Gardner-Webb at Liberty
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Score | Status |
| Gardner-Webb | 6 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 23 | |
| Liberty | 14 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 24 | Final |
| Scoring Summary | |
| 1st Quarter | |
| 11:54 | Gardner-Webb field goal. Tyler Simpson 41 Yd Field Goal |
| 11:07 | Liberty touchdown. Makai Jackson 65 Yd pass from Deshawn Purdie (Chase Reeves Kick) |
| 8:48 | Liberty touchdown. Jaylon Coleman 20 Yd Run (Chase Reeves Kick) |
| 5:12 | Gardner-Webb field goal. Tyler Simpson 35 Yd Field Goal |
| 2nd Quarter | |
| 9:11 | Gardner-Webb touchdown. Sabin McLaughlin 35 Yd Fumble Return (Tyler Simpson Kick) |
| 5:44 | Gardner-Webb touchdown. Randy Young 65 Yd Run (Andrew Bontekoe Kick) |
| 0:00 | Liberty field goal. Chase Reeves 30 Yd Field Goal |
| 3rd Quarter | |
| 2:34 | Gardner-Webb field goal. Tyler Simpson 27 Yd Field Goal |
| 4th Quarter | |
| 2:34 | Liberty touchdown. Darius Copeland 54 Yd pass from Jaylen Henderson (Chase Reeves Kick) |
| Team stats | ||
| First down | Gardner-Webb | Liberty |
| Total first downs | 23 | 18 |
| First downs from rushing | ||
| First downs from passing | ||
| First downs from penalties | ||
| Third down | Gardner-Webb | Liberty |
| Third downs attempted | 14 | 12 |
| Third downs converted | 5 | 2 |
| Third down percentage | 36 % | 17 % |
| Fourth down | Gardner-Webb | Liberty |
| Fourth downs attempted | 0 | 0 |
| Fourth downs converted | 0 | 0 |
| Fourth down percentage | 0 % | 0 % |
| Offense | Gardner-Webb | Liberty |
| Total yards | 304 | 379 |
| Total rushing yards | 118 | 193 |
| Total passing yards | 186 | 186 |
| Total offensive plays | ||
| Average yards per play | ||
| Time of possession | 30:52 | 29:08 |
| Rushing | Gardner-Webb | Liberty |
| Total rushing plays | 33 | 45 |
| Total rushing yards | 118 | 193 |
| Average yards per rush | 3.6 | 4.3 |
| Rushing touchdowns | 1 | 1 |
| Passing | Gardner-Webb | Liberty |
| Passes attempted | 0 | 0 |
| Passes completed | 0 | 0 |
| Average yards per completion | 4.9 | 8.9 |
| Passing touchdowns | 0 | 2 |
| Penalties | Gardner-Webb | Liberty |
| Penalties committed | 5 | 11 |
| Penalty yards | 27 | 96 |
| Turnovers | Gardner-Webb | Liberty |
| Passes intercepted | 2 | 0 |
| Interception returns | 2 | 0 |
| Interception return yards | ||
| Fumbles | ||
| Fumbles lost | 1 | 2 |
| Rushing | |||||||||
| Gardner-Webb | Rushes | Yards | Yards/rush | TD | Long | ||||
| Randy Young | 4 | 75 | 18.8 | 1 | 65 | ||||
| Christian Vann | 17 | 46 | 2.7 | 0 | 11 | ||||
| Adrian Cormier | 6 | 2 | 0.3 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Cole Pennington | 6 | -5 | -0.8 | 0 | 14 | ||||
| Liberty | Rushes | Yards | Yards/rush | TD | Long | ||||
| Peyton Jones | 13 | 76 | 5.8 | 0 | 20 | ||||
| Kam Davis | 10 | 67 | 6.7 | 0 | 26 | ||||
| Jaylon Coleman | 3 | 42 | 14.0 | 1 | 20 | ||||
| Terron Kellman | 6 | 27 | 4.5 | 0 | 10 | ||||
| Jaylen Henderson | 4 | 22 | 5.5 | 0 | 11 | ||||
| Kanye Udoh | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Bryce Randolph | 1 | -9 | -9.0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Deshawn Purdie | 6 | -18 | -3.0 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| Passing | |||||||||
| Gardner-Webb | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yards | Yards/pass | TD | Int | Sacks/Yards | QB Rating |
| Cole Pennington | 38 | 16 | 42 % | 186 | 4.9 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Liberty | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yards | Yards/pass | TD | Int | Sacks/Yards | QB Rating |
| Deshawn Purdie | 17 | 6 | 35 % | 122 | 7.2 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Jaylen Henderson | 4 | 2 | 50 % | 64 | 16.0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Receiving | |||||||||
| Gardner-Webb | Catches | Yards | Yards/catch | TD | Long | ||||
| Kory Jones | 3 | 51 | 17.0 | 0 | 27 | ||||
| Giovanni Adopte | 4 | 34 | 8.5 | 0 | 16 | ||||
| Sean Brady | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 0 | 22 | ||||
| Montez Green | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 0 | 19 | ||||
| Christian Vann | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 0 | 19 | ||||
| Jalile Bost | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 0 | 13 | ||||
| Beau Blankenship | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 0 | 10 | ||||
| Adrian Cormier | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Liberty | Catches | Yards | Yards/catch | TD | Long | ||||
| Makai Jackson | 2 | 69 | 34.5 | 1 | 65 | ||||
| Darius Copeland | 1 | 54 | 54.0 | 1 | 54 | ||||
| Zeke Wimbush | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 0 | 26 | ||||
| Bryce Randolph | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 0 | 13 | ||||
| Jamari Person | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Fumbles | |||||||||
| Gardner-Webb | Lost | Recovered | Total | ||||||
| Cole Pennington | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| Sabin McLaughlin | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Trenton Bell | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Liberty | Lost | Recovered | Total | ||||||
| Jaylen Henderson | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| Bryce Randolph | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| Lorenzo Payne | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Interceptions | |||||||||
| Gardner-Webb | Total | Yards | Int TDs | ||||||
| None | |||||||||
| Liberty | Total | Yards | Int TDs | ||||||
| Jayden Davis | 1 | 21 | 0 | ||||||
| Ronald Moore Jr. | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Defense | |||||||||
| Gardner-Webb | Tackles | Unassist. tkl | TFL | Pass def. | QB hits | Int TD | K blocked | K ret. TD | |
| Tre Yanez | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Cahari Haynes | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jamarion Ravenell | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Talon Fisher | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Nigel Lucas | 5 | 3 | 0.5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Terrill Hopkins | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Taylor Smallwood | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Sabin McLaughlin | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Zalen Watkins | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Renardo Lewis | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Trey Weems | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Elisha Luckett III | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Blake Bradford | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Carter Isaacs | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jabari Edwards | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| David Williams | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jordan Jackson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Josiah Harris | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Trenton Bell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Liberty | Tackles | Unassist. tkl | TFL | Pass def. | QB hits | Int TD | K blocked | K ret. TD | |
| Jiquavious Marshall | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Brenton Williams | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Derrell Farrar | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Deuce Spurlock | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Nathan Pirolli | 5 | 2 | 1.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Jeremiah Vessel | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| D-Icey Hopkins | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ashton Whitner | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Kyle Ferm | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Markus Clark | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Kam Cullins | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Elijah Hopkins | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Jayden Davis | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Aidan Vaughan | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Lorenzo Payne | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Joe Strickland | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ronald Moore Jr. | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Dillano Glaud | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Michael Floyde | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Mike Jarvis | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Ethan Crisp | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Ashton McShane | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Myke Gunn | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Kick returns | |||||||||
| Gardner-Webb | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | Kick ret. TD | |||
| Randy Young | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | ||||
| Liberty | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | Kick ret. TD | |||
| Jon Monteiro | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 23 | 0 | ||||
| Punt returns | |||||||||
| Gardner-Webb | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | ||||
| Bryce Marcus | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | ||||
| Liberty | Total | Yards | Avg | Long | TD | ||||
| Makai Jackson | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | ||||
| Kicking | |||||||||
| Gardner-Webb | FG | Long | Extra Pt | Points | |||||
| Tyler Simpson | 3/3 | 41 | 1/1 | 10 | |||||
| Andrew Bontekoe | 0/0 | 0 | 1/1 | 1 | |||||
| Liberty | FG | Long | Extra Pt | Points | |||||
| Chase Reeves | 1/1 | 30 | 3/3 | 6 | |||||
| Punting | |||||||||
| Gardner-Webb | Total | Yards | Avg | Touchbacks | Inside 20 | Long | |||
| Andrew Bontekoe | 4 | 193 | 48.3 | 1 | |||||
| Aidan Bonde | 1 | 44 | 44.0 | 1 | |||||
| Liberty | Total | Yards | Avg | Touchbacks | Inside 20 | Long | |||
| Sam Crossan | 6 | 264 | 44.0 | 1 | |||||
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