2019 LIU Sharks football team

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  →

2019 Northeast Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
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 2019 LIU Sharks football team represented both the LIU Post and LIU Brooklyn campuses of Long Island University in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by 22nd yearhead coach Bryan Collins and played their home games at Bethpage Federal Credit Union Stadium. They played as a first–year member of the Northeast Conference. This was the first season that the LIU Sharks were competing as a team following the merger of the two LIU campuses' athletic departments in the summer of 2019. ^{[1] [2]}

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

See also: 2019 South Dakota State Jackrabbits football team

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

Sacred Heart

See also: 2019 Sacred Heart Pioneers football team

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

At Wagner

See also: 2019 Wagner Seahawks football team

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

At Duquesne

See also: 2019 Duquesne Dukes football team

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

At Bryant

See also: 2019 Bryant Bulldogs football team

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

Saint Francis (PA)

See also: 2019 Saint Francis Red Flash football team

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

At Central Connecticut

See also: 2019 Central Connecticut Blue Devils football team

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

At Robert Morris

See also: 2019 Robert Morris Colonials football team

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

At Villanova

See also: 2019 Villanova Wildcats football team

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

Merrimack

See also: 2019 Merrimack Warriors football team

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

References

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.
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.