Flames announce 2016 football schedule

Liberty University Athletics has announced the Flames’ 2016 football schedule. The schedule features NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) road games at Virginia Tech and Southern Methodist University, plus a Thursday evening contest against former Big South rival Coastal Carolina, which will be in its first of a two-year transition to FBS.

Liberty’s six-game home schedule is spotlighted by a Sept. 24 contest against NCAA Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) national championship runner-up Jacksonville State and NCAA FCS Playoff quarterfinalist Charleston Southern on Nov. 12.

Liberty has squared off against multiple FBS opponents each of the last three seasons (2013: Kent State and Old Dominion; 2014: North Carolina and Appalachian State; 2015: West Virginia and Georgia State).

• Read more on Liberty’s Athletics website.