1982 Liberty Baptist Flames football team

The 1982 Liberty Baptist Flames football team represented Liberty Baptist College (now known as Liberty University) as an independent during the 1982 NAIA Division I football season. Led by sixth-year head coach Tom Dowling, the Flames compiled an overall record of 7–4.

1982 Liberty Baptist Flames football
Conference	Independent
Record	7–4
Head coach	Tom Dowling (6th season)
Home stadium	City Stadium

1982 NAIA Division I independents football records

	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 7 Central State (OK) ^			–					10	–	2	–	0
No. 9 Wofford			–					8	–	3	–	0
No. 19 Liberty Baptist			–					7	–	4	–	0
Guilford			–					5	–	5	–	0
Cameron			–					4	–	5	–	0
Eastern New Mexico			–					4	–	6	–	0
Kentucky State			–					2	–	9	–	0
Langston			–					0	–	10	–	0
^ – NAIA Division I playoff participant Rankings from NAIA Division I poll

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 4	Delta State	City Stadium Lynchburg, VA	L 13–16	8,832
September 11	at Carson–Newman	Burke–Tarr Stadium Jefferson City, TN	L 10–31	4,700
September 18	at Middle Tennessee	Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium Murfreesboro, TN	L 7–27	4,000
September 25	No. 8 (D-II) Jacksonville State	City Stadium Lynchburg, VA	L 13–42	4,731
October 2	Central State (OH)	City Stadium Lynchburg, VA	W 31–15	2,287
October 9	at Evangel	JFK Stadium Springfield, MO	W 35–19	5,200
October 23	Saginaw Valley State	City Stadium Lynchburg, VA	W 35–7	1,923
October 30	at Presbyterian	Bailey Stadium Clinton, SC	W 24–12	3,974
November 6	Morehead State	City Stadium Lynchburg, VA	W 13–10	6,147
November 13	IUP	City Stadium Lynchburg, VA	W 35–13	1,856
November 20	at Delaware State	Alumni Stadium Dover, DE	W 35–22	2,500
Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the game