Week 2 · 2026
Gardner-Webb at Liberty
Sat 09/12/2026 12:00 PMWilliams Stadium (VA)
73°Fog/Mist0 mph N · 94% humidityMeasured at kickoff, by an official weather station
Gardner-Webb
23
0–3
Liberty
24
1–1
Attendance
—
not yet reported
Gardner-WebbGWEB
LibertyLIB
Passing
| C/ATT | YDS | AVG | TD | INT | QBR | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GWEB | Cole Pennington | 16/38 | 186 | 4.9 | 0 | 2 | -- |
| LIB | Deshawn Purdie | 6/17 | 122 | 7.2 | 1 | 0 | 3.2 |
| LIB | Jaylen Henderson | 2/4 | 64 | 16.0 | 1 | 0 | 16.9 |
Rushing
| CAR | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GWEB | Randy Young | 4 | 75 | 18.8 | 1 | 65 |
| GWEB | Christian Vann | 17 | 46 | 2.7 | 0 | 11 |
| GWEB | Adrian Cormier | 6 | 2 | 0.3 | 0 | 5 |
| GWEB | Cole Pennington | 6 | -5 | -0.8 | 0 | 14 |
| LIB | Peyton Jones | 13 | 76 | 5.8 | 0 | 20 |
| LIB | Kam Davis | 10 | 67 | 6.7 | 0 | 26 |
| LIB | Jaylon Coleman | 3 | 42 | 14.0 | 1 | 20 |
| LIB | Terron Kellman | 6 | 27 | 4.5 | 0 | 10 |
| LIB | Jaylen Henderson | 4 | 22 | 5.5 | 0 | 11 |
| LIB | Kanye Udoh | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 3 |
| LIB | Bryce Randolph | 1 | -9 | -9.0 | 0 | 0 |
| LIB | Deshawn Purdie | 6 | -18 | -3.0 | 0 | 8 |
Receiving
| REC | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GWEB | Kory Jones | 3 | 51 | 17.0 | 0 | 27 |
| GWEB | Giovanni Adopte | 4 | 34 | 8.5 | 0 | 16 |
| GWEB | Sean Brady | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 0 | 22 |
| GWEB | Montez Green | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 0 | 19 |
| GWEB | Christian Vann | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 0 | 19 |
| GWEB | Jalile Bost | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 0 | 13 |
| GWEB | Beau Blankenship | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 0 | 10 |
| GWEB | Adrian Cormier | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 0 | 2 |
| LIB | Makai Jackson | 2 | 69 | 34.5 | 1 | 65 |
| LIB | Darius Copeland | 1 | 54 | 54.0 | 1 | 54 |
| LIB | Zeke Wimbush | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 0 | 26 |
| LIB | Bryce Randolph | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 0 | 13 |
| LIB | Jamari Person | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 4 |
Fumbles
| FUM | LOST | REC | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GWEB | Cole Pennington | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| GWEB | Sabin McLaughlin | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| GWEB | Trenton Bell | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| LIB | Bryce Randolph | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| LIB | Jaylen Henderson | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| LIB | Lorenzo Payne | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Defense
| TOT | SOLO | TFL | SACKS | QB HUR | PD | TD | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GWEB | Tre Yanez | 10 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GWEB | Cahari Haynes | 8 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GWEB | Jamarion Ravenell | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| GWEB | Nigel Lucas | 5 | 3 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| GWEB | Talon Fisher | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GWEB | Sabin McLaughlin | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| GWEB | Taylor Smallwood | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GWEB | Terrill Hopkins | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GWEB | Zalen Watkins | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| GWEB | Elisha Luckett III | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GWEB | Renardo Lewis | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GWEB | Trey Weems | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GWEB | Blake Bradford | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GWEB | Carter Isaacs | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GWEB | David Williams | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GWEB | Jabari Edwards | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GWEB | Jordan Jackson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| GWEB | Josiah Harris | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GWEB | Trenton Bell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| LIB | Jiquavious Marshall | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| LIB | Brenton Williams | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| LIB | Derrell Farrar | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| LIB | Deuce Spurlock | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| LIB | Nathan Pirolli | 5 | 2 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| LIB | D-Icey Hopkins | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| LIB | Jeremiah Vessel | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| LIB | Ashton Whitner | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| LIB | Kam Cullins | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| LIB | Kyle Ferm | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| LIB | Markus Clark | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| LIB | Aidan Vaughan | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| LIB | Elijah Hopkins | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| LIB | Jayden Davis | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| LIB | Lorenzo Payne | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| LIB | Ashton McShane | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| LIB | Dillano Glaud | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| LIB | Ethan Crisp | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| LIB | Joe Strickland | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| LIB | Michael Floyde | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| LIB | Mike Jarvis | 1 | 0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| LIB | Ronald Moore Jr. | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| LIB | Myke Gunn | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
Interceptions
| INT | YDS | TD | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LIB | Jayden Davis | 1 | 21 | 0 |
| LIB | Ronald Moore Jr. | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Kicking
| FG | PCT | LONG | XP | PTS | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GWEB | Tyler Simpson | 3/3 | 100.0 | 41 | 1/1 | 10 |
| GWEB | Andrew Bontekoe | 0/0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1/1 | 1 |
| LIB | Chase Reeves | 1/1 | 100.0 | 30 | 3/3 | 6 |
Punting
| NO | YDS | AVG | TB | In 20 | LONG | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GWEB | Andrew Bontekoe | 4 | 193 | 48.3 | 1 | 1 | 58 |
| GWEB | Aidan Bonde | 1 | 44 | 44.0 | 1 | 0 | 44 |
| LIB | Sam Crossan | 6 | 264 | 44.0 | 1 | 1 | 49 |
Kick returns
| NO | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GWEB | Randy Young | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 0 | 18 |
| LIB | Jon Monteiro | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 0 | 23 |
Punt returns
| NO | YDS | AVG | TD | LONG | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GWEB | Bryce Marcus | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 6 |
| LIB | Makai Jackson | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 0 | 3 |
Previous 10 meetings vs. Team
Liberty 9–1 vs Gardner-Webb
- 2022 · wk 7Gardner-Webb 20 @ Liberty 21
- 2017 · wk 9Liberty 33 @ Gardner-Webb 17
- 2016 · wk 9Gardner-Webb 20 @ Liberty 23
- 2015 · wk 6Liberty 20 @ Gardner-Webb 34
- 2014 · wk 9Gardner-Webb 0 @ Liberty 34
- 2013 · wk 9Liberty 24 @ Gardner-Webb 0
- 2011 · wk 6Liberty 35 @ Gardner-Webb 3
- 2010 · wk 10Gardner-Webb 14 @ Liberty 40
- 2008 · wk 12Gardner-Webb 10 @ Liberty 30
- 2007 · wk 12Liberty 31 @ Gardner-Webb 0
Previous meeting vs. Jamey Chadwell
Gardner-Webb 0–1 vs Jamey Chadwell
- 2022 · wk 2 (coaching change that season)Gardner-Webb 27 @ Coastal Carolina 31
† That school changed coaches during the season and the loader cannot say which games he took.
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