FIU Football To Face Liberty For 2025 Homecoming Game

Originally posted on G5 Football on SI | By Kevin Barral | Last updated May 22, 2025 5:00 AM ET

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FIU announced this week that they will hold their homecoming game against the Liberty Flames on Saturday, November 15. A kickoff time for that game will be announced at a later date.

Including their game against Liberty, this begins a three-game stretch for the Panthers against Conference USA teams that finished with a record over .500.

Homecoming Week is set for Nov. 7-15 @FIUFootball vs Liberty gonna be a movie pic.twitter.com/jF7zfnwLvF
— FIU Athletics (@FIUAthletics) May 21, 2025

The last homecoming game that FIU won was against the Charlotte 49ers in 2019 by a final score of 48-23. Since then, the Panthers have dropped five straight homecoming games, most recently, losing to FCS Monmouth by a final score of 45-42.

Last season, FIU took the undefeated Flames to overtime, but ended up falling by a final score of 31-24. The Flames came down to Miami in 2023, which was the homecoming game that season, but the Panthers were dominated by a final score of 38-6.

In all their previous meetings since Liberty ascended to FBS, the Flames have won all three of their previous meetings.

FIU made a head coaching change after three consecutive 4-8 seasons and hired former Florida A&M head coach and Duke running backs coach Willie Simmons. The Panthers kick the season off on Friday, April 29 against Bethune-Cookman.