The 2020 Liberty Flames football team represented Liberty University in the 2020 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They were led by second-year head coach Hugh Freeze and played their home games at Williams Stadium. The Flames competed as an FBS independent.

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2020 Liberty Flames football
Cure Bowl champion
Cure Bowl, W 37–34OT vs. Coastal Carolina
Conference	Independent
Ranking
Coaches	No. 18
AP	No. 17
Record	10–1
Head coach	Hugh Freeze (2nd season)
Co-offensive coordinator	Kent Austin (2nd season)
Co-offensive coordinator	Maurice Harris (2nd season)
Offensive scheme	Multiple
Defensive coordinator	Scott Symons (2nd season)
Base defense	4–2–5
Home stadium	Williams Stadium
Seasons ← 2019 2021 →

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Liberty had games scheduled against Bowling Green, North Carolina A&T, UConn, and UMass, which were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[1][2] These games were partially replaced with new match-ups announced with Coastal Carolina and North Alabama. The games against NC State and Syracuse were rescheduled for different days for the 2020 season.^[3]

Because of an increased number of COVID-19 cases within the football program, Liberty University's medical staff decided to pause its football team's activities and cancel the game with Coastal Carolina in Conway, South Carolina, scheduled for December 5.^[4] Ironically, the two teams were selected to play in the Cure Bowl at season's end, a match-up that Liberty won.

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In week 5, Liberty received votes in the Coaches Poll for the first time in program history and the following week, they received votes in the AP Poll for the first time. In week 9, they were nationally ranked for the first time, when they were ranked at No. 25 in the AP Poll. They would spend 8 total weeks in the rankings, finishing at No. 17.