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2005 Liberty

1–⁠10 (0–⁠4 Big South).

Schedule and results

Liberty in 2005, game by game: won vs. Concord 17–6; lost at UConn 0–59; lost vs. Youngstown State 0–42; lost at William & Mary 0–56; lost vs. VMI 7–10; lost vs. Chattanooga 21–24; lost vs. Towson 17–38; lost vs. Coastal Carolina 21–27; lost at Gardner-Webb 16–21; lost vs. Charleston Southern 30–31; lost at Norfolk State 17–34+11−59Won 17–6 vs. Concord+11ConcordLost 0–59 at UConn-59UConnLost 0–42 vs. Youngstown State-42Youngstown StateLost 0–56 at William & Mary-56William & MaryLost 7–10 vs. VMI-3VMILost 21–24 vs. Chattanooga-3ChattanoogaLost 17–38 vs. Towson-21TowsonLost 21–27 vs. Coastal Carolina-6Coastal CarolinaLost 16–21 at Gardner-Webb-5Gardner-WebbLost 30–31 vs. Charleston Southern-1Charleston Sout…Lost 17–34 at Norfolk State-17Norfolk State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 3vsConcordW 17–⁠672%
Sep 10atUConnL 0–⁠5914%
Sep 17vsYoungstown StateL 0–⁠4253%
Sep 24atWilliam & MaryL 0–⁠5631%
Oct 1vsVMIL 7–⁠1067%
Oct 8vsChattanoogaL 21–⁠2454%
Oct 15vsTowsonL 17–⁠3841%
Oct 22vsCoastal CarolinaL 21–⁠2728%
Oct 29atGardner-WebbL 16–⁠2126%
Nov 12vsCharleston SouthernL 30–⁠3135%
Nov 19atNorfolk StateL 17–⁠3443%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Norfolk State 34–⁠17; unranked in the final AP poll; 5th in the Big South.

In program history: The worst season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 32 on file).

Record
1–⁠10
Conference
0–⁠4 5th in Big South
AP final
Unranked
Points
146–⁠348
Coach
—
Elo
1122 −168 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−46.6 No. 98 of 115 in Division I-AA
Recruiting class
—

2005 Big South standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Coastal Carolina3–⁠19–⁠2
Charleston Southern3–⁠17–⁠4
Gardner-Webb2–⁠25–⁠6
VMI2–⁠23–⁠8
Liberty0–⁠41–⁠10

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.