Game No. 11 - Nov. 20, 2010 Stony Brook Seawolves (6-4, 5-0 Big South) Football Quick Facts Locati on: Lynchburg, Va. vs. Enrollment: 11,928 Founder: Dr. Jerry Falwell President/Chancellor: No. 21/18 Liberty Flames Jerry Falwell, Jr. Director of Athleti cs: Jeff Barber (7-3, 4-1 Big South) Founded: 1971 Nickname: Flames Colors: Red, White and Blue Lynchburg, Va. - Williams Stadium - 3:30 p.m. Football Began: 1973 Today’s Game on Oct. 11, 2008. In Stony Brook’s fi rst-ever All-Time Football Record: The Flames host Stony Brook on Senior Big South game, Liberty limited the visitors to 197-197-4 (.500) Day at Williams Stadium, in a game that will 233 total off ensive yards and 10 fi rst downs Affi liati on: NCAA Division I FCS determine this year’s Big South Conference to cap off an 11-game winning streak for the Conference: Big South champion. Liberty (7-3, 4-1 BSC) and Stony Flames. Stadium: Williams Stadium Brook (6-4, 5-0 BSC) are the top two pro- Capacity: 19,200 grams in the league and shared the confer- Sensati onal Seniors Surface: FieldTurf ence ti tle last year. This year’s senior class has quickly erased 2009 Record: 8-3 last year’s graduati ng class’s program record. Conference Record: 5-1 (T1st) Series with the Seawolves The 2009 squad fi nished their careers on Final Rankings: 22 (SN)/ 21 (FCSC) Today’s game will be the third meet- Liberty Mountain with a 32-13 record, which Off ensive Formati on: ing in the series with Stony Brook, follow- surpassed the previous school record for Two-Back Set ing the two programs splitti ng the last two senior class wins by fi ve victories. However, Defensive Formati on: 3-4 Lett erwinners Returning/Lost: 39/25 encounters in the series. Liberty controlled Liberty’s 40-14 victory over Gardner-Webb Starters Returning/Lost: 15/13 all aspects of the game in a 33-0 victory over on Nov. 6 made this year’s senior class the Stony Brook in Lynchburg in 2008, while new program record holder. This year’s se- Head Coach: Stony Brook used a last-second touchdown nior class enters today’s regular-season fi nale Danny Rocco (Wake Forest, ‘84) to pull off a 36-33 upset on Long Island last with a 33-11 four-year record. Record at Liberty: 39-16 (Fift h season) year. Overall Record: Nice in November 39-16 (Fift h season) Last Year’s Finale During the last fi ve years, Liberty has Tommy Beecher hit Dominique Jones fi nished strong under head coach Danny Media Informati on with a seven-yard pass with 55 seconds left Rocco. The Flames have posted a 12-3 Radio Stati on: FSN Radio (WRVL 88.3 FM) to play, seemingly putti ng No. 16 Liberty up record in games played during the month of Play-By-Play Broadcaster: for good over homestanding Stony Brook, 33- November and have outscored opponents by Alan York 29. However, Seawolves quarterback Michael an average of 16.55 points per game during Color Commentator: Coulter threw two quick hits to Jordan Gush, those contests (565 PF/317 PA). Paul Ruti gliano 64 and 10 yards, with the second scoring the Sidelines: Nick Pierce Stati sti cian: H.J. Owen game’s decisive touchdown 25 seconds later Eight is Great Engineer: Chris Wygal to seal a 36-33 upset victory for Stony Brook Liberty enters today’s game on the verge on Nov. 21, 2009, at Stony Brook, N.Y. of a program fi rst. The Flames have already Television guaranteed themselves their fi ft h-straight Stati ons: MASN Big Score in the Burg winning season, the longest such streak in Play-By-Play Broadcaster: Mark Bryant The last ti me Liberty faced Stony Brook program history. However, Liberty will also Color Commentary: Ray Jones in Lynchburg, the Flames controlled almost be looking for its eighth win, a mark the pro- Halft ime Reporters: N/A every aspect of the game and No. 15 Liberty gram has reached the three seasons prior. rolled to a 33-0 victory over the Seawolves vs. at at at vs. vs. at at vs. at vs. NCAA Playoff s St. Francis, Pa. Ball State Robert Morris No. 3/3 JMU Savannah State Charleston So. VMI Presbyterian Gardner-Webb Coastal Carolina Stony Brook Nov. 27 - Dec. 18 Sept. 4 Sept. 11 Sept. 18 Sept. 25 Oct. 2 Oct. 9 Oct. 16 Oct. 30 Nov. 6 Nov. 13 Nov. 20 NCAA Title Game W/ 52-7 W/ 27-23 L/ 23-30 L/ 3-10 W/ 52-14 W/ 44-20 W/ 41-7 W/ 34-24 W/ 40-14 L/ 31-45 3:30 p.m. Jan. 7 Liberty University Tough at Home A Peak at the Polls Head Football Coach Liberty enters its fi nal regular-season Despite being one of eight Top 25 Danny Rocco Quick Facts home game of the year against Stony Brook programs to fall this past weekend, Liberty on Saturday having won its last 11 home Big remains ranked in both nati onal polls. Liberty Biographical Informati on South Conference contests. The last ti me that is currently ranked No. 21 in the Sports Net- Birth date: July 16, 1960 Liberty lost a home Big South game was on work/Fathead.com poll and No. 18 in the FCS Wife: Julie Children: Oct. 21, 2006, to Gardner-Webb, 27-24, one Coaches listi ng. Dati ng back to the second Two - David (19) and Amy (17) of only three conference losses under head week of the 2008 season, Liberty has been Hometown: Hunti ngton, Pa. coach Danny Rocco. During the 11-game ranked inside the Top 25 for 33 out of the last College: Wake Forest, 1984 streak, which is a conference record, Liberty 41 weekly polls (including preseason and end Record at Liberty: has outscored its opponents by an average of of the year rankings). 39-16 (Fift h season) 30.18 points per game (500 PF/168 PA). Overall Record: 39-16 (Fift h season) Oh What a Run Home Cooking Including a 40-14 home victory against Coaching Experience: 2005-Present : Liberty (head coach) Liberty has won its last seven games at Gardner-Webb on Nov. 6, Liberty has posted 2003-05: Virginia (associate head Williams Stadium, which is ti ed for the ninth- a 20-4 record under head coach Danny Rocco coach/linebackers) longest acti ve home winning streak among against Big South teams since he took over 2001-02: Virginia (assistant head coach/linebackers/recruiti ng FCS programs around the country. During the the program in 2006. Liberty four Big South coordinator) seven-game home winning streak, Liberty losses under Rocco have come by a com- 2000: New York Jets (assistant has scored 50 or more points four ti mes, has bined 22 points, with three of the four being linebackers/special teams) scored 40 or more points in all seven games, decided by three or less points. 1998-99: Maryland (outside linebackers/assistant special is averaging 49.7 points scored per contest teams) and is winning games by an average of 35.3 Road Warriors 1997: Texas (special teams points per game. The Flames had a two-game road winning coordinator/defensive ends) streak snapped this past weekend when they 1994-96: Texas (outside linebackers) 1991-93: Boston College (defensive Record-Setti ng Crowd dropped a 45-31 decision at Coastal Carolina. line) Liberty re-opened Williams Stadium on Liberty is now 3-3 in road games this year 1988-90: Tulsa (outside linebackers) Oct. 2 in front of a record-setti ng crowd, as and 14-12 overall in games played outside of 1987: Colorado (assistant linebackers) 19,314 fans saw the Flames defeat Savan- Lynchburg under head coach Danny Rocco. 1986: Wake Forest (defensive line) 1984-85: Wake Forest (defensive nah State, 52-14. The evening marked the During the six seasons prior to Rocco’s ar- graduate assistant) grand re-opening of the facility that now rival, Liberty posted a combined 4-30 record seats 19,200 (expanded from 12,000). The in road games to open the fourth decade of Bowl Games As A Coach: previous single-game att endance record was Liberty football. 2005: Music City Bowl (Virginia) 2004: MPC Computers Bowl (Virginia) 16,112 set against North Carolina Central, 2003: Conti nental Tire Bowl (Virginia) last year. Trying to be the First 2002: Conti nental Tire Bowl (Virginia) Liberty conti nues the 2010 season trying 1996: Fiesta Bowl (Texas) 1995: Sugar Bowl (Texas) Snapping the “Sellout” String to become the fi rst program in Big South 1994: Sun Bowl (Texas) Liberty played its annual Homecoming history to win four conference ti tles in a 1993: Carquest Bowl (Boston College) contest in front of 18,587 fans, which was row. Coastal Carolina and Liberty have each 1992: Hall of Fame Bowl the largest Homecoming crowd in program won three-straight ti tles. The Chanti cleers (Boston College) 1989: Independence Bowl (Tulsa) history. However, with the expansion of won outright ti tles in 2004 and 2006, while Williams Stadium, which now seats 19,200, sharing the ti tle with Charleston Southern in Championships Won: Liberty did not fi ll the stadium beyond capac- 2005. Liberty won outright ti tles in 2007 and 2009: Big South Conference (Liberty) ity for the fi rst ti me in eight games. Prior to 2008, before sharing the conference crown 2008: Big South Conference (Liberty) 2007: Big South Conference (Liberty) this year’s Homecoming contest, the last with Stony Brook, last season.