2009 Liberty Flames football team

2009 Liberty Flames football
Big South co-champion
Conference	Big South Conference
Ranking
Sports Network	No. 22
FCS Coaches	No. 21
Record	8–3 (5–1 Big South)
Head coach	Danny Rocco (4th season)
Offensive coordinator	Brandon Streeter (1st as OC, 4th overall season)
Defensive coordinator	Tom Clark (4th season)
Base defense	3–4
Home stadium	Williams Stadium
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2009 Big South Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
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

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 5	12:00 pm	at West Virginia *		Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV	ESPN+	L 20–33	57,950
September 12	7:00 pm	North Carolina Central *	No. 24	Williams Stadium Lynchburg, VA	FSN	W 35–10	16,112
September 19	6:00 pm	at Lafayette *	No. 24	Fisher Stadium Easton, PA		W 19–13	8,921
September 26	7:00 pm	No. 6 James Madison *	No. 24	Williams Stadium Lynchburg, VA	FSN	L 10–24	15,532
October 3	3:30 pm	West Virginia Wesleyan *		Williams Stadium Lynchburg, VA	FSN	W 45–7	14,167
October 17	3:30 pm	Coastal Carolina		Williams Stadium Lynchburg, VA (rivalry)	FSN	W 58–13	14,371
October 24	1:30 pm	at Charleston Southern	No. 23	Buccaneer Field Charleston, SC		W 20–13	3,845
October 31	3:30 pm	Presbyterian	No. 23	Williams Stadium Lynchburg, VA	FSN	W 55–19	14,197
November 7	7:00 pm	VMI	No. 16	Williams Stadium Lynchburg, VA	MASN	W 54–14	15,208
November 14	1:30 pm	at Gardner–Webb	No. 16	Ernest W. Spangler Stadium Boiling Springs, NC	BSN	W 51–28	5,277
November 21	1:00 pm	at Stony Brook	No. 16	Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium Stony Brook, NY	BSN	L 33–36	3,465
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from The Sports Network Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

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References

1. DeLassus, David. "Liberty (VA) Yearly Results: 2005–2009". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on December 13, 2011. Retrieved March 31, 2013.