2017 Liberty Flames football team

2017 Liberty Flames football
2017 Liberty Flames football
Conference	Big South Conference
Record	6–5 (2–3 Big South)
Head coach	Turner Gill (6th season);
Offensive coordinator	Joe Dailey (2nd season)
Offensive scheme	Spread
Co-defensive coordinators	Robert Wimberly (6th season); Vantz Singletary (6th season);
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	Williams Stadium
	Seasons ← 2016 2018 →

The 2017 Liberty Flames football team represented Liberty University in the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by sixth-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, 2–3 in Big South play to finish in fourth place.

ConferenceBig South Conference

Record6–5 (2–3 Big South)

Headcoach

Turner Gill (6th season)

OffensivecoordinatorJoe Dailey (2nd season)

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2017 Big South Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
No. 8 Kennesaw State $^	5	–	0	12	–	2
Monmouth ^	4	–	1	9	–	3
Charleston Southern	3	–	2	6	–	5
Liberty *	2	–	3	6	–	5
Presbyterian	1	–	4	4	–	7
Gardner–Webb	0	–	5	1	–	10

$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant * Liberty ineligible for postseason due to FBS transition Rankings from STATS Poll

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School president Jerry Falwell Jr. announced plans to undergo the two-year transition period join the Division I FBS as a football independent, while remaining in the Big South Conference in all other sports.^[1] While normally against NCAA rules to transition to FBS without a conference invite, Liberty was granted a waiver.^[1]

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Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 2	7:00 p.m.	at Baylor*		McLane Stadium Waco, TX	FS2	W 48–45	45,784
September 9	6:00 p.m.	Morehead State*	No. 20	Williams Stadium Lynchburg, VA	BSN, ESPN3	W 58–17	17,118
September 16	6:00 p.m.	Indiana State*	No. 19	Williams Stadium Lynchburg, VA	BSN, ESPN3	W 42–41	16,060
September 23	7:00 p.m.	at No. 5 Jacksonville State*	No. 16	JSU Stadium Jacksonville, AL	OVCDN	L 10–31	23,944
September 30	6:00 p.m.	Saint Francis (PA)*	No. 22	Williams Stadium Lynchburg, VA	BSN, ESPN3	L 7–13	15,886
October 14	6:00 p.m.	Kennesaw State		Williams Stadium Lynchburg, VA	ESPN3	L 28–42	17,726
October 21	1:00 p.m.	at Monmouth		Kessler Field West Long Branch, NJ	ESPN3	L 39–56	4,235
October 28	12:00 p.m.	at Gardner–Webb		Ernest W. Spangler Stadium Boiling Springs, NC	Stadium	W 33–17	3,850
November 4	3:30 p.m.	Duquesne*		Williams Stadium Lynchburg, VA	BSN, ESPN3, MASN	W 27–24	14,634
November 11	3:30 p.m.	Presbyterian		Williams Stadium Lynchburg, VA	CFDS	W 47–28	18,001
November 18	12:00 p.m.	at Charleston Southern		Buccaneer Field Charleston, SC		L 19–20	3,345
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
STATS FCS	RV	20	19	16	22	RV	RV	RV	—	—	—	—	—	—
Coaches*	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
• Flames	6	11	17	14	48
Bears	0	17	14	14	45


1	11:27	Liberty	Alex Probert 27 yard field goal, Drive: 11 plays, 73 yards, 3:33	3–0

1	2:35	Liberty	Alex Probert 41 yard field goal, Drive: 10 plays, 35 yards, 2:24	6–0

2	13:59	Baylor	Denzel Mims 45 yard pass from Anu Solomon (Connor Martin kick), Drive: 9 plays, 75 yards, 3:36	6–7

2	11:38	Liberty	Antonio Gandy-Golden 40 yard pass from Stephen Calvert (Mitchell Lewis run for two-point conv.), Drive: 6 plays, 75 yards, 2:21	14–7

2	9:38	Baylor	JaMycal Hasty 14 yard run (Connor Martin kick), Drive: 6 plays, 75 yards, 2:00	14–14

2	5:17	Liberty	Alex Probert 33 yard field goal, Drive: 13 plays, 59 yards, 4:21	17–14

2	0:12	Baylor	Connor Martin 39 yard field goal, Drive: 14 plays, 68 yards, 5:05	17–17

3	13:53	Liberty	Chris Turner 32 yard interception return (Alex Probert kick), Drive: 3 plays, 8 yards, 1:07	24–17

3	13:31	Baylor	Chris Platt 20 yard pass from Anu Solomon (Connor Martin kick), Drive: 3 plays, 75 yards, 0:22	24–24

3	5:48	Liberty	Alex Probert 31 yard field goal, Drive: 9 plays, 65 yards, 2:48	27–24

3	5:37	Baylor	Chris Platt 75 yard pass from Anu Solomon (Connor Martin kick), Drive: 1 play, 75 yards, 0:11	27–31

3	0:24	Liberty	Antonio Gandy–Golden 13 yard pass from Stephen Calvert (Alex Probert kick), Drive: 15 plays, 73 yards, 5:13	34–31

4	12:11	Liberty	Stephen Calvert 8 yard run (Alex Probert kick), Drive: 7 plays, 44 yards, 2:27	41–31

4	10:39	Baylor	John Lovett 3 yard run (Connor Martin kick), Drive: 4 plays, 75 yards, 1:32	41–38

4	6:12	Liberty	Spencer Jones 26 yard pass from Stephen Calvert (Alex Probert kick), Drive: 11 plays, 65 yards, 4:27	48–38

4	5:00	Baylor	John Lovett 34 yard run (Connor Martin kick), Drive: 3 plays, 43 yards, 1:12	48–45

Statistics	LIB	BAY
First downs	31	22
Total yards	585	532
Rushing yards	138	254
Passing yards	447	278
Turnovers	0	2
Time of possession	38:16	21:44

2017 Liberty Flames football team

Preseason

Media poll

Schedule

Rankings

Game summaries

At Baylor

Morehead State

Indiana State

At Jacksonville State

Saint Francis (PA)

Kennesaw State

At Monmouth

At Gardner–Webb

Duquesne

Presbyterian

At Charleston Southern

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Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Liberty	Passing	Stephen Calvert	44/60, 447 yards, 3 TD
	Rushing	Carrington Mosley	28 rushes, 122 yards
	Receiving	Antonio Gandy-Golden	13 receptions, 192 yards, 2 TD
Baylor	Passing	Anu Solomon	14/29, 278 yards, 3 TD, INT
	Rushing	Anu Solomon	6 rushes, 97 yards
	Receiving	Chris Platt	3 receptions, 102 yards, 2 TD


1	13:47	Liberty	B.J. Farrow 25 yard pass from Stephen Calvert (Alex Probert kick), Drive: 3 plays, 50 yards, 1:13	7–0

1	10:01	Liberty	Damian King 42 yard pass from Stephen Calvert (Alex Probert kick), Drive: 3 plays, 49 yards, 1:04	14–0

1	7:20	Liberty	Alex Probert 33 yard field goal, Drive: 4 plays, -1 yard, 0:37	17–0

1	2:41	Liberty	Antonio Gandy-Golden 10 yard pass from Stephen Calvert (Alex Probert kick), Drive: 8 plays, 62 yards, 2:16	24–0

2	14:50	Morehead State	Andrew Foster 53 yard field goal, Drive: 6 plays, 39 yards, 2:51	24–3

2	13:44	Liberty	B.J. Farrow 76 yard pass from Stephen Calvert (Alex Probert kick), Drive: 4 plays, 65 yards, 1:06	31–3

2	3:37	Liberty	Kentory Matthews 2 yard run (Alex Probert kick), Drive: 8 plays, 28 yards, 3:25	38–3

2	1:43	Morehead State	Jake Sutherland 11 yard pass from Lawson Page (Sam McDonogh kick), Drive: 5 plays, 75 yards, 1:54	38–10

2	0:24	Liberty	B.J. Farrow 45 yard pass from Stephen Calvert (Alex Probert kick), Drive: 4 plays, 77 yards, 1:07	45–10

3	9:02	Morehead State	Logan Holbrook 9 yard run (Sam McDonogh kick), Drive: 13 plays, 92 yards, 5:49	45–17

3	2:47	Liberty	Kentory Matthews 2 yard run (Alex Probert kick), Drive: 8 plays, 64 yards, 2:40	52–17

4	14:20	Liberty	Alex Probert 37 yard field goal, Drive: 6 plays, 14 yards, 2:06	55–17

4	9:03	Liberty	Alex Probert 38 yard field goal, Drive: 11 plays, 52 yards, 3:33	58–17

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Morehead State	Passing	Lawson Page	18/31, 187 yards, TD, INT
	Rushing	Logan Holbrook	13 rushes, 44 yards, TD
	Receiving	Jarin Higginbothom	2 receptions, 64 yards
Liberty	Passing	Stephen Calvert	13/21, 281 yards, 5 TD
	Rushing	Kentory Matthews	13 rushes, 103 yards, 2 TD
	Receiving	B. J. Farrow	6 receptions, 177 yards, 3 TD


1	11:35	Liberty	B.J. Farrow 3 yard pass from Stephen Calvert (Alex Probert kick), Drive: 4 plays, 30 yards, 0:41	7–0

1	9:27	Indiana State	Jaquan Keys 1 yard run (Jerry Nunez kick), Drive: 5 plays, 74 yards, 2:00	7–7

1	5:02	Liberty	Carrington Mosley 1 yard run (Alex Probert kick), Drive: 11 plays, 75 yards, 4:19	14–7

2	9:59	Liberty	Carrington Mosley 22 yard run (Alex Probert kick), Drive: 6 plays, 64 yards, 2:42	21–7

2	8:26	Indiana State	Jerry Nunez 43 yard field goal, Drive: 5 plays, 49 yards, 1:33	21–10

2	4:35	Indiana State	Jacquet McClendon 31 yard pass from Jeremy Patterson (Jerry Nunez kick), Drive: 5 plays, 52 yards, 2:25	21–17

2	3:18	Liberty	Antonio Gandy-Golden 13 yard pass from Stephen Calvert (Alex Probert kick), Drive: 5 plays, 75 yards, 1:17	28–17

2	2:02	Indiana State	Bob Pugh 64 yard pass from Cade Sparks (Jerry Nunez kick), Drive: 3 plays, 75 yards, 1:16	28–24

3	11:31	Indiana State	Lemonte Booker 1 yard run (Jerry Nunez kick), Drive: 8 plays, 65 yards, 3:29	28–31

3	9:09	Liberty	Damian King 32 yard pass from Stephen Calvert (Alex Probert kick), Drive: 5 plays, 93 yards, 2:17	35–31

3	5:22	Liberty	B.J. Farrow 6 yard pass from Stephen Calvert (Alex Probert kick), Drive: 7 plays, 47 yards, 2:35	42–31

3	1:58	Indiana State	Bob Pugh 31 yard pass from Cade Sparks (Jerry Nunez kick), Drive: 6 plays, 75 yards, 3:24	42–38

4	11:46	Indiana State	Jerry Nunez 43 yard field goal, Drive: 4 plays, 2 yards, 1:25	42–41

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Indiana State	Passing	Cade Sparks	22/36, 405 yards, 2 TD, INT
	Rushing	Lemonte Booker	26 rushes, 95 yards, TD
	Receiving	Bob Pugh	8 receptions, 260 yards, 2 TD
Liberty	Passing	Stephen Calvert	30/42, 379 yards, 4 TD, INT
	Rushing	Carrington Mosley	22 rushes, 102 yards, 2 TD
	Receiving	Antonio Gandy-Golden	7 receptions, 171 yards, TD


1	1:57	Liberty	Alex Probert 28 yard field goal, Drive: 12 plays, 57 yards, 6:25	3–0

2	11:02	Jacksonville State	Trae Barry 80 yard pass from Bryant Horn (Cade Stinnett kick), Drive: 1 play, 80 yards, 0:12	3–7

2	1:20	Jacksonville State	Cade Stinnett 49 yard field goal, Drive: 6 plays, 16 yards, 2:21	3–10

3	11:59	Jacksonville State	Roc Thomas 11 yard run (Cade Stinnett kick), Drive: 8 plays, 81 yards, 2:56	3–17

3	8:31	Jacksonville State	Kendrick Doss 15 yard run (Cade Stinnett kick), Drive: 1 play, 15 yards, 0:06	3–24

3	8:08	Liberty	B.J. Farrow 65 yard pass from Stephen Calvert (Alex Probert kick), Drive: 3 plays, 65 yards, 0:23	10–24

4	5:04	Jacksonville State	Roc Thomas 13 yard run (Cade Stinnett kick), Drive: 9 plays, 90 yards, 5:20	10–31


2	0:18	St. Francis (PA)	Matt Valenzuela 9 yard pass from Bear Fenimore (Eric Bofenkamp kick blocked), Drive: 4 plays, 19 yards, 1:30	0–6

3	4:39	St. Francis (PA)	Kamron Lewis 23 yard pass from Bear Fenimore (Eric Bofenkamp kick), Drive: 5 plays, 58 yards, 2:32	0–13

4	2:35	Liberty	Cephas Reddick 32 yard pass from Stephen Calvert (Alex Probert kick), Drive: 7 plays, 77 yards, 1:27	7–13

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Saint Francis (PA)	Passing	Bear Fenimore	23/35, 183 yards, 2 TD
	Rushing	Jymere Jordan-Toney	22 rushes, 105 yards
	Receiving	Kamron Lewis	10 receptions, 95 yards, TD
Liberty	Passing	Stephen Calvert	21/42, 219 yards, TD, 2 INT
	Rushing	Kentory Matthews	5 rushes, 50 yards
	Receiving	Cephas Reddick	3 receptions, 70 yards, TD

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Kennesaw State	Passing	Chandler Burks	2/7, 9 yards, TD, INT
	Rushing	Shaquil Terry	9 rushes, 126 yards, TD
	Receiving	Justin Sumpter	2 receptions, 9 yards, TD
Liberty	Passing	Stephen Calvert	19/26, 234 yards, 2 TD, INT
	Rushing	Carrington Mosley	14 rushes, 75 yards, 2 TD
	Receiving	Antonio Gandy-Golden	4 receptions, 89 yards, TD

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Duquesne	Passing	Tommy Stuart	13/23, 139 yards, TD, 2 INT
	Rushing	A. J. Hines	25 rushes, 253 yards, 2 TD
	Receiving	Chavas Rawlins	5 receptions, 51 yards, TD
Liberty	Passing	Stephen Calvert	23/46, 211 yards, TD
	Rushing	Carrington Mosley	30 rushes, 151 yards, 2 TD
	Receiving	Antonio Gandy-Golden	8 receptions, 65 yards

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
Eagles	0	10	7	0	17
• No. 20 Flames	24	21	7	6	58

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
Sycamores	7	17	14	3	41
• No. 19 Flames	14	14	14	0	42

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Presbyterian	Passing	Will Brock	16/33, 297 yards, 2 TD
	Rushing	C. J. Marable	23 rushes, 126 yards
	Receiving	Darquez Watson	2 receptions, 67 yards
Liberty	Passing	Stephen Calvert	14/26, 311 yards, 3 TD
	Rushing	Carrington Mosley	27 rushes, 149 yards, TD
	Receiving	Cephas Reddick	4 receptions, 125 yards, 2 TD