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In 2012 LU football made history and we didn't know it...
Posted: December 5th, 2014, 4:21 pm
by flamesfilmguy
Because I'm a bit of a football nerd and I constantly browse CFB history data every so often I found this little nugget of info pretty cool. As of today Liberty holds an all time record of 226-216-5. The program has not had a winning record overall since 1980. In Liberty's final game of the 2012 season, the flames under 1st year head coach Turner Gill beat VMI 33-14 in Lexington, VA to bring the Program Record to 209-208-5. That was the first time since 1980 that the Flames have had a winning all time record. Since then the record has never slipped below .500. Thanks to BearlyDoug and his site GridironHistory.com for the info.
http://gridironhistory.com/history/Liberty.html
Re: In 2012 LU football made history and we didn't know it..
Posted: December 5th, 2014, 4:29 pm
by jcmanson
The AD talked it up a lot during the 2012 season.
Re: In 2012 LU football made history and we didn't know it..
Posted: December 5th, 2014, 4:32 pm
by flamesfilmguy
Hmm I must have missed that. you can tell I was bored in the office today. Finals week has started.
Re: In 2012 LU football made history and we didn't know it..
Posted: December 5th, 2014, 4:36 pm
by jcmanson
If I remember correctly we actually went above .500 in 2011, then below .500 at the beginning of the 2012 season.
Re: In 2012 LU football made history and we didn't know it..
Posted: December 5th, 2014, 4:43 pm
by flamesfilmguy
I worked backwards from the current record. (I aint got time for all that math. nor the patience.) So that could be true.
Re: In 2012 LU football made history and we didn't know it..
Posted: December 5th, 2014, 5:05 pm
by PAmedic
in other news: WE'VE LANDED ON THE MOON!
AWESOME!
Re: In 2012 LU football made history and we didn't know it..
Posted: December 5th, 2014, 5:18 pm
by ATrain
PAmedic wrote:in other news: WE'VE LANDED ON THE MOON!
AWESOME!
That's just what they want you to think
Re: In 2012 LU football made history and we didn't know it..
Posted: December 5th, 2014, 8:02 pm
by Rooster Cogburn
It was mentioned on the Lfsn game at Tyne time.
Re: In 2012 LU football made history and we didn't know it..
Posted: December 6th, 2014, 3:10 pm
by VAGolf
flamesfilmguy wrote:Because I'm a bit of a football nerd and I constantly browse CFB history data every so often I found this little nugget of info pretty cool. As of today Liberty holds an all time record of 226-216-5. The program has not had a winning record overall since 1980. In Liberty's final game of the 2012 season, the flames under 1st year head coach Turner Gill beat VMI 33-14 in Lexington, VA to bring the Program Record to 209-208-5. That was the first time since 1980 that the Flames have had a winning all time record. Since then the record has never slipped below .500. Thanks to BearlyDoug and his site GridironHistory.com for the info. http://gridironhistory.com/history/Liberty.html
That's a neat note. I actually worked that game as Sparky, and I remember that game being insanely boring. Didn't Pat Kelly set a few records that day too?