2024 Liberty Flames football team explained

Year:	2024
Team:	Liberty Flames
Sport:	football
Conference:	Conference USA
Short Conf:	C-USA
Record:	8–3
Conf Record:	5–3
Head Coach:	Jamey Chadwell
Hc Year:	2nd
Cooff Coach1:	Willy Korn
Cooc1 Year:	2nd
Cooff Coach2:	Newland Isaac
Cooc2 Year:	2nd
Off Scheme:	Up-tempo spread
Codef Coach2:	Skylor Magee
Codc2 Year:	2nd
Def Scheme:	Multiple 4–2–5
Stadium:	Williams Stadium

The 2024 Liberty Flames football team will represent Liberty University during the 2024 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Flames play their home games at Williams Stadium located in Lynchburg, Virginia, and compete as a second-year member of Conference USA. They are led by second-year head coach Jamey Chadwell.

Preseason

C-USA media poll

The Conference USA preseason media poll was released on July 19. The Flames were predicted to finish first in the conference.^[1]

Media poll
1	Liberty	197 (18)
2	Western Kentucky	173 (2)
3	Jacksonville State	166
4	Middle Tennessee	98
5	New Mexico State	97
	Sam Houston
7	Louisiana Tech	88
8	FIU	81
9	UTEP	76
10	Kennesaw State	27

Schedule

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Game summaries

Campbell (FCS)

See also: 2024 Campbell Fighting Camels football team.

Statistics	CAMP	LIB
First downs	13	28
Total yards	310	533
Rushing yards	116	279
Passing yards	194	254
Passing: Comp–Att–Int	11–18–0	18–26–0
Time of possession	23:58	36:02

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Campbell	Passing	Chad Mascoe	10/17, 180 yards, TD
Rushing	Mark Biggins	8 carries, 81 yards, TD
Receiving	Sincere Brown	5 receptions, 126 yards, TD
Liberty	Passing		16/23, 242 yards, 2 TD
Rushing		16 carries, 110 yards, TD
Receiving	Treon Sibley	5 receptions, 109 yards, TD

at New Mexico State

See also: 2024 New Mexico State Aggies football team.

Statistics	LIB	NMSU
First downs	18	18
Total yards	473	275
Rushing yards	217	117
Passing yards	256	158
Passing: Comp–Att–Int	16–29–0	9–22–0
Time of possession	28:56	31:04

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Liberty	Passing		16/29, 256 yards
Rushing		12 carries, 111 yards, 2 TD
Receiving	Treon Sibley	5 receptions, 155 yards
New Mexico State	Passing	Parker Awad	9/22, 158 yards, 2 TD
Rushing	Seth McGowan	15 carries, 66 yards
Receiving	Monte Watkins	1 reception, 64 yards, TD

UTEP

See also: 2024 UTEP Miners football team.

Statistics	UTEP	LIB
First downs	18	19
Total yards	335	415
Rushing yards	91	187
Passing yards	244	228
Passing: Comp–Att–Int	26–43–2	15–19–0
Time of possession	29:14	30:46

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
UTEP	Passing	Skyler Locklear	26/43, 244 yards, TD, 2 INT
Rushing	Jevon Jackson	15 carries, 67 yards
Receiving	Kam Thomas	8 receptions, 68 yards
Liberty	Passing	Kaidon Salter	15/19, 228 yards, TD
Rushing	Billy Lucas	21 carries, 104 yards, 3 TD
Receiving	Treon Sibley	4 receptions, 77 yards

East Carolina

See also: 2024 East Carolina Pirates football team.

Statistics	ECU	LIB
First downs	21	26
Total yards	331	414
Rushing yards	127	191
Passing yards	204	223
Passing: Comp–Att–Int	20–36–1	19–32–1
Time of possession	23:17	36:43

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
East Carolina	Passing	Jake Garcia	20/36, 204 yards, 1 INT
Rushing	Rahjai Harris	13 carries, 47 yards, 1 TD
Receiving	Chase Sowell	5 receptions, 72 yards
Liberty	Passing		19/32, 223 yards, 4 TD, 1 INT
Rushing		19 carries, 105 yards, 1 TD
Receiving	Reese Smith	6 receptions, 80 yards, 3 TD

at Appalachian State

See also: 2024 Appalachian State Mountaineers football team.

Statistics	LIB	APP
First downs
Total yards
Rushing yards
Passing yards
Passing: Comp–Att–Int
Time of possession

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Liberty	Passing
Rushing
Receiving
Appalachian State	Passing
Rushing
Receiving

FIU

See also: 2024 FIU Panthers football team.

Statistics	FIU	LIB
First downs	18	21
Total yards	344	406
Rushing yards	99	281
Passing yards	245	125
Passing: Comp–Att–Int	19–29–0	9–16–1
Time of possession	29:18	30:42

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
FIU	Passing		19/29, 245 yards, INT
Rushing	Kejon Owens	15 carries, 52 yards, TD
Receiving	Dean Patterson	6 receptions, 90 yards
Liberty	Passing	Kaidon Salter	9/16, 125 yards
Rushing	Quinton Cooley	29 carries, 174 yards, 2 TD
Receiving	Reese Smith	4 receptions, 68 yards

at Kennesaw State

See also: 2024 Kennesaw State Owls football team.

Statistics	LIB	KENN
First downs	22	18
Total yards	386	323
Rushing yards	180	134
Passing yards	206	189
Passing: Comp–Att–Int	22–40–1	16–20–0
Time of possession	27:41	32:19

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Liberty	Passing		22/40, 206 yards, 3 TD, 1 INT
Rushing	Kaidon Salter	9 carries, 87 yards
Receiving	Elijah Canion	5 receptions, 61 yards, 1 TD
Kennesaw State	Passing	Davis Bryson	16/20, 189 yards, 1 TD
Rushing	Michael Benefield	16 carries, 54 yards, 1 TD
Receiving	Jaden Robinson	3 receptions, 72 yards

Jacksonville State

See also: 2024 Jacksonville State Gamecocks football team.

Statistics	JVST	LIB
First downs	21	27
Total yards	458	420
Rushing yards	363	273
Passing yards	95	147
Passing: Comp–Att–Int	6–10–0	12–25–1
Time of possession	23:46	36:14

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Jacksonville State	Passing	Tyler Huff	6/10, 95 yards
Rushing	Tre Stewart	27 carries, 232 yards, 4 TD
Receiving	Cam Vaughn	1 reception, 39 yards
Liberty	Passing	Kaidon Salter	12/25, 147 yards, TD, INT
Rushing	Quinton Cooley	27 carries, 133 yards, TD
Receiving	Elijah Canion	5 receptions, 63 yards

at Middle Tennessee

See also: 2024 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team.

Statistics	LIB	MTSU
First downs	30	18
Total yards	500	351
Rushing yards	339	88
Passing yards	161	263
Passing: Comp–Att–Int	12–16–0	22–33–0
Time of possession	30:23	29:37

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Liberty	Passing	Kaidon Salter	11/15, 154 yards, 2 TD
Rushing	Quinton Cooley	24 carries, 136 yards, TD
Receiving	Elijah Canion	3 receptions, 54 yards
Middle Tennessee	Passing	Nicholas Vattiato	22/33, 263 yards, 2 TD
Rushing	Nicholas Vattiato	8 carries, 26 yards
Receiving	Holden Willis	5 receptions, 81 yards

at UMass

See also: 2024 UMass Minutemen football team.

Statistics	LIB	MASS
First downs	27	26
Total yards	423	426
Rushing yards	309	263
Passing yards	114	163
Passing: Comp–Att–Int	9–16–1	13–25–0
Time of possession	27:50	32:10

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Liberty	Passing	Kaidon Salter	9/16, 114 yards, INT
Rushing	Quinton Cooley	20 carries, 147 yards, 3 TD
Receiving	Treon Sibley	1 reception, 34 yards
UMass	Passing	AJ Hairston	13/25, 163 yards
Rushing	Jalen John	15 carries, 119 yards, 2 TD
Receiving	Jakobie Keeney-James	6 receptions, 75 yards

Western Kentucky

See also: 2024 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football team.

Statistics	WKU	LIB
First downs
Total yards
Rushing yards
Passing yards
Passing: Comp–Att–Int
Time of possession

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Western Kentucky	Passing
Rushing
Receiving
Liberty	Passing
Rushing
Receiving

at Sam Houston

See also: 2024 Sam Houston Bearkats football team.

Statistics	LIB	SHSU
First downs
Total yards
Rushing yards
Passing yards
Passing: Comp–Att–Int
Time of possession

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Liberty	Passing
Rushing
Receiving
Sam Houston	Passing
Rushing
Receiving

Notes and References

1. Web site: FB: CUSA Announces Media's Predicted Order of Finish. July 19, 2024. September 24, 2024. conferenceUSA.com. Conference USA.
2. Web site: 2024 Liberty Football Schedule . FBSchedules.com . 22 January 2024.
3. Web site: Liberty Flames 2024 Regular Season NCAAF Schedule . ESPN . 22 January 2024.