Liberty·Big South

2017 — The 2017 Season

Liberty's 2017 season (6-5) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.

Record 6-5
Final result No postseason
AP final — post-bowls
SP+ -8.4 last-week
Era —
The shape of the season · week by week, cumulative W-L below
W @ Baylor 48-45 W vs More Sta 58-17 W vs Indi Sta 42-41 L @ Jack Sta 10-31 L vs Sain Fra 7-13 L vs Kenn Sta 28-42 L @ Monmouth 39-56 W @ Gardne 33-17 W vs Duquesne 27-24 W vs Presby 47-28 L @ Char Sou 19-20
Defining moments
The statement

The 2017 season's largest margin: Liberty 58, Morehead State 17. A 41-point win — the year's high-water mark.

The setback

The season's deepest loss: Liberty 10, Jacksonville State 31. A 21-point margin the season is remembered by.

"Burn it"
— Liberty fanbase voice · 2017· synthesized
What it meant

2017 is a middle chapter for Liberty — neither a crown year nor a crisis. It is the kind of season that fills the ledger between the named ones and gives the arc its shape.