1981 Liberty Baptist Flames football team

The 1981 Liberty Baptist Flames football team represented Liberty Baptist College (now known as Liberty University) as an independent during the 1981 NAIA Division I football season. Led by fifth-year head coach Tom Dowling, the Flames compiled an overall record of 1–9.

1981 Liberty Baptist Flames football
Conference	Independent
Record	1–9
Head coach	Tom Dowling (5th season)
Home stadium	City Stadium

1981 NAIA Division I independents football records

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 7 Cameron ^			–					5	–	5	–	0
Central State (OK)			–					7	–	2	–	0
Wofford			–					6	–	5	–	0
Eastern New Mexico			–					5	–	5	–	0
Guilford			–					5	–	5	–	0
Kentucky State			–					2	–	6	–	0
Liberty Baptist			–					1	–	9	–	0
Langston			–					0	–	10	–	0
^ – NAIA Division I playoff participant Rankings from NAIA Division I poll

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 5	at Mars Hill	Meares Stadium Mars Hill, NC	L 10–17	3,000–3,118
September 12	at Catawba	Shuford Stadium Salisbury, NC	L 22–30	3,418
September 19	Carson–Newman	City Stadium Lynchburg, VA	L 6–21	7,811
September 26	James Madison	City Stadium Lynchburg, VA	L 14–36	8,427
October 3	Gardner–Webb	City Stadium Lynchburg, VA	L 9–14	6,147
October 10	at Delta State	Delta Field Cleveland, MS	L 8–31	3,100
October 17	at No. 10 Jacksonville State	Paul Snow Stadium Jacksonville, AL	L 0–64	11,000–11,038
October 24	at Furman	Paladin Stadium Greenville, SC	L 14–38	9,250
November 7	at Morehead State	Jayne Stadium Morehead, KY	L 10–34	2,500
November 14	Evangel	City Stadium Lynchburg, VA	W 42–23	2,156
Rankings from NCAA Division II Football Committee Poll released prior to the game