Game Day: Maine – Liberty College

Liberty will kick off its 53rd soccer season with a Saturday afternoon match-up towards Maine at Williams Stadium. Kickoff is about for 4 p.m.

Broadcast Information:
TV: ESPN+

• Broadcast workforce: Matt Warner (play-by-play), Joe Jauch (analyst) and Annie Cory (sidelines)

Radio: LFSN Radio (Local: 88.3 FM | Liberty Flames Mobile App | LibertyFlames.com)

 
Game Day Information:
Location: Lynchburg, Va.
Stadium: Williams Stadium
Kickoff: 4 p.m. ET

 
News and Notes:

• The Flames and Black Bears have break up their two earlier conferences, with every workforce successful on its dwelling area.
• Liberty’s 59-44 dwelling victory over Maine on Oct. 19, 2019 is a part of the Flames’ 9-0 document vs. FCS foes since becoming a member of the FBS ranks in 2018.
• The Flames are coming off an 8-4 season which culminated of their sixth consecutive bowl recreation look (Bahamas Bowl vs. Buffalo).
• Jamey Chadwell is 21-5 in his third yr at Liberty and owns a 52-11 teaching document courting again to the beginning of 2020. Last season, he turned the Flames’ quickest head coach ever to achieve 20 victories (23 video games).
• The Flames’ prime two choices at QB are Ryan Burger (began the 2025 Bahamas Bowl for the Flames) and Ethan Vasko (16 begins at Coastal Carolina during the last two seasons.)
• Vaughn Blue (Walter Camp Award Watch List) and Julian Gray (Doak Walker Award Watch List) headline a new-look group of working backs. Liberty ranked No. 4 nationally for speeding final season.
• Seniors Joseph Carter (LB) and Brylan Green (S) present veteran management for the Flames’ protection. Carter paced the Flames with 88 tackles in 2004.

 
“4 Downs” with Maine
 
#1 Only one QB on Liberty’s 2025 roster has began a recreation for the Flames. Ryan Burger began the 2025 Bahamas Bowl vs. Buffalo. QB Ethan Vasko is the one present Flame with both a 300-yard passing effort (as soon as) or a 100-yard speeding efficiency (as soon as) to his credit score, undertaking each feats throughout his time at Coastal Carolina.
 
#2 Liberty is 2-0 in season openers beneath Jamey Chadwell, defeating Bowling Green and Campbell by a mean rating of 37.5 to 24. The Flames misplaced their final two video games of the 2024 season and can look to keep away from their first three-game shedding streak since dropping the final 4 contests of the 2022 marketing campaign. Two of the three video games Liberty has gained on the FBS stage when giving up 40+ factors have come vs. FCS foes (Idaho State in 2018 and Maine in 2019).
 
#3 The 2025 season marks Jamey Chadwell‘s third yr as Liberty’s head coach and the Flames’ third season of CUSA play. Liberty misplaced its prime three rushers (Quinton Cooley, Billy Lucas and Kaidon Salter) from final yr’s workforce, which ranked No. 4 nationally with 250.7 speeding yards per contest. The Flames have solely gained three August video games in program historical past (3-6 document).
 
#4 The Flames hope to draw 20,000+ followers to their dwelling opener at Williams Stadium for the fourth time in program historical past. Liberty’s largest crowd for a house opener was 21,671 vs. Syracuse in 2019. Saturday will mark Liberty’s first 4 p.m. kickoff time in 4 years. The Flames hosted Louisiana for a 4 p.m. kick on Nov. 20, 2021.
 
A LIBERTY WIN WOULD…

• Be the Flames’ sixth straight season-opening triumph and ninth within the final 10 years, boosting Liberty’s document in season openers to 28-25 all-time.
• Give Liberty a program-record six-year streak of successful season openers, breaking the present document of successful 5 straight season-opening video games (2004-08).
• Give Liberty a win in its dwelling opener for the sixth straight yr and twelfth out of the final 13. It would push Liberty’s document in dwelling openers to 32-6 on the Division I stage and 7-1 on the FBS stage.
• Keep the house workforce undefeated within the Liberty-Maine soccer collection, giving the Flames a 2-1 collection benefit.
• Make Liberty 10-0 vs. FCS opponents since becoming a member of the FBS ranks in 2018.
• Mark Liberty’s third straight victory over a CAA opponent, making the Flames 6-24 versus the league all-time.
• Give Liberty a 38-7 document at Williams Stadium since becoming a member of the FBS in 2018.

 
Home Sweet Home
Liberty is 37-7 at Williams Stadium since becoming a member of FBS in 2018 and 150-56 all-time on the facility.
 
The Flames gained 12 straight dwelling video games, from Sept. 2, 2023 by way of Oct. 8, 2024, the second longest dwelling successful streak in program historical past. The longest is a program-record 15-game dwelling win streak from Sept. 14, 2019 by way of Oct. 30, 2021.
 
For Openers
Liberty is 27-25 all-time in season openers, having gained its first recreation in every of the final 5 seasons.
 
Liberty third-year Head Coach Jamey Chadwell can also be 5-0 in his final 5 season openers, with the primary three of these (2020-22) coming whereas at Coastal Carolina.
 
Starting with a 48-45 win at Baylor to start the 2017 season, the Flames have gained eight out of their final 9 season openers. The solely season-opening loss in that span was Aug. 31, 2019 towards No. 22 Syracuse.
 
Liberty has solely performed 4 season openers towards FCS opponents (at time of assembly) since 2004.  Most just lately, the Flames opened the 2024 season with a 41-24 win over Campbell at Williams Stadium.
 
FCS Success
For the second yr in a row, Liberty is kicking off its season with a house recreation towards an FCS foe hailing from the CAA.
 
Since becoming a member of FBS soccer in 2018, Liberty is 9-0 towards FCS opponents. In Liberty’s final 5 conferences with FCS foes, the Flames have outscored opponents by a mixed 196-72.
 
However, that stretch features a one-point win, 21-20 over Gardner-Webb on Oct. 15, 2022.
 
Saturday Superstars
Liberty went 7-0 final season and is now 15-0 beneath third-year Head Coach Jamey Chadwell in regular-season Saturday contests.
 
Every different FBS workforce has misplaced not less than one regular-season Saturday recreation since Liberty’s final Saturday loss, Nov. 26, 2022 towards New Mexico State.
 
Liberty, Oregon and UNLV have been the one FBS groups and not using a Saturday loss within the 2024 common season.
 
Bowling 300
Liberty rushed for 300 or extra yards in three of its final 4 video games of the 2024 common season.
 
The Flames have rushed for 300 or extra yards 10 instances beneath Jamey Chadwell, going 10-0 in these video games. In the primary 50 years of Liberty soccer historical past, the Flames posted 28 whole 300-yard speeding video games.
 
Overall in his head teaching profession, Chadwell’s groups are 36-0 when speeding for 300 or extra yards and 8-0 when churning up 400 or extra speeding yards.