This is a list of seasons completed by the Liberty Flames football team of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS). Liberty's first football team was fielded in 1973.
Originally a NAIA team, Liberty moved to the NCAA's Division II in 1981, to Division I-AA (now called the FCS) in 1988, and to the FBS in 2018. Except from 2002 to 2017, when they were members of the Big South Conference, Liberty has been independent of a conference, though they have accepted an invitation to join Conference USA in 2023.
Seasons Division championsConference championsBowl EligibleUndefeated Season
YearDivisionConferenceOverallConferenceCoachFinal Ranking Games Win Loss Tie Pct. Games Win Loss Tie Pct. Standing 1973 NAIA Independent 6 3 3 0 .500 0 0 0 0 N/A Lee Royer 1974 9 5 4 0 .556 0 0 0 0 N/A John Cartwright 1975 9 4 5 0 .444 0 0 0 0 N/A John Cartwright 1976 10 5 4 1 .550 0 0 0 0 N/A John Cartwright 1977 10 3 7 0 .300 0 0 0 0 N/A Tom Dowling 1978 10 4 5 1 .450 0 0 0 0 N/A Tom Dowling 1979 11 9 1 1 .864 0 0 0 0 N/A Tom Dowling 1980 10 7 3 0 .700 0 0 0 0 N/A Tom Dowling 1981 II Independent 10 1 9 0 .100 0 0 0 0 N/A Tom Dowling 1982 11 7 4 0 .636 0 0 0 0 N/A Tom Dowling 1983 11 2 9 0 .182 0 0 0 0 N/A Tom Dowling 1984 11 5 6 0 .455 0 0 0 0 N/A Morgan Hout 1985 8 3 4 1 .438 0 0 0 0 N/A Morgan Hout 1986 10 1 9 0 .100 0 0 0 0 N/A Morgan Hout 1987 10 3 7 0 .300 0 0 0 0 N/A Morgan Hout 1988 FCS Independent 11 8 3 0 .727 0 0 0 0 N/A Morgan Hout 1989 10 7 3 0 .700 0 0 0 0 N/A Sam Rutigliano 1990 11 7 4 0 .636 0 0 0 0 N/A Sam Rutigliano 1991 11 4 7 0 .364 0 0 0 0 N/A Sam Rutigliano 1992 11 7 4 0 .636 0 0 0 0 N/A Sam Rutigliano 1993 11 6 5 0 .545 0 0 0 0 N/A Sam Rutigliano 1994 11 5 6 0 .455 0 0 0 0 N/A Sam Rutigliano 1995 11 8 3 0 .727 0 0 0 0 N/A Sam Rutigliano 1996 11 5 6 0 .455 0 0 0 0 N/A Sam Rutigliano 1997 11 9 2 0 .818 0 0 0 0 N/A Sam Rutigliano 1998 11 5 6 0 .455 0 0 0 0 N/A Sam Rutigliano 1999 11 4 7 0 .364 0 0 0 0 N/A Sam Rutigliano 2000 11 3 8 0 .273 0 0 0 0 N/A Ken Karcher 2001 11 3 8 0 .273 0 0 0 0 N/A Ken Karcher 2002 Big South 11 2 9 0 .182 3 1 2 0 .333 3rd Ken Karcher 2003 12 6 6 0 .500 4 3 1 0 .750 2nd Ken Karcher 2004 11 6 5 0 .545 4 3 1 0 .750 2nd Ken Karcher 2005 11 1 10 0 .091 4 0 4 0 .000 5th Ken Karcher 2006 11 6 5 0 .545 4 2 2 0 .500 T-2nd Danny Rocco 2007 11 8 3 0 .727 4 4 0 0 1.000 1st Danny Rocco 2008 12 10 2 0 .833 5 5 0 0 1.000 1st Danny Rocco #14 2009 11 8 3 0 .727 6 5 1 0 .833 T-1st Danny Rocco #22 2010 11 8 3 0 .727 6 5 1 0 .833 T-1st Danny Rocco #21 2011 11 7 4 0 .636 6 5 1 0 .833 2nd Danny Rocco #25 2012 11 6 5 0 .545 6 5 1 0 .833 T-1st Turner Gill 2013 12 8 4 0 .667 5 4 1 0 .800 T-1st Turner Gill 2014 14 9 5 0 .642 5 4 1 0 .800 T-1st Turner Gill 201511 650.5456330.500T-3rdTurner Gill201611650.5455410.800T-1stTurner Gill201711650.5455230.4004thTurner Gill2018FBSIndependent12660.5000000N/ATurner Gill201913850.6150000N/AHugh Freeze2020111010.9090000N/AHugh Freeze#17202113850.6150000N/AHugh Freeze202213850.6150000N/AHugh Freeze 2023 Conference USA 13 13 1 0 .928 8 8 0 0 1.000 1st Jamey Chadwell #25202412840.6668530.6254thJamey Chadwell20251248083508thJamey Chadwell Totals 580 310 267 4 95 65 30 0 The FCS was known as Division I-AA through the 2005 season.
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