2017 Liberty Flames football team

2017 Liberty Flames football
Conference Big South Conference
2017 record 6–5 (2–3 Big South)
Head coach Turner Gill (6th season)
Offensive coordinator Joe Dailey
Co-defensive coordinator Robert Wimberly
Co-defensive coordinator Vantz Singletary
Home stadium Williams Stadium
(Capacity: 19,200)
2017 Big South football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 8 Kennesaw State $^  5 –0     12 –2  
Monmouth ^  4 –1     9 –3  
Charleston Southern  3 –2     6 –5  
Liberty*  2 –3     6 –5  
Presbyterian  1 –4     4 –7  
Gardner–Webb  0 –5     1 –10  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant
  • *Liberty ineligible for postseason due to FBS transition
Rankings from STATS FCS Poll

The 2017 Liberty Flames football team represented Liberty University in the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by sixth-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, 2–3 in Big South play to finish in fourth place.

The school announced plans to undergo the two-year transition period join the Division I FBS as a football independent, while remaining in the Big South Conference in all other sports.[1] While normally against NCAA rules to transition to FBS without a conference invite, Liberty was granted a waiver.[1] Liberty will join the FBS in 2018, but will not become a full member and eligible for post-season play until 2019.

Schedule

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
September 2 7:00 p.m. at Baylor* McLane Stadium • Waco, TX FS2 W 48–45   45,784
September 9 6:00 p.m. Morehead State* No. 20 Williams Stadium • Lynchburg, VA BSN
ESPN3		 W 58–17   17,118
September 16 6:00 p.m. Indiana State* No. 19 Williams Stadium • Lynchburg, VA BSN
ESPN3		 W 42–41   16,060
September 23 7:00 p.m. at No. 5 Jacksonville State* No. 16 JSU Stadium • Jacksonville, AL OVCDN L 10–31   23,944
September 30 6:00 p.m. Saint Francis (PA)* No. 22 Williams Stadium • Lynchburg, VA BSN
ESPN3		 L 7–13   15,886
October 14 6:00 p.m. Kennesaw Statedagger Williams Stadium • Lynchburg, VA ESPN3 L 28-42   17,726
October 21 1:00 p.m. at Monmouth Kessler Field • West Long Branch, NJ ESPN3 L 39-56   4,235
October 28 Noon at Gardner–Webb Ernest W. Spangler Stadium • Boiling Springs, NC STADIUM W 33-17   3,850
November 4 3:30 p.m. Duquesne* Williams Stadium • Lynchburg, VA BSN
ESPN3
MASN		 W 27–24   14,634
November 11 3:30 p.m. Presbyterian Williams Stadium • Lynchburg, VA CFDS W 47–28   18,001
November 18 Noon at Charleston Southern Buccaneer Field • Charleston, SC L 19–20   3,345
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from STATS FCS Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Game summaries

at Baylor

Liberty @ Baylor
1 234Total
• Flames 6 111714 48
Bears 0 171414 45
  • Date: September 2
  • Location: McLane Stadium
    Waco, TX
  • Game start: 7:00 p.m.
  • Elapsed time: 3:48
  • Game attendance: 45,784
  • Game weather: 92 °F (33 °C) • Fair Skies • SSE 5–10 MPH
  • Referee: Dan Lewis
  • TV announcers (FS2): Eric Collins, AJ Hawks and Danny Kanell
Overall record Last meeting Result
First meeting

Morehead State

Morehead State @ Liberty
1 234Total
Eagles 0 1070 17
• No. 20 Flames 24 2176 58
  • Date: September 9
  • Location: Williams Stadium
    Lynchburg, VA
  • Game start: 6:00 p.m.
  • Elapsed time: 3:12
  • Game attendance: 17,118
  • Game weather: 71 °F (22 °C) • Partly Cloudy • NE 4 MPH
  • Referee: Stuart Mullins
  • TV announcers (BSN/ESPN3): Mike Tilley, Matt Warner and Rett McGibbon
Overall record Last meeting Result
5–3 1991 L, 10–12

Indiana State

Indiana State @ Liberty
1 234Total
Sycamores 7 17143 41
• No. 19 Flames 14 14140 42
  • Date: September 16
  • Location: Williams Stadium
    Lynchburg, VA
  • Game start: 6:00 p.m.
  • Elapsed time: 3:29
  • Game attendance: 16,060
  • Game weather: 79 °F (26 °C) • Cloudy • NE 5 MPH
  • Referee: Jerry Magallanes
  • TV announcers (BSN/ESPN3): Mike Tilley and Matt Warner
Overall record Last meeting Result
0–2 2014 L, 19–38

at Jacksonville State

Liberty @ Jacksonville State
1 234Total
No. 16 Flames 3 070 10
• No. 5 Gamecocks 0 10147 31
  • Date: September 23
  • Location: JSU Stadium
    Jacksonville, AL
  • Game start: 7:00 p.m.
  • Elapsed time: 2:57
  • Game attendance: 23,944
  • Game weather: 80 °F (27 °C) • Clear • ENE 3 MPH
  • Referee: Dustin Whitehead
  • TV announcers (OVCDN): Mickey Shadrix and Butch Barker
Overall record Last meeting Result
0–3 2016 L, 19–48

Saint Francis (PA)

Saint Francis (PA) @ Liberty
1 234Total
• Red Flash 0 670 13
No. 22 Flames 0 007 7
  • Date: September 30
  • Location: Williams Stadium
    Lynchburg, VA
  • Game start: 6:00 p.m.
  • Elapsed time: 2:59
  • Game attendance: 15,886
  • Game weather: 70 °F (21 °C) • Clear • NE 11 MPH
  • Referee: Jeff Pumphrey
  • TV announcers (BSN/ESPN3): Mike Tilley, Matt Warner and Rett McGibbon
Overall record Last meeting Result
2–0 2010 W, 52–7

Kennesaw State

Kennesaw State @ Liberty
1 234Total
• Owls 7 2177 42
Flames 7 0714 28
  • Date: October 14
  • Location: Williams Stadium
    Lynchburg, VA
  • Game start: 6:00 p.m.
  • Elapsed time: 2:54
  • Game attendance: 17,726
  • Game weather: 73 °F (23 °C) • Sunny • SSE 3 MPH
  • Referee: Stuart Mullins
  • Television network: ESPN3
Overall record Last meeting Result
2–0 2016 W, 36–21

at Monmouth

Liberty @ Monmouth
1 234Total
Flames 7 12200 39
• Hawks 21 14147 56
Overall record Last meeting Result
3–1 2016 W, 52–28

at Gardner–Webb

Liberty @ Gardner–Webb
1 234Total
• Flames 6 6714 33
Runnin' Bulldogs 0 737 17
Overall record Last meeting Result
13–9–1 2016 W, 23–20

Duquesne

Duquesne @ Liberty
1 234Total
Dukes 14 1000 24
• Flames 7 3710 27
  • Date: November 4
  • Location: Williams Stadium
    Lynchburg, VA
  • Game start: 3:30 p.m.
  • Game attendance: 14,634
Overall record Last meeting Result
First meeting

Presbyterian

Pesbyterian @ Liberty
1 234Total
Blue Hose 7 0147 28
• Flames 24 977 47
  • Date: November 11
  • Location: Williams Stadium
    Lynchburg, VA
  • Game start: 3:30 p.m.
  • Game attendance: 18,001
Overall record Last meeting Result
9–4 2016 W, 16–0

at Charleston Southern

Liberty @ Charleston Southern
1 234Total
Flames 0 793 19
• Buccaneers 0 7013 20
Overall record Last meeting Result
19–5 2016 L, 26–48

Ranking movements

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final 
STATS FCS RV 20 19 16 22 RV RV RV NR NR NR NR NR NR 
Coaches* NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR

* Due to their transition to FBS, they are not eligible to be ranked in the FCS Coaches Poll.

References

  1. 1 2 Sordelett, Damien (February 16, 2017). "LU to be FBS bowl eligible starting in 2019". The News & Advance. Archived from the original on February 18, 2017. Retrieved February 18, 2017.
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