2017 Liberty Flames football team

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2017 Liberty Flames football
Liberty Flames wordmark.svg
ConferenceBig South Conference
2017 record6–5 (2–3 Big South)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorJoe Dailey
Co-defensive coordinatorRobert Wimberly
Co-defensive coordinatorVantz Singletary
Home stadiumWilliams Stadium
(Capacity: 19,200)
Seasons
← 2016
2018 →
2017 Big South Conference 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 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 owned by Jerry Falwell Jr. 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]

Schedule[]

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 27:00 p.m.at Baylor*FS2W 48–4545,784
September 96:00 p.m.Morehead State*No. 20BSN
ESPN3
W 58–1717,118
September 166:00 p.m.Indiana State*No. 19
  • Williams Stadium
  • Lynchburg, VA
BSN
ESPN3
W 42–4116,060
September 237:00 p.m.at No. 5 Jacksonville State*No. 16OVCDNL 10–3123,944
September 306:00 p.m.Saint Francis (PA)*No. 22
  • Williams Stadium
  • Lynchburg, VA
BSN
ESPN3
L 7–1315,886
October 146:00 p.m.Kennesaw Statedagger
  • Williams Stadium
  • Lynchburg, VA
ESPN3L 28-4217,726
October 211:00 p.m.at MonmouthESPN3L 39-564,235
October 28Noonat Gardner–WebbSTADIUMW 33-173,850
November 43:30 p.m.Duquesne*
  • Williams Stadium
  • Lynchburg, VA
BSN
ESPN3
MASN
W 27–2414,634
November 113:30 p.m.Presbyterian
  • Williams Stadium
  • Lynchburg, VA
CFDSW 47–2818,001
November 18Noonat Charleston SouthernL 19–203,345
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from STATS FCS Poll released prior to game Poll released prior to the 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

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

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

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

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

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

at Monmouth[]

Liberty @ Monmouth
1 234Total
Flames 7 12200 39
Hawks 21 14147 56
  • Date: October 21
  • Location: Kessler Field
    West Long Branch, NJ
  • Game start: 1:00 p.m.
  • Game attendance: 4,235

at Gardner–Webb[]

Liberty @ Gardner–Webb
1 234Total
Flames 6 6714 33
Runnin' Bulldogs 0 737 17

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

Presbyterian[]

Presbyterian @ 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

at Charleston Southern[]

Liberty @ Charleston Southern
1 234Total
Flames 0 793 19
Buccaneers 0 7013 20

Ranking movements[]

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = 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. ^ a b Sordelett, Damien (February 16, 2017). "LU to be FBS bowl eligible starting in 2019". The News & Advance. Archived from the original on June 2, 2017. Retrieved February 18, 2017.
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