Liberty Football Team History
Liberty Flames
Liberty
Lynchburg, VA
Founded: 0 Stadium: Williams Stadium Capacity: 25,000 Colors: Blue, White, and Red Coach: Tom Dowling Conference: Independent-
1983 Season Highlights
Tom Dowling enters his 7th season as Head Coach at Liberty.
1983 Season
Date
Opponent Score
Sat., Sep. 3 vs. Howard (DC)
15
10
W
Sat., Sep. 10 @ Saginaw Valley State
15
18
L
Sat., Sep. 17 vs. Towson
3
13
L
Sat., Sep. 24 @
James Madison
35
44
L
Sat., Oct. 1 @ Central State
16
66
L
Sat., Oct. 8 vs. Virginia State
14
2
W
Sat., Oct. 22 vs. Delaware State
24
48
L
Sat., Oct. 29 vs. Presbyterian
9
28
L
Sat., Nov. 5 @ Morehead State
16
24
L
Sat., Nov. 12 @ Wofford
27
35
L
Sat., Nov. 19 vs. West Georgia
7
28
L
1983 Season Totals
Record 2-9
Points Scored 181
Scoring Average 16.5
Points Allowed 316
Defense Average 28.7
Opponents Record 3-8
Conference Record 0-0
Home Record 2-4
Away Record 0-5
1983 NCAA Final Rankings
Rank
Record
Source
was not ranked.
1983 All American Awards
Player
Position
Class
Ht.
Wt.
Award
Team
Source
Coming Someday
1983 All Independent Conference Players
Player
Position
Class
Ht.
Wt.
Team
Source
Coming Someday
Some records may be incomplete.
Great Moments in College Football History
The first bowl game, later known as The Rose Bowl, was played on January 1st, 1902 between the Michigan Wolverines and Stanford Cardinals. Michigan won 49-0.