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==Rankings== |
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Revision as of 05:44, 24 August 2023
2022 Liberty Flames football | |
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Boca Raton Bowl, L 19–21 vs. Toledo | |
Conference | Independent |
Record | 8–5 |
Head coach |
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Offensive coordinator | Kent Austin (4th season) |
Co-offensive coordinator | Maurice Harris (3rd season) |
Co-defensive coordinator | Josh Aldridge (4th season) |
Co-defensive coordinator | Jack Curtis (2nd season) |
Home stadium | Williams Stadium (capacity: 25,000) |
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Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 18 Notre Dame | – | 9 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Liberty | – | 8 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
BYU | – | 8 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
New Mexico State | – | 7 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Army | – | 6 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UConn | – | 6 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UMass | – | 1 | – | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rankings from AP Poll |
The 2022 Liberty Flames football team represented Liberty University in the 2022 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Flames played their home games at Williams Stadium in Lynchburg, Virginia, and competed as an FBS independent. They were led by fourth-year head coach Hugh Freeze.
The 2022 season was the program's last season as an independent as the Flames will join Conference USA in 2023.[1][2][3]
Schedule
Liberty hosted six home games and travelled to six away games.[3]
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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September 3 | 7:00 p.m. | at Southern Miss | ESPN+ | W 29–27 4OT | 24,051 | |
September 10 | 6:00 p.m. | UAB | ESPN+ | W 21–14 | 18,892 | |
September 17 | 5:00 p.m. | at No. 19 Wake Forest | ACCN | L 36–37 | 32,891 | |
September 24 | 6:00 p.m. | Akron |
| ESPN+ | W 21–12 | 20,004 |
October 1 | 6:00 p.m. | at Old Dominion | ESPN+ | W 38–24 | 18,368 | |
October 8 | 3:30 p.m. | at UMass | ESPN+ | W 42–24 | 11,217 | |
October 15 | 3:30 p.m. | Gardner–Webb |
| ESPN+ | W 21–20 | 20,924 |
October 22 | 3:30 p.m. | BYU |
| ESPNU | W 41–14 | 24,012 |
November 5 | 4:00 p.m. | at Arkansas | SECN | W 21–19 | 70,072 | |
November 12 | 12:00 p.m. | at UConn | CBSSN | L 33–36 | 15,107 | |
November 19 | 12:00 p.m. | Virginia Tech |
| ESPN+ | L 22–23 | 23,055 |
November 26 | 12:00 p.m. | New Mexico State |
| ESPN+ | L 14–49 | 18,837 |
December 20 | 7:30 p.m. | vs. Toledo | ESPN | L 19–21 | 20,622 | |
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Coaching staff
Name | Title |
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Hugh Freeze | Head coach |
Kent Austin | Co-offensive coordinator / quarterbacks coach |
Maurice Harris | Co-offensive coordinator/wide receivers coach |
Josh Aldridge | Co-defensive coordinator/linebackers coach |
Jack Curtis | Co-defensive coordinator/safeties coach |
Chris Klenakis | Offensive line coach |
Jeremy Garrett | Defensive line coach |
Darius Eubanks | Defensive backs coach |
Tanner Burns | Special Teams coordinator/outside linebackers coach |
Ben Aigamaua | Tight ends coach |
Bruce Johnson | Running backs coach |
Game summaries
At Southern Miss
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | 2OT | 3OT | 4OT | Total | |
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Flames | 0 | 10 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 29 |
Golden Eagles | 0 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 27 |
UAB
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Blazers | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14 |
Flames | 0 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 |
At No. 19 Wake Forest
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Flames | 0 | 8 | 15 | 13 | 36 |
No. 19 Demon Deacons | 3 | 17 | 0 | 17 | 37 |
Akron
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Zips | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 |
Flames | 7 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 21 |
At Old Dominion
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Flames | 14 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 38 |
Monarchs | 14 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 24 |
Statistics
Statistics | LU | ODU |
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First downs | 23 | 20 |
Total yards | 478 | 415 |
Rushing yards | 210 | 118 |
Passing yards | 268 | 297 |
Turnovers | 2 | 1 |
Time of possession | 28:57 | 31:03 |
Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
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Liberty | Passing | Kaidon Salter | 10/19, 170 yards, 2 TD, 2 INT |
Rushing | Dae Dae Hunter | 15 rushes, 121 yards, 2 TD | |
Receiving | CJ Yarbrough | 4 receptions, 94 yards, TD | |
Old Dominion | Passing | Hayden Wolff | 27/46, 297 yards, 2 TD, INT |
Rushing | Blake Watson | 15 rushes, 80 yards | |
Receiving | Ali Jennings III | 8 receptions, 129 yards, TD |
At UMass
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Flames | 0 | 21 | 14 | 7 | 42 |
Minutemen | 7 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 24 |
Gardner-Webb
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Runnin' Bulldogs | 0 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 20 |
Flames | 7 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 21 |
BYU
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Cougars | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
Flames | 3 | 17 | 14 | 7 | 41 |
At Arkansas
Game Nine – Liberty Flames (7–1) at Arkansas Razorbacks (5–3)
Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Flames | 7 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
Razorbacks | 0 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 19 |
at Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium • Fayetteville, Arkansas
- Date: Saturday, November 5, 2022
- Game time: 3:00 p.m. CST
- Game weather: Clear • Temperature: 56 °F (13 °C) • Wind: 10 mph SW
- Game attendance: 70,072
- Referee: Scott Walker
- TV announcers (SEC Network): Taylor Zarzour (play-by-play), Aaron Murray (analyst), Alyssa Lang (sideline)
- Pregame line: Arkansas by 14.5 • FPI odds to win: Arkansas 75.5% • Game summary: ESPN
Game information |
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Statistics | LIB | ARK |
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First downs | 17 | 22 |
Plays–yards | 63–315 | 79–428 |
Rushes–yards | 38–91 | 42–144 |
Passing yards | 224 | 284 |
Passing: comp–att–int | 15–25–1 | 23–37–2 |
Time of possession | 30:38 | 29:22 |
Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
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Liberty | Passing | Johnathan Bennett | 15–25, 224 yards, 3 TD, 1 INT |
Rushing | Shedro Louis | 15 carries, 57 yards | |
Receiving | Demario Douglas | 7 receptions, 145 yards, 1 TD | |
Arkansas | Passing | KJ Jefferson | 23–37, 284 yards, 2 TD, 2 INT |
Rushing | Raheim Sanders | 17 carries, 60 yards | |
Receiving | Matt Landers | 6 receptions, 119 yards |
At UConn
Game Ten - Liberty Flames (8-1) at UConn Huskies (5-5)
Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Flames | 3 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 33 |
Huskies | 14 | 7 | 0 | 15 | 36 |
at Pratt & Whitney Stadium at Rentschler Field • East Hartford, Connecticut
- Date: November 12
- Game time: 12:02 p.m.
- Game weather: Temperature: 68 °F (20 °C) • Weather: Sunny
- Game attendance: 15,107
- Referee: Marcus Woods
- TV announcers (CBSSN): Meghan McPeak (play-by-play), Christian Fauria (color analyst), and Justin Walters (sideline)
- Box Score
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Statistics | UConn | Liberty |
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First downs | 15 | 29 |
Total yards | 318 | 474 |
Rushing yards | 209 | 267 |
Passing yards | 109 | 207 |
Turnovers | 2 | 2 |
Time of possession | 32:18 | 27:42 |
Virginia Tech
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Hokies | 7 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 23 |
Flames | 7 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 22 |
New Mexico State
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Aggies | 7 | 21 | 14 | 7 | 49 |
Flames | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14 |
Vs. Toledo (Boca Raton Bowl)
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Flames | 7 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 19 |
Rockets | 0 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 21 |
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 | 23 | 19 | RV | ||||
Coaches | — | — | — | — | — | — | RV | RV | RV | 23 | 19 | RV | ||||
CFP | Not released | — | — | Not released |
References
- ^ Damien Sordelett (November 5, 2021). "Liberty accepts invitation, set to join Conference USA". The News & Advance. Retrieved December 9, 2021.
- ^ Eddie Callahan (November 5, 2021). "Liberty sports moving to Conference USA beginning in 2023-24". WDBJ. Retrieved December 9, 2021.
- ^ a b David Cobb (November 24, 2021). "Hugh Freeze signs contract extension with Liberty as Flames plan to be a force in Conference USA". CBSSports.com. Retrieved December 9, 2021.