2014 Liberty Flames football team

American college football season August 2023 February 2026 football 2014 Liberty Flames Liberty Flames wordmark.svg 150 Big South Conference Big South 17 17 9–5 4–1 Turner Gill 3rd Aaron Stamn 3rd Robert Wimberly 3rd Vantz Singletary 3rd Spread 4–3 Williams Stadium Big South co-champion FCS Playoffs Second Round L 22–29 vs. Villanova The 2014 Liberty Flames football team represented Liberty University in the 2014 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by third-year head coach Turner Gill and played their home games at Williams Stadium. They were a member of the Big South Conference. They finished the season 9–4, 4–1 in Big South play to share the conference championship with Coastal Carolina. They received the Big South's automatic bid to the FCS Playoffs where they defeated James Madison in the first round before losing in the second round to Villanova. Schedule 2014 NCAA Division I FCS The Sports Network Eastern August 30 6:00 pm l y y North Carolina 23 (FBS) Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC ESPN3 29–56 51,000 September 6 4:00 pm w y y Norfolk State William "Dick" Price Stadium Norfolk, VA LFSN 17–0 6,150 September 13 7:00 pm w y 2014 Brevard Tornadoes Brevard Williams Stadium Lynchburg, VA LFSN 56–31 15,755 September 20 7:00 pm w y 24 Bryant Williams Stadium Lynchburg, VA LFSN 38–21 16,873 September 27 3:00 pm l y y 22 Indiana State Memorial Stadium Terre Haute, IN LFSN 19–38 5,633 October 4 7:00 pm l y y Richmond 20 Williams Stadium Lynchburg, VA LFSN 39–46 2OT 20,838 October 11 3:30 pm w y y Appalachian State Kidd Brewer Stadium Boone, NC ESPN3 55–48 OT 26,058 October 25 3:30 pm w Gardner–Webb Williams Stadium Lynchburg, VA ESPN3 34–0 20,217 November 1 2:00 pm w y Presbyterian Bailey Memorial Stadium Clinton, SC LFSN 28–7 2,691 November 8 3:30 pm w Monmouth Williams Stadium Lynchburg, VA ASN 34–24 16,053 November 15 3:30 pm l Charleston Southern Williams Stadium Lynchburg, VA LFSN 36–38 12,362 November 22 1:00 pm w y Coastal Carolina 1 Brooks Stadium Conway, SC rivalry ESPN3 15–14 8,576 November 29 4:00 pm w y y 20 James Madison 15 Bridgeforth Stadium Harrisonburg, VA NCAA Division I First Round ESPN3 26–21 13,040 December 6 4:30 pm l y y 20 Villanova 5 Villanova Stadium Villanova, PA NCAA Division I Second Round ESPN3 22–29 3,113 Source: Schedule Game summaries @ North Carolina Liberty @ North Carolina Flames 7 8 7 7 #23 Tar Heels 14 7 28 7 August 30 Kenan Memorial StadiumChapel Hill, NC 6:00 PM EDT 51,000 ESPN3 yes 1 11:25 UNC Bug Howard 7-yard pass from Marquise Williams, Thomas Moore kick UNC 7–0 1 4:44 LIB Todd Macon 1-yard run, Avery Echols kick Tied 7–7 1 3:22 UNC Romar Morris 1-yard run, Thomas Moore kick UNC 14–7 2 5:09 LIB Team Safety UNC 14–9 2 1:37 LIB D.J. Abner 1-yard run, two-point conversion failed LIB 15–14 2 0:28 UNC Marquise Williams 3-yard run, Nick Weiler kick UNC 21–15 3 9:25 LIB Jacob Hagan 27-yard fumble return, Avery Echols kick LIB 22–21 3 5:55 UNC Mack Hollins 33-yard pass from Marquise Williams, Nick Weiler kick UNC 28–22 3 5:42 UNC Jeff Schoettmer 19-yard interception return, Nick Weiler kick UNC 35–22 3 3:47 UNC Marquise Williams 15-yard run, Nick Weiler kick UNC 42–22 3 2:06 UNC Jack Tabb 4-yard pass from Mitch Trubisky, Nick Weiler kick UNC 49–22 4 10:16 LIB Todd Macon 1-yard run, Avery Echols kick UNC 49–29 4 1:16 UNC Charles Brunson 2-yard run, Nick Weiler kick UNC 56–29 yes 2014 North Carolina Tar Heels football team In their first game of the season, the Flames lost, 56–29 to the North Carolina Tar Heels.No. 23 Tar Heels Beat Flames 56-29 in Opener Aaron Beard https://www.espn.com/college-football/recap?gameId=400547795 ESPN Associated Press August 30, 2014 September 1, 2014 @ Norfolk State Liberty @ Norfolk State Flames 3 7 0 7 Spartans 0 0 0 0 September 6 William "Dick" Price StadiumNorfolk, VA 4:00 PM EDT 6,150 LFSN yes 1 2:47 LIB Avery Echols 22-yard kick good LIB 3–0 2 6:39 LIB Josh Woodrum 7-yard run, Avery Echols kick LIB 10–0 4 5:52 LIB D.J. Abnar 22-yard pass from Josh Woodrum, Avery Echols kick LIB 17–0 yes 2014 Norfolk State Spartans football team In their second game of the season, the Flames won, 17–0 over the Norfolk State Spartans.Liberty Defeats Norfolk State 17-0 https://www.espn.com/college-football/recap?gameId=400557398 ESPN Associated Press September 6, 2014 September 7, 2014 Brevard Brevard @ Liberty Tornadoes 0 17 7 7 Flames 21 14 7 14 September 13 Williams StadiumLynchburg, VA 7:00 PM EDT 15,755 LFSN yes 1 12:03 LIB D.J. Abnar 13-yard run, John Lunsford kick LIB 7–0 1 8:47 LIB Dante Shells 38-yard pass from Josh Woodrum, John Lunsford kick LIB 14–0 1 3:19 LIB Todd Macon 3-yard run, John Lunsford kick LIB 21–0 2 10:40 BRE Jordan Ollis 2-yard run, Alex Noboa kick LIB 21–7 2 10:29 LIB Zac Parker 65-yard run, John Lunsford kick LIB 28–7 2 4:20 BRE Jordan Ollis 6-yard run, Alex Noboa kick LIB 28–14 2 1:42 LIB D.J. Abnar 7-yard run, John Lunsford kick LIB 35–14 2 0:18 BRE Alex Noboa 42-yard kick good LIB 35–17 3 7:52 BRE Tanner Wright 5-yard run, Alex Noboa kick LIB 35–24 3 2:38 LIB Dexter Herman 10-yard pass from Josh Woodrum, John Lunsford kick LIB 42–24 4 13:53 LIB Darrin Peterson 86-yard pass from Josh Woodrum, John Lunsford kick LIB 49–24 4 9:32 BRE Jordan Ollis 1-yard run, Alex Noboa kick LIB 49–31 4 7:33 LIB Gabe Henderson 32-yard pass from Josh Woodrum, John Lunsford kick LIB 56–31 yes Brevard Tornadoes football In their third game of the season, the Flames won, 56–31 over the Brevard Tornadoes.Brevard vs. Liberty http://scores.espn.go.com/ncf/recap?gameId=400557405 https://web.archive.org/web/20141014035704/http://scores.espn.go.com/ncf/recap?gameId=400557405 dead October 14, 2014 ESPN Associated Press September 13, 2014 September 14, 2014 Bryant Bryant @ Liberty Bulldogs 0 14 0 7 #24 Flames 10 14 7 7 September 20 Williams StadiumLynchburg, VA 7:00 PM EDT 16,873 LFSN yes 1 7:41 LIB John Lunsford 57 yard kick good LIB 3–0 1 2:42 LIB Josh Woodrum 10-yard run, John Lunsford kick LIB 10–0 2 13:46 LIB D.J. Abnar 3-yard run, John Lunsford kick LIB 17–0 2 5:19 LIB D.J. Abnar 22-yard run, John Lunsford kick LIB 24–0 2 2:22 BRY Ricardo McCray 11-yard pass from Dalton Easton, Tom Alberti kick LIB 24–7 2 0:41 BRY Ricardo McCray 2-yard run, Tom Alberti kick LIB 24–14 3 10:48 LIB Thomas Kennedy 4-yard pass from Josh Woodrum, John Lunsford kick LIB 31–14 4 12:17 LIB Josh Woodrum 30-yard run, John Lunsford kick LIB 38–14 4 8:05 BRY Paul Canevari 1-yard run, Tom Alberti kick LIB 38–21 yes 2014 Bryant Bulldogs football team In their fourth game of the season, the Flames won, 38–21 over the Bryant Bulldogs.Liberty over Bryant 38-21 https://www.espn.com/college-football/recap?gameId=400557411 ESPN Associated Press September 20, 2014 September 21, 2014 @ Indiana State Liberty @ Indiana State #22 Flames 3 10 0 6 Sycamores 3 21 0 14 September 27 Memorial StadiumTerre Haute, IN 3:00 PM EDT 5,633 LFSN yes 1 11:00 LIB Eric Heidorn 25-yard kick good INST 3–0 1 4:30 INST John Lunsford 22-yard kick good Tied 3–3 2 11:19 INST Gary Owens 17-yard pass from Mike Perish, Eric Heidorn kick INST 10–3 2 11:03 LIB Dante Shell 71-yard pass from Josh Woodrum, John Lunsford kick Tied 10–10 2 9:16 INST Dimitri Taylor 6-yard pass from Mike Perish, Eric Heidorn kick INST 17–10 2 3:16 LIB John Lunsford 48-yard kick good INST 17–13 2 0:10 INST Robert Tonyan Jr. 14-yard pass from Mike Perish, Eric Heidorn kick INST 24–13 4 6:10 INST Mike Perish 1-yard run, Eric Heidorn kick INST 31–13 4 4:51 LIB Darrin Peterson 8-yard pass from Josh Woodrum, two-point conversion failed INST 31–19 4 12:03 INST Buck Logan 7-yard run, Eric Heidorn kick INST 38–19 yes 2014 Indiana State Sycamores football team In their fifth game of the season, the Flames lost, 38–19 to the Indiana State Sycamores.Perish leads Indiana State Past Liberty, 38-19 https://www.espn.com/college-football/recap?gameId=400557417 ESPN Associated Press September 27, 2014 September 28, 2014 Richmond Richmond @ Liberty #20 Spiders 15 7 0 10 7 7 Flames 0 7 15 10 7 0 October 4 Williams StadiumLynchburg, VA 7:00 PM EDT 20,838 LFSN yes 1 7:19 RICH Seth Fisher 2-yard pass from Michael Rocco, Peter Yoder kick RICH 7–0 1 0:30 RICH Seth Fisher 8-yard pass from Michael Strauss, Porter Abell pass to Brian Brown for two-point conversion RICH 15–0 2 11:09 LIB Josh Woodrum 1-yard run, John Lunsford kick RICH 15–7 2 2:51 RICH Michael Strauss 1-yard run, Peter Yoder kick RICH 22–7 3 11:35 LIB Josh Woodrum 8-yard run, John Lunsford kick RICH 22–15 3 5:03 LIB Darrin Peterson 16-yard pass from Josh Woodrum, Josh Woodrum run for two-point conversions Tied 22–22 4 11:42 RICH Stephen Barnette 3-yard pass from Michael Strauss, Peter Yoder kick RICH 29–22 4 2:02 LIB Darrin Peterson 11-yard pass from Josh Woodrum, John Lundsford kick Tied 29–29 4 0:08 RICH Peter Yoder 21-yard kick good RICH 32–29 4 0:00 LIB John Lundsford 60-yard kick good Tied 32–32 OT 0:00 LIB Darrin Peterson 15-yard pass from Josh Woodrum, John Lundsford kick LIB 39–32 OT 0:00 RICH Seth Fisher 16-yard run, Peter Yoder kick Tied 39–39 2OT 0:00 RICH Seth Fisher 1-yard run, Peter Yoder kick RICH 46–39 yes 2014 Richmond Spiders football team In their sixth game of the season, the Flames lost, 46–39, in double overtime, to the Richmond Spiders.Richmond Edges Liberty 46-39 in 2OT https://www.espn.com/college-football/recap?gameId=400557420 ESPN Associated Press October 4, 2014 October 5, 2014 @ Appalachian State Liberty @ Appalachian State Flames 14 14 13 7 7 Mountaineers 7 17 16 8 0 October 11 Kidd Brewer StadiumBoone, NC 3:30 PM EDT 20,058 ESPN3 yes 1 14:52 APP Marcus Cox 38-yard run, Bentlee Critcher kick APP 7–0 1 8:23 LIB D.J. Abnar 1-yard run, John Lundsford kick Tied 7–7 1 0:46 LIB Dexter Herman 24-yard pass from Josh Woodrum, John Lunsford kick LIB 14–7 2 14:49 APP Simms McElfresh 63-yard pass from Taylor Lamb, Bentlee Critcher kick Tied 14–14 2 11:50 APP Aaron Krah 0-yard fumble return, Bentlee Critcher kick APP 21–14 2 11:42 LIB Dante Shells 75-yard pass from Josh Woodrum, John Lunsford kick Tied 21–21 2 6:58 LIB Kenny Scott 39-yard fumble return, John Lundsford kick LIB 28–21 2 0:04 APP Bentlee Critcher 33-yard kick good LIB 28–24 3 12:11 LIB John Lunsford 33-yard kick good LIB 31–24 3 11:36 APP Bobo Beathard 60-yard pass from Taylor Lamb, Bentlee Critcher kick Tied 31–31 3 8:29 LIB John Lunsford 35-yard kick good LIB 34–31 3 6:42 APP Shaedon Meadors 48-yard pass from Taylor Lamb, Bentlee Critcher kick failed APP 37–34 3 4:47 APP Bentlee Critcher 38-yard kick good APP 40–34 3 0:29 LIB D.J. Abnar 1-yard run, John Lundsford kick LIB 41–40 4 12:46 APP Terrance Upshaw 60-yard run, Taylor Lamb pass to Bobo Beatheart for two-point conversion APP 48–41 4 6:19 LIB Josh Woodrum 13-yard run, John Lundsford kick Tied 48–48 OT 0:00 LIB Darrin Peterson 9-yard pass from Josh Woodrum, John Lundsford kick LIB 55–48 yes 2014 Appalachian State Mountaineers football team In their seventh game of the season, the Flames won, 55–48, in overtime, over the Appalachian State Mountaineers.Liberty edges Appalachian State 55-48 in OT https://www.espn.com/college-football/recap?gameId=400548423 ESPN Associated Press October 11, 2014 October 12, 2014 Gardner–Webb Gardner–Webb @ Liberty Runnin' Bulldogs 0 0 0 0 Flames 10 10 14 0 October 25 Williams StadiumLynchburg, VA 3:30 PM EDT 20,217 Mike Hogewood and Mike Gleason ESPN3 yes 1 9:00 LIB Josh Woodrum 4-yard run, John Lunsford kick LIB 7–0 1 5:54 LIB John Lundsford 35-yard kick good LIB 10–0 2 11:12 LIB D.J. Abnar 19-yard run, John Lunsford kick LIB 17–0 2 0:00 LIB John Lunsford 39-yard kick good LIB 20–0 3 12:48 LIB D.J. Abnar 5-yard run, John Lunsford kick LIB 27–0 3 10:52 LIB Jaquan Glover 6-yard pass from Josh Woodrum, John Lundsford kick LIB 34–0 yes 2014 Gardner–Webb Runnin' Bulldogs football team In their eighth game of the season, the Flames won, 34–0, over the Gardner–Webb Runnin' Bulldogs.Abnar leads Liberty past Gardner-Webb 34-0 https://www.espn.com/college-football/recap?gameId=400557427 ESPN Associated Press October 25, 2014 October 26, 2014 @ Presbyterian Liberty @ Presbyterian Flames 7 14 0 7 Blue Hose 0 0 0 7 November 1 Bailey Memorial StadiumClinton, SC 2:00 PM EDT 2,691 LFSN yes 1 11:35 LIB Josh Woodrum 2-yard run, John Lundsford kick LIB 7–0 2 7:44 LIB Gabe Henderson 29-yard pass from Josh Woodrum, John Lundsford kick LIB 14–0 2 2:39 LIB Darrin Peterson 70-yard pass from Josh Woodrum, John Lundsford kick LIB 21–0 4 9:25 PRE Jordan Hallum 5-yard run, Brandon Morrow kick LIB 21–7 4 1:03 LIB D.J. Abnar 1-yard run, John Lundsford kick LIB 28–7 yes 2014 Presbyterian Blue Hose football team In their ninth game of the season, the Flames won, 28–7, over the Presbyterian Blue Hose.Liberty rolls over Presbyterian 28-7 https://www.espn.com/college-football/recap?gameId=400557432 ESPN Associated Press November 1, 2014 November 2, 2014 Monmouth Monmouth @ Liberty Hawks 7 7 10 0 Flames 7 10 7 10 November 8 Williams StadiumLynchburg, VA 3:30 PM EST 16,053 ASN yes 1 9:31 LIB D.J. Abnar 5-yard run, John Lundsford kick LIB 7–0 1 8:49 MON Hakeem Valles 68-yard pass from Matt Choi, Lucas Santangelo kick Tied 7–7 2 14:31 LIB Darrin Peterson 31-yard pass from Josh Woodrum, John Lundsford kick LIB 14–7 2 12:09 MON Jake Mauro 3-yard pass from Brandon Hill, Lucas Santangelo kick Tied 14–14 2 0:00 LIB John Lundsford 26-yard kick good LIB 17–14 3 8:25 MON Lucas Santangelo 24-yard kick good Tied 17–17 3 5:07 LIB Gabe Henderson 13-yard pass from Josh Woodrum, Josh Lundsford kick LIB 24–17 3 3:30 MON Darren Ambush 37-yard pass from Brandon Hill, Lucas Santangelo kick Tied 24–24 4 10:19 LIB D.J. Abnar 2-yard run, John Lundsford kick LIB 31–24 4 3:27 LIB John Lundsford 27-yard kick good LIB 34–24 yes 2014 Monmouth Hawks football team In their tenth game of the season, the Flames won, 34–24, over the Monmouth Hawks.Abnar carries Liberty past Monmouth, 34-24 https://www.espn.com/college-football/recap?gameId=400557433 ESPN Associated Press November 8, 2014 November 9, 2014 Charleston Southern Charleston Southern @ Liberty Buccaneers 0 17 14 7 Flames 3 13 7 13 November 15 Williams StadiumLynchburg, VA 3:30 PM EST 12,362 LFSN yes 1 11:34 LIB John Lundsford 51-yard kick good LIB 3–0 2 13:20 CHSO Christian Reyes 4-yard run, David Kennedy kick CHSO 7–3 2 10:22 LIB Darrin Peterson 6-yard pass from Stephon Masha, John Lundsford kick LIB 10–7 2 7:03 CHSO Christian Reyes 52-yard run, David Kennedy kick CHSO 14–10 2 2:21 LIB Darrin Peterson 19-yard pass from Stephon Masha, John Lundsford kick failed LIB 16–14 2 0:15 CHSO David Kennedy 27-yard kick good CHSO 17–16 3 10:01 CHSO Nathan Prater 11-yard pass from Austin Brown, David Kennedy kick CHSO 24–16 3 8:11 LIB Darrin Peterson 16-yard pass from Stephon Masha, John Lundsford kick CHSO 24–23 3 6:35 CHSO Ben Robinson 2-yard run, David Kennedy kick CHSO 31–23 4 13:04 CHSO Mike Holloway 40-yard run, David Kennedy kick CHSO 38–23 4 10:09 LIB Gabe Henderson 26-yard pass from Stephon Masha, two-point conversion failed CHSO 38–29 4 5:24 LIB D.J. Abnar 3-yard run, John Lundsford kick CHSO 38–36 yes 2014 Charleston Southern Buccaneers football team In their eleventh game of the season, the Flames lost, 38–36, to the Charleston Southern Buccaneers.Charleston Southern hangs on to tip Liberty, 38-36 https://www.espn.com/college-football/recap?gameId=400557437 ESPN Associated Press November 15, 2014 November 16, 2014 @ Coastal Carolina Liberty @ Coastal Carolina Flames 3 3 6 3 #2 Chanticleers 0 14 0 0 November 22 Brooks StadiumConway, SC 1:00 PM EST 8,576 Mike Hogewood and Mike Gleason ESPN3 yes 1 8:48 LIB John Lundsford 32-yard kick good LIB 3–0 2 10:07 CCAR Bruce Mapp 38-yard pass from Alex Ross, Alex Catron kick CCAR 7–3 2 4:45 CCAR DeAngelo Henderson 19-yard run, Alex Catron kick CCAR 14–3 2 0:03 LIB John Lundsford 42-yard kick good CCAR 14–6 3 2:01 LIB Darrin Peterson 72-yard pass from Shephon Masha, two-point conversion failed CCAR 14–12 4 1:20 LIB John Lundsford 32-yard kick good LIB 15–14 yes 2014 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers football team In their twelfth game of the season, the Flames won, 15–14, over the Coastal Carolina Chanticleers.Liberty edges Coastal Carolina 15-14 to win title https://www.espn.com/college-football/recap?gameId=400557440 ESPN Associated Press November 22, 2014 November 23, 2014 FCS Playoffs @ James Madison Liberty @ James Madison #20 Flames 3 7 10 6 #15 Dukes 0 21 0 0 November 29 Bridgeforth StadiumHarrisonburg, VA 4:00 PM EST 13,040 ESPN3 yes 1 14:52 LIB John Lundsford 26-yard kick good LIB 3–0 2 14:53 LIB D.J. Abnar 19-yard run, John Lundsford kick LIB 10–0 2 14:33 JMU Jauan Latney 73-yard run, Ryan Maglio kick LIB 10–7 2 8:47 JMU Vad Lee 9-yard run, Ryan Maglio kick JMU 14–10 2 2:48 JMU DeAndre Smith 16-yard pass from Vad Lee, Ryan Maglio kick JMU 21–10 3 10:16 LIB D.J. Abnar 7-yard run, John Lundsford kick JMU 21–17 3 4:45 LIB John Lunsford 56-yard kick good JMU 21–20 4 2:53 LIB Nicky Fualaau 1-yard run, two-point conversion failed LIB 26–21 yes 2014 James Madison Dukes football team In their thirteenth game of the season, the Flames won, 26–21, over the James Madison Dukes in their 2014 FCS First Round playoff game.Liberty outlasts James Madison 26-21 https://www.espn.com/college-football/recap?gameId=400608352 ESPN Associated Press November 29, 2014 December 1, 2014 @ Villanova Liberty @ Villanova #20 Flames 10 9 3 0 #5 Wildcats 0 14 0 15 December 6 Villanova StadiumVillanova, PA 4:30 PM EST 3,113 ESPN3 yes 1 12:11 LIB Josh Woodrum 1-yard run, John Lundsford kick LIB 7–0 1 5:07 LIB John Lundsford 50-yard kick good LIB 10–0 2 9:20 LIB John Lundsford 23-yard kick good LIB 13–0 2 7:29 VIL John Robertson 3-yard run, Chris Gough kick LIB 13–7 2 5:24 VIL Austin Medley 1-yard run, Chris Gough kick VIL 14–13 2 1:31 LIB Nick Newman 58-yard fumble return, two-point conversion failed LIB 19–14 3 5:22 LIB John Lundsford 21-yard kick good LIB 22–14 4 13:17 VIL Kevin Guylas 70-yard pass from John Robertson, John Robertson run for two-point conversion Tied 22–22 4 1:12 VIL John Robertson 1-yard run, Chris Gough kick VIL 29–22 yes 2014 Villanova Wildcats football team In their fourteenth game of the season, the Flames lost, 29–22, to the Villanova Wildcats in their 2014 FCS Second Round playoff game.Villanova comeback tops Liberty 29-22 in FCS https://www.espn.com/college-football/recap?gameId=400609099 ESPN Associated Press December 6, 2014 December 7, 2014 Ranking movements Sports Network 0 14 RV RV RV 24 22 RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV 20 17 Coaches 0 14 RV RV RV RV 23 RV NR RV RV RV RV RV RV 23 17 References Liberty Category:Liberty Flames football seasons Category:Big South Conference football champion seasons Liberty Liberty Flames football