The 2018 Liberty Flames football team represented

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in the

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. They were led by seventh-year head coach

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and played their home games at Williams Stadium. This was the Flames first year as a member of the FBS. Playing as an

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, they finished the season 6–6. As part of their transition to FBS, since they won six games, Liberty would have been allowed to apply for

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had there not been enough teams with non-losing records to fill the available

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s, but there were already four more teams than could be accommodated. On December 3, head coach Turner Gill retired. He finished at Liberty with a seven-year record of 47–35. On December 7, Liberty hired former

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head coach Hugh Freeze for the job.

Schedule

Game summaries

Old Dominion

At Army

North Texas

At New Mexico

At New Mexico State

Troy

Idaho State

At UMass

At Virginia

At Auburn

New Mexico State

Norfolk State

This game was originally scheduled for September 15, but it was rescheduled due to

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. On December 4, 2018, Turner Gill announced that he would retire immediately. On December 7, Hugh Freeze was tabbed to be the next head coach of the Liberty Flames football team.

References

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Liberty Flames football seasons

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