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-
1982 Season Highlights
Tom Dowling enters his 6th season as Head Coach at Liberty.
1982 Season
Date
Opponent Score
Sat., Sep. 4 vs. Delta State
13
16
L
Sat., Sep. 11 @ Carson-Newman
10
31
L
Sat., Sep. 18 @
Middle Tennessee State
7
27
L
Sat., Sep. 25 vs.
Jacksonville State
13
42
L
Sat., Oct. 2 vs. Central State
31
15
W
Sat., Oct. 9 @ Evangel (MO)
35
19
W
Sat., Oct. 23 vs. Saginaw Valley State
35
7
W
Sat., Oct. 30 @ Presbyterian
24
12
W
Sat., Nov. 6 vs. Morehead State
13
10
W
Sat., Nov. 13 vs. Indiana (PA)
35
13
W
Sat., Nov. 20 @ Delaware State
35
22
W
1982 Season Totals
Record 7-4
Points Scored 251
Scoring Average 22.8
Points Allowed 214
Defense Average 19.5
Opponents Record 18-5
Conference Record 0-0
Home Record 4-2
Away Record 3-2
1982 NCAA Final Rankings
Rank
Record
Source
was not ranked.
1982 All American Awards
Player
Position
Class
Ht.
Wt.
Award
Team
Source
Coming Someday
1982 All Independent Conference Players
Player
Position
Class
Ht.
Wt.
Team
Source
Coming Someday
Some records may be incomplete.
Great Moments in College Football History
College football's largest margin of victory came in 1916, when Georgia Tech defeated Cumberland by a score of 222 to 0. The game was cut short by 15 minutes.