williams Stadium Lynchburg, VA BSN W 23–20 OT 16,608
November 5 2:00 pm at Presbyterian ESPN3 W 16–03,101
November 12 3:30 pm No. 14 Charleston Southern No. 25 Williams Stadium Lynchburg, VA ESPN3 L 26–4821,712
November 17 7:00 pm at No. 16 Coastal Carolina * ESPNews L 7–427,787
Game summaries
Virginia Tech
Liberty @ Virginia Tech
1
2 3 4 Total
Flames
6
7 0 0
13
• Hokies
7
17 9 3
36
Jacksonville
Jacksonville @ Liberty
1
2 3 4 Total
Dolphins
0
0 0 7
7
• Flames
14
17 10 14
55
SMU
Liberty @ SMU
1
2 3 4 Total
Flames
7
0 7 0
14
• Mustangs
10
3 6 10
29
Jacksonville State
Jacksonville State @ Liberty
1
2 3 4 Total
• #3 Gamecocks
14
13 0 21
48
Flames
3
0 7 9
19
Date: September 24Location: Williams Stadium Lynchburg, VAGame attendance: 15,354
Robert Morris
Robert Morris @ Liberty
1
2 3 4 Total
Colonials
7
0 0 0
7
• Flames
7
14 10 10
41
Date: October 1Location: Williams Stadium Lynchburg, VAGame attendance: 11,273
Kennesaw State
Liberty @ Kennesaw State
1
2 3 4 Total
• Flames
7
13 6 10
36
Owls
7
7 0 7
21
Monmouth
Monmouth @ Liberty
1
2 3 4 Total
Hawks
0
7 14 7
28
• Flames
14
17 7 14
52
Date: October 22Location: Williams Stadium Lynchburg, VAGame attendance: 16,687
Gardner–Webb
Gardner–Webb @ Liberty
1
2 3 4 OT Total
Runnin' Bulldogs
0
6 7 7 0
20
• Flames
7
0 3 10 3
23
Date: October 29Location: Williams Stadium Lynchburg, VAGame attendance: 16,608
Presbyterian
Liberty @ Presbyterian
1
2 3 4 Total
• Flames
6
3 0 7
16
Blue Hose
0
0 0 0
0
Charleston Southern
Charleston Southern @ Liberty
1
2 3 4 Total
• #14 Buccaneers
7
24 7 10
48
#25 Flames
6
0 6 14
26
Date: November 12Location: Williams Stadium Lynchburg, VAGame attendance: 21,712
Coastal Carolina
Liberty @ Coastal Carolina
1
2 3 4 Total
Flames
0
7 0 0
7
• #16 Chanticleers
7
21 7 7
42
Ranking movements
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