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 2020 →

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- year head 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]

ConferenceNortheast Conference

Record0–10 (0–7 NEC)

Headcoach

Bryan Collins (22nd season)

OffensivecoordinatorBrian Hughes (23rd season)

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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

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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]

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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

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

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

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

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

2019 LIU Sharks football team

Schedule

Preseason

Preseason coaches' poll

Preseason All–Northeast Conference team

Game summaries

At South Dakota State

Sacred Heart

At Wagner

At Duquesne

At Bryant

Saint Francis (PA)

At Central Connecticut

At Robert Morris

At Villanova

Merrimack

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Red Flash	3	6	0	21	30
Sharks	0	0	0	0	0