Date: Saturday, Oct. 26
Contest: Liberty (2-5) at VMI (4-4, 2-3)
Time: 1 p.m.
Place: Alumni Memorial Field in Lexington, Va.HE GAME: VMI owns a 1-0 advantage over Liberty in the series that began in 1995 … Liberty is no stranger to the SoCon, with this being its third SoCon opponent of this season … The Flames fell 23-3 to Western Carolina on Aug. 31 and 29-22 to Appalachian State at home on Sept. 21.
THE COACHES: VMI head coach Cal McCombs (The Citadel ’67) is in his fourth year with the Keydets and has a record of 8-33 … Liberty head coach Ken Karcher is in his third year as the Flames’ head coach and has a record of 9-22.
GAME NOTES: VMI is coming off a 35-31 win at Chattanooga on last week as it claimed its second consecutive conference victory of the season … This is the first time the Keydets have had back to back SoCon wins since 1981 when they posted a 21-14 win over Western Carolina and a 14-0 victory over The Citadel consecutively … VMI QB Joey Gibson is 11th in the nation in points responsible for … The Keydets have tossed 13 touchdown passes this season … VMI wide receiver Pedro Garcia hauled in six catches for 113 yards against Chattanooga last Saturday… The Keydet offense leads the SoCon with 165 first downs on the season … Liberty was at home against Charleston Southern last week where it posted a 31-17 win in Lynchburg, Va.

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