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LIBERTY FLAMES @LibertyFootball 2020 FOOTBALL GAME NOTES @LibertyFootball Todd Wetmore, Associate AD for Athletics Communications · Cell: (434) 841-8974 · Email: [email protected] GAME 10: umass at liberty 2020 schedule nov. 27, 2020 / noon / williams stadium / lynchburg, va. at Western Kentucky Sept. 19 | Noon W Houchens-Smith Stadium 30-24 FIU vs. Sept. 26 | 1 p.m. W 2020 Record: .................................... 8-1 2020 Record: .................................. 0-3 Williams Stadium 36-34 Head Coach: .......................Hugh Freeze Head Coach: ............................Walt Bell Record at Liberty: ........16-6 (2nd Year) Record at UMass: ......... 1-14 (2nd Year) NORTH ALABAMA Overall Record: ........ 58-38 (10th Year) Overall Record: ............................Same Oct. 3 | 1 p.m. W Williams Stadium 28-7 THE MATCHUP Storylines LOUISIANA-MONROE 1) Liberty (8-1) will wrap up its 2020 home schedule with a Oct. 10 | Noon W 37.6 PPG 4.0 Black Friday matchup with fellow FBS independent squad Williams Stadium 40-7 UMass (0-3). The Flames will recognize 31 seniors on Senior 217 1st DOWNS 30 Day at Williams Stadium. 238.1 YPG RUSH 71.3 YPG at Syracuse 2) The Flames will att empt to bounce-back from a 15-14 loss at Oct. 17 | Noon W 229.2 YPG PASS 104.7 YPG NC State which snapped a 10-game winning streak. A win on Carrier Dome 38-21 Friday would equal Liberty's longest home winning streak in 467.3 YPG OFFENSE 176.0 YPG program history at 11 contests. 5 INT 4 SOUTHERN MISS W 3) Friday's matinee will serve as a rubber match of sorts. UMa- Oct. 24 | 1 p.m. 45 TDs 1 ss topped Liberty 62-59 in 3OT in 2018 before the Flames coun- Williams Stadium 56-35 9 FGs 1 tered with a 63-21 win over the Minutemen last season. Both of those contests took place in Massachusett s. 33:04 TOP 27:04 at Virginia Tech W 4) Liberty QB Malik Willis, a recent addition to the Maxwell Nov. 7 | Noon 309.4 YPG DEFENSE 433.0 YPG Award Watch List (best all-around FBS player), is the only FBS Lane Stadium 38-35 9 INT 0 player to rank among the nation's top 15 for both passing TDs (17) and rushing TDs (9). Willis leads all FBS QBs with a team- WESTERN CAROLINA 24 SACKS 8 high 744 rushing yards. Nov. 14 | Noon W 5) Liberty ranks No. 12 nationally with 238.1 rushing yards per Williams Stadium 58-14 game. The Flames are 12-0 under Hugh Freeze when outrush- ing their opponent, including 7-0 this season. at NC State L 6) The Liberty defense ranks among the nation's leaders in Nov. 21 | 7:30 p.m. total yards allowed (No. 12, 309.4 yards/game). Last week, the Carter-Finley Stadium 14-15 Flames limited a high-powered NC State off ense to season lows for points (15) and total yards (320). UMASS Nov. 27 | Noon Williams Stadium at Coastal Carolina Dec. 5 | TBA Brooks Stadium. 24 | 2 HOW TO FOLLOW THE FLAMES this week PASSING RECEIVING RUSHING DEFENSE TV RADIO 135-212, 1817 YDS 30 CATCHES 114 CARRIES 58 TACKLES 17 TD/4 INT 399 YARDS 583 YARDS 3.0 TFL 744 RUSH YDS 3 TD 3 TD 2 INT MALIK WILLIS DJ STUBBS JOSHUA MACK ANTHONY BUTLER #RiseWithUS‹ 1 › #TOUGHERTOGETHER MEDIA INFORMATION 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY No Practice Practice Practice Practice Walk-Thru Practice Gameday No Practice (Players' Day Off ) 9:30-11:10 a.m. 9:00-10:55 a.m. 9:20-11:00 a.m. 10:00-11:00 a.m. UMass at Liberty (Players' Day Off ) Williams Stadium Coach Freeze Press Post Practice No Interviews No Interviews Noon Eastern Conference Interviews with Post Game 11:30 a.m. Select Players Coach Freeze is available 11:00 a.m. Assistant Coach following the game. Players will follow after Coach Media Availability Freeze. 12:00 p.m. LIBERTY UNIVERSITY INFORMATION GAME INFORMATION - NOON EASTERN KICKOFF School . Liberty University WATCH LISTEN Location . Lynchburg, Va. Matt Warner (Play-by-Play) Alan York (Play-by-Play) Founded . 1971 Joe Jauch (Color Analyst) Paul Rutigliano (Color Analyst) Enrollment . 15,000 Emily Austen (Sidelines) Nick Pierce (Sidelines) Matt Byrd (Producer) Acting President . .Dr. Jerry Prevo Director of Athletics . Ian McCaw Founder . Dr. Jerry Falwell Affi liation . NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision Nickname . Flames MEDIA INFORMATION The Liberty Athletics Department is served by an athletics communications offi ce staff that works diligently to promote Mascot . Sparky the individual and team accomplishments of student-athletes, coaches, and staff . The offi ce members handle all sport and Colors . .Red, White, & Blue department communications and media relations needs and work to serve the working media. Conference . Independent Athletics Website . LibertyFlames.com Credentials Due to space limitations in the Williams Stadium East Tower press box because of social distancing requirements, Offi cial Athletics Twitt er . @LibertyFlames credential requests will be handled on a game-by-game basis during the 2020 season. Priority seating in the press box will Off cial Athletics Facebook . LibertyFlamesAthletics be given to the primary media that covers Liberty Athletics on a regular basis. All approved media credentials will be left at Offi cial Athletics Instagram . @LibertyFlames the Media Will Call window at the East Tower Ticket Booth. Offi cial Football Twitt er . @LibertyFootball Work-Related Equipment Bags Offi cial Football Instagram . @LibertyFootball Members of the media will be allowed to bring work-related equipment bags (laptop computers, radio/TV broadcast equipment, still and video cameras, etc.) through the Media entrance near the East Ticket Booth. Work-related equipment LIBERTY FOOTBALL COACHING STAFF bags will be searched by Williams Stadium security. Hugh Freeze . Head Coach Postgame Interviews Kent Austin . Co-Off ensive Coordinator/QB All postgame interviews will be conducted by Microsoft Teams virtual calls during the 2020 season. No media will have Maurice Harris . .Co-Off ensive Coordinator/WR access to the sidelines or the Liberty Football Center this season. Todd Wetmore, Liberty Associate AD for Communications, Ben Aigamaua . .Assistant Coach/TE will ask for requests during the fourth quarter of the contest and the link to the virtual postgame press conference will be provided on game day. Bruce Johnson . Assistant Coach/RB Sam Gregg . .Assistant Coach/OL Parking Scott Symons . Defensive Coordinator/LB Liberty University has designated the Yellow Lot on University Blvd. (Speakman Lot near the Liberty University Bookstore) as reserved media parking for home football contests. Please contact the Liberty Athletics Communications Offi ce to obtain Josh Aldridge . .Assistant Coach/DL a parking pass and information on how to access the lot on game day. Rickey Hunley . Assistant Coach/CB Corey Batoon . Assistant Coach/S Photographers Tanner Burns . .Special Teams Coordinator Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and new sideline restrictions determined by the NCAA, no external media groups will have Dominic Studzinski . Strength and Conditioning Coach access to the Williams Stadium sidelines during the 2020 season. The sidelines at Williams Stadium will be reserved for the two teams and game offi cials, who are following proper COVID-19 testing policies, as well as Liberty University staff Darry Marshall . Assistant AD/Chief of Staff members that meet COVID-19 testing or screening protocols. Liberty Athletics will station multiple photographers and SJ Tuohy . .Assistant AD/Director of Football Ops video team members on the sidelines who will capture photos and video throughout each home game. Liberty Athletics will Kyle DeArmon . Off ensive Quality Control provide links to download both photo and video content prior to each game. Any external media outlet that has a specifi c photo/video request should direct your requests to Todd Wetmore, Liberty Associate AD for Communications, on game day. RJ Fleming. Off ensive Quality Control Jordan Cantrell . Defensive Quality Control CollegePressbox.com Eric Ponio . Defensive Quality Control CollegePressBox.com is the offi cial media website for Division I football. Access and download weekly game notes, quotes, statistics, media guides, headshots, logos, and more for each conference and its member schools. Register for access at CollegePressBox.com/register. #RiseWithUS‹ 2 › #TOUGHERTOGETHER MATCHUP NOTES FBS INDEPENDENTS “4 DOWNS” WITH THE MINUTEMEN A Liberty Win Would ... W L Pct. BYU 9 0 1.000 Making its inaugural trip to Williams Stadium, • Extend the Flames' home winning streak at Williams Stadi- Liberty 8 1 .889 UMass is the only opponent Liberty has faced um to 11 games, equaling the program record set between Army 7 2 .778 during each of its fi rst three FBS seasons. The Nov. 4, 2006 and Oct. 11, 2008. UMass 0 3 .000 Flames and Minutemen are scheduled to face New Mexico State * 0 0 .000 1 one another for the next fi ve years as well UConn * 0 0 .000 (2021-25). UMass is seeking its fi rst win of 2020 • Give the Flames their fi fth 9-win season in program history * - Not playing during fall 2020 and will be the sixth winless opponent Liberty has faced so and fi rst since 2014. far this season. The Flames are 5-0 in such contests. Saturday, Oct. 3 • Enable the Flames to join BYU as the nation's fi rst two FBS Liberty 28, North Alabama 7 Liberty and UMass are two of four FBS inde- teams with nine victories so far this season. Liberty would Army 55, Abilene Christian 23 pendents playing football this fall. Friday's game will mark the fi rst meeting between FBS also join Army, BYU and Cincinnati as the nation's only FBS Saturday, Oct. 10 independent squads in 2020 and could end up squads with six home wins at this point of the 2020 season.