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@LibertyFootball liberty flames @LibertyFootball 2018 football GAME NOTES Todd Wetmore, Associate AD for Athletics Communications · Cell: (434) 841-8974 · E-mail: [email protected] GAME 4: LIBERTY at new mexico 2018 schedule sept. 29, 2018 / 6 p.m. EST / dreamstyle stadium / albuquerque, n.M. OLD DOMINION Sept. 1 | 6 p.m. W Williams Stadium 52-10 at Army at Sept. 8 | Noon L 2018 Record: .....................................1-2 2018 Record: ....2-1, 0-0 Mountain West Michie Stadium 14-38 Head Coach: .........................Turner Gill Head Coach: ........................Bob Davie Record at Liberty: ....... 42-31 (7th Year) Record at New Mexico: 32-46 (7th Year) NORTH TEXAS Overall Record: .........67-80 (13th Year) Overall Record: ..........67-71 (12th Year) Sept. 22 | 6 p.m. L Williams Stadium 7-47 THE MATCHUP Storylines at New Mexico 1) Liberty (1-2) plays its fi rst of back-to-back games in the Land Sept. 29 | 6 p.m. 24.3 PPG 39.3 of Enchantment on Saturday, when the Flames make their Dreamstyle Stadium fi rst-ever visit to New Mexico (2-1, 0-0 Mountain West). 73 1st DOWNS 68 156.7 YPG RUSH 198.0 YPG 2) The Flames, who are facing their fi rst Mountain West oppo- at New Mexico State nent in program history, are looking to snap a two-game losing Oct. 6 | 8 p.m. 294.0 YPG PASS 207.3 YPG skid. Meanwhile, New Mexico is off to its best three-game start Aggie Memorial Stadium since 2007. 450.7 YPG OFFENSE 405.3 YPG 2 INT 4 3) A shootout could be in the making, as both Liberty and New TROY Mexico are averaging 400+ yards per game and yielding 400+ Oct. 13 | 2 p.m. 10 TDs 17 yards per contest to opponents. Williams Stadium 1 FGs 0 4) While New Mexico was down to third-string QB Sheriron 25:55 TOP 30:58 Jones for its most recent game against New Mexico State, Lib- IDAHO STATE erty junior Stephen Calvert has started the last 21 games at QB Oct. 20 | 2 p.m. 447.3 YPG DEFENSE 500.7 YPG for the Flames. Williams Stadium 0 INT 7 5) Calvert is averaging 291.3 passing yards per game this sea- at UMass 2 SACKS 7 son, while throwing seven TDs and only two interceptions. He ranks No. 18 among active FBS quarterbacks with 6,168 career Nov. 3 | 3:30 p.m. passing yards. McGuirk Alumni Stadium 6) Liberty DE Juwan Wells is coming off of his best game of the at Virginia season (9 tackles, 3.0 tackles for loss, 0.5 sacks) against North Texas. His career numbers now stand at 193 tackles, 32.5 tack- Nov. 10 | TBA les for loss and 15.5 sacks. Wells is att empting to become the Scott Stadium fi rst Flame since 2016 to reach 200 career stops. at No. 10/10 Auburn Nov. 17 | TBA Jordan-Hare Stadium NEW MEXICO STATE Nov. 24 | 2 p.m. Williams Stadium NORFOLK STATE PASSING RECEIVING RUSHING DEFENSE Dec. 1 | 2 p.m. 60-112 14 CATCHES 34 CARRIES 24 TACKLES Williams Stadium 874 YARDS 137 YARDS 221 YARDS 3.0 TFL 7 TD/2 INT 3 TD 1 TD 0.5 SACK - Home - Away All Times Listed Are Eastern STEPHEN CALVERT ANTONIO GANDY- GOLDEN KENTORY MATTHEWS JUWAN WELLS #RiseWithUS‹ 1 › Respect all, fear none MEDIA INFORMATION 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY No Practice Coach Gill Press Conference Team Meeting Team Meeting Team Meeting Gameday Team Meeting (Players' Day Off ) 12:30-1 p.m. (IPF Media Room) 2:45 p.m. (Closed to Media) 2:45 p.m. (Closed to Media) 3:30 p.m. Liberty at New Mexico 3 p.m. (Closed to Media) Dreamstyle Stadium Flames Sports Hotline Player/Coaches Interviews Practice Practice Walk Thru Practice 6 p.m. EST 6-7 p.m. with Turner Gill 1-2:15 p.m. (IPF Media Room) 4:10-6:15 p.m. 4:35-6:15 p.m. 4:20-5:25 p.m. Weekly Radio Call-In Show (Players & Coaches available (Coach Gill is available for inter- (Closed to Media) Team Meeting Post Game Location: Journey FM Studio outside locker room at 6:15 p.m.) views in the Team Room at 6:15 Coach Gill is available following 2:45 p.m. (Closed to Media) p.m.) 93.3 FM – Lynchburg the game. Players will follow 100.9 FM – Lynchburg Practice after Coach Gill. 106.3 FM – Gretna/Danville 4:05-6:05 p.m. (Players & Coaches available out- 1320 FM – Lynchburg side locker room at 6:05 p.m.) 1240 AM – Roanoke 1350 AM – Bedford 730 AM – Gretna/Danville LIBERTY UNIVERSITY INFORMATION GAME INFORMATION - 6:06 P.M. EST KICKOFF School . Liberty University WATCH LISTEN Location . Lynchburg, Va. No TV broadcast is available for Game Broadcast: Founded . 1971 the Liberty at New Mexico game. Alan York (Play-by-Play) Enrollment . 15,000 Paul Rutigliano (Color Analyst) President . Jerry Falwell Jr. Nick Pierce (Sidelines) Director of Athletics . Ian McCaw Pregame Show: Founder . Dr. Jerry Falwell Nick Pierce Affi liation . NCAA Division I Brad Butler Nickname . Flames TBA Mascot . Sparky MEDIA INFORMATION Colors . Red, White & Blue The Liberty Athletics Department is served by an athletics communications offi ce staff that works diligently to promote Conference . Independent the individual and team accomplishments of student-athletes, coaches and staff . The offi ce members handle all sport and Athletics Website . www.LibertyFlames.com department communications and media relations needs, and work to serve the working media. Offi cial Athletics Twitt er . @LibertyFlames Credentials Off cial Athletics Facebook . LibertyFlamesAthletics Requests for season and single-game credentials should be emailed to the appropriate communications representative at Offi cial Athletics Instagram . @LibertyFlames least 48 hours prior to the requested event. Due to space limitations, credentials will be issued to full-time journalists from Offi cial Football Twitt er . @LibertyFootball media outlets that cover Liberty Athletics regularly and substantially or to representatives who regularly and customarily perform services for that outlet. Offi cial Football Instagram . @LibertyFootball Work-Related Equipment Bags LIBERTY FOOTBALL COACHING STAFF Members of the media will be allowed to bring work-related equipment bags (laptop computers, radio/TV broadcast Turner Gill . Head Coach equipment, still and video cameras, etc.) through Gate 8 at Williams Stadium (gate next to the Luurtsema parking lot and the south end of the West Carter Tower). Work-related equipment bags will be searched by Williams Stadium security. Joe Dailey . .Off ensive Coordinator/QB Scott Downing . Special Teams Coordinator/TE/FB Postgame Interviews Postgame interviews are held on the fi rst fl oor of the Williams Football Operations Center in the room next to the Liberty Aaron Stamn . .Assistant Coach/OL team locker room. Todd Wetmore, Liberty Associate AD for Communications, will ask for requests during the fourth Kyle DeArmon . Assistant Coach/WR quarter of the contest. Mike Brown . Assistant Coach/RB Parking Robert Wimberly Assoc. Head Coach/Defensive Coord./S Liberty University has designated the Orange lot as reserved media parking for home football contests. Media parking Vantz Singletary . Co-Def. Coordinator/DL opens two hours before each game. Please contact the Liberty Athletics Communications Offi ce to obtain a parking pass. Josh Bookbinder . .Assistant Coach/LB Photographers Marshall Roberts . Assistant Coach/DB/CB Liberty University strictly enforces a photo credential approval policy designed to best allocate working credentials for Aaron Wilkins . Assistant Coach/SPURS/Nickels photographers to maximize coverage in a safe, professional working environment. Unfortunately, it is not possible to accommodate all requests. Due to limited space, credentials will generally not be issued to freelance photographers Roy Asuega . Graduate Assistant/DL without a specifi c assignment received in writing from the assigning organization. Photographers are to stay behind the Seth Hestness . Graduate Assistant/TE/FB/Special Teams red line that surrounds the playing fi eld and are not allowed in the team box on either sideline at Williams Stadium and are prohibited from going on the fi eld at any time. CJ Holden . Graduate Assistant/S Scott Mitchell . Graduate Assistant/OL CollegePressbox.com J.R. Rozier . Off ensive Quality Control Collegepressbox.com is the offi cial media website for Division I FBS football. Access and download weekly game notes, quotes, statistics, media guides, headshots, logos and more for each conference and its member schools. Login information Darren Jackson . Defensive Quality Control will be distributed to accredited media or you can apply for a password by sending an e-mail to password@collegepressbox. com. #RiseWithUS‹ 2 › Respect all, fear none matchup notes LU PLAYERS OF THE WEEK “4 DOWNS” WITH THE LOBOS A Liberty Win Would ... Old Dominion (Sept. 1) • Mark the Flames' fi rst road win as an FBS squad. Off : DJ Stubbs Saturday's contest will be Liberty's fi rst-ever matchup with New Mexico and the Flames' Def: Elij ah Benton inaugural meeting with a Mountain West Con- • Give the Flames their fi rst-ever victory over a Mountain ST: Aaron Peart ference opponent on the gridiron. It is the West Conference opponent. 1 Flames' fi rst meeting with the Lobos in a men's Army (Sept. 8) team sport and just their fourth head-to-head • Be Liberty's fi rst head-to-head triumph over New Mexico Off : Julio Lozano matchup with New Mexico in any sport. Liberty teams are 0-3 all-time against New Mexico. in any team sport. Def: Juwan Wells ST: T. Schultz/J. Passmore/J. Jackson Liberty is playing the fi rst of two consecutive • Represent the Flames' fi rst-ever win when playing in the games in New Mexico, as the Flames will return Mountain Time Zone.