The Flames are again unable to get a marquee win, this time falling to Old Dominion 21-17 in Norfolk. Here’s a few quick hit notes following the game:

Offense:

  • If you would have told me prior to the game the Flames would have only scored 17 points I would have told you they got annihilated. That wasn’t the case, but the Flames did not score enough points. Bottom line.
  • The Flames finished with 401 yards of offense.
  • Liberty had 0 turnovers and just 3 penalties.
  • Josh Woodrum finished 23/37 for 295 yards and 2 touchdowns. It seemed like he was off on a couple of his throws though. The one that comes back to me is the post route where he had Peterson for a touchdown in the 1st half. The Flames ended up with 0 points on that drive.
  • Gabe Henderson was impressive as he finished with 8 catches for 120 yards and 1 touchdown. Josh kept finding him underneath and Gabe would pick up big chunks of yardage.
  • Des Rice had another solid game as he finished with 78 yards on 20 carries.

Defense:

  • If you would have told me prior to the game the Flames would have only allowed 21 points I would have thought they won the game. An especially impressive performance particularly considering 7 points came on a punt return.
  • Liberty allowed 450 yards of offense, but they played solid.
  • The story of the game on the defensive side of the ball was the 4 turnovers the Flames forced and the 1 of 6 in red zone opportunities for the Monarchs.
  • Kenny Scott ended with 2 interceptions. Wesley Scott was the Flames leading tackler with 13. Aikens added 10.

Special Teams:

  • Any time you give up points on special teams, it’s not pretty. That punt return gave life to ODU and their fans.
  • Lunsford nailed the 52 yard field goal, but did miss 2 others which proved costly in such a close game.