Liberty Flames @ James Madison Dukes — Sep 5, 2026

NCAA Division FBS·Round 1 September 5, 2026
Liberty Flames LIB 0-1, 0-1 Away
13
Final
20
Dukes James Madison JM 1-0, 1-0 Home
1 2 3 4 T
LIB 0 6 0 7 13
JM 7 10 3 0 20
Top Performers
Passing Yards
D.
D. Purdie LIB
230 PASS
J.
J. Evans CB JM
61 PASS
Rushing Yards
K.
K. Davis RB LIB
51 RUSH
J.
J. Evans CB JM
69 RUSH
Receiving Yards
M.
M. Jackson WR LIB
73 REC
N.
N. Grevious JM
39 REC
Passing
Liberty Flames
PLAYER C/ATT YDS TD INT SACK QBR
D. Purdie 17/28 230 1 0 1 98.8
James Madison
PLAYER C/ATT YDS TD INT SACK QBR
J. Evans 7/9 61 1 0 0 131.9
C. Coleman 5/9 57 0 0 0 74.8
Rushing
Liberty Flames
PLAYER CAR YDS AVG TD LONG
P. Jones 9 25 2.8 0 6
D. Purdie 7 3 0.4 0 8
J. Coleman 3 18 6.0 0 10
K. Davis 16 51 3.2 0 8
J. Henderson 1 3 3.0 0 3
E. Vasko 1 2 2.0 0 2
James Madison
PLAYER CAR YDS AVG TD LONG
G. Pettaway 15 47 3.1 1 7
J. Evans 9 69 7.7 0 23
S. Cromwell 4 51 12.8 0 51
B. Wisloski 1 3 3.0 0 3
N. Herman 2 3 1.5 0 3
Receiving
Liberty Flames
PLAYER REC TGTS YDS AVG TD LONG DROPS
P. Jones 1 1 0 0.0 0 0 0
J. Coleman 3 3 37 12.3 0 23 0
B. Randolph 2 3 32 16.0 0 21 0
K. Johnson 2 3 15 7.5 0 9 0
K. Davis 1 1 2 2.0 0 2 0
C. Ryan 1 1 7 7.0 0 7 0
M. Jackson 3 6 73 24.3 1 34 0
J. Person 2 4 49 24.5 0 33 0
D. Copeland 0 2 0 - 0 0 0
E. Wimbush 2 3 15 7.5 0 10 0
James Madison
PLAYER REC TGTS YDS AVG TD LONG DROPS
G. Pettaway 0 2 0 - 0 0 0
J. Harrison 0 1 0 - 0 0 0
J. Scott 4 5 21 5.3 1 7 0
Z. Collins 2 2 20 10.0 0 18 0
N. Grevious 4 4 39 9.8 0 15 0
C. Keller 1 2 30 30.0 0 30 0
B. Wisloski 1 1 8 8.0 0 8 0
M. Halbert 0 1 0 - 0 0 0
Defense
Liberty Flames
PLAYER TKLS SOLO AST SACK TFL INT INT YDS PD FF
A. Vaughan 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
A. McShane 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
D. Hopkins 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
D. Spurlock 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
E. Hopkins 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
J. Vessel 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
M. Jarvis 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
M. Gunn 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
A. Whitner 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
James Madison
PLAYER TKLS SOLO AST SACK TFL INT INT YDS PD FF
D. Royster 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
K. Flowe 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
A. Thomas 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
D. Kelly 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
T. Schmidt 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
K. Willis 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
N. Jackson 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
K. Roberts 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
J. Harvey 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
R. McWilliams 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
J. Studio 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
T. McGill 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
R. Lovelace 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
S. Gathers 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
M. McMullin 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kicking
Liberty Flames
PLAYER FG XP PTS BLK
T. Black 2/2 0/0 6 0
C. Reeves 0/0 1/1 1 0
James Madison
PLAYER FG XP PTS BLK
M. Suarez 2/2 2/2 8 0
Returns
Liberty Flames
PLAYER NO YDS AVG TD LONG FC
J. Montiero 1 22 22.0 0 22 0
James Madison
PLAYER NO YDS AVG TD LONG FC
M. Scott 1 36 36.0 0 36 0
C/ATT - Completions/Attempts · YDS - Yards · TD - Touchdowns · INT - Interceptions · SACK - Sacks · QBR - Passer Rating · CAR - Carries · AVG - Average · REC - Receptions · TGTS - Targets · TKLS - Total Tackles · SOLO - Solo Tackles · AST - Assisted Tackles · TFL - Tackles for Loss · PD - Passes Defensed · FF - Forced Fumbles · FG - Field Goals · XP - Extra Points · PTS - Points · FC - Fair Catches
Team Statistics
Liberty Flames
James Madison
332 Total Yards 291
19 First Downs 15
10 Passing 5
6 Rushing 7
3 Penalty 3
7/16 3rd Down Eff. 4/10
230 Passing Yards 118
102 Rushing Yards 173
0 Turnovers 0
13-82 Penalties 7-63
37:22 Possession 22:38
1/2 Red Zone 3/4
Play-by-Play
Q4 7 - 0 13 - 20
XP C. Reeves
13 - 20 8:33
TD M. Jackson
12 - 20 8:33
Q3 0 - 3 6 - 20
6 - 20 11:11
M. Suarez FG
Q2 6 - 10 6 - 17
FG T. Black
6 - 17
3 - 17 1:53
M. Suarez XP
3 - 16 1:53
J. Scott TD
3 - 10 5:57
M. Suarez FG
FG T. Black
3 - 7 8:57
Q1 0 - 7 0 - 7
0 - 7 4:23
M. Suarez XP
0 - 6 4:23
G. Pettaway TD
Score Lines
Lead Tracker
Lead Changes: 0 Biggest Lead: JM +14 Times Tied: 0
League
NCAA Division FBS
Season
NCAA 26/27
Round
Round 1
Date
September 5, 2026
Time
4:00 pm
Duration
1h 0m