News and Notes: VMI
11/8/2009 12:00:00 AM | Football
The Flames wrapped up the home portion of their 2009 schedule with their third-straight dominating Big South home victory, as Liberty made the most of eight turnovers en route to a 54-14 over in-state foe VMI, Saturday night, at Williams Stadium.
The win pushed Liberty's Big South winning streak to 15-straight games and upped the Flames record to 7-2 on the year and 4-0 in league play.
News and Notes from the VMI game:
• The victory over VMI extended Liberty's Big South winning streak to 15-straight games.
• Liberty's current 15-game Big South winning streak is the longest conference winning streak in Big South history.
• With 15-straight Big South victories, Liberty's conference winning streak is still the third longest active conference winning streak among FCS programs (ranking behind Appalachian State – 18 games/Southern and South Carolina State – 17 games/MEAC).
• Liberty has now won five-straight games, which is tied for the ninth-longest FCS winning streak in the country.
• Liberty has now scored 50 or more points in three-straight home games and for the sixth time under head coach Danny Rocco.
• Liberty finishes up the year with a 3-0 record in Big South games played at Williams Stadium, averaging 55.7 points per game in the trio of games.
• The game was played in front of 15,208 fans, which gives Liberty sixth-straight home games with an attendance figure over 14,000.
• The 15,208 fans marked the seventh highest attendance figure in Williams Stadium history.
• Liberty now ranks No. 3 nationally in filling stadium capacity (124.43), No. 5 in total attendance (89,587) and No. 11 average home attendance (14,931).
• The game was played in front of 15,208 fans, which was the ninth-highest attended home FCS game this past weekend.
• All six of Liberty's home attendance figures have ranked inside the Top 10 in terms of most highly attended FCS games during their respective weekend.
• The 15,208 fans who attended the VMI game pushed the total attendance figure at Williams Stadium since it opened its gates in 1989 to 985,223, leaving the stadium 14,777 fans shy of a million in total attendance.
• Following the VMI game, Liberty finishes its home game by averaging 14,931 fans, which is the highest season home attendance average in stadium history (bettering the 2007 mark of 14,190).
• Liberty's total home attendance figure of 89,587 is the second highest total in stadium history, ranking behind the 2007 total when 92,026 filled the stadium for Liberty's seven home games.
• The game marked the final contest played before Williams Stadium begins its first of a three-phase expansion project which will bring the seating capacity in the stadium up to 30,000 over a five-year period.
• Liberty has posted a 77-39 record at Williams Stadium since it opened in 1989, posting a 66.4 home winning percentage in the on-campus facility.
• Liberty finished the home portion of its schedule with a 5-1 record, marking the seventh time the Flames have won five or more games at Williams Stadium in a season.
• Despite scoring 54 points against the Keydets, Liberty only managed to finish the night with three offensive touchdowns.
• Mike Brown's three-yard touchdown with 38 seconds left before halftime gave the Flames a rushing touchdown in 38-straight games.
• Liberty finished the game with two rushing touchdowns, giving the Flames 27 total rushing touchdowns in 2009.
• Liberty's 27 rushing touchdowns are tied for second in the nation in total rushing touchdowns (Appalachian State leads the country with 34 rushing touchdowns).
• The 54 points scored against the Keydets pushed Liberty's scoring average on the year to 35.11 points per game, which ranks No. 4 nationally in scoring offense.
• Liberty finished its fourth-straight game without throwing an interception, tying a program record.
• Liberty's quarterbacks have only thrown four interceptions in 2009, which is tied at No. 3 nationally in fewest passes intercepted.
• VMI finished the game with six fumbles lost, but the Flames only caused one of those fumbles.
• VMI finished the contest committing eight total turnovers (six fumbles and two interceptions).
• For the third time this year, Liberty finished a game without a turnover.
• Without turning the ball over against the Flames, Liberty now ranks No. 3 nationally in fewest fumbles (3) and fewest interceptions (4) in 2009.
• Following the turnover numbers in the VMI game, Liberty now leads the nation in turnover margin (2.22/7 turnovers lost to 27 turnovers gained).
• The eight turnovers committed by VMI eventually led to 30 of Liberty's 54 points in the game.
• The Flames were forced to punt the ball away five times against VMI, marking the third time this year Liberty has been forced to punt five times in a game.
• Liberty intercepted two passed during the VMI game, giving the Flames an interception in eight-straight games.
• Following two interceptions against VMI, Liberty now ranks tied for No. 3 nationally with 17 total interceptions (tied with Coastal Carolina, New Hampshire and Southern).
• Liberty scored on all four of its trips inside the red zone, running the Flames streak to 31-straight scoring drives when entering the opponent's 20-yard line.
• Following the VMI game, Liberty now ranks No. 4 nationally in red zone offensive efficiency (92.7 percent/38 scoring drives on 41 trips inside the red zone).
• Liberty only allowed one score on VMI's four trips inside the red zone, pushing the Flames up to No. 4 nationally in red zone defensive efficiency (62.5 percent/20 scoring drives on 32 trips inside the red zone).
• For the sixth time this year, Liberty finished a game by keeping an opponent to 14 for few point score and Liberty now ranks No. 16 nationally in scoring defense (16.22 points allowed per game).
• Liberty finished the game with a season-high 167 total special team return yards.
• Liberty is now ranked No. 13 nationally in average yards per kickoff return (23.59).
• Aaron Hewlett returned a kickoff 80 yards for a score on the Flames first possession of the game against VMI, marking the Flames first kickoff return for a touchdown since the 2008 season opener against North Greenville.
• Liberty is now one of 29 FCS teams in the country to have returned a kickoff for a touchdown in 2009.
• VMI finished the game with two punt returns for negative two yards.
• The Flames now rank No. 5 nationally in punt return yardage defense, as opponents are averaging 2.67 yards per punt return (nine punt returns for 24 yards).
• Mike Larsson placed two of his four punts inside the opponent's 20 yard line, giving the sophomore 15-out-of-33 punts inside the 20-yard line in 2009.
• Liberty's quarterback completed passes to nine different receivers against VMI, marking the highest number of wide receivers to catch a pass in a game this season.
• Matt Bevins tied a Big South record with 16 points scored against VMI.
• Matt Bevins tied his own school record, which he shares with Phillip Harrelson, as the sophomore knocked down four field goals.
• With his four field goals against VMI, Matt Bevins now ranks No. 2 nationally in field goals per game (1.89).
• With his four field goals against VMI, Matt Bevins now has 17 field goals on the year, which is a new single-season school record (previous record was 15 field goals by Noah Greenbaum in 2007).
• With his 16 points scored against VMI, Matt Bevins now ranks No. 9 nationally in scoring (9.22 points per game) and third among kickers in the national listing.
• Matt Bevins has now scored 83 points in 2009, which ranks second behind Stacy Nobles for most points scored by a sophomore (Nobles scored 84 points in 1997).
• Matt Bevins 83 points scored currently ranks No. 2 in the school's single-season record book for points scored by a kicker (Noah Greenbaum is the school record holder with 101 points in 2007).
• Ian Childress intercepted his fourth career pass and returned it 34 yards for a score against VMI, marking the Flames first interception return for a score since Ryan Greiser returned an errant pass 35 yards for a score against Toledo on Oct. 6, 2007.
• Kevin Fogg recovered a muffed VMI punt retunr in the end zone with 75 seconds left in the game against VMI, marking the Flames first fumble return for a touchdown since Alonzia Phillips returned a fumble 43 yards for a score against VMI on Nov. 18, 2006.
• KaJuan Lee intercepted his fifth pass of the season and now ranks No. 15 nationally in interceptions per game (0.56).
• Terry Adams finished the game with a career-high eight tackles, to go along with a career-best 2.5 tackles for a loss.
• Chad Brown led Liberty's defensive attack with nine stops, marking his second-highest single-game tackle total of the year.
• The nine stops against the Keydets gave Chad Brown 42 tackles in 2009 and 98 total career stops.
The win pushed Liberty's Big South winning streak to 15-straight games and upped the Flames record to 7-2 on the year and 4-0 in league play.
News and Notes from the VMI game:
• The victory over VMI extended Liberty's Big South winning streak to 15-straight games.
• Liberty's current 15-game Big South winning streak is the longest conference winning streak in Big South history.
• With 15-straight Big South victories, Liberty's conference winning streak is still the third longest active conference winning streak among FCS programs (ranking behind Appalachian State – 18 games/Southern and South Carolina State – 17 games/MEAC).
• Liberty has now won five-straight games, which is tied for the ninth-longest FCS winning streak in the country.
• Liberty has now scored 50 or more points in three-straight home games and for the sixth time under head coach Danny Rocco.
• Liberty finishes up the year with a 3-0 record in Big South games played at Williams Stadium, averaging 55.7 points per game in the trio of games.
• The game was played in front of 15,208 fans, which gives Liberty sixth-straight home games with an attendance figure over 14,000.
• The 15,208 fans marked the seventh highest attendance figure in Williams Stadium history.
• Liberty now ranks No. 3 nationally in filling stadium capacity (124.43), No. 5 in total attendance (89,587) and No. 11 average home attendance (14,931).
• The game was played in front of 15,208 fans, which was the ninth-highest attended home FCS game this past weekend.
• All six of Liberty's home attendance figures have ranked inside the Top 10 in terms of most highly attended FCS games during their respective weekend.
• The 15,208 fans who attended the VMI game pushed the total attendance figure at Williams Stadium since it opened its gates in 1989 to 985,223, leaving the stadium 14,777 fans shy of a million in total attendance.
• Following the VMI game, Liberty finishes its home game by averaging 14,931 fans, which is the highest season home attendance average in stadium history (bettering the 2007 mark of 14,190).
• Liberty's total home attendance figure of 89,587 is the second highest total in stadium history, ranking behind the 2007 total when 92,026 filled the stadium for Liberty's seven home games.
• The game marked the final contest played before Williams Stadium begins its first of a three-phase expansion project which will bring the seating capacity in the stadium up to 30,000 over a five-year period.
• Liberty has posted a 77-39 record at Williams Stadium since it opened in 1989, posting a 66.4 home winning percentage in the on-campus facility.
• Liberty finished the home portion of its schedule with a 5-1 record, marking the seventh time the Flames have won five or more games at Williams Stadium in a season.
• Despite scoring 54 points against the Keydets, Liberty only managed to finish the night with three offensive touchdowns.
• Mike Brown's three-yard touchdown with 38 seconds left before halftime gave the Flames a rushing touchdown in 38-straight games.
• Liberty finished the game with two rushing touchdowns, giving the Flames 27 total rushing touchdowns in 2009.
• Liberty's 27 rushing touchdowns are tied for second in the nation in total rushing touchdowns (Appalachian State leads the country with 34 rushing touchdowns).
• The 54 points scored against the Keydets pushed Liberty's scoring average on the year to 35.11 points per game, which ranks No. 4 nationally in scoring offense.
• Liberty finished its fourth-straight game without throwing an interception, tying a program record.
• Liberty's quarterbacks have only thrown four interceptions in 2009, which is tied at No. 3 nationally in fewest passes intercepted.
• VMI finished the game with six fumbles lost, but the Flames only caused one of those fumbles.
• VMI finished the contest committing eight total turnovers (six fumbles and two interceptions).
• For the third time this year, Liberty finished a game without a turnover.
• Without turning the ball over against the Flames, Liberty now ranks No. 3 nationally in fewest fumbles (3) and fewest interceptions (4) in 2009.
• Following the turnover numbers in the VMI game, Liberty now leads the nation in turnover margin (2.22/7 turnovers lost to 27 turnovers gained).
• The eight turnovers committed by VMI eventually led to 30 of Liberty's 54 points in the game.
• The Flames were forced to punt the ball away five times against VMI, marking the third time this year Liberty has been forced to punt five times in a game.
• Liberty intercepted two passed during the VMI game, giving the Flames an interception in eight-straight games.
• Following two interceptions against VMI, Liberty now ranks tied for No. 3 nationally with 17 total interceptions (tied with Coastal Carolina, New Hampshire and Southern).
• Liberty scored on all four of its trips inside the red zone, running the Flames streak to 31-straight scoring drives when entering the opponent's 20-yard line.
• Following the VMI game, Liberty now ranks No. 4 nationally in red zone offensive efficiency (92.7 percent/38 scoring drives on 41 trips inside the red zone).
• Liberty only allowed one score on VMI's four trips inside the red zone, pushing the Flames up to No. 4 nationally in red zone defensive efficiency (62.5 percent/20 scoring drives on 32 trips inside the red zone).
• For the sixth time this year, Liberty finished a game by keeping an opponent to 14 for few point score and Liberty now ranks No. 16 nationally in scoring defense (16.22 points allowed per game).
• Liberty finished the game with a season-high 167 total special team return yards.
• Liberty is now ranked No. 13 nationally in average yards per kickoff return (23.59).
• Aaron Hewlett returned a kickoff 80 yards for a score on the Flames first possession of the game against VMI, marking the Flames first kickoff return for a touchdown since the 2008 season opener against North Greenville.
• Liberty is now one of 29 FCS teams in the country to have returned a kickoff for a touchdown in 2009.
• VMI finished the game with two punt returns for negative two yards.
• The Flames now rank No. 5 nationally in punt return yardage defense, as opponents are averaging 2.67 yards per punt return (nine punt returns for 24 yards).
• Mike Larsson placed two of his four punts inside the opponent's 20 yard line, giving the sophomore 15-out-of-33 punts inside the 20-yard line in 2009.
• Liberty's quarterback completed passes to nine different receivers against VMI, marking the highest number of wide receivers to catch a pass in a game this season.
• Matt Bevins tied a Big South record with 16 points scored against VMI.
• Matt Bevins tied his own school record, which he shares with Phillip Harrelson, as the sophomore knocked down four field goals.
• With his four field goals against VMI, Matt Bevins now ranks No. 2 nationally in field goals per game (1.89).
• With his four field goals against VMI, Matt Bevins now has 17 field goals on the year, which is a new single-season school record (previous record was 15 field goals by Noah Greenbaum in 2007).
• With his 16 points scored against VMI, Matt Bevins now ranks No. 9 nationally in scoring (9.22 points per game) and third among kickers in the national listing.
• Matt Bevins has now scored 83 points in 2009, which ranks second behind Stacy Nobles for most points scored by a sophomore (Nobles scored 84 points in 1997).
• Matt Bevins 83 points scored currently ranks No. 2 in the school's single-season record book for points scored by a kicker (Noah Greenbaum is the school record holder with 101 points in 2007).
• Ian Childress intercepted his fourth career pass and returned it 34 yards for a score against VMI, marking the Flames first interception return for a score since Ryan Greiser returned an errant pass 35 yards for a score against Toledo on Oct. 6, 2007.
• Kevin Fogg recovered a muffed VMI punt retunr in the end zone with 75 seconds left in the game against VMI, marking the Flames first fumble return for a touchdown since Alonzia Phillips returned a fumble 43 yards for a score against VMI on Nov. 18, 2006.
• KaJuan Lee intercepted his fifth pass of the season and now ranks No. 15 nationally in interceptions per game (0.56).
• Terry Adams finished the game with a career-high eight tackles, to go along with a career-best 2.5 tackles for a loss.
• Chad Brown led Liberty's defensive attack with nine stops, marking his second-highest single-game tackle total of the year.
• The nine stops against the Keydets gave Chad Brown 42 tackles in 2009 and 98 total career stops.
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