2019 LIU Sharks football team

2019 LIU Sharks football
2019 LIU Sharks football
Conference	Northeast Conference
Record	0–10 (0–7 NEC)
Head coach	Bryan Collins (22nd season);
Offensive coordinator	Brian Hughes (23rd season)
Defensive coordinator	Bryan Collins
Home stadium	Bethpage Federal Credit Union Stadium
	Seasons ← 2018 2020 →

The 2019 LIU Sharks football team represents both the LIU Post and LIU Brooklyn campuses of Long Island University in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They are led by 22nd year head coach Bryan Collins and play their home games at Bethpage Federal Credit Union Stadium. They play as a first–year member of the Northeast Conference. This is the first season that the LIU Sharks are competing as a team following the merger of the two LIU campuses' athletic departments in the summer of 2019.^[1]^[2]

2019 Northeast Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
No. 23 Central Connecticut $^	7	–	0	11	–	1
Robert Morris	6	–	1	7	–	5
Duquesne	4	–	3	6	–	5
Sacred Heart	4	–	3	7	–	5
Saint Francis (PA)	3	–	4	6	–	6
Bryant	3	–	4	4	–	8
Wagner	1	–	6	1	–	11
LIU	0	–	7	0	–	10
Merrimack *	0	–	0	6	–	5

$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant * – Merrimack ineligible for NEC title and FCS postseason play due to transition to NCAA Division I, and also ineligible for NEC title due to not playing a full conference schedule Rankings from STATS Poll

The Sharks finished winless in their first season. A month after the season ended, starting quarterback Clay Beathard was stabbed to death in Nashville, Tennessee.^[3]

Preseason

Preseason coaches' poll

The NEC released their preseason coaches' poll on July 24, 2019. The Sharks were picked to finish in 8th (last) place.^[4]

Predicted finish	Team (1st place votes)
1	Duquesne (7)
2	Sacred Heart (1)
3	Central Connecticut
4	Wagner
5	Bryant
6	Saint Francis
7	Robert Morris
8	LIU

Preseason All–Northeast Conference team

The LIU Sharks were the only conference team to have no players selected for the 2019 All–Northeast Conference Football Preseason Team.^[4]

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 7	7:00 p.m.	at No. 3 South Dakota State*	Dana J. Dykhouse Stadium Brookings, SD	ESPN3	L 3–38	10,153
September 21	1:00 p.m.	Sacred Heart	Bethpage Federal Credit Union Stadium Brookville, NY	NEC Front Row	L 10–34	2,482
September 28	12:00 p.m.	at Wagner	Wagner College Stadium Staten Island, NY	ESPN3	L 14–24	2,077
October 5	12:00 p.m.	at Duquesne	Arthur J. Rooney Athletic Field Pittsburgh, PA	NEC Front Row	L 14–21	1,956
October 12	1:00 p.m.	at Bryant	Beirne Stadium Smithfield, RI	ESPN3	L 22–27	1,268
October 19	1:00 p.m.	Saint Francis (PA)	Bethpage Federal Credit Union Stadium Brookville, NY	NEC Front Row	L 0–30	4,178
October 26	12:00 p.m.	at No. 23 Central Connecticut	Arute Field New Britain, CT	NEC Front Row	L 0–28	3,156
November 2	12:00 p.m.	at Robert Morris	Joe Walton Stadium Moon Township, PA	NEC Front Row	L 17–28	934
November 15	7:00 p.m.	at No. 13 Villanova*	Villanova Stadium Villanova, PA	FloSports	L 7–35	3,051
November 23	12:00 p.m.	Merrimack	Bethpage Federal Credit Union Stadium Brookville, NY	NEC Front Row	L 10–24	855
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Source:^[5]^[6]

Game summaries

At South Dakota State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Sharks	0	3	0	0	3
No. 3 Jackrabbits	7	14	14	3	38

Sacred Heart

	1	2	3	4	Total
Pioneers	6	13	8	7	34
Sharks	7	0	3	0	10

At Wagner

	1	2	3	4	Total
Sharks	0	7	7	0	14
Seahawks	7	17	0	0	24

At Duquesne

	1	2	3	4	Total
Sharks	0	0	7	7	14
Dukes	7	6	0	8	21

At Bryant

	1	2	3	4	Total
Sharks	0	10	0	12	22
Bulldogs	10	0	14	3	27

Saint Francis (PA)

	1	2	3	4	Total
Red Flash	3	6	0	21	30
Sharks	0	0	0	0	0

At Central Connecticut

	1	2	3	4	Total
Sharks	0	0	0	0	0
No. 23 Blue Devils	0	14	7	7	28

At Robert Morris

	1	2	3	4	Total
Sharks	3	14	0	0	17
Colonials	14	0	7	7	28

At Villanova

	1	2	3	4	Total
Sharks	0	7	0	0	7
No. 13 Wildcats	14	14	7	0	35

Merrimack

	1	2	3	4	Total
Warriors	10	7	0	7	24
Sharks	0	0	0	10	10

References

^ "LIU combining Post and Brooklyn athletic programs". Newsday. October 3, 2018. Retrieved August 2, 2019.
^ "#OneLIU website". Long Island University. Archived from the original on August 21, 2019. Retrieved August 2, 2019.
^ "Brother of NFL quarterback fatally stabbed in Nashville". NBC News. Retrieved December 26, 2019.
^ ^a ^b "Duquesne Deemed 'Team to Beat' at #NECFB Social Media Day; Preseason All-NEC Team also Unveiled". July 24, 2019. Retrieved August 2, 2019.
^ "2019 LIU Sharks Football Schedule". LIUPostPioneers.com. Retrieved August 2, 2019.
^ "2019 LIU Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved August 7, 2019.

[1] "LIU combining Post and Brooklyn athletic programs". Newsday. October 3, 2018. Retrieved August 2, 2019.

[2] "#OneLIU website". Long Island University. Archived from the original on August 21, 2019. Retrieved August 2, 2019.

[3] "Brother of NFL quarterback fatally stabbed in Nashville". NBC News. Retrieved December 26, 2019.

[2019_NEC_Coaches_Poll_and_Team-4] "Duquesne Deemed 'Team to Beat' at #NECFB Social Media Day; Preseason All-NEC Team also Unveiled". July 24, 2019. Retrieved August 2, 2019.

[5] "2019 LIU Sharks Football Schedule". LIUPostPioneers.com. Retrieved August 2, 2019.

[6] "2019 LIU Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved August 7, 2019.

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