2021 Liberty Flames football team
The 2021 Liberty Flames football team represents Liberty University in the 2021 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They are led by third-year head coach Hugh Freeze and play their home games at Williams Stadium in Lynchburg, Virginia. The Flames compete as an FBS independent. They finished the regular season 7–5.
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| Conference | Independent |
| 2021 record | 7–5 |
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| Co-offensive coordinator | Kent Austin (3rd season) |
| Co-offensive coordinator | Maurice Harris (3rd season) |
| Defensive coordinator | Scott Symons (3rd season) |
| Home stadium | Williams Stadium (Capacity: 25,000) |
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| Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 5 Notre Dame | – | 11 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 13 BYU | – | 10 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Army | – | 8 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Liberty | – | 7 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New Mexico State | – | 2 | – | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UMass | – | 1 | – | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UConn | – | 1 | – | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| As of December 14, 2021; Rankings from CFP Rankings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Flames received an invite to the LendingTree Bowl where they will play Eastern Michigan on December 18.
Previous season
In a season limited due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the Flames finished the 2020 season 10–1. They received a bid to the Cure Bowl where they defeated Coastal Carolina. They finished the season ranked No. 17 in the AP Poll and No. 18 in the Coaches Poll.
Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | ||
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| September 4 | 6:00 p.m. | Campbell | ESPN3 | W 48–7 | 15,834 | |||
| September 11 | 7:00 p.m. | at Troy | ESPN+ | W 21–13 | 24,714 | |||
| September 18 | 6:00 p.m | Old Dominion |
| ESPN3 | W 45–17 | 18,471 | ||
| September 24 | 8:00 p.m. | at Syracuse | ACCN | L 21–24 | 29,942 | |||
| October 2 | 7:00 p.m. | at UAB | CBSSN | W 36–12 | 37,167 | |||
| October 9 | 3:30 p.m. | Middle Tennessee |
| ESPN3 | W 41–13 | 19,935 | ||
| October 16 | 7:00 p.m. | at Louisiana–Monroe | ESPN+ | L 28–31 | 11,546 | |||
| October 23 | 4:00 p.m. | at North Texas | ESPN+ | W 35–26 | 13,454 | |||
| October 30 | 12:00 p.m. | UMass |
| ESPN3 | W 62–17 | 16,577 | ||
| November 6 | 12:00 p.m. | at No. 16 Ole Miss | SECN | L 14–27 | 53,235 | |||
| November 20 | 4:00 p.m. | Louisiana |
| ESPNU | L 14–42 | 15,564 | ||
| November 27 | 12:00 p.m. | Army |
| ESPN+ | L 16–31 | 19,269 | ||
| December 18 | 5:45 p.m. | vs. Eastern Michigan | ESPN | |||||
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Rankings
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| Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Final | ||||||||||||||||||||
| AP | RV | RV | RV | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coaches | RV | RV | RV | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| CFP | Not released | Not released | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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