Liberty Football to square off against Buffalo in Bahamas Bowl

Playing in its sixth-straight bowl game, Liberty University Football will wrap up the 2024 season when the Flames square off against Buffalo in the Bahamas Bowl on Jan. 4, 2025.

The game will be nationally televised on ESPN2 from Thomas A. Robinson National Stadium in Nassau, Bahamas. Kickoff for the game is set for 11 a.m. EST.

The Flames will be making their sixth-consecutive bowl game appearance and have appeared in a bowl game each year since they could become bowl eligible in 2019.

The game will feature a pair of eight-win programs. The Flames finished the regular season with an 8-3 overall record and a 5-3 mark in Conference USA action. Buffalo posted an 8-4 record and was 6-2 in Mid-American Conference games.

A Conference USA team has been pitted against a Mid-American Conference team four times in the nine-year history of the Bahamas Bowl.   CUSA teams are 3-1 against MAC teams in the Bahamas Bowl and four CUSA teams have posted a victory at this bowl game.

Western Kentucky defeated Central Michigan, 49-48, in the inaugural Bahamas Bowl in 2014, followed by Western Michigan knocking off MTSU, 45-31, in 2015. FIU defeated Toledo, 35-32, in the 2018 Bahamas Bowl, MTSU knocked off Toledo, 31-24, in 2021.

Last year’s game was played in Charlotte under a different name (Famous Toastery Bowl) due to ongoing renovations at Thomas A. Robinson National Stadium. Western Kentucky capped its season with a thrilling 38-35 overtime win against Old Dominion.

Liberty enters the Bahamas Bowl match-up against Buffalo looking to push its all-time bowl game record to 4-2.
The Flames won their first three bowl games in school history, posting back-to-back wins in the Cure Bowl (2019 vs. Georgia Southern; 2020 vs. Coastal Carolina), followed by a victory over Eastern Michigan in the 2021 LendingTree Bowl. Liberty suffered its first-ever bowl loss to Toledo in the 2022 Boca Raton Bowl.

Last year, following an historic 12-0 regular season and a victory over New Mexico State in the 2023 CUSA Football Championship, the Flames earned their first-ever New Year’s Six bowl game appearance where they faced No. 8 Oregon in the Vrbo Fiesta Bowl.

The Flames will square off against Buffalo for the fourth time in program history. Liberty is 3-0 all-time against the Bulls, including a 55-27 win at Buffalo during Liberty’s undefeated regular season in 2023 (Sept. 19, 2023).

Bahamas Bowl Game Ticket Information
Tickets for the Bahamas Bowl will go on sale shortly. All Flames Fans are encouraged to purchase tickets directly from Liberty Athletics at www.LibertyFlames.com/BowlCentral.