1982 Liberty Baptist Flames football team

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

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.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 4	Delta State	City Stadium Lynchburg, VA	L 13–16
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
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
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
October 30	at Presbyterian	Bailey Stadium Clinton, SC	W 24–12	3,974
November 6	Morehead State	City Stadium Lynchburg, VA	W 13–10	6,100
November 13	IUP	City Stadium Lynchburg, VA	W 35–13
November 20	at Delaware State	Alumni Stadium Dover, DE	W 35–22
Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the game