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Liberty's balanced showing against Ball State offers encouragement, but Coastal Carolina's passing production keeps confidence low.
Liberty visits Coastal Carolina at Brooks Stadium on Thursday, September 24, with kickoff scheduled for 7:30 p.m. ET. The 2026 college football matchup features the 2-1 Flames against the 1-2 Chanticleers.
Liberty enters after beating Ball State 51-15 on September 19. The Flames scored on six of their first seven drives and gained 460 total yards, with season highs of 212 rushing yards and 248 passing yards. Deshawn Purdie completed 13 of 20 passes for 211 yards and three touchdowns.
That production across both phases of the offense supports a cautious Liberty lean. The defense also allowed only 261 total yards, including 93 passing yards. However, those numbers describe the Ball State game; they do not establish how effectively Liberty will contain Coastal.
Coastal lost 22-14 at Delaware despite leading 14-7 in the second quarter. Deuce Bailey threw for 250 yards and two touchdowns and added 42 rushing yards. Coastal also held Delaware to 93 rushing yards.
Delaware scored the final 15 points, with a Coastal punt-return turnover preceding the decisive fourth-quarter touchdown. Even then, the Chanticleers reached the red zone on their final possession before a fourth-down pass at the goal line was broken up. That late opportunity and Bailey's production make the final score an incomplete measure of Coastal's competitiveness.
SportsJaw lists Liberty moneyline at -138 and Coastal Carolina at +118. The spreads are Liberty -2.5 (-120) and Coastal Carolina +2.5 (+100). Both over 52 and under 52 are priced at -110.
The selection is Liberty Flames moneyline (-138), with low confidence. Liberty's recent offensive balance provides a slight preference, while the moneyline avoids requiring a particular winning margin. The supplied results do not establish a strong pricing edge or a reliable scoring projection. Coastal's passing performance is material counterevidence, and neither total direction has enough support for a recommendation.