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]
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]
Schedule
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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September 7 | 7:00 p.m. | at No. 3 South Dakota State* | | ESPN3 | L 3–38 | 10,153 |
September 21 | 1:00 p.m. | Sacred Heart | | NEC Front Row | L 10–34 | 2,482 |
September 28 | 12:00 p.m. | at Wagner | | ESPN3 | L 14–24 | 2,077 |
October 5 | 12:00 p.m. | at Duquesne | | NEC Front Row | L 14–21 | 1,956 |
October 12 | 1:00 p.m. | at Bryant | | 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 | | NEC Front Row | L 0–28 | 3,156 |
November 2 | 12:00 p.m. | at Robert Morris | | NEC Front Row | L 17–28 | 934 |
| 7:00 p.m. | at No. 13 Villanova* | | 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
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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.[6]
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.[6]
Game summaries
At South Dakota State
| | | | | Total |
Sharks | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
No. 3 Jackrabbits | 7 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 38 |
Sacred Heart
| | | | | Total |
Pioneers | 6 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 34 |
Sharks | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
At Wagner
| | | | | Total |
Sharks | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
Seahawks | 7 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 24 |
At Duquesne
| | | | | Total |
Sharks | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 14 |
Dukes | 7 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 21 |
At Bryant
| | | | | Total |
Sharks | 0 | 10 | 0 | 12 | 22 |
Bulldogs | 10 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 27 |
Saint Francis (PA)
| | | | | Total |
Red Flash | 3 | 6 | 0 | 21 | 30 |
Sharks | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
At Central Connecticut
| | | | | Total |
Sharks | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
No. 23 Blue Devils | 0 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 28 |
At Robert Morris
| | | | | Total |
Sharks | 3 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
Colonials | 14 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 28 |
At Villanova
| | | | | Total |
Sharks | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
No. 13 Wildcats | 14 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 35 |
Merrimack
| | | | | Total |
Warriors | 10 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 24 |
Sharks | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
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