FINAL SCORE
Liberty Flames at Old Dominion Monarchs game details
Saturday, September 27, 2025 at 6:00 PM ET
S.B. Ballard Stadium · Attendance 18,435
Put the final score in perspective.
Old Dominion finished 14 points ahead. The teams combined for 28 points. This is an unadjusted scoring comparison, with no allowance for possessions, opponent strength or overtime.
The reported halftime score was Liberty 0, Old Dominion 14. Across the 4 regulation quarters with line-score data for both teams, Old Dominion outscored its opponent in 2 and Liberty in 1. A quarter advantage counts scoring in that quarter only.
How these comparisons are calculated ↗QUARTER BY QUARTER
Line score
 Liberty | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
 Old Dominion | 0 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 21 |
THE MATCHUP IN NUMBERS
Team statistics
| 1st Downs | 11 | 25 |
| 3rd down efficiency | 4-13 | 6-14 |
| 4th down efficiency | 0-1 | 1-1 |
| Total Yards | 210 | 489 |
| Passing | 77 | 271 |
| Comp/Att | 6/12 | 18/26 |
| Yards per pass | 6.4 | 10.4 |
| Rushing | 133 | 218 |
| Rushing Attempts | 44 | 45 |
| Yards per rush | 3.0 | 4.8 |
| Penalties | 10-70 | 4-25 |
| Turnovers | 3 | 4 |
| Fumbles lost | 2 | 3 |
| Interceptions thrown | 1 | 1 |
| Possession | 28:33 | 31:27 |
PLAYER BOX SCORE
Liberty Flames
passing
| Michael Merdinger | 6/11 | 77 | 7.0 | 0 | 0 | 14.5 |
| Ethan Houck | 0/1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0.1 |
rushing
| Caden Williams | 19 | 92 | 4.8 | 0 | 13 |
| Evan Dickens | 10 | 33 | 3.3 | 0 | 10 |
| Ethan Houck | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 0 | 8 |
| Julian Gray | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 1 | 4 |
| Michael Merdinger | 7 | -3 | -0.4 | 0 | 12 |
| Team | 3 | -4 | -1.3 | 0 | 0 |
receiving
| Donte Lee Jr. | 1 | 53 | 53.0 | 0 | 53 |
| Julian Gray | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 0 | 8 |
| Jacob Jenkins | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 0 | 10 |
| Darius Copeland | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 2 |
| Reese Smith | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
fumbles
defensive
| Joseph Carter | 13 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Derrell Farrar | 11 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Elijah Auguste | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nathan Pirolli | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Damond Harmon | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eldric Griffin | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| A'Khori Jones | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bryce Dixon | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Jarvis | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Elijah Hall | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Christian Bodnar | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Amarian Williams | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Devin Henderson | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DJ Jackson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brylan Green | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jiquavious Marshall | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dexter Ricks Jr. | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan Manis | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Strickland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| CJ Bazile Jr. | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jalon Rock | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Caleb Ryan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
interceptions
| A'Khori Jones | 1 | 28 | 0 |
kickReturns
| Julian Gray | 1 | 54 | 54.0 | 54 | 0 |
| A'Khori Jones | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Ethan Crisp | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
puntReturns
| Reese Smith | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
kicking
| Jay Billingsley | 0/1 | 0.0 | 0 | 1/1 | 1 |
punting
| Max Morgan | 6 | 283 | 47.2 | 1 | 0 | 61 |
PLAYER BOX SCORE
Old Dominion Monarchs
passing
| Colton Joseph | 18/26 | 271 | 10.4 | 3 | 1 | 54.9 |
rushing
| Trequan Jones | 16 | 89 | 5.6 | 0 | 21 |
| Colton Joseph | 15 | 76 | 5.1 | 0 | 23 |
| Devin Roche | 7 | 32 | 4.6 | 0 | 12 |
| Ke'Travion Hargrove | 5 | 19 | 3.8 | 0 | 7 |
| Maurki James | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 3 |
| Team | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | 0 | 0 |
receiving
| Ja'Cory Thomas | 5 | 114 | 22.8 | 2 | 55 |
| Tre' Brown | 4 | 81 | 20.3 | 0 | 41 |
| Na'eem Abdul-Rahim Gladding | 5 | 54 | 10.8 | 0 | 20 |
| TJ Johnson | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 1 | 22 |
| Maurki James | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Jailen Butler | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | 0 | -1 |
fumbles
defensive
| Jahleel Culbreath | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mario Easterly | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Zion Frink | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kris Trinidad | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeremy Mack Jr. | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Forbes | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jerome Carter III | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fred Giles | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nickendre Stiger | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jackson Forrest | 4 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lucas Struck | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DeAndre Lynch | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ricardo Williams Jr. | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Botros Alisandro | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Keshawn Thomas | 2 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan Joyce | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dirrick Goodman | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tre' Brown | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ke'Travion Hargrove | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cole Daniels | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brendan Durkin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gage Sawyers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Justin Watts | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
interceptions
kickReturns
| Maurki James | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 20 | 0 |
puntReturns
| Devin Roche | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 12 | 0 |
kicking
| Riley Callaghan | 0/2 | 0.0 | 0 | 3/3 | 3 |
punting
| Ian Brandt | 3 | 131 | 43.7 | 0 | 3 | 50 |
HOW IT HAPPENED
Scoring summary
| 2 | 7:34 | TJ Johnson 22 Yd pass from Colton Joseph (Riley Callaghan Kick) | 0 – 7 |
| 2 | 4:01 | Ja'Cory Thomas 31 Yd pass from Colton Joseph (Riley Callaghan Kick) | 0 – 14 |
| 3 | 9:11 | Julian Gray 4 Yd Run (Jay Billingsley Kick) | 7 – 14 |
| 4 | 13:17 | Ja'Cory Thomas 55 Yd pass from Colton Joseph (Riley Callaghan Kick) | 7 – 21 |
ESPN · Updated Oct 10, 10:58 PM UTCData methodology