1981 Liberty Baptist Flames football team

1981 Liberty Baptist Flames football
Conference	Independent
Record	1–9
Head coach	Tom Dowling (5th season)
Home stadium	City Stadium

1981 NAIA Division I independents football records

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 7 Cameron ^			–					5	–	5	–	0
Central State (OK)			–					7	–	2	–	0
Wofford			–					6	–	5	–	0
Eastern New Mexico			–					5	–	5	–	0
Guilford			–					5	–	5	–	0
Kentucky State			–					2	–	6	–	0
Liberty Baptist			–					1	–	9	–	0
Langston			–					0	–	10	–	0
^ – NAIA Division I playoff participant Rankings from NAIA Division I poll

The 1981 Liberty Baptist Flames football team represented Liberty Baptist College (now known as Liberty University) as an independent during the 1981 NAIA Division I football season. Led by fifth-year head coach Tom Dowling, the Flames compiled an overall record of 1–9.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 5	at Mars Hill	Meares Stadium Mars Hill, NC	L 10–17	3,000–3,118
September 12	at Catawba	Shuford Stadium Salisbury, NC	L 22–30	3,418
September 19	Carson–Newman	City Stadium Lynchburg, VA	L 6–21	7,811
September 26	James Madison	City Stadium Lynchburg, VA	L 14–36	8,427
October 3	Gardner–Webb	City Stadium Lynchburg, VA	L 9–14	6,147
October 10	at Delta State	Delta Field Cleveland, MS	L 8–31	3,100
October 17	at No. 10 Jacksonville State	Paul Snow Stadium Jacksonville, AL	L 0–64	11,000–11,038
October 24	at Furman	Paladin Stadium Greenville, SC	L 14–38	9,250
November 7	at Morehead State	Jayne Stadium Morehead, KY	L 10–34	2,500
November 14	Evangel	City Stadium Lynchburg, VA	W 42–23	2,156
Rankings from NCAA Division II Football Committee Poll released prior to the game