Liberty·FBS Independents

2020 — The Ten-Win Year

Liberty's 2020 season (10-1) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.

Record 10-1
Final result 10-win season Won the Cure Bowl
AP final #22 post-bowls
SP+ -2.5 last-week
Era —
The shape of the season · week by week, cumulative W-L below
W @ West Ken 30-24 W vs Flor Int 36-34 W vs Nort Ala 28-7 W vs UL Mon 40-7 W @ Syracuse 38-21 W vs Sout Mis 56-35 W @ Virg Tec 38-35 W vs West Car 58-14 L @ NC State 14-15 W vs Massac 45-0 W @ Coas Car 37-34 Bowl

Who carried it

Season leaders, 2020.

Defining moments
The statement

The 2020 season's largest margin: Liberty 45, Massachusetts 0. A 45-point win — the year's high-water mark.

The setback

The season's deepest loss: Liberty 14, NC State 15. A 1-point margin the season is remembered by.

The postseason

The season's last act: Liberty beat Coastal Carolina 37-34 in the postseason.

"Burn it"
— Liberty fanbase voice · 2020· synthesized
What it meant

2020 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.