The 2012 Liberty Flames football team represented Liberty University in the 2012 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by first-year head coach Turner Gill and played their home games at Williams Stadium. They were a member of the Big South Conference. They finished the season 6–5, 5–1 in Big South play to claim a share of the Big South Conference championship with Coastal Carolina and Stony Brook. Despite the conference title, the Flames were not invited to the FCS playoffs.
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Big South co-champion | |
| Conference | Big South Conference |
| Record | 6–5 (5–1 Big South) |
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| Co-offensive coordinator | Dennis Wagner |
| Co-offensive coordinator | Aaron Stamn |
| Co-defensive coordinator | Robert Wimberly |
| Co-defensive coordinator | Vantz Singletary |
| Home stadium | Williams Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 10 Stony Brook +^ | 5 | – | 1 | 10 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coastal Carolina +^ | 5 | – | 1 | 8 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Liberty + | 5 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Charleston Southern | 3 | – | 3 | 5 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gardner–Webb | 2 | – | 4 | 3 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| VMI | 1 | – | 5 | 2 | – | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Presbyterian | 0 | – | 6 | 2 | – | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule edit
| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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| September 1 | 6:30 pm | at Wake Forest* | ESPN3 | L 17–20 | 27,652 | |
| September 8 | 7:00 pm | Norfolk State* | Flames Sports Network/MASN2 | L 24–31 | 15,826 | |
| September 15 | 3:00 pm | at No. 14 Montana* | Flames Sports Network/ALT/MASN | L 14–34 | 24,991 | |
| September 22 | 7:00 pm | No. 16 Lehigh* |
| Flames Sports Network/MASN (JIP) | L 26–28 | 17,139 |
| October 6 | 3:30 pm | Gardner–Webb |
| Flames Sports Network/MASN | W 42–35 | 18,239 |
| October 13 | 2:00 pm | at Presbyterian | Flames Sports Network/MASN2 | W 56–7 | 5,335 | |
| October 20 | 3:30 pm | Concord* |
| Flames Sports Network/MASN2 | W 21–13 | 18,643 |
| October 27 | 3:30 pm | at Coastal Carolina | Flames Sports Network/MASN2 | L 12–36 | 6,732 | |
| November 3 | 3:30 pm | Charleston Southern |
| Flames Sports Network/MASN2 | W 26–12 | 13,644 |
| November 10 | 3:30 pm | No. 6 Stony Brook |
| MASN; ESPN3 | W 28–14 | 14,419 |
| November 17 | 1:30 pm | at VMI | ESPN3 | W 33–14 | 5,202 | |
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