Liberty·FBS Independents

2018 — The 2018 Season

Liberty's 2018 season (6-6) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.

Record 6-6
Final result No bowl
AP final — post-bowls
SP+ -6.5 last-week
Era —
The shape of the season · week by week, cumulative W-L below
W vs Old Dom 52-10 L @ Army 14-38 L vs Nort Tex 7-47 W @ New Mex 52-43 L @ New Sta 41-49 W vs Troy 22-16 W vs Idah Sta 48-41 L @ Massac 59-62 L @ Virginia 24-45 L @ Auburn 0-53 W vs New Sta 28-21 W vs Norf Sta 52-17

Who carried it

Season leaders, 2018.

Defining moments
The statement

The 2018 season's largest margin: Liberty 52, Old Dominion 10. A 42-point win — the year's high-water mark.

The setback

The season's deepest loss: Liberty 0, Auburn 53. A 53-point margin the season is remembered by.

"Burn it"
— Liberty fanbase voice · 2018· synthesized
What it meant

2018 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.