2021 Liberty Flames football team
| 2021 Liberty Flames football | |
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LendingTree Bowl champion | |
LendingTree Bowl, W 56–20 vs. Eastern Michigan | |
| Conference | Independent |
| 2021 record | 8–5 |
| Head coach |
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| Co-offensive coordinator | Kent Austin (3rd season) |
| Co-offensive coordinator | Maurice Harris (3rd season) |
| Defensive coordinator | Scott Symons (3rd season) |
| Home stadium | Williams Stadium (Capacity: 25,000) |
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| Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 5 Notre Dame | – | 11 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 13 BYU | – | 10 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Army | – | 9 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Liberty | – | 8 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New Mexico State | – | 2 | – | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UMass | – | 1 | – | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UConn | – | 1 | – | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rankings from CFP Rankings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 2021 Liberty Flames football team represented Liberty University in the 2021 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They were led by third-year head coach Hugh Freeze and played their home games at Williams Stadium in Lynchburg, Virginia. The Flames competed as an FBS independent. They finished the regular season 7–5.
The Flames received an invite to the LendingTree Bowl where they played Eastern Michigan on December 18.
Previous season[]
In a season limited due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the Flames finished the 2020 season 10–1. They received a bid to the Cure Bowl where they defeated Coastal Carolina. They finished the season ranked No. 17 in the AP Poll and No. 18 in the Coaches Poll.
Schedule[]
| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | ||
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| September 4 | 6:00 p.m. | Campbell | ESPN3 | W 48–7 | 15,834 | |||
| September 11 | 7:00 p.m. | at Troy | ESPN+ | W 21–13 | 24,714 | |||
| September 18 | 6:00 p.m | Old Dominion |
| ESPN3 | W 45–17 | 18,471 | ||
| September 24 | 8:00 p.m. | at Syracuse | ACCN | L 21–24 | 29,942 | |||
| October 2 | 7:00 p.m. | at UAB | CBSSN | W 36–12 | 37,167 | |||
| October 9 | 3:30 p.m. | Middle Tennessee |
| ESPN3 | W 41–13 | 19,935 | ||
| October 16 | 7:00 p.m. | at Louisiana–Monroe |
| ESPN+ | L 28–31 | 11,546 | ||
| October 23 | 4:00 p.m. | at North Texas | ESPN+ | W 35–26 | 13,454 | |||
| October 30 | 12:00 p.m. | UMass |
| ESPN3 | W 62–17 | 16,577 | ||
| November 6 | 12:00 p.m. | at No. 16 Ole Miss | SECN | L 14–27 | 53,235 | |||
| November 20 | 4:00 p.m. | Louisiana |
| ESPNU | L 14–42 | 15,564 | ||
| November 27 | 12:00 p.m. | Army |
| ESPN+ | L 16–31 | 19,269 | ||
| December 18 | 5:45 p.m. | vs. Eastern Michigan | ESPN | W 56–20 | 15,186 | |||
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Rankings[]
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| Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Final | ||||||||||||||||||||
| AP | RV | RV | RV | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coaches | RV | RV | RV | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| CFP | Not released | Not released | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
References[]
- ^ "2021 Liberty Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved January 31, 2021.
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