# 2018 Liberty Flames football team

The 2018 Liberty Flames football team represented Liberty University in the 2018 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They were led by seventh-year head coach Turner Gill and played their home games at Williams Stadium. This was the Flames first year as a member of the FBS. Playing as an independent, they finished the season 6–6. As part of their transition to FBS, since they won six games, Liberty would have been allowed to apply for bowl eligibility had there not been enough teams with non-losing records to fill the available bowl games, but there were already four more teams than could be accommodated.
On December 3, head coach Turner Gill retired. He finished at Liberty with a seven-year record of 47–35. On December 7, Liberty hired former Ole Miss head coach Hugh Freeze for the job.

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| September 1 | 6:00 p.m. | Old Dominion | Williams StadiumLynchburg, VA | ESPN3 | W 52–10 | 20,425 |
| September 8 | 12:00 p.m. | at Army | Michie StadiumWest Point, NY | CBSSN | L 14–38 | 25,133 |
| September 22 | 6:00 p.m. | North Texas | Williams StadiumLynchburg, VA | ESPN3 | L 7–47 | 14,112 |
| September 29 | 6:00 p.m. | at New Mexico | Dreamstyle StadiumAlbuquerque, NM | | W 52–43 | 18,804 |
| October 6 | 8:00 p.m. | at New Mexico State | Aggie Memorial StadiumLas Cruces, NM | Aggie Vision | L 41–49 | 8,337 |
| October 13 | 2:00 p.m. | Troy | Williams StadiumLynchburg, VA | ESPN3 | W 22–16 | 17,389 |
| October 20 | 2:00 p.m. | Idaho State | Williams StadiumLynchburg, VA | ESPN3 | W 48–41 | 16,502 |
| November 3 | 3:30 p.m. | at UMass | McGuirk StadiumHadley, MA | ELVN | L 59–62 $^{3OT}$ | 10,338 |
| November 10 | 3:00 p.m. | at Virginia | Scott StadiumCharlottesville, VA | ACCRSN | L 24–45 | 41,485 |
| November 17 | 4:00 p.m. | at Auburn | Jordan-Hare StadiumAuburn, AL | SECN Alternate | L 0–53 | 81,129 |
| November 24 | 2:00 p.m. | New Mexico State | Williams StadiumLynchburg, VA | ESPN3 | W 28–21 | 16,022 |
| December 1 | 2:00 p.m. | Norfolk State | Williams StadiumLynchburg, VA | ESPN3 | W 52–17 | 13,243 |
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* ↑ Game originally scheduled for September 15, but moved in anticipation of Hurricane Florence.

## Game summaries
### Old Dominion

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Monarchs | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Flames | 14 | 0 | 10 | 28 | 52 |

### At Army

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Flames | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 14 |
| Black Knights | 14 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 38 |

### North Texas

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Mean Green | 14 | 7 | 6 | 20 | 47 |
| Flames | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |

### At New Mexico

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Flames | 21 | 21 | 0 | 10 | 52 |
| Lobos | 7 | 3 | 13 | 20 | 43 |

### At New Mexico State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Flames | 7 | 7 | 14 | 13 | 41 |
| Aggies | 7 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 49 |

### Troy

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Trojans | 7 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 16 |
| Flames | 0 | 14 | 0 | 8 | 22 |

### Idaho State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Bengals | 0 | 17 | 14 | 10 | 41 |
| Flames | 7 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 48 |

### At UMass

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | 2OT | 3OT | Total |
| Flames | 14 | 10 | 0 | 21 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 59 |
| Minutemen | 14 | 10 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 62 |

### At Virginia

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Flames | 7 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 24 |
| Cavaliers | 14 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 45 |

### At Auburn

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Flames | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tigers | 15 | 17 | 21 | 0 | 53 |

### New Mexico State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Aggies | 14 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 21 |
| Flames | 17 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 28 |

### Norfolk State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Spartans | 3 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 17 |
| Flames | 10 | 28 | 7 | 7 | 52 |
This game was originally scheduled for September 15, but it was rescheduled due to Hurricane Florence. On December 4, 2018, Turner Gill announced that he would retire immediately. On December 7, Hugh Freeze was tabbed to be the next head coach of the Liberty Flames football team.