2011 Liberty

6–⁠4 (4–⁠1 Big South). The season’s Wikipedia article records 7–⁠4, over 11 games to the 10 on file here.

Schedule and results

Liberty in 2011, game by game: lost at NC State 21–43; won vs. Robert Morris 38–7; lost vs. James Madison 24–27; lost at Lehigh 24–27; won vs. Kentucky Wesleyan 57–0; won at Gardner-Webb 35–3; won at Charleston Southern 38–16; won vs. Presbyterian 27–20; won vs. VMI 37–31; lost at Stony Brook 31–41+57−22Lost 21–43 at NC State-22NC StateWon 38–7 vs. Robert Morris+31Robert MorrisLost 24–27 vs. James Madison-3James MadisonLost 24–27 at Lehigh-3LehighWon 57–0 vs. Kentucky Wesleyan+57Kentucky Wesley…Won 35–3 at Gardner-Webb+32Gardner-WebbWon 38–16 at Charleston Southern+22Charleston Sout…Won 27–20 vs. Presbyterian+7PresbyterianWon 37–31 vs. VMI+6VMILost 31–41 at Stony Brook-10Stony Brook
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Stony Brook 41–⁠31; unranked in the final AP poll; 2nd in the Big South.

In program history: The 14th-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 2011 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
Oct 15vsCoastal CarolinaW 63–⁠27Liberty’s article, Coastal Carolina’s article
Record
6–⁠4
Conference
4–⁠1 2nd in Big South
AP final
Unranked
Points
332–⁠215
Coach
—
Elo
1410 +20 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−22.4 No. 39 of 125 in FCS
Recruiting class
No. 125
Offensive coordinator
Brandon Streeter
Defensive coordinator
Tom Clark

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).

Top recruits in the 2011 class

Grant Jones OT★★★No. 1066

247Sports composite rankings via CollegeFootballData.com; national rank in the class.

The 2011 class by position

SignedStarsRating
Offensive line13.00.833

High-school signees by position group, with their average stars and 247Sports composite rating (out of 1), via CollegeFootballData.com. Athletes are signees with no set position.

2011 Big South standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Stony Brook6–⁠08–⁠4
Liberty4–⁠16–⁠4
Coastal Carolina3–⁠27–⁠3
Gardner-Webb2–⁠34–⁠6
Presbyterian2–⁠33–⁠7
VMI1–⁠41–⁠9
Charleston Southern0–⁠50–⁠10

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