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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 8: Liberty at rutgers 2019 schedule oct. 26, 2019 / noon / shi stadium / piscataway, n.j. NO. 22/22 SYRACUSE Aug. 31 | 6 p.m. L Williams Stadium 0-24 at Louisiana at Sept. 7 | 7:30 p.m. L 2019 Record:.....................................5-2 2019 Record: ................ 1-6, 0-5 Big Ten Cajun Field 14-35 Head Coach: .......................Hugh Freeze Interim Head Coach: Nunzio Campanile Record at Liberty: ............5-2 (1st Year) Record at Rutgers: ......... 0-3 (1st Year) BUFFALO Overall Record: ...........47-34 (9th Year) Overall Record: ..............0-3 (1st Year) Sept. 14 | 6 p.m. W Williams Stadium 35-17 THE MATCHUP Storylines HAMPTON 1) Liberty (5-2) begins a four-game road swing on Saturday Sept. 21 | 6 p.m. W 29.6 PPG 11.1 with its fi rst-ever meeting against Rutgers (1-6, 0-5 Big Ten) Williams Stadium 62-27 and its inaugural matchup with a Big Ten opponent. 147 1st DOWNS 86 132.4 YPG RUSH 110.3 YPG 2) The Flames bring a fi ve-game winning streak to the Garden NEW MEXICOState State and are seeking their fi rst six-game streak since 2011. Sept. 28 | 6 p.m. W 275.9 YPG PASS 145.3 YPG Conversely, Rutgers is hoping to halt a six-game losing skid. Williams Stadium 17-10 408.3 YPG OFFENSE 255.6 YPG 3) Playing its fi rst season as a fully bowl-eligible FBS member, 4 INT 11 Liberty needs to win two of its fi nal fi ve contests to secure bowl at New Mexico State W eligibility. However, four of those games are on the road, where Oct. 5 | 8 p.m. 28 TDs 9 the Flames are 2-6 since the start of the 2018 campaign. Aggie Memorial Stadium 20-13 4 FGs 5 4) Senior QB Stephen Calvert has thrown for a program-re- 27:52 TOP 28:48 cord 10,282 yards during his career. He is one of three active MAINE W FBS QBs with 10,000 career passing yards and owns a 15/3 TD Oct. 19 | 6 p.m. 438.4 YPG DEFENSE 449.1 YPG to interception ratio this season. Williams Stadium 59-44 9 INT 4 5) Senior WR Antonio Gandy-Golden ranks No. 3 in the nation at Rutgers 21 SACKS 6 with 877 receiving yards this season and is No. 2 among active FBS receivers with a program-record 3,295 career receiving Oct. 26 | Noon yards. He is 123 yards away from his third straight 1,000-yard SHI Stadium season. at UMass 6) Redshirt senior DE Jessie Lemonier, who wears the same uniform number (No. 11) as Gandy-Golden, posted one of the Nov. 2 | Noon Flames' season-high six sacks last Saturday vs. Maine. He has McGuirk Alumni Stadium recorded 6.5 sacks this season and 16.5 sacks in 19 total games as a Flame. at BYU Nov. 9 | TBA LaVell Edwards Stadium at VirginiaE Nov. 23 | TBA Scott Stadium v. 24 | 2 p.m. NEW MEXICO STATE PASSING RECEIVING RUSHING DEFENSE Nov. 30 | 2 p.m. 137-224 43 CATCHES 83 CARRIES 46 TACKLES Williams Stadium 1,920 YARDS 877 YARDS 418 YARDS 10 TFL 15 TD/3 INT 5 TD 3 TD 6.5 SACKS - Home - Away All Times Listed Are Eastern STEPHEN CALVERT ANTONIO GANDY- GOLDEN FRANKIE HICKSON JESSIE LEMONIER #RiseWithUS‹ 1 › #TOUGHERTOGETHER MEDIA INFORMATION 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY No Practice Practice Practice Practice Travel Day Gameday Practice (Players' Day Off ) 4-6 p.m. 4-6 p.m. 4-5:45 p.m. Liberty at Rutgers 4:15-5:15 p.m. (Assistant Coaches available in (Assistant Coaches available in (Coach Freeze and players avail- (Closed to Media) Coach Freeze Press Conference Indoor Practice Facility following SHI 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) Noon 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 - NOON KICKOFF School . Liberty University WATCH LISTEN Location . Lynchburg, Va. Mike Monaco (Play-by-Play) Alan York (Play-by-Play) Founded . 1971 Shaun O'Hara (Color Analyst) Paul Rutigliano (Color Analyst) Enrollment . 15,000 Bryan Carter (Producer) Nick Pierce (Sidelines/Pregame Host) President . Jerry Falwell Jr. Louis James (Engineer) Director of Athletics . Ian McCaw Founder . Dr. Jerry Falwell Affi liation . NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision 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 SCARLET KNIGHTS A Liberty Win Would ... Overall Records W L Pct. Saturday's game will feature a matchup be- • Mark the Flames' fi rst-ever victory over a Big Ten foe and Notre Dame 5 1 .833 tween fi rst-year head coaches. Hugh Freeze is second win against a Power Five opponent (Baylor - 2017). Liberty 5 2 .714 in his fi rst season at the helm for the Flames, Army 3 4 .429 while Nunzio Campanile is serving as interim • Extend the Flames' winning streak to six games, their lon- 1 head coach for Rutgers. Liberty will face three BYU 3 4 .429 gest as an FBS member and their longest overall since a UMass 1 6 .143 straight fi rst-year head coaches overall, as last New Mexico St. 0 7 .000 week's opponent (Maine - Nick Charlton) and next week's foe six-game streak spanning Oct. 1-Nov. 5, 2011. (UMass - Walt Bell) are also under new leadership in 2019. • Be the Flames' sixth victory of the season, giving them 14 Week 7 Results Liberty is closing in on bowl eligibility. The straight seasons (2006-19) with six or more triumphs. Central Michigan 42, N.M. St. 28 Flames need to win at least two of their fi nal fi ve South Florida 27, BYU 23 games to secure eligibility for their inaugural Louisiana Tech 69, UMass 21 2 bowl game appearance.