2012 Liberty Flames football team
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Big South Conference Co–Champions
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| Conference | Big South Conference |
| 2012 record | 6–5 (5–1 Big South) |
| Head coach | Turner Gill (1st year) |
| Co-offensive coordinator | Dennis Wagner |
| Co-offensive coordinator | Aaron Stamn |
| Co-defensive coordinator | Robert Wimberly |
| Co-defensive coordinator | Vantz Singletary |
| Home stadium | Williams Stadium (Capacity: 19,200) |
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| Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| #10 Stony Brook +^ | 5 | – | 1 | 10 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coastal Carolina +^ | 5 | – | 1 | 8 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Liberty + | 5 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Charleston Southern | 3 | – | 3 | 5 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gardner–Webb | 2 | – | 4 | 3 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| VMI | 1 | – | 5 | 2 | – | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Presbyterian | 0 | – | 6 | 2 | – | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2012 Liberty Flames football team represented Liberty University in the 2012 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by first year head coach Turner Gill and played their home games at Williams Stadium. They are a member of the Big South Conference. They finished the season 6–5, 5–1 in Big South play to claim a share of the Big South Conference championship with Coastal Carolina and Stony Brook. Despite the conference title, the Flames were not invited to the FCS playoffs.
Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | |||
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| September 1 | 6:30 PM | at Wake Forest* | BB&T Field • Winston-Salem, NC | ESPN3 | L 17–20 | 27,652 | |||
| September 8 | 7:00 PM | Norfolk State* | Williams Stadium • Lynchburg, VA | Flames Sports Network/MASN2 | L 24–31 | 15,826 | |||
| September 15 | 3:00 PM | at #14 Montana* | Washington–Grizzly Stadium • Missoula, MT | Flames Sports Network/ALT/MASN | L 14–34 | 24,991 | |||
| September 22 | 7:00 PM | #16 Lehigh* | Williams Stadium • Lynchburg, VA | Flames Sports Network/MASN (JIP) | L 28–26 | 17,139 | |||
| October 6 | 3:30 PM | Gardner–Webb | Williams Stadium • Lynchburg, VA | Flames Sports Network/MASN | W 42–35 | 18,239 | |||
| October 13 | 2:00 PM | at Presbyterian | Bailey Memorial Stadium • Clinton, SC | Flames Sports Network/MASN2 | W 56–7 | 5,335 | |||
| October 20 | 3:30 PM | Concord* | Williams Stadium • Lynchburg, VA | Flames Sports Network/MASN2 | W 21–13 | 18,643 | |||
| October 27 | 3:30 PM | at Coastal Carolina | Brooks Stadium • Conway, SC | Flames Sports Network/MASN2 | L 12–36 | 6,732 | |||
| November 3 | 3:30 PM | Charleston Southern | Williams Stadium • Lynchburg, VA | Flames Sports Network/MASN2 | W 26–12 | 13,644 | |||
| November 10 | 3:30 PM | #6 Stony Brook | Williams Stadium • Lynchburg, VA | MASN; ESPN3 | W 28–14 | 14,419 | |||
| November 17 | 1:30 PM | at VMI | Alumni Memorial Field • Lexington, VA | ESPN3 | W 33–14 | 5,202 | |||
*Non-conference game.  Homecoming. #Rankings from The Sports Network FCS Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time. |
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