2009 Liberty Flames football team

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2009 Liberty Flames football
Liberty University Script Logo.jpg
Big South co-champion
Conference Big South Conference
Ranking
Sports NetworkNo. 22
FCS CoachesNo. 21
Record8–3 (5–1 Big South)
Head coach
Offensive coordinator Brandon Streeter (1st as OC, 4th overall season)
Defensive coordinator Tom Clark (4th season)
Base defense 3–4
Home stadium Williams Stadium
Seasons
  2008
2010  
2009 Big South Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 22 Liberty +  5 1   8 3  
Stony Brook +  5 1   6 5  
Charleston Southern  4 2   6 5  
Gardner–Webb  3 3   6 5  
Coastal Carolina  3 3   5 6  
VMI  1 5   2 9  
Presbyterian  0 6   0 11  
  • + Conference co-champions
Rankings from The Sports Network poll

The 2009 Liberty Flames football team represented Liberty University in the 2009 NCAA Division I FCS football season a member of the Big South Conference. The Flames were led by fourth-year head coach Danny Rocco and played their home games at Williams Stadium in Lynchburg, Virginia. They finished the season with an overall record of 8–3 and a 5–1 mark in the Big South to share the conference championship with Stony Brook.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 512:00 pmat West Virginia * ESPN+ L 20–3357,950
September 127:00 pm North Carolina Central *No. 24 FSN W 35–1016,112
September 196:00 pmat Lafayette *No. 24W 19–138,921
September 267:00 pmNo. 6 James Madison *No. 24
  • Williams Stadium
  • Lynchburg, VA
FSNL 10–2415,532
October 33:30 pm West Virginia Wesleyan *Dagger-14-plain.png
  • Williams Stadium
  • Lynchburg, VA
FSNW 45–714,167
October 173:30 pm Coastal Carolina
  • Williams Stadium
  • Lynchburg, VA (rivalry)
FSNW 58–1314,371
October 241:30 pmat Charleston Southern No. 23W 20–133,845
October 313:30 pm Presbyterian No. 23
  • Williams Stadium
  • Lynchburg, VA
FSNW 55–1914,197
November 77:00 pm VMI No. 16
  • Williams Stadium
  • Lynchburg, VA
MASN W 54–1415,208
November 141:30 pmat Gardner–Webb No. 16 BSN W 51–285,277
November 211:00 pmat Stony Brook No. 16BSNL 33–363,465

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References

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