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

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

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.