2021 Liberty Flames football | |
---|---|
LendingTree Bowl champion | |
LendingTree Bowl, W 56β20 vs. Eastern Michigan | |
Conference | Independent |
Record | 8β5 |
Head coach |
|
Co-offensive coordinator | Kent Austin (3rd season) |
Co-offensive coordinator | Maurice Harris (3rd season) |
Offensive scheme | Multiple |
Defensive coordinator | Scott Symons (3rd season) |
Co-defensive coordinator | Josh Aldridge (3rd season) |
Co-defensive coordinator | Jack Curtis (1st season) |
Base defense | 4β2β5 |
Home stadium | Williams Stadium |
← 2020 2022 → |
Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 8 Notre Dame | – | 11 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 19 BYU | – | 10 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Army | – | 9 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Liberty | – | 8 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
New Mexico State | – | 2 | – | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UMass | – | 1 | – | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UConn | – | 1 | – | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rankings from AP Poll |
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 theββregular season 7β5.
The Flames received an inviteββto the LendingTree Bowl where they played Eastern Michigan, winning 56β20.
Scheduleβ»
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
September 4 | 6:00 p.m. | Campbell | ESPN3 | W 48β7 | 15,834 | |||
September 11 | 7:00 p.m. | at Troy | ESPN+ | W 21β13 | 24,714 | |||
September 18 | 6:00 p.m | Old Dominion |
| ESPN3 | W 45β17 | 18,471 | ||
September 24 | 8:00 p.m. | at Syracuse | ACCN | L 21β24 | 29,942 | |||
October 2 | 7:00 p.m. | at UAB | CBSSN | W 36β12 | 37,167 | |||
October 9 | 3:30 p.m. | Middle Tennessee |
| ESPN3 | W 41β13 | 19,935 | ||
October 16 | 7:00 p.m. | at LouisianaβMonroe | ESPN+ | L 28β31 | 11,546 | |||
October 23 | 4:00 p.m. | at North Texas | ESPN+ | W 35β26 | 13,454 | |||
October 30 | 12:00 p.m. | UMass |
| ESPN3 | W 62β17 | 16,577 | ||
November 6 | 12:00 p.m. | at No. 16 Ole Miss | SECN | L 14β27 | 53,235 | |||
November 20 | 4:00 p.m. | Louisiana |
| ESPNU | L 14β42 | 15,564 | ||
November 27 | 12:00 p.m. | Army |
| ESPN+ | L 16β31 | 19,269 | ||
December 18 | 5:45 p.m. | vs. Eastern Michigan | ESPN | W 56β20 | 15,186 | |||
|
Source
Rosterβ»
2021 Liberty Flames football team roster | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Players | Coaches | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Offense
|
Defense
|
Special teams
|
|
Game summariesβ»
Campbellβ»
Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Fighting Camels | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
Flames | 14 | 6 | 14 | 14 | 48 |
at Williams Stadium, Lynchburg, Virginia
- Date: September 4
- Game time: 6:00 p.m. EDT
- Game weather: Temperature: 81 Β°F (27 Β°C) β’ Weather: Sunny β’ Wind: S 7 MPH
- Game attendance: 15,834
- Referee: Timot Hedgepeth
- TV announcers (ESPN3): Matt Warner, Joe Jauch and Emily Austen
- Box score
First quarter
Second quarter
Third quarter
Fourth quarter
|
Top passers
Top rushers
Top receivers
|
At Troyβ»
Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Flames | 7 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 21 |
Trojans | 7 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 13 |
at Veterans Memorial Stadium, Troy, Alabama
- Date: September 11
- Game time: 7:00 p.m. EDT / 6:00 p.m. CDT
- Game weather: Temperature: 83 Β°F (28 Β°C) β’ Weather: sunny β’ Wind: NW 7 MPH
- Game attendance: 24,714
- Referee: Jeff Maconaghy
- TV announcers (ESPN+): Will Kollmeyer and Ben Stanfield
- Box score
First quarter
Second quarter
Third quarter
Fourth quarter
|
Top passers
Top rushers
Top receivers
|
Old Dominionβ»
Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Monarchs | 3 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
Flames | 14 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 45 |
at Williams Stadium, Lynchburg, Virginia
- Date: September 18
- Game time: 6:00 p.m. EDT
- Game weather: Temperature: 86 Β°F (30 Β°C) β’ Weather: cloudy β’ Wind: SE 2 MPH
- Game attendance: 24,714
- Referee: Jeff Flanagan
- TV announcers (ESPN3): Matt Warner, Joe Jauch and Emily Austen
- Box score
First quarter
Second quarter
Third quarter
Fourth quarter
|
Top passers
Top rushers
Top receivers
|
At Syracuseβ»
Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Flames | 0 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 |
Orange | 0 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 24 |
at Carrier Dome, Syracuse, New York
- Date: September 24
- Game time: 8:00 p.m. EDT
- Game weather: None (played indoors)
- Game attendance: 29,942
- Referee: Stuart Mullins
- TV announcers (ACCN): Drew Carter, Bobby Carpenter and Taylor Davis
- Box score
First quarter
Second quarter
Third quarter
Fourth quarter
|
Top passers
Top rushers
Top receivers
|
At UABβ»
Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Flames | 0 | 3 | 21 | 12 | 36 |
Blazers | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 12 |
at Protective Stadium, Birmingham, Alabama
- Date: October 2
- Game time: 7:00 p.m. EDT / 6:00 p.m. CDT
- Game attendance: 37,167
- Referee: Jonathan Noli
- TV announcers (CBSSN): Dave Ryan and Corey Chavous
- Box score
First quarter
Second quarter
Third quarter
Fourth quarter
|
Top passers
Top rushers
Top receivers
|
Middle Tennesseeβ»
Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Blue Raiders | 0 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 13 |
Flames | 14 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 41 |
at Williams Stadium, Lynchburg, Virginia
- Date: October 9
- Game time: 3:30 p.m. EDT
- Game weather: Temperature: 69 Β°F (21 Β°C) β’ Weather: cloudy β’ Wind: NE 6 MPH
- Game attendance: 19,935
- Referee: Duane Heydt
- TV announcers (ESPN3): Matt Warner, Joe Jauch and Emily Austen
- Box score
First quarter
Second quarter
Third quarter
Fourth quarter
|
Top passers
Top rushers
Top receivers
|
At LouisianaβMonroeβ»
Pregame line | Over/under |
---|---|
LIB β32.5 | 57 |
Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Flames | 0 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 28 |
Warhawks | 0 | 0 | 28 | 3 | 31 |
at Malone Stadium, Monroe, Louisiana
- Date: October 16
- Game time: 7:00 p.m. EDT / 6:00 p.m. CDT
- Game weather: Temperature: 68 Β°F (20 Β°C) β’ Weather: Sunny β’ Wind: N 13 MPH
- Game attendance: 11,546
- Referee: Marshall Lewis
- TV: ESPN+
- Box score
First quarter
Second quarter
Third quarter
Fourth quarter
|
Top passers
Top rushers
Top receivers
|
At North Texasβ»
Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Flames | 0 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 35 |
Mean Green | 7 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 26 |
at Apogee Stadium, Denton, Texas
- Date: October 23
- Game time: 4:00 p.m. EDT / 3:00 p.m. CDT
- Game weather: Temperature: 80 Β°F (27 Β°C) β’ Weather: sunny
- Game attendance: 13,454
- Referee: Joe Lehring
- TV announcers (ESPN+): Kyle Youmans and Hekβma Harrison
- Box score
First quarter
Second quarter
Third quarter
Fourth quarter
|
Top passers
Top rushers
Top receivers
|
UMassβ»
Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Minutemen | 3 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 17 |
Flames | 21 | 20 | 7 | 14 | 62 |
at Williams Stadium, Lynchburg, Virginia
- Date: October 30
- Game time: 12:00 p.m. EDT
- Game weather: Temperature: 58 Β°F (14 Β°C) β’ Weather: cloudy β’ Wind: SW 7 MPH
- Game attendance: 16,577
- Referee: Jerr Magallanes
- TV announcers (ESPN3): Matt Warner, Joe Jauch and Emily Austen
- Box score
First quarter
Second quarter
Third quarter
Fourth quarter
|
Top passers
Top rushers
Top receivers
|
At No. 16 Ole Missβ»
Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Flames | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 14 |
No. 16 Rebels | 10 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 27 |
at VaughtβHemingway Stadium, Oxford, Mississippi
- Date: November 6
- Game time: 12:00 p.m. EDT / 11:00 p.m. CDT
- Game weather: Temperature: 52 Β°F (11 Β°C) β’ Weather: sunny β’ Wind: 0 MPH
- Game attendance: 53,235
- Referee: Marc Curles
- TV announcers (SECN): Dave Neal, Deuce McAllister and Andraya Carter
- Box score
First quarter
Second quarter
Third quarter
Fourth quarter
|
Top passers
Top rushers
Top receivers
|
Louisianaβ»
Pregame line | Over/under |
---|---|
LIB β4.0 | 53.5 |
Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ragin' Cajuns | 7 | 14 | 7 | 14 | 42 |
Flames | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
at Williams Stadium, Lynchburg, Virginia
- Date: November 20
- Game time: 4:00 p.m. EST
- Game weather: Temperature: 48 Β°F (9 Β°C) β’ Weather: Sunny β’ Wind: S 3 MPH
- Game attendance: 15,564
- Referee: Wayne Winkler
- TV announcers (ESPNU): Kevin Brown and Hutson Mason
- Box score
First quarter
Second quarter
Third quarter
Fourth quarter
|
Top passers
Top rushers
Top receivers
|
Armyβ»
Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Black Knights | 10 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 31 |
Flames | 0 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 16 |
at Williams Stadium, Lynchburg, Virginia
- Date: November 27
- Game time: 12:00 p.m. EST
- Game weather: Temperature: 44 Β°F (7 Β°C) β’ Weather: Sunny β’ Wind: W 6 MPH
- Game attendance: 19,269
- Referee: Jeff Pumphrey
- TV announcers (ESPN+): Matt Warner, Joe Jauch and Emily Austen
- Box score
First quarter
Second quarter
Third quarter
Fourth quarter
|
Top passers
Top rushers
Top receivers
|
Vs. Eastern Michigan (LendingTree Bowl)β»
Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Eagles | 3 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
Flames | 13 | 20 | 16 | 7 | 56 |
at Hancock Whitney Stadium, Mobile, Alabama
- Date: December 18
- Game time: 5:45 p.m. EST / 4:45 p.m. CST
- Game weather: Temperature: 71 Β°F (22 Β°C) β’ Weather: overcast, humid β’ Wind: N 7 MPH
- Game attendance: 15,186
- Referee: Trennis Livingston
- TV announcers (ESPN): Chris Cotter, Mark Herzlich and Jalyn Johnson
- Box score
First quarter
Second quarter
Third quarter
Fourth quarter
|
Top passers
Top rushers
Top receivers
|
Referencesβ»
- ^ "2021 Liberty Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved January 31, 2021.
Text is: available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
β