1986 Liberty Flames football team

The 1986 Liberty Flames football team represented Liberty University as an independent during the 1986 NCAA Division II football season. Led by third-year head coach Morgan Hout, the Flames compiled an overall record of 1–9.

1986 Liberty Flames football
Conference	Independent
Record	1–9
Head coach	Morgan Hout (3rd season)
Home stadium	City Stadium

1986 NCAA Division II independents football records

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 4 Central State (OH) ^			–					10	–	1	–	1
No. T–18 New Haven			–					8	–	2	–	0
No. 7 Towson State ^			–					8	–	3	–	1
Southern Connecticut State			–					7	–	3	–	0
American International			–					6	–	4	–	0
UCF			–					6	–	5	–	0
Northern Michigan			–					5	–	5	–	0
Saint Mary's			–					5	–	5	–	0
Springfield			–					4	–	5	–	0
Michigan Tech			–					3	–	6	–	0
Kentucky State			–					1	–	9	–	0
Liberty			–					1	–	9	–	0
Central Connecticut			–					0	–	10	–	0
^ – NCAA Division II playoff participant Rankings from NCAA Division II Football Committee poll

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 6	at West Georgia	Grisham Stadium Carrollton, GA	L 17–21	6,092
September 13	at Mars Hill	Meares Stadium Mars Hill, NC	L 0–15	4,627
September 20	James Madison	City Stadium Lynchburg, VA	W 17–7	7,853
September 27	Wofford	City Stadium Lynchburg, VA	L 6–17	3,257
October 4	at No. 16 (I-AA) Eastern Illinois	O'Brien Stadium Charleston, IL	L 15–40	6,850
October 11	at Towson State	Minnegan Stadium Towson, MD	L 10–12	5,849
October 18	Southern Connecticut State	City Stadium Lynchburg, VA	L 21–27	7,195
October 25	at Newberry	Setzler Field Newberry, SC	L 21–23	1,500
November 8	at Carson–Newman	Burke–Tarr Stadium Jefferson City, TN	L 20–34	5,483
November 15	No. 7 Elon	City Stadium Lynchburg, VA	L 23–33	2,352
Homecoming Rankings from NCAA Division II Football Committee Poll released prior to the game