Liberty 73, VMI 34

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Team Stat Comparison
1st Downs	24	21
Total Yards	396	475
Passing	105	280
Rushing	291	195
Penalties	7-66	8-66
3rd Down Conversions	0-0	0-0
4th Down Conversions	0-0	0-0
Turnovers	5	3
Possession	36:44	23:16

Air/Ground Leaders
Virginia Military Institute Passing   C/ATT YDS TD INT Hughes 5/10 105 1 1	Liberty Passing   C/ATT YDS TD INT Smith 11/14 246 3 0 Landis 3/3 34 0 0
Virginia Military Institute Rushing   CAR YDS TD LG Abegesah 25 120 1 0 Robinson 11 96 1 0	Liberty Rushing   CAR YDS TD LG Terrell 7 83 1 0 Jennings 17 77 3 0
Virginia Military Institute Receiving   REC YDS TD LG Maypray 2 59 1 0 Robinson 2 39 0 0	Liberty Receiving   REC YDS TD LG Turner 5 91 1 0 Bolden 2 66 2 0

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER				VMI	LIB
	FG	13:26	Noah Greenbaum 26 Yd	0	3
	TD	08:26	Brandon Turner 6 Yd Pass From Brock Smith (Noah Greenbaum Kick)	0	10
	TD	06:07	Dominic Bolden 52 Yd Pass From Brock Smith (Noah Greenbaum Kick)	0	17
	TD	03:12	Brock Smith 9 Yd Run (Noah Greenbaum Kick)	0	24
SECOND QUARTER				VMI	LIB
	TD	12:11	Howard Abegesah 14 Yd Run (Pat Blocked)	6	24
	TD	09:37	Rashad Jennings 7 Yd Run (Noah Greenbaum Kick)	6	31
	TD	06:56	Dominic Bolden 14 Yd Pass From Brock Smith (Noah Greenbaum Kick)	6	38
	TD	03:55	Timothy Maypray 33 Yd Pass From Kyle Hughes (Kyle Hughes Pass To Josh Favaro For Two-Point Conversion)	14	38
	TD	03:40	Dominic Bolden 83 Yd Kickoff Return (Noah Greenbaum Kick)	14	45
	TD	00:45	Timothy Maypray 11 Yd Run (Patrick Sweeney Kick)	21	45
	TD	00:02	Bryant Youngblood 87 Yd Fumble Return (Patrick Sweeney Kick)	28	45
THIRD QUARTER				VMI	LIB
	TD	07:34	Rashad Jennings 4 Yd Run (Noah Greenbaum Kick)	28	52
	TD	04:04	Rashad Jennings 6 Yd Run (Noah Greenbaum Kick)	28	59
	TD	01:47	Jonathan Crawford 65 Yd Punt Return (Noah Greenbaum Kick)	28	66
FOURTH QUARTER				VMI	LIB
	TD	10:15	Zach Terrell 3 Yd Run (Noah Greenbaum Kick)	28	73
	TD	02:30	Joey Robinson 8 Yd Run (Pat Failed)	34	73

LYNCHBURG, Va. (AP) -- Brock Smith threw three touchdown passes and ran for a fourth score to lead Liberty to a 73-34 win over VMI on Saturday.

The 73 points scored fell just short of the Liberty record of 76 set against West Virginia Tech in 1995.

Rashad Jennings ran for three TDs for the Flames (7-3, 3-0 Big South). Smith completed 11-of-14 passes for 246 yards, including first-half TD tosses of 6, 52 and 14 yards. He also had a 9-yard scoring run in the first quarter.

Liberty jumped ahead 24-0 before VMI cut the deficit to 45-28 at halftime. Liberty put the game away with 28 unanswered points in the second half, including TD runs of 4 and 6 yards by Jennings.

Liberty's Dominic Bolden, who had a TD catch, scored on an 83-yard kickoff return and teammate Jonathan Crawford had a 65-yard punt return for a score.

VMI's Howard Abegesah led all rushers with 120 yards. Abegesah, Joey Robinson and Tim Maypray ran for one score apiece for VMI (2-8, 0-4). Maypray also caught a 33-yard TD pass from Kyle Hughes and Bryant Youngblood scored on an 87-yard fumble return for VMI.