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 Williams Stadium (VA), LynchburgLIB -9.5
FINALFlorida International 34, Liberty 36FIU covered +9.5CLOSED LIB -9.5

Highlights

1 CLIPS · ESPN
FIU returns opening kickoff 100-yards to the houseVIDEO: ESPN ↗

Win probability

EVERY PLAY · ESPN MODEL
LIB WINNING
FIU WINNING
KICKQ2Q3Q4FINAL

KICKOFF: LIB 52% · BIGGEST SINGLE-PLAY SWING: 23 PTS

Scoring plays

12 SCORES
Q1
Kickoff Return Touchdown

Lexington Joseph 100 Yd Kickoff Return (Chase Gabriel Kick)

14:51
7-0
Passing Touchdown

Noah Frith 24 Yd pass from Malik Willis (Alex Barbir Kick)

12:40
7-7
Rushing Touchdown

Peytton Pickett 2 Yd Run (Alex Barbir Kick)

5:20
7-14
Rushing Touchdown

D'vonte Price 30 Yd Run (Chase Gabriel Kick)

2:16
14-14
Q3
Field Goal Good

Alex Barbir 27 Yd Field Goal

12:26
14-17
Passing Touchdown

DJ Stubbs 14 Yd pass from Malik Willis (Alex Barbir Kick)

8:37
14-24
Rushing Touchdown

D'vonte Price 65 Yd Run (Chase Gabriel Kick)

8:02
21-24
Field Goal Good

Alex Barbir 21 Yd Field Goal

4:35
21-27
Passing Touchdown

Bryce Singleton 45 Yd pass from Stone Norton (Chase Gabriel Kick)

1:42
28-27
Q4
Rushing Touchdown

Joshua Mack 2 Yd Run (Two-Point Run Conversion Failed)

12:27
28-33
Field Goal Good

Alex Barbir 27 Yd Field Goal

6:32
28-36
Passing Touchdown

D'vonte Price 6 Yd pass from Stone Norton (Two-Point Pass Conversion Failed)

4:30
34-36

What happened

ESPN RECAP

Willis' 370 yards of offense helps Liberty beat FIU 36-34

LYNCHBURG, Va. -- Malik Willis threw two touchdown passes and accounted for 370 yards of offense to lead Liberty to a 36-34 victory over Florida International on Saturday. Willis was 24-of-30 passing for 285 yards and added 85 yards rushing. His 67-yard run helped set up Alex Barbir 's 27-yard field goal that stretched the Flames' lead to 36-28 with 6:32 remaining. Lexington Joseph returned the ensuing kickoff 63 yards. Four plays later Stone Norton made it 36-34 with a 6-yard TD pass to D'vonte Price with 4:30 to play. Joseph also ran 100 yards into the end zone on the opening kickoff. Norton was sacked twice as the Panthers went four-and-out on their final possession deep inside their own territory with 1:32 left. DJ Stubbs had eight catches for 119 yards that included a spectacular one-handed 14-yard touchdown catch in the third quarter for Liberty (2-0).

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Top performers

FIU
PASSINGStone Norton9/13, 120 YDS, 2 TD
RUSHINGD'vonte Price13 CAR, 148 YDS, 2 TD
RECEIVINGBryce Singleton2 REC, 50 YDS, 1 TD
LIB
PASSINGMalik Willis24/30, 285 YDS, 2 TD
RUSHINGJoshua Mack13 CAR, 107 YDS, 1 TD
RECEIVINGDJ Stubbs8 REC, 119 YDS, 1 TD

Team stats

FIU · LIB
304
TOTAL YARDS
527
136
PASSING
308
168
RUSHING
219
16
1ST DOWNS
31
5-11
3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY
10-18
0
TURNOVERS
0
15-127
PENALTIES
4-40
22:39
POSSESSION
37:21

WILLIAMS STADIUM (VA), LYNCHBURG · ATTENDANCE 1,000

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