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2009 Liberty

7–⁠3 (4–⁠1 Big South). The season’s Wikipedia article records 8–⁠3, over 11 games to the 10 on file here.

Schedule and results

Liberty in 2009, game by game: lost at West Virginia 20–33; won vs. North Carolina Central 35–10; won at Lafayette 19–13; lost vs. James Madison 10–24; won vs. West Virginia Wesleyan 45–7; won vs. Coastal Carolina 58–13; won at Charleston Southern 20–13; won vs. Presbyterian 55–19; won vs. VMI 54–14; lost at Stony Brook 33–36+45−14Lost 20–33 at West Virginia-13West VirginiaWon 35–10 vs. North Carolina Central+25North Carolina …Won 19–13 at Lafayette+6LafayetteLost 10–24 vs. James Madison-14James MadisonWon 45–7 vs. West Virginia Wesleyan+38West Virginia W…Won 58–13 vs. Coastal Carolina+45Coastal CarolinaWon 20–13 at Charleston Southern+7Charleston Sout…Won 55–19 vs. Presbyterian+36PresbyterianWon 54–14 vs. VMI+40VMILost 33–36 at Stony Brook-3Stony Brook
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 5atWest VirginiaL 20–⁠3316%
Sep 12vsNorth Carolina CentralW 35–⁠1079%
Sep 19atLafayetteW 19–⁠1347%
Sep 26vsJames MadisonL 10–⁠2449%
Oct 3vsWest Virginia WesleyanW 45–⁠784%
Oct 17vsCoastal CarolinaW 58–⁠1370%
Oct 24atCharleston SouthernW 20–⁠1359%
Oct 31vsPresbyterianW 55–⁠1992%
Nov 7vsVMIW 54–⁠1487%
Nov 21atStony BrookL 33–⁠3661%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Stony Brook 36–⁠33; unranked in the final AP poll; Big South champions.

In program history: The 10th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 32 on file).

Games missing from our records

Wikipedia’s season articles list one game of Liberty’s 2009 season that CollegeFootballData.com, where this site’s results come from, doesn’t have. It doesn’t count in the record, Elo ratings or series totals here. Where two sources give a game alike (both teams’ articles or records, or an article and the guide), both are named.

DateOpponentResultSource
Nov 14atGardner-WebbW 51–⁠28Gardner-Webb’s article, Liberty’s article

Big South champions4–⁠1 in the conference, shared with Stony Brook

Record
7–⁠3
Conference
4–⁠1 2nd in Big South
AP final
Unranked
Points
349–⁠182
Coach
—
Elo
1440 +43 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−14.6 No. 17 of 125 in FCS
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Brandon Streeter
Defensive coordinator
Tom Clark
Defense
3–⁠4

Player leaders are hidden for this season: our source’s player stats for Liberty are missing players (they add up to less than 85% of the team’s passing or rushing yards).

2009 Big South standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Stony Brook5–⁠06–⁠4
Liberty4–⁠17–⁠3
Gardner-Webb3–⁠26–⁠4
Charleston Southern3–⁠25–⁠5
Coastal Carolina2–⁠34–⁠6
VMI1–⁠52–⁠9
Presbyterian0–⁠50–⁠10

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