2016 Liberty Flames football team

The 2016 Liberty Flames football team represented Liberty University in the 2016 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by fifth-year head coach Turner Gill and played their home games at Williams Stadium. They were a member of the Big South Conference. They finished the season 6–5, 4–1 in Big South play to share the conference championship with Charleston Southern. Despite the conference title, the Flames were not invited to the FCS playoffs.

2016 Liberty Flames football
Big South co-champion
ConferenceBig South Conference
2016 record6–5 (4–1 Big South)
Head coachTurner Gill (5th season)
Offensive coordinatorJoe Dailey
Co-defensive coordinatorRobert Wimberly
Co-defensive coordinatorVantz Singletary
Home stadiumWilliams Stadium
(Capacity: 19,200)
2016 Big South Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 15 Charleston Southern +^  4 –1     7 –4  
Liberty +  4 –1     6 –5  
Kennesaw State  3 –2     8 –3  
Gardner–Webb  3 –2     5 –6  
Presbyterian  1 –4     2 –9  
Monmouth  0 –5     4 –7  
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant
Rankings from STATS Poll

Schedule
DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 312:30 PMat Virginia Tech*
ACCNL 13–3662,234
September 107:00 PMJacksonville*
ESPN3W 55–716,625
September 177:00 PMat SMU*
ESPN3L 14–2922,127
September 247:00 PMNo. 3 Jacksonville State*
  • Williams Stadium
  • Lynchburg, VA
ESPN3L 19–4815,354
October 17:00 PMRobert Morris*
  • Williams Stadium
  • Lynchburg, VA
ESPN3W 41–711,273
October 157:00 PMat Kennesaw State
ESPN3W 36–218,803
October 223:30 PMMonmouth
  • Williams Stadium
  • Lynchburg, VA
ESPN3W 52–2816,687
October 293:30 PMGardner–Webb
  • Williams Stadium
  • Lynchburg, VA
BSNW 23–20 OT16,608
November 52:00 PMat Presbyterian
ESPN3W 16–03,101
November 123:30 PMNo. 14 Charleston SouthernNo. 25
  • Williams Stadium
  • Lynchburg, VA
ESPN3L 26–4821,712
November 177:00 PMat No. 16 Coastal Carolina*
ESPNewsL 7–427,787

Game summaries

Virginia Tech
Liberty @ Virginia Tech
1 234Total
Flames 6 700 13
• Hokies 7 1793 36
See also: 2016 Virginia Tech Hokies football team

Jacksonville
Jacksonville @ Liberty
1 234Total
Dolphins 0 007 7
• Flames 14 171014 55
See also: 2016 Jacksonville Dolphins football team

SMU
Liberty @ SMU
1 234Total
Flames 7 070 14
• Mustangs 10 3610 29
See also: 2016 SMU Mustangs football team

Jacksonville State
Jacksonville State @ Liberty
1 234Total
• #3 Gamecocks 14 13021 48
Flames 3 079 19
  • Date: September 24
  • Location: Williams Stadium
    Lynchburg, VA
  • Game attendance: 15,354
See also: 2016 Jacksonville State Gamecocks football team

Robert Morris
Robert Morris @ Liberty
1 234Total
Colonials 7 000 7
• Flames 7 141010 41
  • Date: October 1
  • Location: Williams Stadium
    Lynchburg, VA
  • Game attendance: 11,273
See also: 2016 Robert Morris Colonials football team

Kennesaw State
Liberty @ Kennesaw State
1 234Total
• Flames 7 13610 36
Owls 7 707 21
See also: 2016 Kennesaw State Owls football team

Monmouth
Monmouth @ Liberty
1 234Total
Hawks 0 7147 28
• Flames 14 17714 52
  • Date: October 22
  • Location: Williams Stadium
    Lynchburg, VA
  • Game attendance: 16,687
See also: 2016 Monmouth Hawks football team

Gardner–Webb
Gardner–Webb @ Liberty
1 234OTTotal
Runnin' Bulldogs 0 6770 20
• Flames 7 03103 23
  • Date: October 29
  • Location: Williams Stadium
    Lynchburg, VA
  • Game attendance: 16,608
See also: 2016 Gardner–Webb Runnin' Bulldogs football team

Presbyterian
Liberty @ Presbyterian
1 234Total
• Flames 6 307 16
Blue Hose 0 000 0
See also: 2016 Presbyterian Blue Hose football team

Charleston Southern
Charleston Southern @ Liberty
1 234Total
• #14 Buccaneers 7 24710 48
#25 Flames 6 0614 26
  • Date: November 12
  • Location: Williams Stadium
    Lynchburg, VA
  • Game attendance: 21,712
See also: 2016 Charleston Southern Buccaneers football team

Coastal Carolina
Liberty @ Coastal Carolina
1 234Total
Flames 0 700 7
• #16 Chanticleers 7 2177 42
See also: 2016 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers football team

Ranking movements
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final 
STATS FCS RV RV RV RV NR NR NR NR RV RV 25 RV RV NR 
Coaches RV RV RV RV NR RV RV RV RV RV 24 RV NR NR
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