The 2021 Liberty Flames football team represented

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in the 2021 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They were led by third-year head coach

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and played their home games at

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in Lynchburg, Virginia. The Flames competed as an FBS independent. They finished the regular season 7–5. The Flames received an invite to the

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where they played

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, winning 56–20.

Previous season

In a season limited due to the ongoing

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, the Flames finished the 2020 season 10–1; the team's only loss was a one point loss at

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. They received a bid to the

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where they defeated no. 12

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in overtime. They finished the season ranked no. 17 in the

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and no. 18 in the

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. The 2020 team was the first to win ten games since 2008 and the first since the program joined the FBS in 2018.

Schedule

Source

Roster

Game summaries

Campbell

At Troy

Old Dominion

At Syracuse

At UAB

Middle Tennessee

At Louisiana–Monroe

At North Texas

UMass

At No. 16 Ole Miss

Louisiana

Army

Vs. Eastern Michigan (LendingTree Bowl)

References

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