Liberty came into this week needing to rebound after falling to Lafayette at Williams Stadium and with a number of football alumni (including former coach Sam Rutigliano and All Pro TE Eric Green who both had jerseys retired at halftime), rebound they did. Brock Smith threw for 269 yards and 2 TDs, Rashad Jennings rushed for 2 more and Liberty stifled the Buccaneer passing game and the Flames move to 2-0 in Big South play with a 42-0 victory on Homecoming. This was the second straight win for the Flames on homecoming and the second straight year they scored 42 points (won 42-14 over Presbyterian last year). This also is LU's 5th straight win at home over Charleston Southern and the Flames' 43rd straight win at home when scoring at least 30 points.
Before I go into my stars of the game and key stats, here is a list of teams that Liberty has beaten on this streak I just referenced:
1992
Morgan State
Central Florida
Delaware State
1993
Concord
Charleston Southern
1994
Concord
Catawba
New Haven
Charleston Southern
1995
West Virginia Tech
Morgan State
Wofford
Western Kentucky
1996
Charleston Southern
1997
Glenville State
Elon
Cal Poly
1998
Norfolk State
1999
Fayetteville State
Johnson C Smith
2000
Wingate
2001
Delaware State
Wingate
2002
West Liberty State
2003
Kentucky Wesleyan
VMI
Norfolk State
Coastal Carolina
Hofstra
2004
West Virginia Tech
Charleston Southern
2005
(Only season where LU failed to score at least 30 points in a game at home during streak)
2006
Glenville State
Charleston Southern
2007
Tusculum
Shippensburg
St Francis (Pa.)
Presbyterian
Coastal Carolina
VMI
(Only season where LU has scored at least 30 in EVERY home game)
2008
North Greenville
Glenville State
Stony Brook
Charleston Southern
(The Lafayette game ended a streak of consecutive home games scoring at least 30 points at 9)
Stars of the Game:
1. Jonathan Crawford: J-5 had a career day as he caught 6 passes for 124 yards (career high) and 2 TDs including a 69 yard pass to get things started for the Flames
2. Rashad Jennings: What else is there to say? The senior had another great game and added 2 more TDs
3. Brock Smith: The senior had another efficient game (threw one INT but it was on the last play of the 1st half) and spread the ball around very well passing to 8 different receivers
Key Stats:
Brock Smith: 17-27-269 yards-2 TDs (69 yards, 10 yards)-1 INT, 2 rushes- -5 yards-1 TD (1 yard)
Rashad Jennings: 23 rushes-127 yards-2 TDs (1 yard, 1 yard) 1 catch-8 yards
Jonathan Crawford: 6 catches-124 yards-2 TDs (69 yds, 10 yds)
Dominic Bolden 5 catches-117 yards, 2 rushes-34 yards-1 TD (25 yards)
The Flames head back on the road for two games, starting with a trip to Clinton, SC to face the Presbyterian Blue Hose in Big South play. Kickoff is set for 1:30 PM at Bailey Stadium.
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