Game No. 5 - Oct. 1, 2011 Kentucky Wesleyan (0-4, 0-0 Great Lakes Football) Football Quick Facts Loca on: Lynchburg, Va. vs. Enrollment: 12,200 Founder: Dr. Jerry Falwell President/Chancellor: Liberty Flames Jerry Falwell, Jr. Director of Athle cs: Jeff Barber (1-3, 0-0 Big South) Founded: 1971 Nickname: Flames Colors: Red, White and Blue Lynchburg, Va. - Williams Stadium - 7:07 p.m. Football Began: 1973 Today’s Game Aerial Assault All-Time Football Record: The Flames will close out the non-confer- Liberty narrowly missed tying a sea- 199-200-4 (.499) ence por on of their regular season schedule son high on Saturday against Lehigh, as the Affi lia on: NCAA Division I FCS when they welcome the Panthers of Kentucky Flames fi nished the game against the Moun- Conference: Big South Wesleyan to Williams Stadium for the fi rst tain Hawks with 297 passing yards. Liberty’s Stadium: Williams Stadium me since the 2003 season. passing game has guided the Flames off ense Capacity: 19,200 in 2011, as the team is averaging 288.75 pass- Surface: FieldTurf Second Time Around ing yards per game, a mark that ranks No. 14 2010 Record: 8-3 For the third me this season, Liberty na onally in passing off ense. Conference Record: 5-1 (T1st) will be squaring off against an opponent for Final Rankings: 21 (SN)/ 19 (FCSC) the second me in the all- me series when Picking Off Passes Off ensive Forma on: hos ng Kentucky Wesleyan on Saturday night. For the second me this year, Liberty fi n- Two-Back Set Liberty was victorious over the Panthers dur- ished a game with mul ple intercep ons, with Defensive Forma on: 3-4 Le erwinners Returning/Lost: 39/20 ing the series’ fi rst mee ng, pos ng a 47-7 both picks coming via a strong defensive ef- Starters Returning/Lost: 18/12 victory inside of Williams Stadium on Sept. 20, fort by Walt Aikens against Lehigh. Liberty has 2003. intercepted fi ve passes through four games in Head Coach: 2011 and currently ranks No. 18 na onally in Danny Rocco (Wake Forest, ‘84) Top 25 Tumbles passes intercepted. Record at Liberty: 41-19 (Sixth season) Last weekend, Liberty was one of nine Overall Record: Top 25 FCS programs in the country to fall. Move Those Chains 41-19 (Sixth season) No. 23 Liberty dropped a heartbreaking 27-24 The Flames fi nished the Lehigh game with decision to No. 15/16 Lehigh, which has the a season-best eight third-down conversions, Media Informa on Flames outside of the Top 25 rankings for the picking up a new set of downs on 8-of-16 Radio Sta on: FSN Radio (WRVL 88.3 FM) fi rst me since October of 2009. third-down plays. Liberty has been one of the Play-By-Play Broadcaster: top teams in the country in terms of third- Alan York Last Chance down effi ciency in 2011. The Flames rank No. Color Commentator: Today’s match-up with Kentucky Wes- 5 na onally by picking up a new set of downs Paul Ru gliano leyan marks Liberty’s fi nal contest before the 50.94 percent of the me (27-of-53). Sidelines: Nick Pierce Sta s cian: Brandon Hoskins Flames begin their quest for a fi h-straight Engineer: Chris Wygal Big South Conference tle. Since Big South Career Day for Chris play started in the 2002, Liberty is 3-6 in its Chris Summers had a career day against Television fi nal tune-up before league play open. How- Lehigh, as the All-America wide receiver Sta ons: FSN TV ever, the Flames are 3-2 during the fi nal game fi nished the game with 15 recep ons for 205 Play-By-Play Broadcaster: Mike Tilley before opening league play under head coach receiving yards and two touchdowns. Chris Color Commentator: Ray Jones Danny Rocco, having posted wins during their Summers previous career high for recep ons Hal ime Reporters: Erin McKeown, last non-conference game in 2008, 2009 and was 14 (against Lafaye e in 2009) and 146 Paul Ru gliano, D.J. Jordan 2010. yards (against Ball State in 2010). at vs. vs. at vs. at vs. at vs. vs. at NCAA Playoff s N.C. State Robert Morris No. 13/14 JMU No. 15/16 Lehigh Ky. Wesleyan Gardner-Webb Coastal Carolina Charleston So. Presbyterian Co. VMI Stony Brook Nov. 26 - Dec. 17 Sept. 3 Sept. 10 Sept. 17 Sept. 24 Oct. 1 Oct. 8 Oct. 15 Oct. 22 Oct. 29 Nov. 5 Nov. 19 NCAA Title Game L/ 21-43 W/ 38-7 L/ 24-27 L/ 24-27 7:07 p.m. 4:05 p.m. 3:37 p.m. 1:37 p.m. 3:37 p.m. 3:37 p.m. 3:37 p.m. (TV-ESPN3.com) (TV-FSN) (TV-FSN) (TV-FSN) (TV-FSN) (TV-ESPN3.com) (TV-FSN) (TV-FSN) (TV-FSN) (TV-FSN) (TV-FSN) Jan. 6 Last Time Against - Liberty 47, Kentucky Wesleyan 7 Sept. 20, 2003 - Lynchburg, Va. - Williams Stadium (6,269) The Flames surpassed the 400 total of- The Flames tacked on three more Condon completed 6-of-7 passing fensive yard mark for the fi rst of four mes points just before the intermission. a empts for 110 yards and threw for a during the 2003 season when facing off Sco Kiovsky connected on a career-high three touchdown passes, while against Kentucky Wesleyan, while holding 23-yard fi eld goal with 33 cks le on the Barley fi nished with 63 yards in a 4-for-6 per- the visi ng Panthers to just 56 en route to a clock, giving Liberty a sizeable 40-0 lead at formance. The Panthers’ Mosley completed 47-7 home-opening victory inside Williams hal ime. 11-of-22 pass a empts for 76 yards, but was Stadium. The Flames managed to rack up 37 picked off twice. Although Liberty’s off ense put on quite fi rst half points despite only 242 total off en- For the second week in a row, Lauren a show during the game, it was the Flames’ sive yards. Williams led all Flames receivers with four special teams that put Liberty on the score- The Flames stout defensive eff ort catches for 60 yards, while East paced the board fi rst. during the fi rst half of play limited the visi- Panthers with fi ve recep ons for 25 yards Erick Harris blocked an a empted punt tors to -13 total off ensive yards on 29 plays. and a touchdown. on the Kentucky Wesleyan 1-yard line, which At the break, Condon had complet- Defensively, the Flames had their best went out the back of the end zone, giving ed 6-of-7 passing a empts for 110 yards and showing through the early part of the sea- the Flames a 2-0 lead on the safety. three scoring strikes. son. On the ensuing drive, the Flames extend- Barnes carried the ball 17 mes for They held the Panthers to just 56 yards ed their lead to nine points. 92 yards and one scoring burst. of total off ense, including a new school Liberty marched down the fi eld 52 yards Liberty keeping Kentucky Wesleyan record of -20 yards rushing, be ering the and scored on the fi h play of the drive. off the scoreboard during the fi rst 30 min- previous mark of -10 yards rushing set by The drive-ending play was a screen utes of play was due largely to the Flames Liberty’s defense against Kutztown on No- pass from Gus Condon to running back Dre ge ng into the Panthers’ backfi eld. vember 16, 1991. Barnes for 11 yards with 4:41 le in the fi rst Liberty’s defenders were able to Seth Reichart led the Flames’ defen- quarter. sack Haven Mosley four mes, while the sive eff orts with a team-high eight tackles, Liberty would score once more during quarterback was limited to 5-of-12 passing including a career-best 3.5 tackles for a loss the opening 15 minutes of ac on. for 43 yards. and 2.5 sacks. Nick Vaughn followed with Harris recovered a misguided snap on Kentucky Wesleyan broke its scoring six stops, while Marlon Roman and Kendrick a punt play and returned it 15 yards on the drought late in the third quarter. Howard each added fi ve tackles. fumble recovery to the end zone, giving Mosley found Nathan East open on Liberty a 16-0 lead. a slant pa ern for a three-yard scoring strike The second quarter proved to be just like with 33 second le in the period, capping off the fi rst for the Flames. an impressive 15-play, 86-yard drive, which Michael Pearson got the scoring started ate up 7:08 seconds of the clock. on a 14-yard touchdown pass from Condon The Flames pushed their advantage just two and half minutes into the period. back to 40 points midway through the fourth A er holding the Panthers to a three- quarter. and-out series on the next drive, Condon Liberty used four-consecu ve found Sam Gado open for a 34-yard touch- rushes by Marcus Hamilton and seven- down pass play to fi nish off a quick three- straight running plays by Ray Young to set up play, 48-yard drive with 9:21 le before a four-yard quarterback sneak by J.R.