2019 LIU Sharks football team

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 LIU Sharks football
ConferenceNortheast Conference
2019 record0–10 (0–7 NEC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorBrian Hughes (23rd season)
Defensive coordinatorBryan Collins
Home stadiumBethpage Federal Credit Union Stadium (Capacity: 4,780)
2019 Northeast Conference football standings
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  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]

Previous season

This is the first season that the LIU Sharks are competing as a team. Their immediate predecessor, the 2018 LIU Post Pioneers, went 10–1, 9–0 to finish in first place in the Northeast-10 Conference.[4][5] They made the NCAA Division II Playoffs where they were defeated in the first round by Slippery Rock. They finished ranked at #21 in the Division II Coaches' Poll[6] and received the 2019 Division II Lambert Cup from the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) and Metropolitan New York Football Writers, signifying them as the best football team in the East in Division II football.[7]

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.[8]

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

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.[8]

Schedule
DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 77:00 p.m.at No. 3 South Dakota State*
ESPN3L 3–3810,153
September 211:00 p.m.Sacred Heart
NEC Front RowL 10–342,482
September 2812:00 p.m.at Wagner
ESPN3L 14–24 2,077
October 512:00 p.m.at Duquesne
NEC Front RowL 14–21 1,956
October 121:00 p.m.at Bryant
ESPN3L 22–27 1,268
October 191:00 p.m.Saint Francis (PA)
  • Bethpage Federal Credit Union Stadium
  • Brookville, NY
NEC Front RowL 0–30 4,178
October 2612:00 p.m.at No. 23 Central Connecticut
NEC Front RowL 0–28 3,156
November 212:00 p.m.at Robert Morris
NEC Front RowL 17–28 934
November 157:00 p.m.at No. 13 Villanova*
FloSportsL 7–35 3,051
November 2312:00 p.m.Merrimack
  • Bethpage Federal Credit Union Stadium
  • Brookville, NY
NEC Front RowL 10–24 855
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time
Source:[9][10]

Game summaries
  • Series records and last meetings are from the LIU Post Pioneers, the predecessor to the LIU Sharks.

at South Dakota State
1 2 3 4 Total
Sharks 0 3 0 0 3
No. 3 Jackrabbits 7 14 14 3 38
See also: 2019 South Dakota State Jackrabbits football team


Sacred Heart
1 2 3 4 Total
Pioneers 6 13 8 7 34
Sharks 7 0 3 0 10
See also: 2019 Sacred Heart Pioneers football team


at Wagner
1 2 3 4 Total
Sharks 0 7 7 0 14
Seahawks 7 17 0 0 24
See also: 2019 Wagner Seahawks football team


at Duquesne
1 2 3 4 Total
Sharks 0 0 7 7 14
Dukes 7 6 0 8 21
See also: 2019 Duquesne Dukes football team


at Bryant
1 2 3 4 Total
Sharks 0 10 0 12 22
Bulldogs 10 0 14 3 27
See also: 2019 Bryant Bulldogs football team


Saint Francis (PA)
1 2 3 4 Total
Red Flash 3 6 0 21 30
Sharks 0 0 0 0 0
See also: 2019 Saint Francis Red Flash football team


at Central Connecticut
1 2 3 4 Total
Sharks 0 0 0 0 0
No. 23 Blue Devils 0 14 7 7 28
See also: 2019 Central Connecticut Blue Devils football team


at Robert Morris
1 2 3 4 Total
Sharks 3 14 0 0 17
Colonials 14 0 7 7 28
See also: 2019 Robert Morris Colonials football team


at Villanova
1 2 3 4 Total
Sharks 0 7 0 0 7
No. 13 Wildcats 14 14 7 0 35
See also: 2019 Villanova Wildcats football team


Merrimack
1 2 3 4 Total
Warriors 10 7 0 7 24
Sharks 0 0 0 10 10
See also: 2019 Merrimack Warriors football team


References
  1. "LIU combining Post and Brooklyn athletic programs". Newsday. October 3, 2018. Retrieved August 2, 2019.
  2. "#OneLIU website". Long Island University. Retrieved August 2, 2019.
  3. "Brother of NFL quarterback fatally stabbed in Nashville". NBC News. Retrieved 2019-12-26.
  4. "LIU Post Pioneers 2018 Schedule". LIUPostPioneers.com. Retrieved August 2, 2019.
  5. "2018 NE10 Football Standings". Northeast10.org. Retrieved August 2, 2019.
  6. "Division II Football Coaches Poll". NCAA.com. Retrieved August 2, 2019.
  7. "ECAC Announces 2018 Football Teams of the Year and Lambert Awards". ECACsports.com. January 15, 2019. Retrieved August 2, 2019.
  8. "Duquesne Deemed 'Team to Beat' at #NECFB Social Media Day; Preseason All-NEC Team also Unveiled". July 24, 2019. Retrieved August 2, 2019.
  9. "2019 LIU Sharks Football Schedule". LIUPostPioneers.com. Retrieved August 2, 2019.
  10. "2019 LIU Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved August 7, 2019.
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