They were led by second-year head coach Hugh Freeze and played their home games at Williams Stadium.

Liberty had games scheduled against Bowling Green, North Carolina A&T, UConn, and UMass, which were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

[4] Ironically, the two teams were selected to play in the Cure Bowl at season's end, a match-up that Liberty won.

The game featured a wild finish as Liberty got into field goal range with 8 seconds left to go in a 35–35 tie.

Liberty then decided to go for it on fourth down, and got an 8-yard pass completion for a first down after Virginia Tech mistakenly thought that Flames would try a Hail Mary and went to a prevent defense.