Liberty Flames @ Villanova Wildcats
Villanova comeback tops Liberty 29-22 in FCS
PHILADELPHIA -- John Robertson scored from a yard out with 1:12 left in the game to lift No. 6 seed Villanova to a 29-22 win over Liberty in a rainy second-round Football Championship Subdivision playoff game Saturday night.
The Wildcats trailed 19-14 at halftime and were down 22-14 after John Lunsford booted a 21-yard field goal for Liberty (9-5).
Robertson brought Villanova back, finding Kevin Gulyas for a 70-yard catch and run for a touchdown, then scrambled into the end zone for the two-point conversion that knotted the score at 22-22 early in the fourth quarter.
Villanova's defense then forced Liberty into three-and-out on its next two possessions before Robertson engineered an 84-yard, 18-play drive that chewed up more than seven minutes of the fourth quarter, with Robertson scoring the go-ahead touchdown with 1:10 left.
Villanova (11-2) advances to host Sam Houston State (10-4) in a quarterfinal Saturday.
Game Information
Philadelphia, PA
2025 Standings
| Conference USA | CONF | OVR |
|---|---|---|
| Kennesaw State | 7-1 | 10-4 |
| Jacksonville State | 7-1 | 9-5 |
| Western Kentucky | 6-2 | 9-4 |
| Louisiana Tech | 5-3 | 8-5 |
| Missouri State | 5-3 | 7-6 |
| Florida International | 5-3 | 7-6 |
| Delaware | 4-4 | 7-6 |
| Liberty | 3-5 | 4-8 |
| Middle Tennessee | 2-6 | 3-9 |
| New Mexico State | 2-6 | 4-8 |
| UTEP | 1-7 | 2-10 |
| Sam Houston | 1-7 | 2-10 |
| Patriot League | CONF | OVR |
|---|---|---|
| Lehigh | 7-0 | 12-1 |
| Lafayette | 6-1 | 8-4 |
| Holy Cross | 3-4 | 3-9 |
| Richmond | 3-4 | 7-5 |
| Georgetown | 3-4 | 6-6 |
| Colgate | 3-4 | 5-7 |
| Bucknell | 2-5 | 5-7 |
| Fordham | 1-6 | 1-11 |
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