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 Williams Stadium (VA), LynchburgLIB -14.5
FINALBall State 15, Liberty 51LIB covered -14.5CLOSED LIB -14.5

Highlights

8 CLIPS · ESPN
Deshawn Purdie throws 12-yard TD pass to Makai JacksonVIDEO: ESPN ↗

Win probability

EVERY PLAY · ESPN MODEL
LIB WINNING
BALL WINNING
KICKQ2Q3Q4FINAL

KICKOFF: LIB 79% · BIGGEST SINGLE-PLAY SWING: 4 PTS

Scoring plays

10 SCORES
Q1
Passing Touchdown

Makai Jackson 12 Yd pass from Deshawn Purdie (Chase Reeves PAT failed)

10:16
0-6
Rushing Touchdown

TJ Horton 2 Yd Run (Brody Boehm Kick)

5:47
7-6
Passing Touchdown

Jamari Person 16 Yd pass from Deshawn Purdie (Chase Reeves Kick)

3:46
7-13
Q2
Field Goal Good

Chase Reeves 46 Yd Field Goal

8:48
7-16
Passing Touchdown

Jamari Person 7 Yd pass from Deshawn Purdie (Chase Reeves Kick)

0:13
7-23
Q3
Rushing Touchdown

Ethan Vasko 4 Yd Run (Chase Reeves Kick)

11:17
7-30
Rushing Touchdown

Kam Davis 14 Yd Run (Chase Reeves Kick)

6:59
7-37
Rushing Touchdown

TJ Horton 1 Yd Run (Keldric Luster Run for Two-Point Conversion)

2:42
15-37
Q4
Passing Touchdown

Terron Kellman 21 Yd pass from Jaylen Henderson (Tyler Black Kick)

7:29
15-44
Rushing Touchdown

Jaylin Belford 1 Yd Run (Tyler Black Kick)

5:02
15-51

What happened

ESPN RECAP

Purdie throws 3 TD passes as Liberty rolls past Ball State 51-15

LYNCHBURG, Va. -- , Deshawn Purdie threw three touchdown passes to lead Liberty to a 51-15 victory over Ball State on Saturday. Purdie connected twice with Jamari Person for scores and another to Makai Jackson , who finished with four receptions for 88 yards. Purdie was 13-of-20 passing for 211 yards. Kam Davis , Ethan Vasko and Jaylin Belford added touchdown runs for Liberty (2-1). Jaylen Henderson threw a 21-yard pass to Terron Kellman with 7:29 left to play. TJ Horton 's 2-yard touchdown run capped a nine-play, 75-yard drive for Ball State (1-2) that tied it 7-all late in the first quarter. Purdie later answered with 16- and 7-yard touchdown passes to Person to help the Flames take a 23-7 lead into halftime. Horton finished with 79 yards rushing on eight carries. He added another short-yardage touchdown run in the third quarter for the Cardinals.

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Top performers

BALL
PASSINGKeldric Luster10/21, 93 YDS
RUSHINGTJ Horton8 CAR, 79 YDS, 2 TD
RECEIVINGIsaiah Thacker4 REC, 44 YDS
LIB
PASSINGDeshawn Purdie13/20, 211 YDS, 3 TD
RUSHINGTerron Kellman3 CAR, 51 YDS
RECEIVINGMakai Jackson4 REC, 88 YDS, 1 TD

Team stats

BALL · LIB
261
TOTAL YARDS
460
93
PASSING
248
168
RUSHING
212
17
1ST DOWNS
23
1-9
3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY
10-13
1
TURNOVERS
1
11-107
PENALTIES
3-25
28:01
POSSESSION
31:59

WILLIAMS STADIUM (VA), LYNCHBURG · ATTENDANCE 18,330

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