2015 Liberty Flames football team

2015 Liberty Flames football
Conference Big South Conference
2015 record 6–5 (3–3 Big South)
Head coach Turner Gill (4th year)
Offensive coordinator Aaron Stamn
Co-defensive coordinator Robert Wimberly
Co-defensive coordinator Vantz Singletary
Home stadium Williams Stadium
(Capacity: 19,200)
2015 Big South football standings
Conf     Overall
Team   W   L         W   L  
#6 Charleston Southern $^   6 – 0         10 – 3  
#16 Coastal Carolina ^   4 – 2         9 – 3  
Liberty   3 – 3         6 – 5  
Monmouth   3 – 3         5 – 6  
Kennesaw State   2 – 4         6 – 5  
Gardner–Webb*   2 – 4         4 – 7  
Presbyterian   1 – 5         2 – 9  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant
  • *Gardner-Webb ineligible for postseason due to APR violations
Rankings from STATS FCS Poll

The 2015 Liberty Flames football team represented Liberty University in the 2015 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by fourth-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, 3–3 in Big South play to finish in a tie for third place.

Schedule

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
September 5 7:00 PM Delaware State* #15 Williams Stadium • Lynchburg, VA LFSN W 32–13   18,803
September 12 3:00 PM at West Virginia* #15 Mountaineer Field • Morgantown, WV RT PITT L 17–41   52,899
September 19 7:00 PM #8 Montana* #15 Williams Stadium • Lynchburg, VA ESPN3 W 31–21   22,551
September 26 7:00 PM at Southern Illinois* #10 Saluki Stadium • Carbondale, IL ESPN3 L 13–34   11,886
October 3 3:30 PM at Georgia State* #18 Georgia Dome • Atlanta, GA ESPN3 W 41–33   11,512
October 10 7:00 PM at Gardner–Webb #15 Ernest W. Spangler Stadium • Boiling Springs, NC ASN L 20–34   3,545
October 17 1:00 PM at Monmouth #22 Kessler Field • West Long Beach, NJ ESPN3 L 17–20 OT  1,734
October 24 7:00 PM Kennesaw Statedagger Williams Stadium • Lynchburg, VA LFSN W 45–35   20,393
November 7 3:30 PM Presbyterian Williams Stadium • Lynchburg, VA ESPN3 W 21–13   14,248
November 14 2:00 PM at #11 Charleston Southern Buccaneer Field • Charleston, SC ESPN3 L 24–31   4,718
November 19 7:00 PM #4 Coastal Carolina Williams Stadium • Lynchburg, VA ESPNews W 24–21   18,955
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from STATS FCS Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Game summeries

Delaware State

Delaware State @ Liberty
1 234Total
Hornets 0 670 13
• #15 Flames 14 567 32

@ West Virginia

Liberty @ West Virginia
1 234Total
#15 Flames 0 0710 17
• Mountaineers 6 14147 41

Montana

Montana @ Liberty
1 234Total
#8 Grizzlies 0 1272 21
• #15 Flames 14 377 31

@ Southern Illinois

Liberty @ Southern Illinois
1 234Total
#10 Flames 3 307 13
• Salukis 3 1777 34

@ Georgia State

Liberty @ Georgia State
1 234Total
• #18 Flames 7 14713 41
Panthers 14 0109 33

@ Gardner–Webb

Liberty @ Gardner–Webb
1 234Total
#15 Flames 0 10100 20
• Runnin' Bulldogs 14 1307 34

@ Monmouth

Liberty @ Monmouth
1 234OTTotal
#22 Flames 0 00170 17
• Hawks 0 70103 20

Kennesaw State

Kennesaw State @ Liberty
1 234Total
Owls 7 0721 35
• Flames 7 17714 45

Presbyterian

Presbyterian @ Liberty
1 234Total
Blue Hose 3 073 13
• Flames 0 7014 21

@ Charleston Southern

Liberty @ Charleston Southern
1 234Total
Flames 7 773 24
• #11 Buccaneers 7 3147 31

Coastal Carolina

Coastal Carolina @ Liberty
1 234Total
#4 Chanticleers 0 7014 21
• Flames 7 0710 24

Ranking movements

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final 
STATS FCS 15 15 15 10 18 15 22 RV RV RV NR NR RV  
Coaches 14 13 14 10 18 15 22 RV RV NR NR NR NR

References

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