1982 Liberty Baptist Flames football team

The 1982 Liberty Baptist Flames football team represented Liberty Baptist College (now known as Liberty University) as an independent during the 1982 NAIA Division I football season. Led by sixth-year head coach Tom Dowling, the Flames compiled an overall record of 7–4.

1982 Liberty Baptist Flames football
ConferenceIndependent
Record7–4
Head coach
Home stadiumCity Stadium
1982 NAIA Division I independents football records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 7 Central State (OK) ^    10 2 0
No. 9 Wofford    8 3 0
No. 19 Liberty Baptist    7 4 0
Guilford    5 5 0
Cameron    4 5 0
Eastern New Mexico    4 6 0
Kentucky State    2 9 0
Langston    0 10 0
  • ^ – NAIA Division I playoff participant
Rankings from NAIA Division I poll

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 4Delta StateL 13–16[1]
September 11at Carson–NewmanL 10–314,700[2]
September 18at Middle TennesseeL 7–27[3]
September 25No. 8 (D-II) Jacksonville State
  • City Stadium
  • Lynchburg, VA
L 13–424,731[4]
October 2Central State (OH)
  • City Stadium
  • Lynchburg, VA
W 31–15[5]
October 9at EvangelW 35–195,200[6]
October 23Saginaw Valley State
  • City Stadium
  • Lynchburg, VA
W 35–7[7]
October 30at PresbyterianW 24–123,974[8]
November 6Morehead State
  • City Stadium
  • Lynchburg, VA
W 13–106,100[9]
November 13IUP
  • City Stadium
  • Lynchburg, VA
W 35–13[10]
November 20at Delaware StateW 35–22[11]

References

  1. "Delta State clips Liberty Baptist 16–13". The Clarion-Ledger. September 5, 1982. Retrieved March 31, 2024 via Newspapers.com.
  2. "Stone and Green ignite Eagles, douse Flames". The Knoxville News-Sentinel. September 12, 1982. Retrieved March 31, 2024 via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Blue Raiders win costly 27–7 battle". The Daily News-Journal. September 19, 1982. Retrieved March 31, 2024 via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Fuller finds something missing in JSU win". The Anniston Star. September 26, 1982. Retrieved March 31, 2024 via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Central falls to Flames, 31–15". Dayton Daily News. October 3, 1982. Retrieved March 31, 2024 via Newspapers.com.
  6. "TD play cited as turning point in Evangel loss". The Springfield News-Leader. October 10, 1982. Retrieved March 31, 2024 via Newspapers.com.
  7. "Flames have it easy in third straight win". The News & Daily Advance. October 24, 1982. Retrieved March 31, 2024 via Newspapers.com.
  8. "Flames rebound, dump Blue Hose". The State. October 31, 1982. Retrieved March 31, 2024 via Newspapers.com.
  9. "Morehead stumbles 13–10". The Courier-Journal. November 7, 1982. Retrieved March 31, 2024 via Newspapers.com.
  10. "Liberty Baptist no longer an easy bet". The News & Daily Advance. November 14, 1982. Retrieved March 31, 2024 via Newspapers.com.
  11. "DelState fumbles finale to Liberty". The News Journal. November 21, 1982. Retrieved March 31, 2024 via Newspapers.com.
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