2013 Liberty Flames football team
American college football season
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The 2013 Liberty Flames football team represented Liberty University in the 2013 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by second-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 8–4, 4–1 in Big South play to share the Big South Conference title with Coastal Carolina.[1] Due to their loss to Coastal Carolina, they did not receive the conference's automatic bid to the FCS Playoffs and did not receive an at-large bid.
ConferenceBig South Conference
Record8–4 (4–1 Big South)
Headcoach
- Turner Gill (2nd season)
OffensivecoordinatorAaron Stamn (2nd season)
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| Conference | Big South Conference |
| Record | 8–4 (4–1 Big South) |
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| Offensive coordinator | Aaron Stamn (2nd season) |
| Offensive scheme | Spread |
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| Base defense | 4–3 |
| Home stadium | Williams Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 7 Coastal Carolina +^ | 4 | – | 1 | 12 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Liberty + | 4 | – | 1 | 8 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 24 Charleston Southern | 3 | – | 2 | 10 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gardner–Webb | 2 | – | 3 | 7 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Presbyterian | 1 | – | 4 | 3 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| VMI | 1 | – | 4 | 2 | – | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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| August 29 | 6:00 pm | at Kent State* | ESPN3 | L 10–17 | 20,790 | |
| September 7 | 7:00 pm | Monmouth* | Liberty Channel | W 45–15 | 18,467 | |
| September 14 | 7:00 pm | Morgan State* |
| Liberty Channel | W 38–10 | 15,488 |
| September 21 | 6:00 pm | at No. 23 Richmond* | Liberty Channel | L 21–30 | 8,076 | |
| September 28 | 7:00 pm | Kentucky Wesleyan* |
| Liberty Channel | W 73–7 | 15,807 |
| October 5 | 3:00 pm | at Old Dominion* | Liberty Channel | L 17–21 | 20,118 | |
| October 19 | 3:30 pm | No. 6 Coastal Carolina |
| ESPN3 | L 52–55 2OT | 18,911 |
| October 26 | 1:30 pm | at Gardner–Webb | ESPN3 | W 24–0 | 6,430 | |
| November 2 | 3:30 pm | VMI |
| Liberty Channel | W 17–7 | 18,334 |
| November 9 | 3:30 pm | Presbyterian |
| Liberty Channel | W 35–14 | 10,654 |
| November 16 | 3:30 pm | Brevard* |
| Liberty Channel | W 59–21 | 7,554 |
| November 23 | 1:30 pm | at No. 18 Charleston Southern | ESPN3 | W 56–14 | 3,756 | |
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Game summaries
@ Kent State
Liberty @ Kent State
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flames | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 10 |
| • Golden Flashes | 7 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 17 |
- Date: August 29
- Location: Dix Stadium
Kent, OH - Game start: 6:00 PM EDT
- Game attendance: 20,790
- Television network: ESPN3
Monmouth
Monmouth @ Liberty
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hawks | 6 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 15 |
| • Flames | 9 | 22 | 14 | 0 | 45 |
- Date: September 7
- Location: Williams Stadium
Lynchburg, VA - Game start: 7:00 PM EDT
- Game attendance: 18,467
- Television network: LFSN
Morgan State
Morgan State @ Liberty
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bears | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 10 |
| • Flames | 14 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 38 |
- Date: September 14
- Location: Williams Stadium
Lynchburg, VA - Game start: 7:00 PM EDT
- Game attendance: 15,488
- Television network: LFSN
@ Richmond
Liberty @ Richmond
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flames | 7 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 21 |
| • #23 Spiders | 10 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 30 |
- Date: September 21
- Location: E. Claiborne Robins Stadium
Richmond, VA - Game start: 6:00 PM EDT
- Game attendance: 8,076
- Television network: LFSN
Kentucky Wesleyan
Kentucky Wesleyan @ Liberty
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Panthers | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| • Flames | 24 | 21 | 14 | 14 | 73 |
- Date: September 28
- Location: Williams Stadium
Lynchburg, VA - Game start: 7:00 PM EDT
- Game attendance: 15,807
- Television network: LFSN
@ Old Dominion
Liberty @ Old Dominion
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flames | 7 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 17 |
| • Monarchs | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 21 |
- Date: October 5
- Location: Foreman Field
Norfolk, VA - Game start: 3:00 PM EDT
- Television network: COX
Coastal Carolina
Coastal Carolina @ Liberty
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | 2OT | Total |
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| • #6 Chanticleers | 6 | 10 | 14 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 55 |
| Flames | 14 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 52 |
- Date: October 19
- Location: Williams Stadium
Lynchburg, VA - Game start: 3:30 PM EDT
- Television network: ESPN3
@ Gardner–Webb
Liberty @ Gardner–Webb
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| • Flames | 0 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 24 |
| Runnin' Bulldogs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- Date: October 26
- Location: Ernest W. Spangler Stadium
Boiling Springs, NC - Game start: 1:30 PM EDT
- Game attendance: 6,430
- Television network: ESPN3
VMI
VMI @ Liberty
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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| Keydets | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| • Flames | 0 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 17 |
- Date: November 2
- Location: Williams Stadium
Lynchburg, VA - Game start: 3:30 PM EDT
- Game attendance: 18,334
- Game weather: 69 °F (21 °C), Wind: NW 8 miles per hour (13 km/h)
- Referee: Gary Patterson
- Television network: LFSN
Presbyterian
Presbyterian @ Liberty
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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| Blue Hose | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
| • Flames | 7 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 35 |
- Date: November 9
- Location: Williams Stadium
Lynchburg, VA - Game start: 3:30 PM EST
- Television network: LFSN
Brevard
Brevard @ Liberty
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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| Tornadoes | 0 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 21 |
| • Flames | 14 | 28 | 10 | 7 | 59 |
- Date: November 16
- Location: Williams Stadium
Lynchburg, VA - Game start: 3:30 PM EST
- Television network: LFSN
@ Charleston Southern
Liberty @ Charleston Southern
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| • Flames | 7 | 14 | 21 | 14 | 56 |
| #18 Buccaneers | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 14 |
- Date: November 23
- Location: Buccaneer Field
Charleston, SC - Game start: 1:30 PM EST
- Game attendance: 3,756
- Television network: ESPN3
