The 2002 Liberty Flames football team represented Liberty University a member of the Big South Conference during the 2002 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Led by third-year head coach Ken Karcher, the Flames compiled an overall record of 2–9 with a mark of 1–2 in conference play, placing third in the Big South. Liberty played home games at Williams Stadium in Lynchburg, Virginia.
| 2002 Liberty Flames football | |
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| Conference | Big South Conference |
| Record | 2–9 (1–2 Big South) |
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| Home stadium | Williams Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 22 Gardner–Webb $ | 3 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Elon | 2 | – | 1 | 4 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Liberty | 1 | – | 2 | 2 | – | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Charleston Southern | 0 | – | 3 | 4 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
edit| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| August 31 | 3:30 p.m. | Western Carolina* | L 3–23 | 8,375 | ||
| September 7 | West Liberty State* |
| W 35–6 | |||
| September 21 | 3:30 p.m. | No. 5 Appalachian State* |
| L 22–29 | 8,173 | [1] |
| September 28 | 6:00 p.m. | at UCF* | L 17–48 | 20,416 | ||
| October 5 | Gardner–Webb |
| L 21–31 | |||
| October 12 | 2:00 p.m. | at Akron* | L 21–49 | 7,132 | ||
| October 19 | 1:30 p.m. | Charleston Southern |
| W 31–17 | 6,137 | |
| October 26 | at VMI* | L 14–38 | 6,165 | |||
| November 2 | No. 17 Eastern Kentucky* |
| L 28–35 OT | |||
| November 9 | at Elon | L 35–56 | ||||
| November 23 | at Hofstra* | L 3–32 | ||||
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References
edit- ^ "Late catch lifts Appalachian State past Liberty". Asheville Citizen-Times. September 22, 2002. Retrieved December 1, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Liberty Flames Schedule 2002". ESPN. Retrieved October 18, 2023.
- ^ "2002 Football Schedule". Liberty University. Retrieved October 18, 2023.
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