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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 7: LIBERTY vs. idaho state 2018 schedule Oct. 20, 2018 / 2 p.m. / williams stadium / lynchburg, va. OLD DOMINION Sept. 1 | 6 p.m. W Williams Stadium 52-10 at Army vs. Sept. 8 | Noon L 2018 Record: ....................................3-3 2018 Record: .................4-2, 3-1 Big Sky Michie Stadium 14-38 Head Coach: .........................Turner Gill Head Coach: ...................Rob Phenicie Record at Liberty: .......44-32 (7th Year) Record at ISU: ............... 8-9 (2nd Year) NORTH TEXAS Overall Record: .........69-81 (13th Year) Overall Record: .............8-9 (2nd Year) Sept. 22 | 6 p.m. L Williams Stadium 7-47 THE MATCHUP Storylines at New Mexico 1) Liberty (3-3) plays host to Idaho State (4-2, 3-1 Big Sky) for Sept. 29 | 6 p.m. W 31.3 PPG 41.3 the fi rst time in program history during the Flames' 45th annu- Dreamstyle Stadium 52-43 al Homecoming game. 143 1st DOWNS 150 137.0 YPG RUSH 240.2 YPG 2) On the heels of their come-from-behind 22-16 home triumph at New Mexico State over Troy last Saturday, the Flames will seek their fi rst back-to- Oct. 6 | 8 p.m. L 326.2 YPG PASS 288.8 YPG back wins of the 2018 season. Aggie Memorial Stadium 41-49 463.2 YPG OFFENSE 529.0 YPG 3) Liberty is 30-14 all-time in Homecoming games. They are 8-3 5 INT 5 in their last 11 Homecoming tilts, averaging 46.6 ppg over that TROY W stretch. Oct. 13 | 2 p.m. 26 TDs 33 Williams Stadium 22-16 2 FGs 7 4) The game has the makings of a potential shootout, as Liber- ty and Idaho State average a combined 71.6 points and 992.2 29:23 TOP 28:48 yards of off ense per game between them. Both the Flames and IDAHO STATE Bengals have gone over the 40-point mark three times this Oct. 20 | 2 p.m. 463.7 YPG DEFENSE 432.0 YPG season. Williams Stadium 5 INT 8 5) Liberty QB Stephen Calvert led his second career game-win- at UMass 9 SACKS 12 ning drive during the fi nal 5:00 of regulation, last Saturday versus Troy. He is one of only four active FBS juniors who have Nov. 3 | 3:30 p.m. thrown for 7,000 career yards (7,188) and 50 career TDs (58). McGuirk Alumni Stadium 6) The Liberty defense will look to build upon arguably its best at Virginia game of the season. After yielding 92 combined points during the previous two contests, the Flames limited Troy to 16 points Nov. 10 | TBA and 293 yards of off ense. Liberty forced three turnovers and Scott Stadium recording a season-high four sacks. at 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. 132-239 32 CATCHES 100 CARRIES 32 TACKLES Williams Stadium 1,894 YARDS 497 YARDS 412 YARDS 5.0 TFL 14 TD/5 INT 5 TD 3 TD 1.5 SACK - Home - Away All Times Listed Are Eastern STEPHEN CALVERT ANTONIO GANDY- GOLDEN FRANKIE HICKSON JUWAN WELLS #RiseWithUS‹ 1 › Respect all, fear none MEDIA INFORMATION 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 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 vs. Idaho State 3 p.m. (Closed to Media) Williams Stadium Flames Sports Hotline Player/Coaches Interviews Practice Practice Walk Thru Practice 2 p.m. 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 - 2:06 P.M. KICKOFF School . Liberty University WATCH LISTEN Location . Lynchburg, Va. Matt Warner (Play-by-Play) Game Broadcast: Founded . 1971 Joe Jauch (Color Analyst) Alan York (Play-by-Play) Enrollment . 15,000 Bobbie Bohlig (Sidelines) Paul Rutigliano (Color Analyst) Matt Byrd (Producer) 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 Jamie Hall Nickname . Flames Brad Butler 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 BENGALS A Liberty Win Would ... Old Dominion (Sept. 1) • Achieve a program milestone, pushing their all-time re- Off : DJ Stubbs Saturday's matinee will be Liberty's fi rst-ever head-to-head meeting with Idaho State in any cord to 250-234-4 in 46 seasons of football. Def: Elij ah Benton sport, and the Bengals will be the fi rst team ST: Aaron Peart from Idaho ever to visit Williams Stadium. It will • Give the Flames their fi rst back-to-back victories since 1 be the Flames' fi rst matchup with an FCS oppo- they won three straight games between Oct. 28-Nov. 11, Army (Sept. 8) nent since they became an FBS squad. Liberty 2017. Off : Julio Lozano spent the last 30 seasons (1988-2017) playing at the FCS (for- merly 1-AA) level. Def: Juwan Wells • Improve the Flames' all-time record on Homecoming to 31- ST: T.