Mode: | football |
Year: | 2017 |
Team: | Liberty Flames |
Conference: | Big South Conference |
Short Conf: | Big South |
Record: | 6–5 |
Conf Record: | 2–3 |
Head Coach: | Turner Gill |
Hc Year: | 6th |
Off Coach: | Joe Dailey |
Codef Coach1: | Robert Wimberly |
Codef Coach2: | Vantz Singletary |
Stadium: | Williams Stadium |
The 2017 Liberty Flames football team represented Liberty University in the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by sixth-year head coach Turner Gill and played their home games at Williams Stadium. They were a member of the Big South Conference. They finished the season 6–5, 2–3 in Big South play to finish in fourth place.
The school owned by Jerry Falwell Jr. announced plans to undergo the two-year transition period join the Division I FBS as a football independent, while remaining in the Big South Conference in all other sports.[1] While normally against NCAA rules to transition to FBS without a conference invite, Liberty was granted a waiver.
See also: 2017 Baylor Bears football team.
See also: 2017 Morehead State Eagles football team.
See also: 2017 Indiana State Sycamores football team.
See also: 2017 Jacksonville State Gamecocks football team.
See also: 2017 Saint Francis Red Flash football team.
See also: 2017 Kennesaw State Owls football team.
See also: 2017 Monmouth Hawks football team.
See also: 2017 Gardner–Webb Runnin' Bulldogs football team.
See also: 2017 Duquesne Dukes football team.
See also: 2017 Presbyterian Blue Hose football team.
See also: 2017 Charleston Southern Buccaneers football team.
* Due to their transition to FBS, they are not eligible to be ranked in the FCS Coaches Poll.