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American college football season
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]
Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance September 2 7:00 p.m. at Baylor * FS2 W 48–4545,784
September 9 6:00 p.m. Morehead State * No. 20 BSN , ESPN3 W 58–1717,118
September 16 6:00 p.m. Indiana State * No. 19 Williams Stadium Lynchburg, VA BSN, ESPN3 W 42–4116,060
September 23 7:00 p.m. at No. 5 Jacksonville State * No. 16 OVCDN L 10–3123,944
September 30 6:00 p.m. Saint Francis (PA) * No. 22 Williams Stadium Lynchburg, VA BSN, ESPN3 L 7–1315,886
October 14 6:00 p.m. Kennesaw State Williams Stadium Lynchburg, VA ESPN3 L 28–4217,726
October 21 1:00 p.m. at Monmouth ESPN3 L 39–564,235
October 28 12:00 p.m. at Gardner–Webb Stadium W 33–173,850
November 4 3:30 p.m. Duquesne * Williams Stadium Lynchburg, VA BSN, ESPN3, MASN W 27–2414,634
November 11 3:30 p.m. Presbyterian Williams Stadium Lynchburg, VA CFDS W 47–2818,001
November 18 12:00 p.m. at Charleston Southern L 19–203,345
*Non-conference game HomecomingRankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time
Liberty @ Baylor
1
2 3 4 Total
• Flames
6
11 17 14
48
Bears
0
17 14 14
45
Date: September 2Location: McLane Stadium Waco, TX Game start: 7:00 p.m. Elapsed time: 3:48Game attendance: 45,784Game weather: 92 °F (33 °C) • Fair Skies • SSE 5–10 MPH Referee: Dan LewisTV announcers (FS2): Eric Collins, AJ Hawks and Danny Kanell
Scoring summary 1 11:27 Liberty Alex Probert 27 yard field goal, Drive: 11 plays, 73 yards, 3:33 3–0
1 2:35 Liberty Alex Probert 41 yard field goal, Drive: 10 plays, 35 yards, 2:24 6–0
2 13:59 Baylor Denzel Mims 45 yard pass from Anu Solomon (Connor Martin kick), Drive: 9 plays, 75 yards, 3:36 6–7
2 11:38 Liberty Antonio Gandy-Golden 40 yard pass from Stephen Calvert (Mitchell Lewis run for two-point conv.), Drive: 6 plays, 75 yards, 2:21 14–7
2 9:38 Baylor JaMycal Hasty 14 yard run (Connor Martin kick), Drive: 6 plays, 75 yards, 2:00 14–14
2 5:17 Liberty Alex Probert 33 yard field goal, Drive: 13 plays, 59 yards, 4:21 17–14
2 0:12 Baylor Connor Martin 39 yard field goal, Drive: 14 plays, 68 yards, 5:05 17–17
3 13:53 Liberty Chris Turner 32 yard interception return (Alex Probert kick), Drive: 3 plays, 8 yards, 1:07 24–17
3 13:31 Baylor Chris Platt 20 yard pass from Anu Solomon (Connor Martin kick), Drive: 3 plays, 75 yards, 0:22 24–24
3 5:48 Liberty Alex Probert 31 yard field goal, Drive: 9 plays, 65 yards, 2:48 27–24
3 5:37 Baylor Chris Platt 75 yard pass from Anu Solomon (Connor Martin kick), Drive: 1 play, 75 yards, 0:11 27–31
3 0:24 Liberty Antonio Gandy–Golden 13 yard pass from Stephen Calvert (Alex Probert kick), Drive: 15 plays, 73 yards, 5:13 34–31
4 12:11 Liberty Stephen Calvert 8 yard run (Alex Probert kick), Drive: 7 plays, 44 yards, 2:27 41–31
4 10:39 Baylor John Lovett 3 yard run (Connor Martin kick), Drive: 4 plays, 75 yards, 1:32 41–38
4 6:12 Liberty Spencer Jones 26 yard pass from Stephen Calvert (Alex Probert kick), Drive: 11 plays, 65 yards, 4:27 48–38
4 5:00 Baylor John Lovett 34 yard run (Connor Martin kick), Drive: 3 plays, 43 yards, 1:12 48–45
Morehead State @ Liberty
1
2 3 4 Total
Eagles
0
10 7 0
17
• No. 20 Flames
24
21 7 6
58
Date: September 9Location: Williams Stadium Lynchburg, VA Game start: 6:00 p.m. Elapsed time: 3:12Game attendance: 17,118Game weather: 71 °F (22 °C) • Partly Cloudy • NE 4 MPH Referee: Stuart MullinsTV announcers (BSN/ESPN3): Mike Tilley, Matt Warner and Rett McGibbon
Scoring summary 1 13:47 Liberty B.J. Farrow 25 yard pass from Stephen Calvert (Alex Probert kick), Drive: 3 plays, 50 yards, 1:13 7–0
1 10:01 Liberty Damian King 42 yard pass from Stephen Calvert (Alex Probert kick), Drive: 3 plays, 49 yards, 1:04 14–0
1 7:20 Liberty Alex Probert 33 yard field goal, Drive: 4 plays, -1 yard, 0:37 17–0
1 2:41 Liberty Antonio Gandy-Golden 10 yard pass from Stephen Calvert (Alex Probert kick), Drive: 8 plays, 62 yards, 2:16 24–0
2 14:50 Morehead State Andrew Foster 53 yard field goal, Drive: 6 plays, 39 yards, 2:51 24–3
2 13:44 Liberty B.J. Farrow 76 yard pass from Stephen Calvert (Alex Probert kick), Drive: 4 plays, 65 yards, 1:06 31–3
2 3:37 Liberty Kentory Matthews 2 yard run (Alex Probert kick), Drive: 8 plays, 28 yards, 3:25 38–3
2 1:43 Morehead State Jake Sutherland 11 yard pass from Lawson Page (Sam McDonogh kick), Drive: 5 plays, 75 yards, 1:54 38–10
2 0:24 Liberty B.J. Farrow 45 yard pass from Stephen Calvert (Alex Probert kick), Drive: 4 plays, 77 yards, 1:07 45–10
3 9:02 Morehead State Logan Holbrook 9 yard run (Sam McDonogh kick), Drive: 13 plays, 92 yards, 5:49 45–17
3 2:47 Liberty Kentory Matthews 2 yard run (Alex Probert kick), Drive: 8 plays, 64 yards, 2:40 52–17
4 14:20 Liberty Alex Probert 37 yard field goal, Drive: 6 plays, 14 yards, 2:06 55–17
4 9:03 Liberty Alex Probert 38 yard field goal, Drive: 11 plays, 52 yards, 3:33 58–17
Indiana State @ Liberty
1
2 3 4 Total
Sycamores
7
17 14 3
41
• No. 19 Flames
14
14 14 0
42
Date: September 16Location: Williams Stadium Lynchburg, VAGame start: 6:00 p.m. Elapsed time: 3:29Game attendance: 16,060Game weather: 79 °F (26 °C) • Cloudy • NE 5 MPH Referee: Jerry MagallanesTV announcers (BSN/ESPN3): Mike Tilley and Matt Warner
Scoring summary 1 11:35 Liberty B.J. Farrow 3 yard pass from Stephen Calvert (Alex Probert kick), Drive: 4 plays, 30 yards, 0:41 7–0
1 9:27 Indiana State Jaquan Keys 1 yard run (Jerry Nunez kick), Drive: 5 plays, 74 yards, 2:00 7–7
1 5:02 Liberty Carrington Mosley 1 yard run (Alex Probert kick), Drive: 11 plays, 75 yards, 4:19 14–7
2 9:59 Liberty Carrington Mosley 22 yard run (Alex Probert kick), Drive: 6 plays, 64 yards, 2:42 21–7
2 8:26 Indiana State Jerry Nunez 43 yard field goal, Drive: 5 plays, 49 yards, 1:33 21–10
2 4:35 Indiana State Jacquet McClendon 31 yard pass from Jeremy Patterson (Jerry Nunez kick), Drive: 5 plays, 52 yards, 2:25 21–17
2 3:18 Liberty Antonio Gandy-Golden 13 yard pass from Stephen Calvert (Alex Probert kick), Drive: 5 plays, 75 yards, 1:17 28–17
2 2:02 Indiana State Bob Pugh 64 yard pass from Cade Sparks (Jerry Nunez kick), Drive: 3 plays, 75 yards, 1:16 28–24
3 11:31 Indiana State Lemonte Booker 1 yard run (Jerry Nunez kick), Drive: 8 plays, 65 yards, 3:29 28–31
3 9:09 Liberty Damian King 32 yard pass from Stephen Calvert (Alex Probert kick), Drive: 5 plays, 93 yards, 2:17 35–31
3 5:22 Liberty B.J. Farrow 6 yard pass from Stephen Calvert (Alex Probert kick), Drive: 7 plays, 47 yards, 2:35 42–31
3 1:58 Indiana State Bob Pugh 31 yard pass from Cade Sparks (Jerry Nunez kick), Drive: 6 plays, 75 yards, 3:24 42–38
4 11:46 Indiana State Jerry Nunez 43 yard field goal, Drive: 4 plays, 2 yards, 1:25 42–41
At Jacksonville State [ edit ]
Liberty @ Jacksonville State
1
2 3 4 Total
No. 16 Flames
3
0 7 0
10
• No. 5 Gamecocks
0
10 14 7
31
Date: September 23Location: JSU Stadium Jacksonville, AL Game start: 7:00 p.m. Elapsed time: 2:57Game attendance: 23,944Game weather: 80 °F (27 °C) • Clear • ENE 3 MPH Referee: Dustin WhiteheadTV announcers (OVCDN): Mickey Shadrix and Butch Barker
Scoring summary 1 1:57 Liberty Alex Probert 28 yard field goal, Drive: 12 plays, 57 yards, 6:25 3–0
2 11:02 Jacksonville State Trae Barry 80 yard pass from Bryant Horn (Cade Stinnett kick), Drive: 1 play, 80 yards, 0:12 3–7
2 1:20 Jacksonville State Cade Stinnett 49 yard field goal, Drive: 6 plays, 16 yards, 2:21 3–10
3 11:59 Jacksonville State Roc Thomas 11 yard run (Cade Stinnett kick), Drive: 8 plays, 81 yards, 2:56 3–17
3 8:31 Jacksonville State Kendrick Doss 15 yard run (Cade Stinnett kick), Drive: 1 play, 15 yards, 0:06 3–24
3 8:08 Liberty B.J. Farrow 65 yard pass from Stephen Calvert (Alex Probert kick), Drive: 3 plays, 65 yards, 0:23 10–24
4 5:04 Jacksonville State Roc Thomas 13 yard run (Cade Stinnett kick), Drive: 9 plays, 90 yards, 5:20 10–31
Saint Francis (PA) @ Liberty
1
2 3 4 Total
• Red Flash
0
6 7 0
13
No. 22 Flames
0
0 0 7
7
Date: September 30Location: Williams Stadium Lynchburg, VAGame start: 6:00 p.m. Elapsed time: 2:59Game attendance: 15,886Game weather: 70 °F (21 °C) • Clear • NE 11 MPH Referee: Jeff PumphreyTV announcers (BSN/ESPN3): Mike Tilley, Matt Warner and Rett McGibbon
Scoring summary 2 0:18 St. Francis (PA) Matt Valenzuela 9 yard pass from Bear Fenimore (Eric Bofenkamp kick blocked), Drive: 4 plays, 19 yards, 1:30 0–6
3 4:39 St. Francis (PA) Kamron Lewis 23 yard pass from Bear Fenimore (Eric Bofenkamp kick), Drive: 5 plays, 58 yards, 2:32 0–13
4 2:35 Liberty Cephas Reddick 32 yard pass from Stephen Calvert (Alex Probert kick), Drive: 7 plays, 77 yards, 1:27 7–13
Kennesaw State @ Liberty
1
2 3 4 Total
• Owls
7
21 7 7
42
Flames
7
0 7 14
28
Date: October 14Location: Williams Stadium Lynchburg, VAGame start: 6:00 p.m. Elapsed time: 2:54Game attendance: 17,726Game weather: 73 °F (23 °C) • Sunny • SSE 3 MPH Referee: Stuart MullinsTelevision network: ESPN3
Scoring summary 1 –
2 –
3 –
4 –
Liberty @ Monmouth
1
2 3 4 Total
Flames
7
12 20 0
39
• Hawks
21
14 14 7
56
Scoring summary 1 –
2 –
3 –
4 –
Liberty @ Gardner–Webb
1
2 3 4 Total
• Flames
6
6 7 14
33
Runnin' Bulldogs
0
7 3 7
17
Scoring summary 1 –
2 –
3 –
4 –
Duquesne @ Liberty
1
2 3 4 Total
Dukes
14
10 0 0
24
• Flames
7
3 7 10
27
Date: November 4Location: Williams Stadium Lynchburg, VAGame start: 3:30 p.m. Game attendance: 14,634
Scoring summary 1 –
2 –
3 –
4 –
Presbyterian @ Liberty
1
2 3 4 Total
Blue Hose
7
0 14 7
28
• Flames
24
9 7 7
47
Date: November 11Location: Williams Stadium Lynchburg, VAGame start: 3:30 p.m. Game attendance: 18,001
Scoring summary 1 –
2 –
3 –
4 –
At Charleston Southern [ edit ]
Liberty @ Charleston Southern
1
2 3 4 Total
Flames
0
7 9 3
19
• Buccaneers
0
7 0 13
20
Scoring summary 1 –
2 –
3 –
4 –
Ranking movementsLegend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking — = Not ranked RV = Received 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 — — — — — — Coaches *— — — — — — — — — — — — — —
* Due to their transition to FBS, they are not eligible to be ranked in the FCS Coaches Poll.
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