| Year: | 2022 |
| Team: | Liberty Flames |
| Sport: | football |
| Conference: | Independent |
| Record: | 8–5 |
| Head Coach: | Hugh Freeze |
| Hc Year: | 4th |
| Hc Games: | regular season |
| Head Coach2: | Josh Aldridge |
| Hc Games2: | interim; bowl game |
| Off Coach: | Kent Austin |
| Oc Year: | 4th |
| Off Scheme: | Multiple |
| Cooff Coach2: | Maurice Harris |
| Cooc2 Year: | 3rd |
| Codef Coach1: | Josh Aldridge |
| Codc1 Year: | 4th |
| Codef Coach2: | Jack Curtis |
| Codc2 Year: | 2nd |
| Def Scheme: | 4–2–5 |
| Stadium: | Williams Stadium |
| Bowl: | Boca Raton Bowl |
| Bowl Result: | L 19–21 vs. Toledo |
The 2022 Liberty Flames football team represented Liberty University in the 2022 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Flames played their home games at Williams Stadium in Lynchburg, Virginia, and competed as an FBS independent. They were led by fourth-year head coach Hugh Freeze, who left before the bowl game leading to intern head coach Josh Aldridge.
The 2022 season was the program's last season as an independent as the Flames joined Conference USA in 2023.[1] [2]
Liberty hosted six home games and travelled to six away games.[3]
| Name | Title | |
|---|---|---|
| Head coach | ||
| Co-offensive coordinator / quarterbacks coach | ||
| Co-offensive coordinator/wide receivers coach | ||
| Co-defensive coordinator/linebackers coach intern head coach in the Boca Raton Bowl | ||
| Co-defensive coordinator/safeties coach | ||
| Offensive line coach | ||
| Defensive line coach | ||
| Defensive backs coach | ||
| Special Teams coordinator/outside linebackers coach | ||
| Tight ends coach | ||
| Running backs coach | ||
| Defensive analyst |
See also: 2022 Southern Miss Golden Eagles football team. Statistics
| Statistics | LIB | USM |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 23 | 19 |
| Total yards | 447 | 389 |
| Rushing yards | 244 | 252 |
| Passing yards | 203 | 137 |
| Turnovers | 3 | 5 |
| Time of possession | 29:06 | 30:54 |
| Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberty | Passing | 8/13, 148 yards, 2 TD, INT | |
| Rushing | Kaidon Salter | 9 rushes, 65 yards | |
| Receiving | Demario Douglas | 5 receptions, 97 yards, 2 TD | |
| Southern Miss | Passing | Ty Keyes | 4/8, 89 yards, 2 INT |
| Rushing | 32 rushes, 178 yards, 2 TD | ||
| Receiving | Jakarius Caston | 2 receptions, 54 yards |
See also: 2022 UAB Blazers football team.
| Statistics | UAB | LIB |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 15 | 18 |
| Total yards | 355 | 390 |
| Rushing yards | 241 | 188 |
| Passing yards | 114 | 202 |
| Turnovers | 4 | 1 |
| Time of possession | 31:29 | 28:31 |
| Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
|---|---|---|---|
| UAB | Passing | 10/15, 114 yards, TD | |
| Rushing | 20 rushes, 177 yards, TD | ||
| Receiving | Trea Shropshire | 1 reception, 56 yards | |
| Liberty | Passing | Kaidon Salter | 13/25, 202 yards |
| Rushing | Kaidon Salter | 14 rushes, 79 yards, TD | |
| Receiving | Noah Frith | 2 receptions, 75 yards |
See also: 2022 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team. Statistics
| Statistics | LIB | WFU |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 22 | 16 |
| Total yards | 427 | 346 |
| Rushing yards | 171 | 21 |
| Passing yards | 256 | 325 |
| Turnovers | 4 | 2 |
| Time of possession | 35:28 | 24:32 |
| Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberty | Passing | Kaidon Salter | 19/34, 256 yards, 2 TD, 2 INT |
| Rushing | Dae Dae Hunter | 17 rushes, 89 yards, TD | |
| Receiving | Demario Douglas | 7 receptions, 124 yards, TD | |
| Wake Forest | Passing | 26/44, 325 yards, 3 TD, 2 INT | |
| Rushing | Sam Hartman | 8 rushes, 11 yards | |
| Receiving | Keshawn Williams | 5 receptions, 129 yards |
See also: 2022 Akron Zips football team.
See also: 2022 Old Dominion Monarchs football team. Statistics
| Statistics | LIB | ODU |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 23 | 20 |
| Total yards | 478 | 415 |
| Rushing yards | 210 | 118 |
| Passing yards | 268 | 297 |
| Turnovers | 2 | 1 |
| Time of possession | 28:57 | 31:03 |
| Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberty | Passing | Kaidon Salter | 10/19, 170 yards, 2 TD, 2 INT |
| Rushing | Dae Dae Hunter | 15 rushes, 121 yards, 2 TD | |
| Receiving | CJ Yarbrough | 4 receptions, 94 yards, TD | |
| Old Dominion | Passing | 27/46, 297 yards, 2 TD, INT | |
| Rushing | 15 rushes, 80 yards | ||
| Receiving | Ali Jennings III | 8 receptions, 129 yards, TD |
See also: 2022 UMass Minutemen football team.
See also: 2022 Gardner-Webb Runnin' Bulldogs football team.
See also: 2022 BYU Cougars football team.
See also: 2022 Arkansas Razorbacks football team.
See also: 2022 UConn Huskies football team.
| Statistics | UConn | Liberty | |
|---|---|---|---|
| First downs | 15 | 29 | |
| Total yards | 318 | 474 | |
| Rushing yards | 209 | 267 | |
| Passing yards | 109 | 207 | |
| Turnovers | 2 | 2 | |
| Time of possession | 32:18 | 27:42 |
See also: 2022 Virginia Tech Hokies football team.
See also: 2022 New Mexico State Aggies football team.
See also: 2022 Toledo Rockets football team and 2022 Boca Raton Bowl.