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@LibertyFootball liberty flames @LibertyFootball 2020 football GAME NOTES Todd Wetmore, Associate AD for Athletics Communications · Cell: (434) 841-8974 · Email: [email protected] GAME 2: fiu at liberty 2020 schedule sept. 26, 2020 / 1 p.m. / williams stadium / lynchburg, va. at Western Kentucky Sept. 19 | Noon W Houchens-Smith Stadium 30-24 FIU vs. Sept. 26 | 1 p.m. 2020 Record: ....................................1-0 2020 Record: ............... 0-0, 0-0 C-USA Williams Stadium Head Coach: .......................Hugh Freeze Head Coach: ....................... Butch Davis Record at Liberty: ..........9-5 (2nd Year) Record at FIU: ............. 23-16 (4th Year) NORTH ALABAMA Overall Record: ..........51-37 (10th Year) Overall Record: ........ 86-59 (14th Year) Oct. 3 | 1 p.m. Williams Stadium THE MATCHUP (FIU - 2019 stats) Storylines LOUISIANA-MONROE 1) Liberty (1-0) will face its second straight Conference USA Oct. 10 | 1 p.m. 30.0 PPG 26.5 opponent (FIU - 0-0, 0-0 C-USA) during its 2020 home opener Williams Stadium at Williams Stadium, Saturday. 27 1st DOWNS 259 354.0 YPG RUSH 165.2 YPG 2) After a season-opening 30-24 win at Western Kentucky, the at Syracuse Flames will look for their fi rst 2-0 start since 2017. Liberty has Oct. 17 | TBA 133.0 YPG PASS 211.8 YPG won fi ve straight home games and three consecutive contests Carrier Dome overall, dating back to last season. The Flames are 15-2 in their 487.0 YPG OFFENSE 377.1 YPG last 17 home openers. 0 INT 6 SOUTHERN MISS 3) Liberty and FIU will square off for the fi rst time. Both teams Oct. 24 | 1 p.m. 4 TDs 40 played in bowl games in 2019, with the Flames winning the Cure Williams Stadium 1 FGs 21 Bowl and the Panthers losing the Camellia Bowl. 34:59 TOP 28:58 4) Liberty QB Malik Willis will seek an encore to an outstanding at Virginia Tech Flames debut. The Auburn transfer rushed for a Liberty quar- Nov. 7 | TBA 291.0 YPG DEFENSE 391.0 YPG terback-record 168 yards and three scores (most by a Liberty Lane Stadium 0 INT 12 QB since 1979) at WKU, to go along with 133 yards on 13-of-21 passing. 1 SACKS 21 WESTERN CAROLINA 5) RB Joshua Mack added 100 rushing yards of his own last Nov. 14 | 1 p.m. week, moving to within 79 yards of 3,000 for his collegiate Williams Stadium career. As a team, Liberty posted its most rushing yards (354) since 2012 and its most carries (58) since 2004. at NC State 6) The Liberty defense limited WKU to 291 yards of off ense, Nov. 21 | TBA marking the second straight game the Flames have held an op- Carter-Finley Stadium ponent below the 300-yard mark. Georgia Southern managed only 249 yards during the Cure Bowl. at Coastal Carolina Dec. 5 | TBA Brooks Stadium - Home - Away All Times Listed Are Eastern HOW TO FOLLOW THE FLAMES this week TV RADIO PASSING RECEIVING RUSHING DEFENSE 13-21, 133 YDS. 2 CATCHES 23 CARRIES 5 TACKLES 168 RUSH YDS. 21 YARDS 100 YARDS 3 RUSH TD 0 TD 0 TD MALIK WILLIS DJ STUBBS JOSHUA MACK JAVON SCRUGGS #RiseWithUS‹ 1 › #TOUGHERTOGETHER MEDIA INFORMATION 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY Walk Thru Practice No Practice Practice Practice Practice Walk Thru Practice Gameday 3:00-4:00 p.m. (Players' Day Off ) 9:00-10:55 a.m. 9:00-10:50 a.m. 10:00-11:30 a.m. 4:15-5:00 p.m. FIU at Liberty No Media Interviews No Media Interviews Williams Stadium Coach Freeze Press Post Practice Post Practice Post Practice 1 p.m. Eastern Conference Interviews with Select Interviews with Select Interviews with Post Game 10:30 a.m. Off ensive Players Defensive Players Coach Freeze Coach Freeze is available 11:00 a.m. 11:00 a.m. 11:30 a.m. Assistant Coach following the game. Players will follow after Media Availability Coach Freeze. 11:00 a.m. LIBERTY UNIVERSITY INFORMATION GAME INFORMATION - 1 P.M. 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 PANTHERS A Liberty Win Would ... W L Pct. Army 2 0 1.000 Liberty's fi rst home game of the season at • Give the Flames their fi rst 2-0 start to a season since 2017. BYU 1 0 1.000 Williams Stadium will mark FIU's 2020 season Liberty 1 0 1.000 opener. Three of the Flames' fi ve home games • Mark the Flames' 16th victory in their last 18 home open- New Mexico State * 0 0 .000 this year will pit Liberty against foes playing ers, including their second time topping a Conference USA UConn * 0 0 .000 1 their fi rst contest of 2020 (also Oct. 3 vs. North UMass * 0 0 .000 Alabama and Nov. 14 vs. Western Carolina). foe in the last three home openers (also Old Dominion in * - Not playing during fall 2020 This is the fi rst time since 1974 that Liberty's home opener 2018). has taken place on Sept. 26 or later. Saturday, Sept. 5 • Represent the Flames' fourth consecutive win, dating back Army 42, Middle Tennesse State 0 The Flames are opening the 2020 season ver- to last season. sus a pair of Conference USA foes (WKU and Monday, Sept. 7 FIU). This is the fi rst time since 2014 Liberty BYU 55, Navy 3 will have played consecutive non-conference • Extend the Flames' home winning streak at Williams Stadi- 2 games against the same league.