2018 Liberty Flames football team

2018 Liberty Flames football
ConferenceIndependent
Record6–6
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorJoe Dailey (3rd season)
Offensive schemeSpread
Co-defensive coordinatorRobert Wimberly (7th season)
Co-defensive coordinatorVantz Singletary (7th season)
Base defense4–3
Home stadiumWilliams Stadium
Seasons
← 2017
2019 →
2018 NCAA Division I FBS independents football records
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 5 Notre Dame ^       12 1  
No. 19 Army       11 2  
BYU       7 6  
Liberty       6 6  
UMass       4 8  
New Mexico State       3 9  
  • ^ – College Football Playoff participant
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2018 Liberty Flames football team represented Liberty University in the 2018 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They were led by seventh-year head coach Turner Gill and played their home games at Williams Stadium. This was the Flames first year as a member of the FBS. Playing as an independent, 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 bowl eligibility had there not been enough teams with non-losing records to fill the available bowl games, but there were already four more teams than could be accommodated.

On December 3, head coach Turner Gill retired.[1] He finished at Liberty with a seven-year record of 47–35. On December 7, Liberty hired former Ole Miss head coach Hugh Freeze for the job.[2]

  1. ^ "Turner Gill retiring after coaching Liberty for 7 seasons". USA TODAY. Retrieved January 18, 2022.
  2. ^ Caron, Emily (December 7, 2018). "Liberty Hires Hugh Freeze". SI.com.