In 2012 LU football made history and we didn't know it...

In 2012 LU football made history and we didn't know it...#470641

By flamesfilmguy - December 5th, 2014, 4:21 pm

- December 5th, 2014, 4:21 pm #470641

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..#470642

By jcmanson - December 5th, 2014, 4:29 pm

- December 5th, 2014, 4:29 pm #470642

The AD talked it up a lot during the 2012 season.

Re: In 2012 LU football made history and we didn't know it..#470643

By flamesfilmguy - December 5th, 2014, 4:32 pm

- December 5th, 2014, 4:32 pm #470643

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..#470645

By jcmanson - December 5th, 2014, 4:36 pm

- December 5th, 2014, 4:36 pm #470645

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..#470646

By flamesfilmguy - December 5th, 2014, 4:43 pm

- December 5th, 2014, 4:43 pm #470646

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..#470652

By PAmedic - December 5th, 2014, 5:05 pm

- December 5th, 2014, 5:05 pm #470652

in other news: WE'VE LANDED ON THE MOON!

AWESOME!

Re: In 2012 LU football made history and we didn't know it..#470654

By ATrain - December 5th, 2014, 5:18 pm

- December 5th, 2014, 5:18 pm #470654

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..#470665

By Rooster Cogburn - December 5th, 2014, 8:02 pm

- December 5th, 2014, 8:02 pm #470665

It was mentioned on the Lfsn game at Tyne time.

Re: In 2012 LU football made history and we didn't know it..#470691

By VAGolf - December 6th, 2014, 3:10 pm

- December 6th, 2014, 3:10 pm #470691

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?