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.[1] 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.[2]
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.[7] On December 7, Hugh Freeze was tabbed to be the next head coach of the Liberty Flames football team.[8]
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^"Turner Gill retiring after coaching Liberty for 7 seasons". USA TODAY. Retrieved January 18, 2022.
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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 2018 Liberty Flames footballConferenceIndependentRecord6 6Head coachTurner Gill 7th season Offensive coordinatorJoe DaileyCo defensive coordinatorRobert WimberlyCo defensive coordinatorVantz SingletaryHome stadiumWilliams StadiumSeasons 20172019 2018 NCAA Division I FBS independents football records vte Conf Overall Team W L W L No 5 Notre Dame 12 1 No 19 Army 11 2 BYU 7 6 Liberty 6 6 UMass 4 8 New Mexico State 3 9 College Football Playoff participantRankings from AP Poll On December 3 head coach Turner Gill retired 1 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 2 Contents 1 Schedule 2 Game summaries 2 1 Old Dominion 2 2 At Army 2 3 North Texas 2 4 At New Mexico 2 5 At New Mexico State 2 6 Troy 2 7 Idaho State 2 8 At UMass 2 9 At Virginia 2 10 At Auburn 2 11 New Mexico State 2 12 Norfolk State 3 ReferencesSchedule editDateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendanceSeptember 16 00 p m Old DominionWilliams StadiumLynchburg VAESPN3W 52 1020 425 September 812 00 p m at ArmyMichie StadiumWest Point NYCBSSNL 14 3825 133 September 226 00 p m North TexasWilliams StadiumLynchburg VAESPN3L 7 4714 112 September 296 00 p m at New MexicoDreamstyle StadiumAlbuquerque NMW 52 4318 804 October 68 00 p m at New Mexico StateAggie Memorial StadiumLas Cruces NMAggie VisionL 41 498 337 October 132 00 p m TroyWilliams StadiumLynchburg VAESPN3W 22 1617 389 October 202 00 p m Idaho State nbsp Williams StadiumLynchburg VAESPN3W 48 4116 502 November 33 30 p m at UMassMcGuirk StadiumHadley MAELVNL 59 62 3OT10 338 November 103 00 p m at VirginiaScott StadiumCharlottesville VAACCRSNL 24 4541 485 November 174 00 p m at AuburnJordan Hare StadiumAuburn ALSECN AlternateL 0 5381 129 November 242 00 p m New Mexico StateWilliams StadiumLynchburg VAESPN3W 28 2116 022 December 1 a 2 00 p m Norfolk StateWilliams StadiumLynchburg VAESPN3W 52 1713 243 nbsp HomecomingRankings from AP Poll released prior to the gameAll times are in Eastern time Game originally scheduled for September 15 but moved in anticipation of Hurricane Florence Sources 3 4 5 Game summaries editOld Dominion edit 1 2 3 4 Total Monarchs 3 7 0 0 10 Flames 14 0 10 28 52 See also 2018 Old Dominion Monarchs football team At Army edit 1 2 3 4 Total Flames 0 0 14 0 14 Black Knights 14 3 7 14 38 See also 2018 Army Black Knights football team 6 North Texas edit 1 2 3 4 Total Mean Green 14 7 6 20 47 Flames 0 7 0 0 7 See also 2018 North Texas Mean Green football team At New Mexico edit 1 2 3 4 Total Flames 21 21 0 10 52 Lobos 7 3 13 20 43 See also 2018 New Mexico Lobos football team At New Mexico State edit 1 2 3 4 Total Flames 7 7 14 13 41 Aggies 7 14 14 14 49 See also 2018 New Mexico State Aggies football team Troy edit 1 2 3 4 Total Trojans 7 3 3 3 16 Flames 0 14 0 8 22 See also 2018 Troy Trojans football team Idaho State edit 1 2 3 4 Total Bengals 0 17 14 10 41 Flames 7 13 14 14 48 See also 2018 Idaho State Bengals football team At UMass edit 1 2 3 4OT2OT3OT Total Flames 14 10 0 21770 59 Minutemen 14 10 7 14773 62 See also 2018 UMass Minutemen football team At Virginia edit 1 2 3 4 Total Flames 7 10 7 0 24 Cavaliers 14 10 14 7 45 See also 2018 Virginia Cavaliers football team At Auburn edit 1 2 3 4 Total Flames 0 0 0 0 0 Tigers 15 17 21 0 53 See also 2018 Auburn Tigers football team New Mexico State edit 1 2 3 4 Total Aggies 14 0 0 7 21 Flames 17 11 0 0 28 See also 2018 New Mexico State Aggies football team Norfolk State edit 1 2 3 4 Total Spartans 3 7 0 7 17 Flames 10 28 7 7 52 See also 2018 Norfolk State Spartans football team 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 7 On December 7 Hugh Freeze was tabbed to be the next head coach of the Liberty Flames football team 8 References edit Turner Gill retiring after coaching Liberty for 7 seasons USA TODAY Retrieved January 18 2022 Caron Emily December 7 2018 Liberty Hires Hugh Freeze SI com 2018 Liberty Flames Football Schedule FB Schedules 2018 Season Football Schedule Liberty Flames Athletics Walls Dave Liberty dethrones Old Dominion 52 10 for first FBS win WSET Retrieved September 2 2018 Liberty vs Army Game Summary September 8 2018 ESPN Retrieved September 8 2018 Turner Gill Retiring ESPN Hugh Freeze Hiring Lynchburg 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