List of Liberty Flames football seasons

This is a list of seasons completed by the Liberty Flames football team of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS). Liberty's first football team was fielded in 1973.

Originally a NAIA team, Liberty moved to the NCAA's Division II in 1981, to Division I-AA (now called the FCS) in 1988, and to the FBS in 2018. Except from 2002 to 2017, when they were members of the Big South Conference, Liberty has been independent of a conference, though they have accepted an invitation to join Conference USA in 2023.[1]

Seasons

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Division Champions Conference Champions Bowl Eligible Undefeated Season

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Year Division Conference Overall Conference Coach Final Ranking
Games Win Loss Tie Pct. Games Win Loss Tie Pct. Standing
1973 NAIA Independent 6 3 3 0 .500 0 0 0 0 N/A Lee Royer
1974 9 5 4 0 .556 0 0 0 0 N/A John Cartwright
1975 9 4 5 0 .444 0 0 0 0 N/A John Cartwright
1976 10 5 4 1 .550 0 0 0 0 N/A John Cartwright
1977 10 3 7 0 .300 0 0 0 0 N/A Tom Dowling
1978 10 4 5 1 .450 0 0 0 0 N/A Tom Dowling
1979 11 9 1 1 .864 0 0 0 0 N/A Tom Dowling
1980 10 7 3 0 .700 0 0 0 0 N/A Tom Dowling
1981 II Independent 10 1 9 0 .100 0 0 0 0 N/A Tom Dowling
1982 11 7 4 0 .636 0 0 0 0 N/A Tom Dowling
1983 11 2 9 0 .182 0 0 0 0 N/A Tom Dowling
1984 11 5 6 0 .455 0 0 0 0 N/A Morgan Hout
1985 8 3 4 1 .438 0 0 0 0 N/A Morgan Hout
1986 10 1 9 0 .100 0 0 0 0 N/A Morgan Hout
1987 10 3 7 0 .300 0 0 0 0 N/A Morgan Hout
1988 FCS[a] Independent 11 8 3 0 .727 0 0 0 0 N/A Morgan Hout
1989 10 7 3 0 .700 0 0 0 0 N/A Sam Rutigliano
1990 11 7 4 0 .636 0 0 0 0 N/A Sam Rutigliano
1991 11 4 7 0 .364 0 0 0 0 N/A Sam Rutigliano
1992 11 7 4 0 .636 0 0 0 0 N/A Sam Rutigliano
1993 11 6 5 0 .545 0 0 0 0 N/A Sam Rutigliano
1994 11 5 6 0 .455 0 0 0 0 N/A Sam Rutigliano
1995 11 8 3 0 .727 0 0 0 0 N/A Sam Rutigliano
1996 11 5 6 0 .455 0 0 0 0 N/A Sam Rutigliano
1997 11 9 2 0 .818 0 0 0 0 N/A Sam Rutigliano
1998 11 5 6 0 .455 0 0 0 0 N/A Sam Rutigliano
1999 11 4 7 0 .364 0 0 0 0 N/A Sam Rutigliano
2000 11 3 8 0 .273 0 0 0 0 N/A Ken Karcher
2001 11 3 8 0 .273 0 0 0 0 N/A Ken Karcher
2002 Big South 11 2 9 0 .182 3 1 2 0 .333 3rd Ken Karcher
2003 12 6 6 0 .500 4 3 1 0 .750 2nd Ken Karcher
2004 11 6 5 0 .545 4 3 1 0 .750 2nd Ken Karcher
2005 11 1 10 0 .091 4 0 4 0 .000 5th Ken Karcher
2006 11 6 5 0 .545 4 2 2 0 .500 T-2nd Danny Rocco
2007 11 8 3 0 .727 4 4 0 0 1.000 1st Danny Rocco
2008 12 10 2 0 .833 5 5 0 0 1.000 1st Danny Rocco #14
2009 11 8 3 0 .727 6 5 1 0 .833 T-1st Danny Rocco #22
2010 11 8 3 0 .727 6 5 1 0 .833 T-1st Danny Rocco #21
2011 11 7 4 0 .636 6 5 1 0 .833 2nd Danny Rocco #25
2012 11 6 5 0 .545 6 5 1 0 .833 T-1st Turner Gill
2013 12 8 4 0 .667 5 4 1 0 .800 T-1st Turner Gill
2014 14 9 5 0 .642 5 4 1 0 .800 T-1st Turner Gill
2015 11 6 5 0 .545 6 3 3 0 .500 T-3rd Turner Gill
2016 11 6 5 0 .545 5 4 1 0 .800 T-1st Turner Gill
2017 11 6 5 0 .545 5 2 3 0 .400 4th Turner Gill
2018 FBS Independent 12 6 6 0 .500 0 0 0 0 N/A Turner Gill
2019 13 8 5 0 .615 0 0 0 0 N/A Hugh Freeze
2020 11 10 1 0 .909 0 0 0 0 N/A Hugh Freeze #17
2021 13 8 5 0 .615 0 0 0 0 N/A Hugh Freeze
2022 13 8 5 0 .615 0 0 0 0 N/A Hugh Freeze
2023 Conference USA 13 13 1 0 .928 8 8 0 0 1.000 1st Jamey Chadwell #25
Totals 556 298 255 4 .540 79 57 22 0 .722

^a The FCS was known as Division I-AA through the 2005 season.

References

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  1. ^ "Liberty Moving to Conference USA for 2023-24 Season". Liberty Flames. Retrieved March 24, 2022.
  2. ^ "The Sports Network - Football Championship Subdivision". www.sportsnetwork.com. Archived from the original on November 9, 2014.
  3. ^ "Liberty Historical Data". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on February 22, 2014. Retrieved February 11, 2014.
  4. ^ "AP Top 25 Poll". AP NEWS. Retrieved January 15, 2021.