Liberty·Conference USA

2023 — The Ten-Win Year

Liberty's 2023 season (13-1) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.

Record 13-1
Final result 13-win season Lost the Fiesta Bowl
AP final #18 post-bowls
SP+ +1.7 last-week
Era —
The shape of the season · week by week, cumulative W-L below
W vs Bowl Gre 34-24 W vs New Sta 33-17 W @ Buffalo 55-27 W @ Flor Int 38-6 W vs Sam Hou 21-16 W @ Jack Sta 31-13 W vs Midd Ten 42-35 W @ West Ken 42-29 W vs Loui Tec 56-30 W vs Old Dom 38-10 W vs Massac 49-25 W @ UTEP 42-28 W vs New Sta 49-35 L @ Oregon 6-45 Bowl

Who carried it

Season leaders, 2023.

Defining moments
The statement

The 2023 season's largest margin: Liberty 38, Florida International 6. A 32-point win — the year's high-water mark.

The setback

The season's deepest loss: Liberty 6, Oregon 45. A 39-point margin the season is remembered by.

The postseason

The season's last act: Liberty fell to Oregon 6-45 in the postseason.

"Burn it"
— Liberty fanbase voice · 2023· synthesized
What it meant

2023 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.