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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 4: louisiana-monroe at liberty 2020 schedule oct. 10, 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: ................................... 3-0 2020 Record: .............0-4, 0-2 Sun Belt Williams Stadium 36-34 Head Coach: .......................Hugh Freeze Head Coach: ........................Matt Viator Record at Liberty: .........11-5 (2nd Year) Record at ULM: ........... 19-33 (5th Year) NORTH ALABAMA Overall Record: .........53-37 (10th Year) Overall Record: .........97-66 (15th Year) Oct. 3 | 1 p.m. W Williams Stadium 28-7 THE MATCHUP Storylines LOUISIANA-MONROE 1) 3-0 Liberty will wrap up its three-game homestand at Wil- Oct. 10 | Noon 31.3 PPG 15.0 liams Stadium on Saturday, playing host to Louisiana-Monroe Williams Stadium (0-4, 0-2 Sun Belt) on Hall of Fame Weekend. 80 1st DOWNS 64 274.3 YPG RUSH 50.8 YPG 2) Liberty has won seven straight home games and fi ve consec- at Syracuse utive contests overall, dating back to last season. If the Flames Oct. 17 | TBA 182.7 YPG PASS 265.0 YPG are victorious on Saturday, they will post their fi rst six-game Carrier Dome winning streak as an FBS squad and become one of the nation's 457.0 YPG OFFENSE 315.8 YPG fi rst FBS teams to reach 4-0 in 2020. 1 INT 3 SOUTHERN MISS 3) Liberty and ULM are meeting on the gridiron for the fi rst Oct. 24 | 1 p.m. 12 TDs 8 time. The Flames are 4-1 all-time versus Sun Belt opponents, Williams Stadium 4 FGs 2 with their most recent matchup being a 23-16 victory over Georgia Southern in the 2019 FBC Mortgage Cure Bowl. 33:23 TOP 25:29 at Virginia Tech 4) Liberty QB Malik Willis has been outstanding during his fi rst Nov. 7 | TBA 280.7 YPG DEFENSE 436.0 YPG two games as a Flame, averaging 126.5 rushing yards/game Lane Stadium 2 INT 0 (tops among FBS QBs) and completing 72.5 percent of his pass- es for 418 yards, two TDs and zero interceptions. He will look to WESTERN CAROLINA 12 SACKS 4 return to action after missing last week's game due to injury. Nov. 14 | 1 p.m. 5) RB Joshua Mack has opened the season with three straight Williams Stadium 100-yard rushing games and ranks third among active FBS running backs with 3,176 career rushing yards. at NC State 6) The Liberty defense ranks No. 10 nationally, allowing just Nov. 21 | TBA 280.7 yards per game. The Flames have racked up a dozen Carter-Finley Stadium sacks in three games, ranking No. 8 among FBS teams in that category. 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 37-51, 418 YDS. 15 CATCHES 52 CARRIES 13 TACKLES 2 TD/0 INT 177 YARDS 337 YARDS 4.0 SACKS 253 RUSH YDS. 2 TD 1 TD 6.0 TFL MALIK WILLIS DJ STUBBS JOSHUA MACK DURRELL JOHNSON #RiseWithUS‹ 1 › #TOUGHERTOGETHER MEDIA INFORMATION 45678910 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. ULM at Liberty No Media Interviews No Media Interviews Williams Stadium Coach Freeze Press Post Practice Post Practice Post Practice 12 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 - 12 P.M. EASTERN KICKOFF School . Liberty University WATCH LISTEN Location . Lynchburg, Va. Mike Couzens (Play-by-Play) Alan York (Play-by-Play) Founded . 1971 Jay Walker (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 WARHAWKS A Liberty Win Would ... W L Pct. BYU 3 0 1.000 Liberty picked up one vote in this week's Am- • Make the Flames the nation's second or third team to reach Liberty 3 0 1.000 way Coaches Poll, its fi rst Top 25 vote at the FBS 4-0 this season, depending on when their game ends in re- Army 3 1 .750 level. ULM will be the fi rst team from Louisiana lation to the noon clash between 3-0 Coastal Carolina and UMass 0 0 .000 ever to play at Williams Stadium, and the Flames 3-0 Louisiana. (SMU previously reached 4-0 on Oct. 3.) New Mexico State * 0 0 .000 1 are seeking their fi rst-ever victory against an UConn * 0 0 .000 opponent from the Pelican State. ULM is look- * - Not playing during fall 2020 ing for its fi rst win since Nov. 23, 2019, which was the same • Give the Flames their fi rst 4-0 start to a season since 2008 day Liberty lost its most recent game. and their fi fth 4-0 start in program history. Saturday, Sept. 19 Liberty 30, Western Kentucky 24 ULM is the fi rst of two Sun Belt opponents • Represent the Flames' sixth consecutive win, dating back Liberty is scheduled to face this season.