They were led by seventh-year head coach Turner Gill and played their home games at Williams Stadium.

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 7, Liberty hired former Ole Miss head coach Hugh Freeze for the job.

[2] [3][4][5] [6] This game was originally scheduled for September 15, but it was rescheduled due to Hurricane Florence.

[7] On December 7, Hugh Freeze was tabbed to be the next head coach of the Liberty Flames football team.