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Long Island University in the 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season
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]
[ edit ] 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
[ edit ] The LIU Sharks were the only conference team to have no players selected for the 2019 All–Northeast Conference Football Preseason Team.[ 4]
Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance September 7 7:00 p.m. at No. 3 South Dakota State * ESPN3 L 3–3810,153 September 21 1:00 p.m. Sacred Heart NEC Front Row L 10–342,482 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 Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time
Source: [ 5] [ 6] At South Dakota State [ edit ]
Total
Sharks
0
3
0
0
3
No. 3 Jackrabbits
7
14
14
3
38
Total
Pioneers
6
13
8
7
34
Sharks
7
0
3
0
10
Total
Sharks
0
7
7
0
14
Seahawks
7
17
0
0
24
Total
Sharks
0
0
7
7
14
Dukes
7
6
0
8
21
Total
Sharks
0
10
0
12
22
Bulldogs
10
0
14
3
27
Total
Red Flash
3
6
0
21
30
Sharks
0
0
0
0
0
At Central Connecticut [ edit ]
Total
Sharks
0
0
0
0
0
No. 23 Blue Devils
0
14
7
7
28
Total
Sharks
3
14
0
0
17
Colonials
14
0
7
7
28
Total
Sharks
0
7
0
0
7
No. 13 Wildcats
14
14
7
0
35
Total
Warriors
10
7
0
7
24
Sharks
0
0
0
10
10
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