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@LibertyFootball liberty flames @LibertyFootball 2019 football GAME NOTES Todd Wetmore, Associate AD for Athletics Communications · Cell: (434) 841-8974 · E-mail: [email protected] GAME 5: new mexico at liberty 2019 schedule sept. 28, 2019 / 6 p.m. / williams stadium / lynchburg, va. NO. 22/22 SYRACUSE Aug. 31 | 6 p.m. L Williams Stadium 0-24 at Louisiana vs. Sept. 7 | 7:30 p.m. L 2019 Record:.....................................2-2 2019 Record: ....2-1, 0-0 Mountain West Cajun Field 14-35 Head Coach: .......................Hugh Freeze Head Coach: .........................Bob Davie Record at Liberty: ............2-2 (1st Year) Record at NM:............ 35-55 (8th Year) BUFFALO Overall Record: .......... 44-34 (9th Year) Overall Record: ........70-80 (13th Year) Sept. 14 | 6 p.m. W Williams Stadium 35-17 THE MATCHUP Storylines HAMPTON 1) On the heels of back-to-back home wins, Liberty (2-2) will Sept. 21 | 6 p.m. W 27.8 PPG 36.0 wrap up its three-game homestand against New Mexico (2-1, Williams Stadium 62-27 0-0 Mountain West), the fi rst Mountain West squad ever to visit 81 1st DOWNS 69 Williams Stadium. 117.5 YPG RUSH 200.0 YPG NEW MEXICOState 2) Liberty and New Mexico are meeting for the second time in Sept. 28 | 6 p.m. 275.2 YPG PASS 282.0 YPG 365 days. After racing out to a 42-10 halftime lead in Albuquer- Williams Stadium que on Sept. 29, 2018, the Flames held on for a 52-43 victory. 392.8 YPG OFFENSE 482.0 YPG New Mexico could become the fi rst FBS opponent the Flames 3 INT 4 have ever defeated multiple times. at New Mexico State Oct. 5 | 8 p.m. 16 TDs 13 3) Scoring could come in bunches on Saturday, after the two Aggie Memorial Stadium 0 FGs 6 teams combined for 95 points and 1,148 yards of off ense in their meeting a year ago. Last week, Liberty (62 points) and New 27:39 TOP 31:28 Mexico (55) both lit up the scoreboard in victory. MAINE Oct. 19 | 6 p.m. 434.8 YPG DEFENSE 546.0 YPG 4) Liberty senior QB Stephen Calvert appears on the Johnny Williams Stadium 4 INT 1 Unitas Golden Arm Award Preseason Watch List. He threw for 417 yards and two TDs at New Mexico last season. 9 SACKS 6 at Rutgers 5) Senior WR Antonio Gandy-Golden, a Biletnikoff Award Watch Oct. 26 | TBA List member, currently leads the nation with 544 receiving HighPoint.com Stadium yards. He hauled in 11 passes for a school-record 245 yards at New Mexico in 2018. at UMass 6) Redshirt senior DL Jessie Lemonier has recorded 14.5 sacks Nov. 2 | Noon in 16 career appearances as a Flame, including 1.5 at New Mex- McGuirk Alumni Stadium ico a year ago. He will face a Lobos off ensive line that has yet to allow a sack in 2019. at BYU Nov. 9 | TBA LaVell Edwards Stadium at No. 18/18 VirginiaE Nov. 23 | TBA Scott Stadium v. 24 | 2 p.m. NEW MEXICO STATE PASSING RECEIVING RUSHING DEFENSE Nov. 30 | 2 p.m. 74-122 24 CATCHES 46 CARRIES 29 TACKLES Williams Stadium 1,090 YARDS 544 YARDS 193 YARDS 6.5 TFL 7 TD/3 INT 4 TD 3 TD 4.5 SACKS - Home - Away All Times Listed Are Eastern STEPHEN CALVERT ANTONIO GANDY- GOLDEN FRANKIE HICKSON JESSIE LEMONIER #RiseWithUS‹ 1 › #TOUGHERTOGETHER MEDIA INFORMATION 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY No Practice Practice Practice Practice Walk Thru Practice Gameday Practice (Players' Day Off ) 4-6 p.m. 4-6 p.m. 4-5:45 p.m. 4:20-5:05 p.m. Liberty vs. New Mexico 4:15-5:15 p.m. (Assistant Coaches available in (Assistant Coaches available in (Coach Freeze and players avail- (Closed to Media) (Closed to Media) Coach Freeze Press Conference Indoor Practice Facility following Williams Stadium Noon (Carter Tower - Club Level) Indoor Practice Facility following able in Indoor Practice Facility conclusion of practice) conclusion of practice) following conclusion of practice) 6 p.m. Eastern Player Media Availability Post Game 12:30 p.m. (Carter Tower - Coach Freeze is available Club Level) following the game. Players will Liberty Flames follow after Coach Freeze. Football Show 6-7 p.m. with Hugh Freeze Weekly Radio Call-In Show Location: Iron & Ale (Cornerstone in Lynchburg) LIBERTY UNIVERSITY INFORMATION GAME INFORMATION - 6 P.M. 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 Melanie Newman (Sidelines) Nick Pierce (Sidelines/Pregame Host) President . Jerry Falwell Jr. Matt Byrd (Producer) Steve Stilwell (Studio Host) Rett McGibbon (Halftime/Postgame) Director of Athletics . Ian McCaw Louis James (Engineer) Patrick Kelly (Halftime/Postgame) Jordan Riddick (Spott er) Founder . Dr. Jerry Falwell Matt Camire (Halftime/Postgame) Affi liation . NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision Desmond Rice (Halftime/Postgame) Nickname . Flames 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 Hugh Freeze . Head Coach equipment, still and video cameras, etc.) through Media entrance near the East Ticket Booth. Work-related equipment bags will be searched by Williams Stadium security. Kent Austin . Co-Off ensive Coordinator/QB Maurice Harris . .Co-Off ensive Coordinator/WR Postgame Interviews Postgame interviews are held on the fi rst fl oor of the Liberty Football Center. Todd Wetmore, Liberty Associate AD for Ben Aigamaua . .Assistant Coach/TE Communications, will ask for requests during the fourth quarter of the contest. Bruce Johnson . Assistant Coach/RB Parking Sam Gregg . .Assistant Coach/OL Liberty University has designated the Yellow lot on University Blvd. (Speakman Lot near the Liberty University Bookstore) as Scott Symons . Defensive Coordinator/S reserved media parking for home football contests. Please contact the Liberty Athletics Communications Offi ce to obtain a Josh Aldridge . .Assistant Coach/DL parking pass and information on how to access the lot on game day. Rickey Hunley . Assistant Coach/CB Photographers Kyle Pope . .Assistant Coach/LB Liberty University strictly enforces a photo credential approval policy designed to best allocate working credentials for Tanner Burns . .Special Teams Coordinator 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 Dominic Studzinski . Strength and Conditioning Coach without a specifi c assignment received in writing from the assigning organization. Photographers are to stay behind the Jim M. Nichols . Assistant AD/Chief of Staff 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. The designated work area for photographers during the 2019 season is on Paul Rutigliano . .Assistant AD/Director of Football Ops the second fl oor of the Williams Stadium Carter Tower. Kyle DeArmon . Off ensive Quality Control RJ Fleming. Off ensive Quality Control CollegePressbox.com CollegePressBox.com is the offi cial media website for Division I football. Access and download weekly game notes, quotes, Jordan Cantrell . Defensive Quality Control statistics, media guides, headshots, logos and more for each conference and its member schools. Register for access at Darry Marshall . Defensive Quality Control collegepressbox.com/register. #RiseWithUS‹ 2 › #TOUGHERTOGETHER matchup notes FBS INDEPENDENTS “4 DOWNS” WITH THE LOBOS A Liberty Win Would ... Overall Records W L Pct. The Flames and Lobos both feature No. 1 nation- • Extend the Flames' winning streak to three games, their Army 3 1 .750 al rankings on the NCAA FBS statistical charts longest as an FBS member and their fi rst three-game win- Notre Dame 2 1 .667 this season. Liberty WR Antonio Gandy-Golden ning streak since Oct. 28-Nov. 11, 2017. BYU 2 2 .500 leads all FBS players in both receiving yards 1 (544) and receiving yards per game (136.0). Liberty 2 2 .500 • Improve the Flames' all-time records versus New Mexico New Mexico St. 0 4 .000 Meanwhile, New Mexico is the only one out of UMass 0 4 .000 130 FBS programs which has yet to allow a quarterback sack and the Mountain West Conference as a whole to 2-0. in 2019. Week 3 Results • Make New Mexico the fi rst FBS opponent the Flames have Notre Dame 66, New Mexico 14 Liberty and New Mexico will be meeting for ever defeated more than once in program history. BYU 30, USC 27 the second time, with both matchups coming Army 31, UTSA 13 within a 365-day span.