1990 Liberty Flames football team

The 1990 Liberty Flames football team represented Liberty University as an independent during the 1990 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Led by second-year head coach Sam Rutigliano, the Flames compiled an overall record of 7–4.

1990 Liberty Flames football
Conference	Independent
Record	7–4
Head coach	Sam Rutigliano (2nd season)
Home stadium	Willard May Stadium

1990 NCAA Division I-AA independents football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 2 Youngstown State ^			–					11	–	1	–	0
No. 7 William & Mary ^			–					10	–	2	–	0
No. 3 Georgia Southern ^			–					9	–	3	–	0
No. 18 UCF ^			–					9	–	3	–	0
Liberty			–					7	–	4	–	0
Samford			–					6	–	4	–	1
James Madison			–					5	–	6	–	0
Nicholls State			–					5	–	6	–	0
Arkansas State			–					3	–	7	–	1
Western Kentucky			–					2	–	8	–	0
Towson			–					2	–	9	–	0
Northeastern			–					1	–	10	–	0
^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee poll

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 1	Kutztown		Willard May Stadium Lynchburg, VA	W 22–12
September 8	at James Madison		Bridgeforth Stadium Harrisonburg, VA	W 22–19
September 15	Southwest Texas State		Willard May Stadium Lynchburg, VA	W 35–22	7,540
September 22	Morehead State	No. 9	Willard May Stadium Lynchburg, VA	W 42–13
September 29	at Villanova	No. 8	Villanova Stadium Villanova, PA	L 14–26	13,125
October 6	Delaware State	No. 13	Willard May Stadium Lynchburg, VA	L 37–38
October 13	No. 7 Youngstown State		Willard May Stadium Lynchburg, VA	L 6–34
October 21	at Towson State		Minnegan Stadium Towson, MD	W 30–10
October 28	Samford		Willard May Stadium Lynchburg, VA	W 37–10	12,050
November 3	at UCF		Florida Citrus Bowl Orlando, FL	L 6–28	14,107
November 10	No. 16 North Carolina A&T		Willard May Stadium Lynchburg, VA	W 45–24
Homecoming Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee Poll released prior to the game