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The '''Liberty University''' Flames compete as members of the [[Big South Conference]] in [[NCAA Division I FCS]] football and in [[NCAA Division I]] basketball.  Liberty, formerly known as "Lynchburg Baptist College" and "Liberty Baptist College", is a private Baptist institution located in the central Virginia city of Lynchburg.  The school has an undergraduate enrollment of around 10,000.

The campus is on the south side of Lynchburg, on the foothills of Candlers Mountain. It sits between Wards Road and the US 29/US 460 freeway, occupying all the space between those two roads from the US 501 exit south to the interchange where US 29 and US 460 separate; both exits provide direct access to campus. (Note, however, that this is only a freeway locally; the closest connection to the national grid is about an hour away in Roanoke, where US 460 meets I-581.)  Williams Stadium (19,000) is north of the center of campus at University Boulevard and Williams Stadium Road; Vines Center (9,000) is also on University Boulevard, south of the campus center at DeMoss Drive.

Liberty hasn't developed any truly meaningful basketball rivalries, although there's hope that with [[Longwood]] joining the Big South that might change. [[Virginia Military]] is a bit of a rival as well, as is [[Radford]], but those conflicts don't tend to be very hostile. That said, the Flames have a serious football rivalry with [[Coastal Carolina]] which sometimes spills onto the hardwood. [[Stony Brook]] has also been a rival, but they've moved on to the [[{{caa}}]] so that will probably tail off.

Liberty has sent 15 players to the NFL, including Pro Bowl tight ends Eric Green and Dwayne Carswell. Peter Aluma and Julius Nwosu are the only former Flames to reach the NBA, and they only combined for 25 games of action.
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=='''Conference Affiliations'''==
===Football===
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|[[{{bsouth}}]]
|NCAA I FCS
|2002-present
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|[[{{fcsind}}]]
|NCAA I FCS
|1989-2001
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|[[{{d2ind}}]]
|NCAA II
|1981-1988
|-
|[[NAIA Football Independents]]
|NAIA I
|1973-1983
|}
'''Note''': Liberty maintained dual NCAA/NAIA membership for the 1981-1983 seasons.
===Basketball===
{| class="wikitable zebra" style="width: 600px;"
|[[{{bsouth}}]]
|NCAA I
|1991-present
|-
|[[{{d1ind}}]]
|NCAA I
|1988-1991
|-
|[[{{mdix}}|Mason-Dixon Conference]]
|NCAA II
|1983-1988
|-
|[[{{d2ind}}]]
|NCAA II
|1981-1983
|-
|[[NAIA Basketball Independents|NAIA Independents]]
|NAIA
|1975-1984
|-
|[[Unclassified Independents]]
|Independent
|1973-1975
|}
'''Note''': Liberty maintained dual NCAA/NAIA membership for the 1981-82/1982-83 seasons.
=='''Post-Season Appearances'''==
===Football===
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|[[NCAA Division I FCS Playoffs]]
|[[2014 NCAA Division I FCS Playoffs|2014]]
|}
===Basketball===
{| class="wikitable zebra" style="width: 600px;"
|{{d1mt}}
|[[1994 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament|1994]], [[2004 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament|2004]], [[2013 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament|2013]]
|-
|[[CollegeInsider.com Tournament]]
|[[2009 CollegeInsider.com Tournament|2009]]
|-
|[[NAIA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament|NAIA Men's Basketball Tournament]]
|[[1983 NAIA Men's Basketball Tournament|1983]]
|}

=='''Championships'''==
===Football===
{| class="wikitable zebra" style="width: 600px;"
|[[{{bsouth}}]] Champions
|[[2007 Big South Conference Football|2007]], [[2008 Big South Conference Football|2008]], ''[[2009 Big South Conference Football|2009]], [[2010 Big South Conference Football|2010]], [[2012 Big South Conference Football|2012]]'', ''[[2013 Big South Conference Football|2013]]'', ''[[2014 Big South Conference Football|2014]]''
|}
===Basketball===
{| class="wikitable zebra" style="width: 600px;"
|[[{{bsouth}}]] Tournament Champions
|[[1994 Big South Conference Men's Basketball|1994]], [[2004 Big South Conference Men's Basketball|2004]], [[2013 Big South Conference Men's Basketball|2013]]
|-
|[[{{bsouth}}]] Regular Season Champions
|''[[1997 Big South Conference Men's Basketball|1997]]'', [[2004 Big South Conference Men's Basketball|2004]]
|-
|[[NAIA District 29 Men's Basketball|NAIA District 29]] Champions
|[[1983 NAIA Men's Basketball District Regionals#District 29|1983]]
|}
=='''National Individual Awards'''==
===Football===
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|[[NCAA Division I FCS First-Team All-Americans|NCAA Division I FCS First-Team All-Americans]]
|1995: Andrew McFadden (KR)<br>1995: Tony Dews (TE)<br>1998: Jesse Riley (LB)<br>2000: Jason Wells (DL)<br>2008: Rashad Jennings (RB)<br>2009: Matt Bevins (K)<br>2010: Chris Summers (WR)<br>2010: Matt Bevins (K)<br>2011: Kevin Fogg (KR)<br>2013: Richard Wright (LS)<br>2014: Jacob Hagen (DB)<br>2014: John Lunsford (K)
|-
|[[NCAA Division II Football First-Team All-Americans|NCAA Division II First-Team All-Americans]]
|1982: John Sanders (LB)<br>1986: Mark Mathis (DB)
|-
|[[NAIA Division I Football First-Team All-Americans|NAIA Division I First-Team All-Americans]]
|1982: Mitchell Clark (RB)
|}

===Basketball===
Liberty has yet to have a player or coach honored with a national award in basketball.
=='''External Links'''==
[http://www.liberty.edu/flames/ Liberty University Athletics]
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