Liberty won their second game in a row in a blowout against Middle Tennessee State (MTSU) 41-13. Liberty’s offense and defense was firing on all cylinders to extend their home game win streak to 14 games in a row.
- Liberty comes out hot to play against MTSU forcing turnover on downs for Liberty to take over on MTSU’s 45 yard line.
- Quarterback Malik Willis made it look to easy with a passing touchdown to wide receiver Demario Douglas for 35 yards to open the scoring 7-0.
- On Liberty’s second drive, Willis threw his first interception on the year and his seventh interception in his career at Liberty.
- To return the favor, Liberty intercepts MTSU on the first play of their third drive by safety Rocket Rahimi.
- Willis plays with the defense and escapes a sack and the pocket to complete a 41-yard pass to Douglas. Following that play, Liberty scored a 5-yard passing touchdown to tight end Jerome Jackson to extend the lead 14-0.
- At this point in the game Demario Douglas had 93 yards through the first quarter.
- Through a dominant first half, Liberty finishes off another drive with a touchdown to blow open the game 21-0. T.J. green got his first career rushing touchdown for Liberty on the one-yard run.
- After getting stomped on by Liberty on both sides of the ball, MTSU decided to wake up and drive down the field to put the first score on the day to lessen Liberty’s lead 21-7.
- Starting on their own seven yard line, Willis whipped the ball down the field 49-yards to Douglas. This set a new career high in receiving yards for Douglas with 156-yards shattering last week’s record day by 28-yards already.
- After driving into MTSU’s territory, Liberty was stalled out at the 27-yard line, but freshman kicker Brayden Beck scored 37-yard field goal kick.
- Just when everyone thought we were entering half soon, MTSU fumbled the ball on kickoff and Liberty recovered in MTSU’s territory.
- To end the first half, MTSU gets a quarterback sack on Willis.
- Beginning the second half, Liberty was forced to punt in a three and out situation, but the defense has joined the scoring party. After a sack fumble, Liberty recovered the ball in MTSU’s endzone out of bounds, making Liberty’s lead 26-7.
- Willis is finding himself in bad situations with three interceptions on the day.
- After Willis’ third interception, MTSU capitalized off it with a touchdown to tighten the lead 26-13. MTSU failed on a two-point conversion.
- The passing game went stale in the second half, so Liberty changed the pace and kept the ball on the ground to charge down field for running back Joshua Mack’s 2-yard rushing touchdown. Liberty followed that with a two-point conversion after Willis escaped several tackles to complete a pass to wide receiver Brody Brumm for the two-points. Liberty leads 34-13.
- Liberty’s defense pressured MTSU’s offense to limit their pass game to 220 yards and just 28 rushing yards on the day. The team has garnered three sacks, six tackles for loss, four quarterback hurries and two forced fumbles.
- Willis found the endzone on a one-yard rushing touchdown, following a 25-yard gain Mack had on the ground.
Liberty will be heading to Monroe, Louisiana for a matchup against the Louisiana-Monroe Warhawks.
